By not acknowledging the deaths of Sterling and Castile, the Trump family is ignoring black people and their very real, very pressing concerns regarding police’s use of unnecessary force. And we’ll emphasize proven methods for de-escalating situations before we reach that point. He did not mention the deaths of the two African-Americans shot by police officers earlier this week. The following day, Philando Castile was fatally shot in a vehicle by a Minnesota officer, with the aftermath live-streamed on Facebook by his girlfriend.
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IN A brief video released on Friday evening, Donald Trump somberly looked into the camera and told Americans that the attack on police officers at a peaceful protest in Dallas on Thursday “is an attack on our country and an attack on our families”.
Trump canceled a speech in Miami on Latino issues. It marked the second time in a month that it had canceled a major rally following a shooting – in June, it pushed back an event with President Barack Obama in the aftermath of a terrorist attack at an Orlando nightclub that killed 49 people.
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said in an interview Friday on CNN that she was relieved by Comey’s decision not to file a criminal referral to the Justice Department after a yearlong investigation. I listened intently as step-by-carefully-measured-step he laid out overwhelming evidence that everything we had heard about Clinton’s gross negligence and outright lies were in fact gross negligence and outright lies with untold damage done to both individuals serving the republic and to the republic itself.
In the CNN interview, Clinton emphasized the need for empathy for both black communities affected by police brutality and law enforcement officers targeted due to their race and profession. “Out of order. I’m kind of surprised because I thought he was a more reasonable character”, said Ian, a Prince William County resident leaving an Occoquan restaurant Friday night.He did not want to give his last name. She said she was backing McGinty and criticized Toomey for not being supportive of African-Americans struggling with police brutality. Yet many on the right and some on the left dislike her intensely, and even her admirers say she lacks the public emotion, oratorical skills and reputation for honesty to persuade large numbers of Americans to see things her way. “We must stand in solidarity with law enforcement, which we must remember is the force between civilization and total chaos”. I’m going to be talking with white people.
He called Sterling and Castile’s deaths “senseless” and a reminder of how much more needs to be done to ensure Americans feel safe in their communities.
Trump said, “Racial divisions have gotten worse, not better. We must restore the confidence of our people to be safe and secure in their homes and on the street”, Trump said.
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Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump each reacted Friday to the deadly police shootings in Dallas.
