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Theresa Vargas / Washington Post:
Dallas Police Chief David Brown lost his son, former partner and brother to violence — Few people understand loss better than David Brown, the Dallas police chief who stood before television cameras Friday morning and said, “We are heartbroken.” — Even before five police officers …
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CBS Boston:
Police Departments Across Mass. Get Special Deliveries, Shows Of Support After Dallas Shootings
Police Departments Across Mass. Get Special Deliveries, Shows Of Support After Dallas Shootings
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WNCT-TV
Dallas Morning News:
A look at the lives of the Dallas ambush victims
A look at the lives of the Dallas ambush victims
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Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Washington Blade and CityLab
Gregg Zoroya / USA Today:
26 police killed so far in 2016, up 44% from 2015
26 police killed so far in 2016, up 44% from 2015
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The Week, Hot Air, National Review, Washington Post and CNN
New York Daily News:
Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson was decorated Army reservist in Afghanistan, equipped for war during police slayings
Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson was decorated Army reservist in Afghanistan, equipped for war during police slayings
John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
Officer Patrick Zamarripa survived tours in Iraq before being killed in Dallas
Officer Patrick Zamarripa survived tours in Iraq before being killed in Dallas
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Daily Mail:
Pictured: Army reservist Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, who shot 12 cops at Dallas protest …
Pictured: Army reservist Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, who shot 12 cops at Dallas protest …
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Dpdpio / DPD Beat:
Investigative Update Regarding the Deadly Attack on Police Officers
Investigative Update Regarding the Deadly Attack on Police Officers
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Jennifer Brett / Atlanta Buzz with Jennifer Brett:
Crowds line up to hug police officers in Dallas
Crowds line up to hug police officers in Dallas
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Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Hillary Clinton Blames Whites, Cops for Deaths of Young Black Men — Hillary Clinton used a CNN interview on Friday to completely embrace the Democrats' claim that white people and cops must change to help reduce the number of African-Americans killed in tense exchanges with cops.
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Joe Millitzer / FOX2now.com:
Police say officers have been targeted in Missouri, Georgia and Tennessee
Police say officers have been targeted in Missouri, Georgia and Tennessee
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Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
Wharton Students Write Open Letter To Donald Trump: ‘You Do Not Represent Us’ — Donald Trump, businessman and presumptive Republican nominee for president, likes to remind people that he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance, one of the top-twenty undergraduate business programs in the country.
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Shanelle Matthews / Black Lives Matter:
The Black Lives Matter Network advocates for dignity, justice, and respect. — In the last few days, this country witnessed the recorded murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile at the hands of police, the latest victims in this country's failed policing system.
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DCWhispers.com:
Guess Which Presidential Candidate Was Scheduled For A Black Lives Matter Event Today? — Hint: Her first name is Hillary. — See this earlier announcement via the New York Times: … Poor Hillary. — She was all set to pander once again to the Black vote while attacking law enforcement officers …
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The Gateway Pundit and New York Times
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Gingrich: White Americans 'don't understand being black in America' — Former Speaker Newt Gingrich on Friday said white Americans “don't understand being black in America” as he reflected on a series of shootings across the nation this week. — “It took me a long time and a number …
Arizona Republic:
Police deploy pepper spray, fire bean bags at Phoenix rally … Police pressed farther down 7th Street, shooting bean bags at the rapidly shrinking crowd and telling people to leave. — Police appear to have detained a man on 7th Street and McKinley Street.
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CBS News:
Cops: Tennessee shooter targeted white victims, similar to Dallas ambush — BRISTOL, Tenn. - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released the name of the suspect behind Thursday morning's random shooting in Bristol, TN that claimed the life of an area newspaper carrier and injured three others, including a local police officer.
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Associated Press:
Authorities: Highway gunman motivated by police shootings
Authorities: Highway gunman motivated by police shootings
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Associated Press:
A man accused of shooting indiscriminately at passing cars …
A man accused of shooting indiscriminately at passing cars …
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Zero Hedge, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Root
Josh DeVine / TBI Newsroom:
UPDATED STATEMENT: Bristol Shootings
UPDATED STATEMENT: Bristol Shootings
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Washington Post, Complex, The Daily Caller, Mashable and Hot Air
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republican attacks on Comey undermine the rule of law — Republicans summoned FBI Director James Comey to Capitol Hill on Thursday to question him about his determination that Hillary Clinton did not break the law with her use of a private email server. They termed it an “emergency” …
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton rebuts FBI charge of recklessness
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
The Political Orphans — In barely two weeks, Republicans will converge in Cleveland for the Trumpocalypse, a fact-free and hate-filled gathering likely to be as scary as it will be entertaining. A week later the Democrats will assemble in Philadelphia in a focus-group-tested pander fest …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
All the Nominee's Enablers — A couple of weeks ago Paul Ryan …
All the Nominee's Enablers — A couple of weeks ago Paul Ryan …
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The Moderate Voice
Tunku Varadarajan / Politico:
A miserable Europe plays miserable football — Politics, like football, is now largely about dogged and grudging accommodation, backlash and self-protection. — By any honest reckoning, this European Championship has been a prolonged exercise in mediocrity.
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Guardian
Media Matters for America:
Megyn Kelly And Mark Fuhrman Agree That African-Americans' Grievances With Police Are Overblown — MEGYN KELLY (HOST): There's been, you know, a big brush. A lot of these folks paint with a very big brush, Mark, and they find a couple of shootings that are deeply problematic.
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New York Post:
Video surfaces of NYPD cop's road-rage shooting — An off-duty NYPD cop waited just one second before fatally gunning down another driver in a Brooklyn road-rage incident early Monday. — Exclusive video obtained by The Post shows the moment that Officer Wayne Isaacs fired two shots through …
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The Root, Gothamist and The Unz Review
Media Matters for America:
Roger Stone's Pro-Trump RNC Rally Drops White Nationalist Sponsor — A pro-Donald Trump rally scheduled to take place at the Republican National Convention and co-hosted by longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone has cut ties with a white nationalist website that was previously sponsoring the event.
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New York Daily News:
Trump barred from speaking to NYPD officers; Bratton says Dallas tragedy not a photo op — The Donald got nixed. — On Friday morning Donald Trump begged the city's top cop to let him speak to a 3 p.m. roll call at the NYPD Midtown North Precinct in the wake of the murders …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Reed arrives, tells protesters to be safe, don't block highways — Updated 9:20 p.m.: Reed has arrived at the protest, and tells protesters they can continue, but making sure they did not enter the Connector. — Right now I want to make sure all you of you are safe," Reed said.
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