Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Obama Invokes Tony McDade, Trans Man Killed by Police, in Speech
Former President Barack Obama today delivered a message of sympathy and a call to action regarding police violence against Black Americans.He did so in opening an online town hall hosted by the Obama Foundation’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance titled “Reimagining Policing in the Wake of Continued Police Violence.”He invoked the names of African-Americans who have recently died at the hands of police, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and transgender man Tony McDade, as well as Ahmaud Arbery;
