Charles Barkley On Recent Shootings: ‘We As Black People, We’ve Got To Do Better’

Charles Barkley talked about the recent shootings and said “we as black people, we’ve got to do better.”

In an interview with ESPN, the 53-year-old television analyst and Hall of Fame NBA basketball player said when speaking about the shootings last week in Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas that left two young men dead and five police officers killed, it’s all about giving “each other respect.” (RELATED: Charles Barkley: ‘Politics Is Rich People Screwing Poor People’)

“The cops have made some mistakes, but that doesn’t give us the right to riot and shoot cops,” Barkley said. “We need the cops, especially in the black community. We as black people, we’ve got to do better.”

“We never get mad when black people kill each other, which that has always bothered me,” he added. “I’ve always said if we as black people want more respect, we have to give each other respect.”

“You can’t demand respect from white people and the cops if you don’t respect each other,” he continued. “We’ve got to do better as black people.”

“The cops have made some mistakes, but there’s a lot of blame to go around,” he said. “But I’m not going to get on TV and yell like all these other idiots.”