Obama says race relations helped by Ferguson, Garner cases

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Despite racially-motivated protests and a police slaying linked to the killing of black teen Michael Brown by a white policeman in Ferguson, Mo., President Obama believes that race relations are improving — in part because of the Ferguson case.

In a National Public Radio News interview, Obama said that the case has put the spotlight on minority-police relations, which he called “healthy.”

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