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LeBron James reacts to recent police shootings

Published Jul. 8, 2016 12:03 p.m. ET

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Two police shootings this week that claimed the lives of black men sparked a protest in Dallas on Thursday night that turned bloody when a sniper killed five police officers and injured seven others.

The shooting on Tuesday occurred during a struggle outside a Baton Rouge convenience store where an officer shot 37-year-old Alton Sterling multiple times and killed him. Wednesday's slaying took place at a traffic stop in Minnesota where a police officer opened fire on a man named Philando Castile. Castile's fiancee recorded the ensuing moments when Castile lay dying and broadcasted it on Facebook.

Also on Friday afternoon Carmelo Anthony posted a lengthy message about the violence in which he called for "[a]ll my fellow ATHLETES to step up and take charge."

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