Got a minute? Candidates and officials react to killings of police in Dallas and police killings of black men … presidential campaigns cancel events … calls for unity. By Tom McCarthy 9.27pm BSTThe killing of five law enforcement officers in Dallas overnight led the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaigns to cancel planned campaign events. Clinton was keeping plans to speak Friday evening at a Philadelphia church.
The Counted – people killed by police 9.27pm BSTI mourn for the officers shot while doing their sacred duty to protect peaceful protesters,for their families & all who serve with them.– Hillary Clinton 9.26pm BSTWe must restore law and order. We must restore the confidence of our people to be safe and secure in their homes and on the street. The senseless, tragic deaths of two motorists [sic] in Louisiana and Minnesota reminds us how much more needs to be done.– Donald Trump 9.26pm BSTThe attack on police officers in Dallas final night is horrifying and despicable. We must as a nation stand against violence of all kinds. 9.26pm BSTI believe that I speak for every single American when I say that we are horrified over these events, and that we stand united with the people and the police department in Dallas. – Barack Obama 9.26pm BSTWho could acquire fathomed such horror? ... There will be temptation to let our anger harden our divisions. Let’s not let that happen. There’s gonna be a temptation to let our anger send us further into our corners. Lets not let that happen.– House speaker Paul Ryan 9.26pm BSTIf you are a normal,white American, the truth is you don’t understand being black in America and you instinctively under-estimate the level of discrimination and the level of additional risk.– Newt Gingrich 9.26pm BSTI was beaten bloody by police officers. But I never hated them. I said, and 'Thank you for your service.' 9.26pm BSTLaura and I are heartbroken by the heinous acts of violence in our city final night. Murdering the innocent is always evil,never more so than when the lives taken belong to those who protect our families and communities.– former president George W Bush 9.26pm BSTNo one should be subject to the senseless violence we acquire seen the final few days. We are better than this. Praying for the families nowadays. 9.26pm BSTAll life is precious and it grieves us to see it lost in the many ways it has been this week. All of these tragedies need to be investigated and justice needs to be served in an open and obvious way.– RNC chairman Reince Priebus 9.26pm BSTMay we stop seeing people as black, white, or brown or wearing blue & see them instead as husbands,wives, sons, and daughters & children of God. 9.26pm BSTAfter the events of this week,Americans across our country are feeling a sense of helplessness, of uncertainty and of terror ... But the acknowledge must not be violence. Rather, and the acknowledge,our acknowledge, all our acknowledge must be action. Calm, and peaceful,collaborative and determined action.– Attorney general Loretta Lynch 9.25pm BSTIncredible turnout came in support of our officers. pic.twitter.com/ofEy7QX5k5Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com