Back-to-back videos of black men being gunned down by police officers have sent waves of sadness and outrage around the world over the last two days. It’s hard to express the horror we feel seeing Alton Sterling and Philando Castile have their lives taken. In a statement released this afternoon, President Obama spoke broadly, “all Americans should be deeply troubled.” Addressing the video of Sterling’s death, Larry Wilmore was more direct, poignantly ending his segment with the question, “doesn’t Alton Sterling’s life matter?”
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