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The funeral procession for Philando Castile heads up Summit Avenue to The Cathedral of Saint Paul, Thursday, July 14, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn. Castile was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in suburban St. Paul last week.
Following one of the most tense weeks between police and black communities in recent history, several prominent Republicans said most white Americans don't understand the challenges that come with being black in America. While the lawmakers did not go as far to endorse the positions of activists who protest against racism and police brutality, the politicians acknowledged that many black Americans have a different lived experience.
President Barack Obama said early Friday morning that the police shooting deaths of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota should trouble all Americans and reflect deep-seated racial disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system. "The data shows black folks are more vulnerable to these kinds of incidents," Mr. Obama said in remarks from the Warsaw Marriott after arriving in Poland for a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit.
A crowd gathers at the scene of a shooting of a man involving a St. Anthony Police officer on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Falcon Heights, Minn. Police in Minnesota say a man has been taken to a hospital in unknown condition after being shot by an officer while inside a car with a woman and a child.
Diamond Reynolds, the girlfriend of Philando Castile, weeps during a press conference at the Governor'sResidence in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, July 7, 2016. Philando Castile was shot in a car Wednesday night by police in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights.
Minnesota plGov. Mark Dayton speaks with Diamond Reynolds the girlfriend of Philandro Castile, second from left, during a press conference at his residence regarding the death of Philando Castile in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, July 7, 2016. Also at left is Clarence Castile, Philando's uncle, and Nekima Levy-Pounds, center.
Philando Castile, 32, was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop Wednesday in Falcon Heights, MN. A police officer in Minnesota killed Philando Castle during a traffic stop Wednesday.
In a Facebook Live video, Philando Castile's girlfriend says "police shot him for no apparent reason, no reason at all." Police shoot, kill man during traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn.
President Barack Obama, who had pledged to end America's wars, described the landscape that he was leaving to his successor as a state of quasi-war that could extend for years to come. Obama, who was speaking on Saturday to reporters at the NATO summit here, noted with pride that he has cut the size of the U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan from 180,000 troops to less than 15,000.