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Police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. and number three, what i think we know, separate and apart from this incident, is that there is a long history in this country of african-americans and latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. >> law enforcement organizations and officials objected, to say the least, to president obama's public criticism igniting backlash that concluded in a beer summit with the president, vice president biden, gates and crowley. it was the first controversy in president obama's presid...

Obama holds at the white house to mend fences between a cambridge, massachusetts, police officer and a harvard professor over a controversial arrest. >> and we decided to take a cue from the president. >> in that spirit, a local toledo television station decides to organize a beer summit of its own featuring ben conup and maxwell austin. >> ben, good to see you. >> nice to finally meet you. i feel like a bond, you know what i mean? >> a little bit. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> here you go. >> we've had something, thank you very much. >> a peace offering. >> we had our beer. we talked about the city, t...

He didn't talk candidly about race really all that often, there were a couple moments here and there, but generally speaking, it seemed as though his staff didn't want him talking about it. >> well, it was a very big concern. early in his career, he did talk about race, he was forced to talk about race with jeremiah wright and he did well. once he got into the white house, he got his so hard that he felt himself in a beer summit with a beat cop just trying to escape with the black lash. and he was basically silent for years. blacks beating him up saying he wasn't saying enough, whites beating ...

It was a big story. >> liar. >> it's a big story that dovetails with another big story, the beer summit president obama holds at the white house to mend fences between a cambridge, massachusetts, police officer and a harvard professor over a controversial arrest. >> and we decided to take a cue from the president. >> in that spirit a local toledo television station decides to organize a beer summit of its own featuring ben conup and maxwell austin. >> good to see you. >> nice to finally meet you. >> i feel like a bond, you know what i mean. >> a little bit. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> here you go. >>...

Humbly at a beer summit and the never speaks about race frankly for three or four years. >> reporter: but political observers say the death of trayvon martin the unarmed black teen who was killed by a white security officer in 2012 was a flashpoint for the president. demanding action. >> if i had a son he'd look like trayvon trayvon. >> and my brother's keeper specifically aimed at finding opportunities for young black men and rolled out a new plan saying he committed to creating economic opportunities for impoverished communities specifically kwl it comes to young black men. >> and my brother...