Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I refer again to President Obama's strong response on behalf of the American people following the grand jury's decision in the Brown case, from which I have already quoted. I commend to the Deputy and the House President Obama's inspiring speech on the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. It is a comprehensive statement on race relations in the US in terms of progress made there during the past 50 years and an honest and frank assessment of the journey still to be completed, including reform of the US criminal justice system regarding its treatment of African Americans.

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