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Barack Obama: “If anything good comes out of these tragedies, my hope is, is that communities around the country take a look and say…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2016
If anything good comes out of these tragedies, my hope is, is that communities around the country take a look and say, how can we implement these recommendations?
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama hopes for positive change in policing practices following recent tragedies.

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