'Your dreams matter,' said Obama, speaking to young people of colour.
Obama addressed protesters and police alike in opening a virtual“I want you to know that you matter,” he said, addressing people of colour who he said have witnessed too much violence at the hands of police. “I want you to know that your lives matter, that your dreams matter.”
Then he addressed police officers: “I want to acknowledge the folks in law enforcement that share the goals of re-imagining police. I know you’re just as outraged about tragedies in the recent weeks as are many protesters.” The event brought together politicians and activists working in the police reform movement to discuss specific actions needed to “transform the system.”Barack Obama participates in a virtual town hall on June 3, 2020. has prompted Trump’s predecessor to take an increasingly public role. Floyd was a Black man who died in Minnesota after a white police officer kneeled on his neck during an arrest for eight minutes.
“This shouldn’t be ‘normal’ in 2020 America,” Obama wrote last week in a statement on Floyd’s death expressing his concern about dealing with racial injustice at the confluence of a global pandemic. “It can’t be ‘normal.’”
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