Kansas Lawmaker Blames Obama For Anger At Police In Light Of Fatal Shooting

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The top Republican in the Kansas Senate says President Barack Obama has “stoked the flames of anger and hostility” toward law enforcement officers.

Senate President Susan Wagle, of Wichita, made her comments as Kansas officials expressed sadness over the shooting death of a Kansas City, Kansas, police captain.

Wagle cited Obama’s public comments about shootings by police in Minnesota and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which were followed by deadly attacks on officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.

Wagle said the Democratic president has painted law enforcement officers as “people of bias.”

She also said officers and their communities need to build stronger relationships so that people being protected by the police trust them.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback told a meeting of top lawmakers Wednesday that the Kansas, shooting was “a terrible tragedy.”

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