“Trayvon Martin could have been me"
President Obama said on Friday that the death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager shot dead in Florida last year, has raised questions about why young African-Americans experience racial profiling.
"You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago,” Obama told reporters at the White House.
Photo: U.S. President Barack Obama pauses as he talks about the Trayvon Martin shooting in the press briefing room at the White House in Washington, on July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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