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From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. A spate of violence has America feeling black and blue.

Hello again. I'm Aron Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. Last

week's deadly violence has escalated the tension between advocates for Black Lives Matter and some ardent supporters of local police.

Two killings of black men by police officers produced videos that Washington Post calls too graphic to absorb, but impossible not to watch.

The killing of five officers by a black sniper has inflamed passions from the streets to the halls of Congress.

We'll get updates from Baton Rouge and Dallas, and we'll look at the prospects for bringing the nation together

in the midst of a bitterly divisive presidential campaign.

Today's talking point, Bernie Sanders, on the verge of endorsing Hillary Clinton.

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warmin Alney, back with To the Point.

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