Most powerful quotes from President Obama’s Zimmerman verdict speech

President Barack Obama delivers a speech to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011.  (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, POOL) ** Usable by LA and DC Only **

“I don’t want to exaggerate this, but those sets of experiences inform how the African-American community interprets what happened one night in Florida. And it’s inescapable for people to bring those experiences to bear.”

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