At town hall, Obama confronts race issues bigger than police

Friday, July 15, 2016

WASHINGTON -- The son of the Louisiana man shot dead by police wants President Barack Obama to help end world racism. The mother of a police officer pleads for ways to keep her son safe. A single mom who has sent her son away from a rough Baltimore neighborhood worries over how to keep him safe when he's home on the weekends.

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