The Guardian
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"If we are to end this cycle of violence, we must cease this fiction that somehow the feelings of the oppressed or their protest tactics are the real problem and not that which they are protesting: the systematic killing of black people made manifest by police violence."



Obama condemns Baton Rouge, but what about the victims of police violence?
The president eulogises slain officers, but not those killed by police. He needs to address the key issue – the systematic killing of black people
THEGUARDIAN.COM|DE STEVEN W THRASHER