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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani dismissed concerns of African-Americans who are afraid that their children might become the next Alton Sterling or Philando Castile if they are stopped by a cop, saying they should teach their kids to fear other black children instead.

The past three days have been brutal for any peace-loving citizen in the United States. After video emerged Wednesday of police tackling and then killing 37-year-old Alton Sterling—a black man whose crime was selling bootleg CDs outside of a Baton Rouge convenience store—the Justice Department opened a criminal probe into the officer who shot the father of five a total of four times.

Taking note of tensions in the U.S. after the shooting of two black men by police, only to be followed by sniper fire that took the lives of five Dallas policemen at a Black Lives Matter protest, the Bahamian government has issued a warning to its citizens visiting the US.

A Bradford Connecticut man was released without having to post bail after he was taken into custody at his home for pointing a handgun at an off-duty police officer on Thursday, reports WFSB.

Two Houston police officers fatally shot an African-American man who pointed a gun at them despite their commands that he lower his weapon, authorities said on Saturday, two days after five Dallas policemen were slain by a black military veteran.

Responding to reports that famed "American Sniper" Chris Kyle embellished his war record with claims of medals he never received, the US Navy has released his records showing he overstated his valor awards in his best-selling book.

Appearing on Fox's Outnumbered, the Lt. Governor of Texas ripped into Black Lives Matter protestors as "hypocrites" for fleeing as the bullets flew Thursday night, killing five police officers.

A Tennessee man opened fire on vehicles on Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring three others, including a police officer. Police say the man was angry about recent violent incidents involving police and the deaths of black suspects.

Less than twelve hours after the tragic killing of five police officers, the NRA has issued a statement offering condolences to the families of the officers -- but so far has remained silent about the deaths of African Americans Philando Castile and Alton Sterling.

Reactions are pouring in from around the world to the shooting of 11 police officers -- 4 of whom are dead -- at a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas. On Twitter, some blamed President Barack Obama while others simply prayed for peace.

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton said that he did not believe the black man shot dead by police on Wednesday during a routine traffic stop would have been treated that way if he had been white.

The mother of a Minnesota man who was shot and killed by police Wednesday night accused law enforcement of conducting a "silent war against African-American people."