Barack Obama addresses nationwide unrest

Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday commented on the ongoing nationwide protests linked to the deaths at the hands of police of black people, including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, at YouTube's "Dear Class of 2020" virtual ceremony.

Referring to the tragedies, Obama said they represented "decades worth of anguish, frustration, over unequal treatment and a failure to reform police practices in the broader criminal justice system." 

He added that "these shocks to the system that we're seeing right now...they remind us that we can't take things for granted, we have to work to make things better."

Earlier, Obama also posted a statement on Twitter on the death of George Floyd.

"It can't be 'normal.' If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and must be better," Obama said in a statement as protests continued across the country.

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