| The president gave a broad-ranging speech at the Dallas memorial Tuesday for the five police officers slain by a sniper last week. Following other speakers including the mayor, Police Chief David Brown and former President George W. Bush, Obama cited the irony of the slain officers being killed as they were working security at a protest against police conduct. He also talked about race relations in the U.S., saying "we all know" race bias exists. "Americans are struggling right now with what we witnessed last week," he said, mentioning the police-involved shootings of black men that preceded the Dallas tragedy.
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