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| Dallas shooting: Obama denies US polarised after deaths | Dallas shooting: Obama denies US polarised after deaths |
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| US President Barack Obama says the US is not as polarised as some have suggested in the wake of fatal shootings involving African-Americans. | |
| Five white police officers were shot dead by a black man, Micah Johnson, during a protest rally on Thursday. | |
| The march was against the killing of black men by police. Two deaths this week have led to nationwide protests. | The march was against the killing of black men by police. Two deaths this week have led to nationwide protests. |
| Mr Obama said "it was just not true" the US was returning "to the situation in the 60s". | Mr Obama said "it was just not true" the US was returning "to the situation in the 60s". |
| His comments, on the side of a Nato summit in Warsaw, echoed those earlier of Vice-President Joe Biden, who said Americans had a duty to stand up against injustice, but that people also needed to support police. | |
| Johnson, who was himself killed during the assault in Dallas, supported black militant groups who encouraged violence against police. | |
| Dallas police chief David Brown said Johnson had told a negotiator that he had wanted to kill white people, especially white police officers, because he was angry about the recent shootings of black men by police. | |
| The attack came after the police killings of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana. |