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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 1507006" data-attributes="member: 45230">President Obama said Thursday that he wants to improve training of police in minority communities so that officers can “be aware of their biases ahead of time.”The comment came during an interview at the White House, when YouTube celebrity GloZell Green, who is black, asked Mr. Obama what can be done to prevent violence by white police officers against black males such as incidents last year in <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ferguson/" target="_blank">Ferguson</a>, Missouri, and New York City.She told Mr. Obama that she has cut the hoods off of her husband’s “hoodie” sweatshirts because she’s afraid “the po-po” [police] will shoot him when he goes outdoors.<a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/22/obama-says-police-training-needed-reduce-their-rac/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/22/obama-says-police-training-needed-reduce-their-rac/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 1507006, member: 45230"] President Obama said Thursday that he wants to improve training of police in minority communities so that officers can “be aware of their biases ahead of time.” The comment came during an interview at the White House, when YouTube celebrity GloZell Green, who is black, asked Mr. Obama what can be done to prevent violence by white police officers against black males such as incidents last year in [URL='http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ferguson/']Ferguson[/URL], Missouri, and New York City. She told Mr. Obama that she has cut the hoods off of her husband’s “hoodie” sweatshirts because she’s afraid “the po-po” [police] will shoot him when he goes outdoors. [url]http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/22/obama-says-police-training-needed-reduce-their-rac/[/url] [/QUOTE]

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