08/16/2013
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"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."
"My main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin. You know, if I had a son, he would look like Trayvon, and, you know, I think they are right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take..."
"Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago."
"There are very few African American men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping at a department store, that includes me."