Race and Policing Grip the Campaign Trail

Demonstrators gather after marching at the Louisiana Capitol to protest the shooting of Alton Sterling on July 9, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Yoni Appelbaum, Washington Bureau Chief for The Atlantic, and Steve Shepard, editor of the POLITICO Caucus and Chief Polling Analyst, discuss how the presidential candidates are handling the issue of race and policing in light of the fatal shootings of two black men by police officers and an attack that left five police officers dead in Dallas last week.

He also discussed the protests in Baton Rouge, Louisiana over the weekend, where more than a hundred people were arrested (including prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson).