President Obama Addresses Country After Ferguson Grand Jury Decision

President Obama makes a statement after the grand jury made a decision on whether to charge Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown.

“Either way it was going to be the subject of intense disagreement,” the 53-year-old president shared during his speech to the country. “We need to accept that this decision was the grand jury’s to make.” Watch the video below!

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He added, “There are Americans who agree with it, and there are Americans who are deeply disappointed – even angry. It’s an understandable reaction.”

He continued, “We have made enormous progress in race relations over the course of the past several decades. I have witnessed that in my own life, and to deny that progress, I think is to deny America’s capacity for change. But what is also true is that there are still problems – and communities of color aren’t just making these problems up. Separating that from this particular decision, there are issues in which the law too often feels as if it is being applied in a discriminatory fashion.”

In case you missed the big news, Darren was not charged for killing Michael in August.