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Protesters listen to civil rights chants and speeches at the Louisiana Capitol to protest the shooting of Alton Sterling on July 9, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Alton Sterling was shot by a police officer in front of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge on July 5th, leading the Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation. (AFP)
UAE embassy in the United States has urged UAE nationals, who are in the US, to stay away from places of protests and demonstrations that broke out in some states.
In a statement, the embassy also called on citizens to contact number 0012024315530 when necessary.
The appeal came in a tweet posted by the embassy in the aftermath of a demonstration by supporters of 'Black Lives Matter,' - an activist movement - in front of the White House on Friday in the backdrop of the killing of two African-Americans by white police officers.
Police agencies across US on guard
Police agencies across the US are on edge and on guard after receiving threats and calls for violence against them on social media in the aftermath of the killings of two black men and the sniper attack that left five officers dead in Dallas. Some departments ordered officers to pair up or more generally said they were increasing security.
Authorities have said the Dallas gunman, who also wounded seven other officers and two civilians, wanted to "exterminate" whites. Since then, threats ranging from generic promises of violence to specific video postings have been made, heightening fears of further attacks.
In Dallas, authorities received an anonymous threat Saturday, prompting police to tighten security. Officers swarmed the department's headquarters, searching for a reported suspicious person in a garage before issuing an all-clear.
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