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Caught between a rock an a hard place
Even before five fellow Dallas officers were shot and killed last week, Morris Pope was already in sorrow.
Like much of the country, the senior corporal had seen the police shooting deaths of black men in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on video.
"It hurt me when I saw what happened in Minnesota. I told my wife, I can't do this job anymore. I was that hurt about what I've seen," Pope said.
The shootings by and against police caused double despair for the 12% of local police officers across the United States who identify as black and wear blue uniforms. Now, in the aftermath of a tragic first week of July, CNN asked several of them to reflect on what it's like to be part of two communities in pain.
Shootings and protests, as black officers see them - CNN.com
Even before five fellow Dallas officers were shot and killed last week, Morris Pope was already in sorrow.
Like much of the country, the senior corporal had seen the police shooting deaths of black men in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on video.
"It hurt me when I saw what happened in Minnesota. I told my wife, I can't do this job anymore. I was that hurt about what I've seen," Pope said.
The shootings by and against police caused double despair for the 12% of local police officers across the United States who identify as black and wear blue uniforms. Now, in the aftermath of a tragic first week of July, CNN asked several of them to reflect on what it's like to be part of two communities in pain.
Shootings and protests, as black officers see them - CNN.com
