The weekend was marked by angry protests and arrests as demonstrators from the black community push for justice from Louisiana to Minnesota.
Racial tensions have surged toward the breaking point after Dallas Army vet Micah Johnson used his military training to shoot and kill five Dallas police officers at a Black Lives Matter protest over the shooting deaths of two black men in Baton Rouge and Minnesota.
The Dallas police chief says Johnson planned an even deadlier attack, possibly using explosives.
As many as 160 people were arrested during weekend protests in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where last week a black man named Alton Sterling was fatally shot by police. The arrests came after as many as 200 protestors tried to block a road.
There have been demonstrations in cities throughout the country, and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson called for dialogue.
"There is a lot of anxiety in this country right now, but at a moment like this, we need come together, develop community relations with police departments across the country," Johnson said.
Speaking to the Spanish media Sunday during his trip to Spain, President Obama seemed to defend some of the violent rhetoric at Black Lives Matter demonstrations.
"In a movement like Black Lives Matter there's always going to be some folks who say things that are stupid or imprudent or over generalized or harsh. And I don't think that you can hold well-meaning activists who are doing the right thing, peacefully protesting, responsible for everything that is uttered at a protest site," Obama said.
On social media, some were pushing the theme that President Obama has justified the violence against police, although the president has offered his support for officers as well.
And in Dallas, a mother named Shetamia Taylor is being called a hero for shielding her sons from the hail of bullets in the Dallas shooting and getting hit in the leg.
She went on television to thank police for protecting her family. "I'm thankful. I'm so thankful," Taylor said, breaking down in tears. "I've never seen anything like that. The way they came around and guarded us like that."
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