President Obama Releases Statement After Ferguson Grand Jury Decision Announced, Read Here
The highly anticipated Grand Jury decision came down from the Ferguson shooting in August and reactions are coming in from everywhere. The decision was made that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson will not be indicted for the shooting death of Michael Brown.
This story has become a nationwide feature on news and media outlets with supporters on both sides. The President himself spoke on the decision today after it became official knowing that the country would want to hear what he had to say.
Here is some of what President Obama had to say during his speech, "Either way it was going to be the subject of intense disagreement. We need to accept that this decision was the grand jury's to make. There are Americans who agree with it, and there are Americans who are deeply disappointed - even angry. It's an understandable reaction."
He continued, "We have made enormous progress in race relations over the course of the past several decades. I have witnessed that in my own life, and to deny that progress, I think is to deny America's capacity for change. But what is also true is that there are still problems - and communities of color aren't just making these problems up. Separating that from this particular decision, there are issues in which the law too often feels as if it is being applied in a discriminatory fashion."
It is always hard to know exactly which stories will capture the attention of the media across the country with similar situations happening all over every day. However, this story has been one of those that has been propped up and will be a big speaking point on both sides moving forward.