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The Republican presidential contender posted a video on Facebook Friday evening to address the week's killings of five police officers and two black men.
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He also addressed the police shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana. Their deaths, he said Darius Slay Jr Jersey , "make clear how much more work we have to do to make every American feel that their safety is protected."
Trump finished his brief remarks by saying: "Now is the time for prayers, love, unity and leadership. Our children deserve a better future than what we're making them live through today. But to get them there Matthew Stafford Jersey , we must work together and stand together. We will make America safe again."
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Hillary Clinton says the nation must not "vilify" police officers or become "indifferent" to the ongoing deaths of black Americans at the hands of police.
Clinton says in a speech to the African Methodist Episcopal Church Convention in Philadelphia that white Americans need to do a better job of listening when African-Americans talk about "the seen and unseen barriers" they face every day.
She says more Americans need to walk in the shoes of black Americans and police officers alike.
The Democratic presidential candidate says she will work on gun violence on "Day One" if she's elected president, adding, "I want you to know when the 24-hour news cycle moves on Ziggy Ansah Jersey , I won't."
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6:20 p.m.
Hillary Clinton says the shooting deaths of five Dallas police officers demonstrate there is "something wrong with our country." She is decrying "too much violence, too much hate" and "too much senseless killing."
Clinton says in a speech to the African Methodist Episcopal Church Convention in Philadelphia that the nation must do more listening after the police shootings and recent police-involved deaths in Louisiana and Minnesota.
The Democratic presidential candidate says there is too little trust between police and communities and people are "crying out" for criminal justice reform and relief from gun violence.
Clinton says if elected president she will develop national guidelines on the use of force by police officers. She was speaking after postponing a planned rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania Wholesale Detroit Lions Jerseys , with Vice President Joe Biden.
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