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The legacy of President Obama?

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So I'm guessing you're not among those who want us to "come together as a nation". 馃槖
SocialSmocial26-30, M
You think that's what Obama did? The country is more divided because of racial issues today than 8 years ago. This did not just happen in seven days. Black Lives Matters did not just start 7 days ago.
@SocialSmocial: No, BLM started some time after the George Zimmerman acquittal and as the police killings of unarmed citizens continued to add up. The only people who consider Obama "divisive" are those who wanted to continue to believe such things only happen to people who deserve them. We actually had a president who understood that [b]that[/b] wasn't always the way it worked.
SocialSmocial26-30, M
In the George Zimmerman case the judge and the Jury both decided that the police officer was not guilty. Why did Obama say otherwise? Obama does not have more power than the Jury.
SocialSmocial26-30, M
Like most Americans you believe what the media says. But you don't have your facts right.
@SocialSmocial: No, like people in BLM, I know what I've experienced firsthand. I don't agree with everything they believe, but I [b]do[/b] also know that members of the Zimmerman jury have expressed regret that they acquitted him, especially in view of his ongoing problems with domestic violence and getting into fights. Incidentally, these are problems he had [b]before[/b] he encountered Trayvon Martin, and part of the reason he was not able to become an actual policeman, in spite of his father being a respected magistrate. [b]These[/b] things are also a matter of record. You choose to believe the alt right folks who sent Zimmerman money for his defense, because he did what they've always wanted to do. I appreciated the fact that Obama had sympathy for Trayvon's parents, who had to wait 42 days to find out why a total stranger had been able to shoot their 17 year old [b]dead[/b], and the police department weren't holding the shooter and couldn't be bothered to tell them what had happened.