Obama: Don't let frustrations turn into violence
Anger over shooting should be directed into political action to change system, he says
Washington
US President Barack Obama acknowledged the anger of minority communities over their treatment by police and urged them not to let their frustrations boil over into the kind of violence that erupted in Ferguson, Missouri.
Burning cars and buildings won't diminish discrimination or result in fairer law enforcement, Mr Obama said. Public anger over a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager should instead be directed into political action to change the system, he said.
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