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To the Point

A Nation On the Edge

Last week’s deadly violence has escalated the tension between advocates for Black Lives Matter and some ardent supporters of local police. The killing of five officers by a black sniper has inflamed passions from the streets to the halls of Congress.

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By Warren Olney • Jul 11, 2016 • 52m Listen

Last week’s deadly violence has escalated the tension between advocates for Black Lives Matter and some ardent supporters of local police. Two killings of black men by police officers produced videos the Washington Post calls, “too graphic to absorb but impossible not to watch.”

The killing of five officers by a black sniper has inflamed passions from the streets to the halls of Congress. We’ll get updates from Baton Rouge and Dallas, and we’ll look at the prospects for bringing the nation together in the midst of a bitterly divisive presidential campaign.

Also, Bernie Sanders on the verge of endorsing Hillary Clinton.

Jonathan Bachman

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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