Americans have been reacting to a week full of gun violence. Last week, a gunman shot and killed five police officers in Dallas, Texas. The gunman told police he was targeting white officers. The shooting came the same week two African-American men were shot and killed in separate incidents in Louisiana and Minnesota. The two were killed by police officers who are white. The shootings left some people questioning the state of race relations in the United States. President Barack Obama speaks in Dallas Tuesday at a memorial service for the five killed officers. He plans to meet later with police officials, community activists and others. They are expected to explore ways of improving police-community relations. As tragic as the shootings were, Obama said, it does not mean Americans are more divided over race. ”I think the dangeris that we somehow suggest that the act of a troubled individual speaks to some larger political statement across the country. It doesn't,” he said.
Title: Americans Looking Forward After a Week of Violence
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1186/vio_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Americans Looking Forward After a Week of Violence' data-article-id='1682'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5583'>Americans have been reacting to a week full of gun violence.</span> <span data-start-time='5583' data-end-time='13354'>Last week, a gunman shot and killed five police officers in Dallas, Texas.</span> <span data-start-time='13354' data-end-time='18771'>The gunman told police he was targeting white officers.</span> <span data-start-time='18771' data-end-time='31188'>The shooting came the same week two African-American men were shot and killed in separate incidents in Louisiana and Minnesota.</span> <span data-start-time='31188' data-end-time='35521'>The two were killed by police officers who are white.</span> <span data-start-time='35521' data-end-time='43896'>The shootings left some people questioning the state of race relations in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='43896' data-end-time='52938'>President Barack Obama speaks in Dallas Tuesday at a memorial service for the five killed officers.</span> <span data-start-time='52938' data-end-time='59938'>He plans to meet later with police officials, community activists and others.</span> <span data-start-time='59938' data-end-time='67000'>They are expected to explore ways of improving police-community relations.</span> <span data-start-time='67000' data-end-time='75875'>As tragic as the shootings were, Obama said, it does not mean Americans are more divided over race.</span> <span data-start-time='75875' data-end-time='89021'>”I think the dangeris that we somehow suggest that the act of a troubled individual speaks to some larger political statement across the country.</span> <span data-start-time='89021' data-end-time='91792'>It doesn't,” he said.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1186/vio_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question 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