Sarasota Police, NAACP Postpone Community Meeting

Sarasota, FL — The Sarasota Police Department has announced its “Community Conversation” with residents and the NAACP set for Wednesday night has been postponed.

“Due to logistics surrounding tonight's Community Meeting, the NAACP, FOCUS and the Sarasota Police Department have decided to postpone tonight's Community Conversation with area law enforcement,” an email from the police department said. “A future date has not been decided at this time.”

The meeting was set to take place at Bethel CME Church.

The meeting was scheduled in the wake of the shooting deaths of black motorists in Baton Rouge, La., and Falcon Heights, Minn. It also came after a sniper attack in Dallas during a Black Lives Matters protest left five police officers dead and seven wounded. Two civilians were also injured in the attack, which has been characterized as the deadliest day for law enforcement since Sept. 11, 2001.

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