Live blogIn comments since the Dallas shooting, Obama has urged the public to recognize and respect that police officers have a tough job. Wounded DART officer Misty McBride hugs another police officer before a memorial service in Dallas, Texas on July 12. ( CARLO ALLEGRI / REUTERS ) U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama prepare to depart for Dallas. In what has become an unwelcome, but regular, duty of his presidency, Obama was preparing to address an interfaith memorial service in Dallas for the officers. Obama will try Tuesday to help grief-stricken Dallas begin to heal less than a week after its officers were killed and others wounded by an Army veteran-turned-sniper.

Source: thestar July 12, 2016 16:42 UTC