After that attack, which was carried out by a man who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, Trump tweeted that he “appreciated the congrats” about predicting that terrorists would again attack Americans. But she also said it was important to acknowledge the “implicit bias” in society and some police departments and, in particular, called on white Americans to empathize with African-Americans. “In times like this we must remember – and emphasize – the importance of uniting as Americans”.
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On Friday evening, Donald Trump said the Dallas shootings had “shaken the soul of our nation” and called for the restoration of “the confidence of our people to be safe and secure in their homes and on the street”.
Fredericks said he was authorized by the Trump campaign to make the statement. They were people in authority making sure that their fellow citizens had the right to protest authority, and there is nothing more vital to our democracy than that. “We must do more to have national guidelines about the use of force by police, especially deadly force”.
While Stewart later took the post down, he reiterated to The Washington Post that the rhetoric around police violence from politicians on the left contributed to the Dallas shooting.
Nevertheless, Trump quickly drew criticism on social media for referring to both of the men who were shot and killed by police this week as “motorists”.
Democratic strategist Steve Elmendorf said Clinton needs to move quickly to get past the email episode and talk about issues central to her campaign. “Those police officers were protecting a peaceful protest. that is a hallmark of America”, she said.
The shootings in Dallas prompted Clinton to cancel a campaign rally with Vice President Joe Biden in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where an aide said she planned to address the killings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota.
“This morning I offer my thoughts and prayers for all of the victims’ families, and we pray for our courageous police officers and first responders who risk their lives to protect us every single day”, Trump said on Facebook.
Presumptive Republican nominee for United States president Donald Trump loses support among likely voters against presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that was released on Friday by Reuters. President Barack Obama delivered two statements from Warsaw, Poland. Her comments follow the police shooting of two black men in two separate incidents in Louisiana and Minnesota over the past week. The following day, Philando Castile was fatally shot in a auto by a Minnesota officer, with the aftermath livestreamed on Facebook by his girlfriend. He said the problem is that minorities are being told to rebuke police, but talking back and not following orders is unsafe because police are taught to react.
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Biden praised the slain officers as people who joined the force because they thought “they could help, that they should serve, that they had a duty”.
