“That man went through a lot”, said Ron Franklin, one of the many Dallas residents who came to pay tribute at a memorial outside the police headquarters.
Black Lives Matter protests are not an unfamiliar sight for many American cities, but they gained new prominence this week after two Black men were killed by police officers.
The comments marked the third time in as many days that Obama has spoken, from a distance, about the police-involved fatal shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota that were followed by a sniper attack in Dallas that killed five police officers.
Facing increased scrutiny recently about the safety of the Autopilot feature on his company’s cars, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk over the weekend hinted at a coming announcement about a “Top Secret Tesla Masterplan, Part 2”.
Meanwhile in Baton Rouge, hundreds of protesters continued demonstrations over Sterling’s death with some wearing T-shirts with “Black Lives Matter” and “I can’t keep calm, I have a black son” written on them.
Both Memphis Police Department officers suspended over the racist Snapchat image will be off of the schedule without pay until their respective department hearings are held.
Taylor’s sister, Theresa Williams, told the Associated Press earlier Sunday that Taylor had gone to the protest because she was fed up with the recent shootings of black men by police.