There is no possible justification for this despicable ambush of police in Baton Rouge.
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Sterling’s death was captured on cellphone video by an anti-violence group and spread quickly online, sparking days of protests in the city where 54 percent of the population is black and more than 25 percent live in poverty.
Unfortunately, there are those who would use such incidents to fan those flames of hatred until they had consumed more hearts and who, whether to stir ratings or garner votes, would set Americans against each other for personal gain. They’ve done it for breast cancer. “Why wouldn’t he do it in honor of the police officers?”
The day after five police officers were fatally shot during a protest against police violence in Dallas, Long posted one such video on YouTube. Americans – including Sterling’s relatives – mourn the deaths of those police officers and would never condone the dead killer’s actions.
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, for his part, has come down unequivocally on the side of the police, promising that if elected he will be “the law and order president”. “That is true whether you are black or white, whether you are rich or poor, whether you are a police officer or someone they protect and serve”. The man also discusses protests in Baton Rouge and what he perceived as oppression.
On the CBS Evening News, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said more needs to be done to build trust between minority communities and the police.
Unlike urban neighborhoods in cities like Cleveland, where the message of African American protesters often resonates, little sympathy for Black Lives Matter can be found on the floor of the Republican convention. “Somebody who knew the movements of police officers, that knew how to position them so they could be within range of then killing them”.
They were killed and three other officers were wounded Sunday as they responded to the report of a man with an assault rifle.
Authorities later identified 41-year-old Nicholas Tullier as an officer in critical condition.
Miles had unannounced, private meetings Tuesday with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, which lost a deputy in the fatal shootings, and Baton Rouge Police, which lost two officers.
“We’re trying to figure out his motive, we’re trying to figure out why he would commit this heinous crime”.
“He saw me and went the other way”, said Vancel.
Edwards, also appearing Monday on CNN, reflected on the pain that officers’ relatives and co-workers endured at the hospital until late Sunday.
Sunday afternoon, investigators detained and questioned two suspicious people who were located in the neighboring West Baton Rouge Parish after members of the public called 911 about two suspicious men who were seen entering the Walmart in Port Allen.
Long was shot later as he returned to his vehicle by a member of Baton Rouge’s SWAT team from about 100 yards away, Edmonson said.
Brian McAuliffe, a delegate from the state of Texas, said in Cleveland Monday that all the delegates understand the importance of this election. “Our country, our republic can’t withstand that”.
Donald Trump, who this week will be officially named the Republican Party’s presidential nominee at the GOP’s national convention in Cleveland, has already chosen the opposite path, posting on his Twitter account after Mr. Obama’s speech that the president “doesn’t have a clue”.
At a news conference, he thanked the mayor of Orlando, Florida for reaching out to him in support just weeks after that city’s nightclub attack.
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