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Obama to cops: â€˜Iâ€™m your best hopeâ€™ for healing racial tensions

12 July 2016 21:14 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. President Obama told police behind closed doors that he was the key to healing racial divisions between law enforcement and black communities, APA reports quoting the Washington Post.

Mr. Obama met for two hours Monday with law enforcement officials from eight separate groups. The Fraternal Order of Police’s James O. Pasco, who was in attendance, said the president views himself as the vehicle for calm in the wake of racially charged shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas.

“I’m your best hope,” the president informed the groups, Mr. Pasco told The Washington Post.

“I don’t disagree. We’re all in this together,” Mr. Pasco added.

Mr. Obama is traveling to Dallas Tuesday to give a speech at the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center. The president will honor the five officers who were shot and killed by 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson on July 7. Former President