Obama Urges Americans to Reject Despair After Violence
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Obama on Dallas Shootings: U.S. Must Reject Despair
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President Barack Obama urged Americans to reject despair after the killings of five police officers in Dallas and two civilians at the hands of police in Minnesota and Louisiana last week, acknowledging that the violence has torn the fabric of U.S. society.
“I know that Americans are struggling right now with what we’ve witnessed over the past week,” Obama said Tuesday at a memorial service for the slain officers in Dallas. He called the officers’ deaths “an act not just of demented violence but of racial hatred.”