Update 6:45pm — okay, it ended about 15 minutes ago. Above is video of the entire event.
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(MBK Alliance is short for “My Brother’s Keeper”, and is part of the Obama Foundation.)
Update 6:24pm EST — We thought Pres. Obama was done but he is taking a question LIVE right now! “There is police leadership that is aware that change is necessary“ They need to listen to people with reasonable ideas for change - what is it that they think is a problem? You have to engage in that conversation, and change will happen. “But at the end of the day, if you don’t have the political pressure to do it, (it won’t happen)” That’s why the protests are still important, Obama said.
Update 6:19pm EST — Both Obama and Holder have finished speaking — they were both great. Rashad Robinson is now speaking. It isn’t over! But the biggest takeaway for me was Obama’s warning that he’s been hearing bogus chatter on the internet that people must decide between voting OR social protesting! NOT TRUE — it is BOTH, he said.
He encouraged, thanked and said he was proud of “young people everywhere in the U.S.” but to make sure “we follow through...protests can dwindle over time.”
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Message to the media: Don’t be distracted by whatever hate-filled dog barf Trump hastily conjures to compete with this event.
This will likely be an epic Town Hall gathering — please share it with friends and family, on Twitter and whatnot.
Major props to our own According to Fish, who already has this story at or very near the top of the DKos Trending List here: www.dailykos.com/…
UPDATE 5:43pm EST — Eric Holder is now speaking.
UPDATE 6:02pm — Rashad Robinson is now speaking. Says he is happy to be working with My Brother’s Keeper (MBK Alliance). He has six clear demands : treating kids as kids, getting rid of money bail, and others. Things that the public expects from prosecutors...
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