WASHINGTON — On May 28 of last year, Obama stood next to Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland in Warsaw and declared
he would support new rules to help more Poles get tourist visas to the
United States. “If you’ve lived in Chicago and you haven’t become a
little bit Polish,” Mr. Obama joked, “there’s something wrong with you.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/world/europe/poland-bristles-as-obama-says-polish-death-camps.html?_r=0
Speaking in Poland on Saturday, Barack Obama addressed the recent events in Dallas, as well as the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
"This has been a tough week. First and foremost for the families [of] who'd been killed. But also for the entire American family," he said.
But "as painful as this week has been, I firmly believe that America is not as divided as some have suggested," he added.
Obama's comments come after two black men — Alton Sterling and Philando Castile — were shot and killed by police earlier this week, the latest in a series of similar incidents, as well as the killing of five police officers in a coordinated sniper attack in Dallas on Thursday.
"This is not who we want to be as Americans, and that serves as the basis of us being able to move forward in a constructive and positive way," he continued.
http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-addressing-dallas-and-police-shootings-in-poland-2016-7
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