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Barack Obama: “I think the African American community is not naive in understanding statistically someone like Trayvon Martin was…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2013
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.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama addresses the statistical realities faced by African American boys in relation to violence.

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