Barack Obama actually said...

"I think the African American community is not naive in understanding statistically someone like Trayvon Martin was statistically more likely to be shot by a peer than he was by somebody else."

"The African-American community is also knowledgeable there is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws."

"And for those who, who resist that idea that we should think about something like the stand your ground laws, I just ask people to consider if Trayvon Martin was of age and armed, could he have stood ..."

"I think it would be useful for us to examine some state and local laws, to see if it -- if they are designed in such a way that they may encourage the kinds of altercations and confrontations that we ..."