President Barack Obama was in Chicago Thursday to prepare for next week’s farewell address. He gave an interview to CBS Chicago in which he addressed the kidnapping and torture of a disabled man that was streamed live on Facebook.
Obama Calls Facebook Torture Video 'Despicable', But Optimistic About Race Relations In U.S. https://t.co/2nqdutelde
— CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) January 5, 2017
ABC News also tweeted about the interview:
Pres. Obama says "we appear to have seen" a hate crime in the alleged attack on a Chicago man captured on Facebook. https://t.co/4ksnnwAClz pic.twitter.com/g6dcqICCHX
— ABC News (@ABC) January 5, 2017
The public doesn’t seem to agree that race relations have gotten any better under President Obama’s watch.
https://twitter.com/DinduNuffinnX2/status/817158618487418884
if a cop shot a African American he wouldnt say "it appears"
— I dont deserve this pain (@NelsonGafanha) January 6, 2017
— Jan (@JanMI19) January 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/Look_In_Mirror/status/817158165171175424
"race relations have gotten better" what a joke
— Jeremy Kessler (@j_kess21) January 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/stevoayre/status/817158465114226689
https://twitter.com/_ProudAmerican1/status/817158336680521733