Behind New Zealand's clean, green image is a dirty reality.CMO says no evidence vaccine causes blood clots.Germany, Italy, France and Spain suspend AstraZeneca vaccine rollout amid blood clot concerns.'If you're offered it, take it': Government backs AstraZeneca despite blood clot concerns.'Total deviousness': Witnesses recount 'suspicious' inferno in the Luna Park Ghost Train.Police officers killed during protest in Dallas (AFP: Laura Buckman)īystanders watch on after the shooting of police officers during a protest in Dallas. Police attempt to calm the crowd following the sniper shooting in Dallas. Protesters gather together after the fatal shooting of police officers in Dallas, Texas. Police stand near a barricade following the sniper shooting in Dallas. (AFP: Laura Buckman)Ī police officer stands guard following the shooting. Protesters yell after police officers arrest a bystander following the shooting. Shocked bystanders check their phones after the shooting of several police officers in Dallas. Police and residents stand near the scene where officers were shot and killed. Shocked Dallas residents discuss the tragedy. (AFP: Kena Betancur)ĭallas police stand near the scene where several officers were shot and killed. People take part in a protest in Grand Central Station in New York City on July 8, 2016. What we do know is that there has been a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement," he said. President Obama also said that while the motive of the shooters was not yet known, "there is no possible justification for these types of attacks or any violence against law enforcement". "And in the days ahead we're going to have to consider those realities as well." "When people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately it makes attacks like these more deadly and tragic," he said.
Philando Castile, 32, was shot dead by a police officer at a traffic stop near Minneapolis on Thursday after being pulled over for a broken taillight.Īnother black man, Alton Sterling, died in similar circumstances earlier in the week in Louisiana.Īfter news of the Dallas shooting came to light, President Barack Obama, in Poland for the NATO Summit, fronted the media and reiterated his stance on assault weapons. It is, however, much more fluid and organic than something like the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr in the 1960s and is therefore a harder movement to follow and to really understand. It has become a catch cry for those who are angry about the disproportionately high number of African-American people who had been killed. Allegations of racial bias by US police reached fever pitch after the death of black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 and public outcry sparked the Black Lives Matter movement, which started as a hashtag on social media. In addition to the protest in Dallas, there have also been demonstrations in New York's Times Square. The most recent tension rose after the deaths of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana.
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