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Five police officers killed in Dallas, seven others wounded during shooting at protest
President Obama called the attack "vicious, calculated and despicable."
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But he was toting a rifle as he marched in protest.
 
Former congressman promises ‘war,’ warns Obama to ‘watch out’ after Dallas shootings
Former Rep. Joe Walsh, an Illinois Republican, wrote just before midnight, in a tweet that is no longer on his profile: "This is now war. Watch out Obama. Watch out black lives matter punks.:
 
The complicated racial history of the former GOP congressman who warned Obama to ‘watch out’ after Dallas shootings
Joe Walsh said Obama won election because he was a "black man who was articulate."
 
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Minn. governor says race played role in fatal police shooting during traffic stop
"He killed my boyfriend," Philando Castile's girlfriend said on camera after he was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn., near St. Paul.
 
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Educate yourselves, put your bodies in the streets and help dismantle white supremacy
 
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