“All Americans should be deeply troubled by the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota,” he said in a Facebook post. Obama recognized the shootings are “not isolated incidents,” saying there are “challenges” in the U.S. criminal justice system. President Barack Obama called the deaths of two black men who were killed by police officers this week “tragic” in a statement released Thursday. Castile was shot Wednesday after being pulled over in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights, Minnesota. He commended the Justice Department for opening an investigation into the death of Sterling.

Source: Huffington Post July 07, 2016 18:55 UTC