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Obama pays tribute to Dallas officers
President urges 'open hearts'
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President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Dallas Police Chief David Brown during a memorial service at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center with the families of the fallen police officers, Tuesday in Dallas. Five police officers were killed and several injured during a shooting in downtown Dallas last Thursday night. - photo by Associated Press
DALLAS — President Barack Obama urged Americans rattled by a week of violence and protests to find "open hearts" and new empathy Tuesday in a speech that seesawed between honoring police officers for their bravery and decrying racial prejudice that can affect their work. Obama stood next to five empty chairs for the white police officers killed last week by a black man seeking vengeance for police killings. Behind him, underscoring his message of unity: Dallas police officers, a racially diverse church choir and local officials who ranged from black Police Chief David Brown to former President George W. Bush, a Dallas resident.
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