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Did The Dallas Ambush Set Back Reform At Police Departments?

7:46am July 11, 2016

Renee Montagne talks to Tracey Meares, a member of the president's task force on 21st Century Policing, about prospects for reform in police departments across the country after the attack on Dallas.

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How African-American Church Leaders Are Responding To New Challenges

7:46am July 11, 2016

by Tom Gjelten

The crisis in police-community relations again calls for a strong role for the church, but some black religious leaders fear they have lost the initiative to other groups like Black Lives Matter.

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Residents Of Dallas Try To Make Sense Of Horrific Shooting

6:18am July 11, 2016

by Sam Sanders

President Obama will visit Dallas on Tuesday and attend a memorial for the five police officers killed by a sniper. The city is mourning their deaths and looking for ways to heal.

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Anna Gambucci, protesting at the site of the shooting of Philando Castile.

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Here's What Some Twin Cities Residents Say About Philando Castile's Killing

9:00pm July 10, 2016

by Adrian Florido

People who live near the site of the shooting recall tension over race and policing long before officer Jeronimo Yanez killed Philando Castile.

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Members of an FBI evidence response team search an area in downtown Dallas following the deaths of five police officers on Thursday night.

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Amid Deepening Investigation, A Clearer Picture Of Dallas Shooter Emerges

6:51pm July 10, 2016

by Dina Temple-Raston

The man who fatally shot five Dallas police officers may have had plans for a wider attack, according to the city's police chief. Investigators are piecing together Micah Xavier Johnson's final days.

Police officers in Oakland, Calif. line up across from demonstrators on July 7, 2016 as protesters in several cities marched against police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota.

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Police Shootings Of Black Men Aren't Special. And That's What's So Sad

6:37pm July 10, 2016

by Soraya Shockley

After a week of violence and death, Youth Radio's Soraya Shockley ponders how to move forward despite the sadness and anger.

Former Police Chief Has A Plan For 'How To Fix America's Police'

6:20pm July 10, 2016

Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper says in his book To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America's Police that policing is in crisis. He says more emphasis needs to be put on community policing.

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Police officers launch smoke bombs and tear gas to clear out protesters who shut down highway I-94 on Saturday in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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More Than 200 People Arrested At Protests In Louisiana And Minnesota

6:19pm July 10, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Protesters gathered around the country Saturday. And while the demonstrations were largely peaceful, tensions erupted in Minnesota and Louisiana.

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Dallas Police Reveal New Details On Shooter

5:18pm July 10, 2016

Dallas police have said more about Friday's sniper shootings that killed five officers. Police have interviewed the shooter's mother and found bomb-making materials at his house.

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Dallas Continues Mourning While Still On Edge

5:18pm July 10, 2016

People in Dallas continued to pay respects to five police officers killed in Thursday's shootings. Many left cards and flowers at a memorial at police headquarters. But the city is still on edge.