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Wesley Lowery, a reporter for the Washington Post, takes issue with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's remarks that Black Lives Matter is 

"Aren't more white people than black people killed by police? Yes, but no"

, Lowery points out raw numbers in the Washington Post data research which shows African-Americans are killed at rates disproportionate to their percentage of the U.S. population. 

Lowery joined MPR news host Tom Weber to discuss the fatal police shootings of African-American men in Falcon Heights, Minn., and Baton Rouge, La., and whether this moment will be remembered in history as the next Selma.

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As President Obama attends the memorial of five police officers killed in last week's sniper attack in Dallas, Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery reflects on strained race relations between police and African-Americans.

MPR News host Tom Weber spoke to Washington Post reporter Welsey Lowery about how recent policing shooting in Falcon Heights, Dallas, Baton Rouge are pushing communities into dangerous waters. Welsey looked at how  the police and African American leaders can begin to address the problems of race relations. 7/12/16

Race relations in the U.S.: Are they broken?

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