The mayor of Baton Rouge has signed up to run for a congressional seat as his city is embroiled in the aftermath of a police shooting, protests and the slaying of three officers who were ambushed by a gunman. Last time, after the shootings in Dallas, Obama made a brief reference to gun control. He said many police departments could also use more help purchasing bullet-proof vests.
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“We trying to determine if had anybody on the ground in Baton Rouge assisting him”, Edwards said.
In the letter, Obama said “we will get through this hard time together”. That shooting, captured on cellphone video, provoked widespread protests about police treatment of the black community.
“The reason this letter has value is that we want and deserve to change the National Dialogue”, the organization said.
“Clearly the landscape has changed since Dallas”, he added.
A community in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana held a vigil Monday night honoring one of three police officers killed by a former U.S. Marine.
He gave the media a detailed description of Sunday’s firefight between Baton Rouge cops and deputies, and the gunman, Gavin Long – including showing photos of the multiple weapons Long brought to the attack.
“Every day, you accept this responsibility and you see your colleagues do their hard, risky jobs with equal valor”.
The shooting of Sterling and another by Minnesota police of a black motorist led to a nationwide wave of marches against police abuses.
But some black residents anxious the ambush could shift attention away from Sterling’s July 5 death, which many saw as just the latest example of heavy-handed policing. Johnson told negotiators he wanted to kill white cops – before he was killed by a police robot bomb.
Viewings are scheduled Thursday and Friday for Baton Rouge Police Officer Matthew Gerald.
Obama wrote the letter as he remains under intense criticism from some police officials and others who accuse him of fostering a climate that has led to the intentional killing of law enforcement officers. Surveillance video shows the suspect was dressed in black, wearing a short-sleeve shirt, mask, and military-style trousers and exiting his auto with a semi-automatic 5.56 caliber rifle and a 9 mm pistol. He also was armed with a 9mm pistol and a Stag Arms M4 variant 5.56 rifle.
LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette confirmed the visits with authorities after the coach was seen entering police headquarters, where he spent more than an hour, by The Associated Press.
“We are up against a force that is not playing by the rules”. He deployed to Iraq from June 2008 to January 2009, according to military records.
“There is no doubt whatsoever that these officers were intentionally targeted and assassinated, ” Edmonson said in a news conference on Monday. Col. Edmonson said of questions they hope to answer.
President Obama makes a statement at the White House about the deadly shooting of police officers in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday.
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“Think about how you would feel when your loved one goes to work this evening, as you realize that the same mindless anger could be directed at him or her, just because they wear a badge”. “Right after that, I got a text that he was one of the casualties”.
