Dallas Doubtful That Obama Can Bridge Its Divide

Jul 11, 2016, 10:30 PM
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President Obama is scheduled to travel to Dallas Tuesday to help the city grieve for its five fallen officers and, hopefully, begin to bridge racial divides in a week when the police shooting of unarmed black men and the retaliatory killing of the officers have enflamed race relations across America.

But Obama comes to a city still reeling from tragedy. Some welcome the President’s words, but most have little hope that he can change things. Dallas this week remained a city divided.