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Friday Roundtable: Baton Rouge, Falcon Heights and Dallas

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Five officers were slain by a gunman in Dallas Thursday night. The attack came in the wake of the deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling — two men who were fatally shot by police officers earlier in the week.

On the Friday Roundtable, MPR News Host Kerri Miller spoke with three community members about the shootings and the relationship between police officers and the people they serve.

Maria Mitchell is Assistant Hennepin County Defender and former President of the MN Association of Black Lawyers.

Sasanehsaeh Pyawasay is a PhD Candidate at the U of M looking at the intersection of access and social justice in Policy Development.

Brandt Williams covers police and criminal justice stories for MPR News.