“It’s not a day for a rally”, said Pam Schy, who drove from her home in the suburbs north of Philadelphia.
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A report released earlier this year by North Carolina non-profit MDC, which is focused on poverty and social justice issues, said that of the 100 largest metro areas in the country, Charlotte ranks 97th for upward mobility. “Black lives matter. #PhilandoCastile-H”.
A rebellion is underway in the Bexar County Republican party, led by some San Antonio delegates headed to the Republican National Convention, who want to deny Donald Trump the GOP presidential nomination.
He also touched on the shootings of two black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota last week – killings that set off protests across the country. “You know we need to listen to African-Americans who say they feel on edge all the time”.
“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”, he said. Trump said he likes “people who weren’t captured” but later backed down from that stance. She explicitly stated that some African-Americans are dying as a result of “systemic” and “implicit bias”.
Later Corker and Ernest said they were not in the race for vice presidential pick. “It’s time for our hostility against our police – and against all members of law enforcement – to end, and end immediately”. The following day, Philando Castile was fatally shot in a auto by a Minnesota officer, with the aftermath live-streamed on Facebook by his girlfriend.
The attacks in Dallas took place during a protest against police violence following the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Two civilians were also hurt. Just one month ago, Clinton and Trump also scrambled their schedules following mass killings at an Orlando gay nightclub.
The political response to that attack was nearly instantly contentious, as Republicans and Democrats debated whether the shooting argued for stricter gun laws or tougher anti-terror policies. Trump drew criticism then for promptly issuing a self-congratulatory tweet “for being right on radical Islamic terrorism” and doubling down on anti-Muslim rhetoric.
As of press time Friday, Trump offered no additional comment about the week of racially motivated violence in America. Hundreds of delegates have come together to form an anti-Trump movement within the Republican party, and have been vocal in their opposition to the former host of “The Apprentice”.
Speaking from a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit in Warsaw, Obama also hinted at his repeated calls for an assault weapons ban, saying that “when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately it makes it more deadly and more tragic, and in the days ahead we are going to have to consider those realities as well”. Marco Rubio of Florida said of this week’s shootings. “At one point there was mentioned – somebody asked about, you know, Article I powers and what would you do to protect them and you know, I think his response was ‘I want to protect Article I, Article II, Article XII – go down the list.’ As we both know there is no Article XII”. “How they feel is a reality that we can not and should not ignore”.
Republican nominee Trump said, “A brutal attack on our police force is an attack on our country, and an attack on our families”, and added he would “make America safe again”.
“I’m going to be talking to white people”, Clinton continued.
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President Barack Obama, overseas in Poland for a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit, said, “anyone involved in the senseless murders will be held fully accountable”.
