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Black surgeon recalls pain of police shootings

After being thrust into a maelstrom of emotion from a deadly shooting in Dallas last July, a trauma surgeon still thinks about the families of the officers who were shot.

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Officers salute in honor of fallen police at Dallas hospital on July 8, 2016.
Credit: WFAA

After being thrust into a maelstrom of emotion from a deadly shooting in Dallas last July, a trauma surgeon still thinks about the families of the officers who were shot. (NBC DFW)

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