That was then. And it was OK then.
Obama Cites ‘Deep Divisions’ on Tackling Race in Policing After 4-Hour Meeting
One day after eulogizing five police officers killed in an attack in Dallas last week and also in the wake the deaths of two black men killed by police officers, President Barack Obama today brought together law enforcement leaders and civil rights and Black Lives Matter activists at the White House complex for a “conversation” on community policing and criminal justice reform.
After the more than four-hour meeting, the president said that while there has been progress on data and outreach by the administration’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, he acknowledged “the bad news” is they are not close to where they want to be with communities of color.
“Not enough just for us to just have task force,” Obama said. “We have to push this out into communities so they feel ownership for some of the good ideas that have floated around this table.”