Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
Okay, it's too late. Need to get some sleep for work tomorrow. I'm punching out.
Praying for no more police fatalities by the time I wake up. :worry:
July 8th, 2016, 07:12
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Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
Two snipers shoot 11 police officers and leave bombs all over the place during Dallas protests
DailyMail ^ | 8 July 2016 | By Ollie Gillman For Dailymail.com
Posted on 7/8/2016, 12:54:08 AM by CorporateStepsister
Two snipers have shot 11 police officers - killing at least four - and may have planted a bomb in downtown Dallas.
The two gunmen opened fire from 'elevated positions', picking off officers 'ambush style' as they manned a protest over the deaths of two black men, police chief David Brown said.
A gruesome video shows a heroic policeman taking on one of gunmen, but being gunned down by the shooter before being shot again execution-style, from point-blank range.
Both suspects have been caught and taken into custody, with one detained following a shootout with police.
As they were detained, they are said to have told officers: 'The end is coming... and there are bombs all over the place.'
Officers found a suspicious package near where one of the gunmen was caught and a bomb squad are dealing with it.
Police said two people are being questioned after they were spotted speeding away from the scene of the shooting in a black Mercedes. An officer saw one of the pair hurriedly putting a camouflage bag in the back of the car before driving off 'at a high rate of speed'.
Another man, named as Mark Hughes, was pictured walking through Dallas with what appeared to be an assault rifle. He turned himself into police after cops made a public appeal and his family said he was an innocent bystander.
Four police officers have died and as many as three others are in a critical condition. A member of the public was also shot.
'Our worst nightmare has happened,' Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said. 'It is a heartbreaking moment for the city of Dallas.'
Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
There may have been as many as five.... The cops all went down in different locations except a couple it looks like.
This is fucked up. If bombs were planted, this was the work of ISIS.
Military training maybe they think? This wasn't an American.
July 8th, 2016, 13:42
Ryan Ruck
Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
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Originally Posted by American Patriot
There may have been as many as five.... The cops all went down in different locations except a couple it looks like.
This is fucked up. If bombs were planted, this was the work of ISIS.
Military training maybe they think? This wasn't an American.
Nope, I'll guarantee it was Americans. Black BLM types that were prior .mil
Gangs getting training in the military has been a problem for years. Pretty sure we even had a thread here on it.
The shooting style seen from the shooters was too practiced and disciplined. Hell, in the one video the guy is using his sights. The ISIS types are more of the "shoot wildly and if Allah wills it I will hit something" style.
July 8th, 2016, 13:45
American Patriot
Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
These were NOT protests that sprang up spontaneously. They were planned by #BLM and the New Black Panthers. There were tweets and emails, as well as FB posts to get these protests up.
People were AWARE this was going to happen.
Tomorrow is a big one in Louisiana.
Don't leave home without your weapons.
July 8th, 2016, 13:46
Ryan Ruck
Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
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Originally Posted by Ryan Ruck
Nope, I'll guarantee it was Americans. Black BLM types that were prior .mil
Gangs getting training in the military has been a problem for years. Pretty sure we even had a thread here on it.
The shooting style seen from the shooters was too practiced and disciplined. Hell, in the one video the guy is using his sights. The ISIS types are more of the "shoot wildly and if Allah wills it I will hit something" style.
Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
I'm going to bet they were NOT Americans to begin with.
They were connected to some island nation someplace.
July 8th, 2016, 13:57
American Patriot
Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
Just to say this.... I was in the military a VERY long time. I worked with blacks, whites, people from all races, all places (including non-americans who served in the US military).
The chances of these guys being radical kooks, having US military training are slim. Unless they are sincerely organized now where a lot of the BLM assholes who were in the military are completely fucking brainwashed.....I can't see more than one, maybe two total going bad like that. Ever.
Military personnel do NOT do that. They are kicked out if they are unstable. They are found out if unstable. Blaming vets for the gun problem is dumb on Obama's part (but, it one guy can be bought off or convinced to do this, Obama will use it)
Sorry, I'm rambling on this... a lot of thoughts about it. I just don't believe it was an American.
July 8th, 2016, 14:11
American Patriot
Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
This is not going to go well, no matter WHO is involved.
July 8th, 2016, 14:46
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Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
A suspect in the Dallas police shooting has been identified as Micah X. Johnson, 25, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Johnson was a resident of the Dallas area who had no ties to terror groups or a criminal history. An unnamed law enforcement official told the Los Angeles Times Johnson had relatives in Mesquite, Texas.
Five police officers were killed late Thursday by shooters during a peaceful protest over the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile earlier this week. Dallas Police Chief David Brown said negotiations with one suspect, later identified as Johnson by a law enforcement official, broke down early Friday. After gunfire broke out, a bomb robot was used to kill Johnson.
"He wanted to kill officers. And he expressed killing white people, killing white officers, he expressed anger for Black Lives Matter," Brown said during a press conference.
Brown said police cornered Johnson in a parking garage at El Centro College in Dallas and negotiated with him for several hours. CBS News also confirmed Johnson was the suspect.
"We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot and place a device on its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was. Other options would have exposed our officers to great danger," Brown said. "He seemed lucid during negotiations."
Negotiations broke down around 2:30 a.m. local time. Johnson told police he was not linked to any groups and had acted on his own. Brown would not comment on the mental health of the suspects in the case. Initial reports had incorrectly stated that Johnson had shot himself. Three other suspects in the shooting were in custody, Brown said.
The shootings in Dallas come after the deaths of Castile in Minnesota and Sterling in Louisiana earlier this week. Both black men were killed by police officers.
President Barack Obama said the U.S. was "horrified" by the shooting of police officers and asked all Americans to pray for the officers and their families.
July 8th, 2016, 15:28
American Patriot
Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
Obama Immediately Exploits Dallas Murders to Promote Citizen Disarmament
Posted on by David Codrea By David Codrea http://www.ammoland.com/wp-content/u...339.jpg?2e1d31Obama exploits the murderous Dallas on police to attack the right to keep and bear arms. (White House video screenshot)USA – -(Ammoland.com)- At this writing, all that’s known for sure is that at least five police officers have been killed and others have been wounded in a sniper attack at a Dallas rally protesting the recent killings of two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana. Reports claim there were at least two killers, that an accomplice(s) is in custody, and that others are being sought. Other reports say one of the killers claimed he wanted to kill white people.
So naturally, never one to be late to a blood dance, Barack Obama signaled the administration’s intent to exploit the killings as an opportunity to keep pushing for citizen disarmament at a time when Republican resolve (an oxymoron in itself much of the time) appears to be wavering.
“We still don’t know all the facts,” Obama admitted during a special press conference from Warsaw, where he is attending a NATO summit. Still, there’s one thing he’s sure of – Americans being armed is something he wants to do something about:
We also know that when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately it makes attacks like these more deadly and more tragic. And in the days ahead, we’re going to have to consider those realities as well.
He’s made no secret of wanting to reinstate and expand the Clinton gun ban since before he first ran for president. In the days ahead, monopoly of violence enthusiasts in the citizen disarmament lobby, opportunistic politicians, apparatchik gun owner control professionals and media cheerleaders will be pulling out all the stops to continue spooking the herd to bleat for more “common sense.” And of course the blame for Dallas will be laid squarely at the feet of the NRA.
Don’t be surprised when the information becomes available to find the killers had been on law enforcement’s radar. Don’t be surprised if there are criminal records. And don’t be surprised to see some attempt to transfer their guilt to those who believe in the right to keep and bear arms. http://www.ammoland.com/wp-content/u...225.jpg?2e1d31Why should you be required to pay for evil actions of others?Anything that impedes that right is, of course, the exact wrong “solution,” especially at a time of heightened danger for all of us. What happened in Dallas shows that a mere handful of determined dissidents can paralyze a city, tie up all law enforcement resources, and capture the focused attention of a horrified nation. For some, it will be an epiphany, as they realize the power to do the same and more exists in Everytown, and all supposedly omnipotent government can do is react.
Pray that doesn’t spread, although with the upcoming Republican and Democrat conventions, and with well-publicized statements of disruptive intent from all kinds of collectivist groups (and the even more dangerous unpublicized plans), we find ourselves in a most menacing time. Imagine Dallas events emulated in another city, and another. A martial law response, with (at least initial) widespread public demand, suddenly does not seem such an unimaginable possibility. And don’t think those directing such actions will be doing so with the goal of giving seized power back.
Now is hardly the time to give one inch, especially on guns. Now is not the time to lose heart, to falter or to blink. Now is the time to reflect that, if a handful of malcontents can cause this much disruption, is it any wonder the thought of millions of gun owners, in millions of locations throughout the Republic, scares the hell out of those who would control all?
Why do you think they really want to ban the firearms that would be most useful in times of civil upheaval and/or government overreach?
Now is the time for each of us who may be hesitant and unsure to find our courage and resolve. WE WILL NOT DISARM.
We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot and place a device on its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was. Other options would have exposed the officers to grave danger.
Here’s a video from that particular portion of the press conference:
The suspect told police that he was upset about the recent shootings of Philandro Castile and Alton Sterling and wanted to kill white people, “especially white officers,” according to The Atlantic. Brown corrected the record with original reports saying the suspected gunman had killed himself. The suspect was in fact killed by this robot/bomb maneuver. The robot was used after five police officers were killed and at least six other officers and civilians were wounded.
Some are reporting that the operation was similar to a technique often used in Iraq, involving MARCbots. We’ve reached out to the Dallas Police Department to confirm these details.
Another popular police robot called Packbot, built by Endeavor Robotics, has been used in several police operations, including the Boston Marathon bomber manhunt in 2013. However, none of these bots were directly intended or used to injure or kill a suspect.
In an attack on a Dallas Police station in 2015, officers also deployed an “Explosive Ordinance Robot” to dismantle one of the attackers bags. However, that shooter was eventually killed by police gunfire.
It’s unclear whether this is the first lethal use of a robot in American policing, although according to some experts it is.
Updating...
Additional reporting by Michael Nuñez
July 8th, 2016, 15:46
Ryan Ruck
Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
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Originally Posted by American Patriot
Just to say this.... I was in the military a VERY long time. I worked with blacks, whites, people from all races, all places (including non-americans who served in the US military).
The chances of these guys being radical kooks, having US military training are slim. Unless they are sincerely organized now where a lot of the BLM assholes who were in the military are completely fucking brainwashed.....I can't see more than one, maybe two total going bad like that. Ever.
Military personnel do NOT do that. They are kicked out if they are unstable. They are found out if unstable. Blaming vets for the gun problem is dumb on Obama's part (but, it one guy can be bought off or convinced to do this, Obama will use it)
Sorry, I'm rambling on this... a lot of thoughts about it. I just don't believe it was an American.
I'm going to preface this with saying I was not in but do know many who were so take this for what it's worth.
In your military, Reagan's military, you'd be absolutely right.
Today's military is not that military and I've heard that from guys that were in both. Today's military is a big social justice petri dish with highly politicized brass beholden to the leftist politicians in charge. If you're a member of the "protected class" that is a problem in one form or another, there is very little danger of serious discipline or separation. In fact, you stand a pretty decent chance of being promoted upwards so you're someone else's problem.
See Nadal Hasan. See Chris Dorner. Both officers, in fact.
July 8th, 2016, 16:01
American Patriot
Re: BREAKING (7/7/16): Dallas Police Officers Shot At Police Protest
The latest: Micah Johnson, 25, ID’d as slain suspect
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A crime scene investigator looked at shot-out windows after a shooting in downtown Dallas on Thursday night. ASSOCIATED PRESS Click here to update the page for the latest updates.
DALLAS — The latest on the shootings during a Dallas protest in response to fatal police shootings:
11:39 a.m.
Some Black Lives Matter supporters are condemning the slayings of police in Dallas during a protest over fatal police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.
New York Daily News columnist Shaun King says on Twitter that he hates police brutality but doesn’t hate police. He says: ‘‘This violence is wrong on every level.’’
Center for Media Justice director Malkia Cyril says her ‘‘heart hurts for the dead.’’
Cyril and King also defended the Black Lives Matter movement.
She writes that it ‘‘advocates dignity, justice and freedom, not the murder of cops.’’ King says anyone blaming Black Lives Matter ‘‘is sick.’’ He says protesters were peaceful and the shootings ‘‘terrorized them too.’’
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10:50 a.m.
The president of the NAACP is calling for policies, not handwringing, in the wake of the deadly attack on police in Dallas.
Cornell William Brooks made the comment in an interview Friday on ‘‘CBS This Morning.’’ He says that includes establishing a national standard for excessive use of force and federal laws that address police accountability and community trust.
Five officers were killed and seven others injured in Dallas on Thursday during a protest over fatal police shootings of black men this week in Louisiana and Minnesota.
Brooks says citizens are afraid and capturing more fatal shootings by police on video due to a minority of officers ‘‘who defile the profession by their conduct.’’
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10:20 a.m.
A robotics expert says Dallas police appear to be the first law enforcement agency to use a robot to kill.
Peter W. Singer, of the New America Foundation, says the killing of a suspect in Thursday night’s fatal shooting of five police officers is the first instance of which he’s aware of a robot being used lethally by police.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters that after hours of failed negotiations and in order to not put any officers in harm’s way, his department used a robot to deliver a bomb that killed the suspect. Brown said they saw no other option.
Singer said in an email Friday that when he was researching his 2009 book ‘‘Wired for War’’ a U.S. soldier told him troops in Iraq sometimes used MARCbot surveillance robots against insurgents.
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10:07 a.m.
A Texas law enforcement official has told The Associated Press that a slain suspect in the attack on Dallas police was 25-year-old Micah Johnson.
The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he said he was not authorized to release the information. There were no immediate details on the suspect’s middle name or hometown.
The attack began Thursday night during a protest about the recent killings by police of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. Five officers were killed and seven others were wounded. Two civilians were also wounded.
Police Chief David Brown said Friday that his department used a robot-delivered bomb to kill a suspect after hours of negotiations failed. He says the suspect expressed anger over recent killings by police of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. Dallas’ police chief said Johnson told negotiators that he acted alone and was unaffiliated with any group.
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9:47 a.m.
The U.S. Capitol building is no longer on lockdown.
The Senate sergeant at arms said a lockdown had concluded. The sergeant at arms had earlier issued a lockdown alert for the building and visitor center, saying police activity has been reported.
Capitol police had said they were searching for an individual but offered no details. One officer outside the Capitol said police are responding to sketchy reports of woman who may have a gun; a House Democratic leadership staffer had said the sergeant at arms office had said there had been a woman with a gun in a tunnel leading to the Rayburn House Office Building.
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9:40 a.m.
House Speaker Paul Ryan says anger over the police shootings in Dallas must not be allowed to harden the nation’s divisions.
Speaking Friday on the House Floor, Ryan said that “justice will be done.”
He says it’s been a ‘‘long month for America’’ and that the nation has seen terrible and senseless things.
But he says that in debating how to respond, ‘‘let’s not lose sight of the values that unite us, our common humanity.’’
Ryan says: ‘‘A few perpetrators of evil do not represent us; they do not control us.’’
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took the floor after Ryan, joining in his expression of grief and thanking Dallas police officers for their service.
Pelosi says: ‘‘Justice will be done, justice must be done. Also mercy must be done.’’
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9:23 a.m.
The U.S. Capitol building is on lockdown, with police barring people from entering.
The Senate seargant at arms issued a lockdown alert for the building and visitor center, saying police activity has been reported. Capitol office buildings are open.
Capitol police say they are searching for an individual but offered no details.
House press gallery staff says the building is on lockdown but that the House met briefly and immediately recessed. Voting scheduled to begin at 9:15 a.m. is postponed, gallery staff said.
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9:10 a.m.
The mother of one of Alton Sterling’s children has denounced the killings of five police officers in Dallas during a protest over police shootings, including the one that killed Sterling in Baton Rouge on Tuesday.
A statement issued Friday by Quinyetta McMillon’s attorneys says ‘‘responding to violence with violence is not the answer.’’
“We wholeheartedly reject the reprehensible acts of violence that were perpetrated against members of the Dallas Police Department,” the statement says. ‘‘Our hearts break for the families of the officers who were lost as they protected protesters and residents alike during a rally.’’
McMillon and her 15-year-old son, Cameron Sterling, appeared at a rally outside Baton Rouge’s City Hall after 37-year-old Alton Sterling was fatally shot during a struggle with two police officers outside a convenience store. Sterling was black; both officers are white.
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9:10 a.m.
Dallas’ police chief says a suspect in the deadly overnight attack on police officers told negotiators that he acted alone and was unaffiliated with any group.
Chief David Brown said at a news conference Friday that the suspect also said he was upset about recent police shootings and wanted to kill white people, particularly white officers.
He says officers killed the suspect with a robot-delivered bomb after hours of negotiations failed. Although Brown says the suspect said he acted alone, it remains unclear if that was the case. He said earlier Friday that three other suspects were in custody, but he later declined to discuss those detentions and said police still didn’t know if investigators had accounted for all participants in the attack.
The attack began Thursday night during a protest about the recent killings by police of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. Five officers were killed and seven others were wounded. Two civilians were also wounded.
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8:45 a.m.
The Dallas transit police chief says an officer who was fatally shot during a downtown protest was a newlywed whose bride also works for the police force.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit police Chief James Spiller described Officer Brent Thompson on Friday as a ‘‘courageous’’ and ‘‘great guy.’’
Thompson was among five police officers killed during a Thursday night demonstration to protest police shooting deaths of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.
Spiller says Thompson got married two weeks ago. His wife, Emily, was not on duty at the protest.
The police chief last spoke to Thompson on Tuesday as they passed each other in a hallway. Spiller says he asked how the newlyweds were doing and how things were going with Thompson’s job.
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8:15 a.m.
Mayor Mike Rawlings says a bullet went straight through the leg of one police officer as snipers fatally shot three members of his squad during a protest in downtown Dallas.
Rawlings, who says he spoke to the wounded officer, said Friday that the officer expressed sorrow at his loss and that he felt ‘‘people don’t understand the danger of dealing with a protest.’’
The mayor says it’s important to uphold the right of people to protest, but that more care needs to be taken to ensure the safety of police officers at such events.
Snipers shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven more at the demonstration Thursday evening to protest the police killing of black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and St. Paul, Minnesota. Two civilians were also injured.
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8:10 a.m.
Police Chief David Brown says authorities are still not certain that they have identified everyone involved in an attack on a downtown protest march that killed five police officers.
Brown said Friday that investigators have not ruled out that others may have been involved in the attacks that left a total of 12 officers and two civilians shot.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says an overnight standoff with one suspect in a parking garage ended when police detonated an explosive about four hours after the attack began. Authorities say the explosive was attached to a robot to protect officers.
Brown would not reveal any details about other potential suspects that have been detained by police and interviewed.
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7:55 a.m.
Police Chief David Brown says a suspect in the overnight attack that killed five police officers, wounded seven others and wounded two civilians said he was upset over the recent police shootings of black men and wanted to kill white people.
Brown said at a news conference Friday that the suspect made the comments before he was killed by an explosive used by police.
He says his department and their families are grieving and that the divisiveness between police and the public must stop.
Authorities say snipers opened fire on police officers during a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas Thursday night over the recent fatal shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.
Authorities say three other suspects are in custody.
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7:25 a.m.
A man wrongly identified by Dallas police as a suspect in a sniper attack on police says he turned himself in and was quickly released.
The Dallas Police Department put out a photo on its Twitter account late Thursday of a man wearing a camouflage shirt and holding a rifle with the message: ‘‘This is one of our suspects. Please help us find him!’’ The tweet remained on the account early Friday morning.
The man in the photo, Mark Hughes, tells Dallas TV station KTVT that he ‘‘flagged down a police officer’’ immediately after finding out he was a suspect. He says police lied during a 30-minute interrogation, telling him they had video of him shooting.
Videos posted online show Hughes walking around peacefully during the shooting and later turning over his gun to a police officer.
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7:15 a.m.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit officials say three DART police officers wounded by snipers during a protest are expected to recover.
Thursday night’s shootings left four Dallas police officers and one DART officer dead, plus seven other officers wounded. The demonstration was to protest two fatal police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota earlier this week.
A DART statement Friday identified the agency’s three wounded personnel as 44-year-old Officer Omar Cannon, 32-year-old Officer Misty McBride and 39-year-old Officer Jesus Retana. DART spokesman Morgan Lyons did not release details of the injuries, but said all three should recover.
Officer Brent Thompson was the first DART officer killed in the line of duty since the transit agency formed a police department in 1989. Thompson was 43 and had worked as a DART officer since 2009.
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Online: http://www.dart.org/
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7:05 a.m.
Mayor Mike Rawlings says a total of 12 police officers and two civilians were shot during a protest march in downtown Dallas.
Rawlings said Friday that he does not believe that any of the wounded victims have life-threatening injuries.
He says five officers were killed and seven more were injured when snipers opened fire during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men.
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6:40 a.m.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says the suspect involved in an overnight standoff with police died after officers used explosives to ‘‘blast him out.’’
Rawlings said Friday that he was not sure how the suspect died or what weapons were found on him.
He says police have swept the area where the standoff took place and found no explosives.
Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas Thursday evening, killing five officers and injuring six others during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men.
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6 a.m.
People gathered in small groups on Dallas’ tense, police-filled streets before dawn early Friday struggled to fathom the still-unsettled situation.
Resident Jalisa Jackson says: ‘‘I think the biggest thing that we've had something like this is when JFK died,’’ evoking the November 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy on the city’s streets. She calls it ‘‘surreal.’’
Police said at least four suspects were involved in the killings of five police officers just hours before. The suspects were not immediately identified.
Downtown, officers crouched beside vehicles, SWAT team armored vehicles arrived and a helicopter hovered overhead.
Eleven Dallas officers were shot Thursday night during a peaceful protest over this week’s fatal police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota in what the city’s police chief characterized as a sniper attack.
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5:45 a.m.
Dallas police say no explosives have been found in extensive sweeps of downtown areas following the fatal shooting of five police officers and the wounding of six others by snipers.
Security was tight Friday morning with numerous streets closed to vehicle traffic in the main downtown Dallas business district hours after Thursday night’s attacks.
The gunfire happened during protests over this week’s fatal police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota of two black men. Police have detained at least three people in the investigation of the Dallas shootings.
Police said a fourth suspect was engaged in a standoff with authorities and had made threats about bombs.
Maj. Max Geron (GAYR'-uhn) tweeted before dawn Friday that primary and secondary sweeps for explosives were complete and no explosives were found.
The gunfire claimed the lives of four Dallas police officers and one Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer. DART serves Dallas and a dozen other North Texas cities. The transit agency operates buses and the state’s largest municipal rail system.
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5:20 a.m.
A memorial group says the slaying of five police officers in Dallas in an attack blamed on snipers was the deadliest day in U.S. law enforcement history since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Four Dallas police officers and one Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer were fatally shot Thursday night. The gunfire happened during protests over this week’s fatal police shootings of two black men, in Louisiana and Minnesota.
Six other officers were wounded in the Dallas attacks.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which monitors the deaths of officers, reports 72 officers were killed as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. The group labels that attack as the deadliest day in U.S. law enforcement history.
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Online: http://www.nleomf.org/facts/enforcement/deadliest.html
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4:30 a.m.
President Barack Obama says America is ‘‘horrified’’ over the shootings of police officers in Dallas and there’s no possible justification for the attacks.
Obama is speaking from Warsaw, Poland, where he’s meeting with leaders of the European Union and attending a NATO summit.
Obama says justice will be done and he’s asking all Americans to pray for the fallen officers and their families. He also says the nation should express its gratitude to those serving in law enforcement.
Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas Thursday evening, killing five officers and injuring six others during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men.
Obama said earlier there was no contradiction between supporting law enforcement and making certain biases in the justice system are rooted out.
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2:30 a.m.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit has identified its officer who was fatally shot when snipers opened fire during a downtown Dallas protest.
DART said early Friday morning that 43-year-old officer Brent Thompson was killed in the Thursday night shootings. He'd joined the DART Police Department in 2009.
DART says he’s the first officer killed in the line of duty since the agency formed a police department in 1989. The statement says ‘‘our hearts are broken.’’
DART says the other three DART police officers shot during the protest are expected to recover from their injuries.
Also killed during the shootings were four Dallas police officers.
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2:10 a.m.
Police say a fifth officer has died after snipers opened fire on police at a rally in Dallas. Six other officers were injured.
The gunfire broke out Thursday night while hundreds of people were gathered to protest fatal police shootings this week in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown said Three people are in custody and a fourth suspect was exchanging gunfire with authorities in a parking garage downtown early Friday.
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2 a.m.
A family member says a protester who was shot when snipers opened fire on police at a rally in Dallas was shielding her sons when she was injured.
A sister of 37-year-old Shetamia Taylor says Taylor was at the protests Thursday night with her four sons, ages 12 to 17. Theresa Williams says that when the shooting began, Taylor threw herself over her sons. She was undergoing surgery early Friday after being shot in the right calf.
Police say four police officers were killed and seven injured in the shootings. The shootings happened at a protest over recent fatal police shootings of black men.
Williams says two of Taylor’s sons became separated from their mother in the chaotic aftermath. She says they’re now stuck behind a police barricade at a hotel near a parking garage where police exchanged gunfire with a suspect.
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1:40 a.m.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’s cutting short an out-of-state trip to go to Dallas after four police officers were killed and seven others injured when snipers opened fire during protests.
Abbott said in a release early Friday morning that he would be heading directly to Dallas. The shootings happened Thursday night in downtown Dallas.
Abbott also says he’s spoken with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to express his condolences and offer any assistance the city needs.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said in a statement that ‘‘our thoughts and prayers go out to these officers and their families, and to those who have been injured.’’ He said his office is in close contact with local authorities and will be offering to provide whatever support they can to help victims and bring the ‘‘perpetrators to justice.’’
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1:15 a.m.
Dallas police say a person of interest whose picture had been circulated has turned himself in.
Police earlier had circulated a picture of a man in a camouflage T-shirt who carrying a long gun.
Police had no update on whether that person was indeed a suspect. However, Police Chief David Brown said authorities had three people in custody. One is a woman and two are people who were in a car stopped on a road.
A man who identified himself as the brother of the man whose photo was circulated says his brother was not one of the shooters. He told television station KTVT that once the shootings had started, his brother had turned the gun over to a police officer.
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12:50 a.m.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown says three people are in custody after snipers opened fire on police officers during protests and says a fourth person is exchanging gunfire with officers.
Brown said at an early Friday morning news conference that authorities are negotiating with a suspect in a downtown parking garage who has been exchanging gunfire with officials.
The chief says the suspect is not cooperating and has told negotiators he intends to hurt more law enforcement officials.
The shooting attack killed four officers and injured seven others. It came amid protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men.
Brown says authorities are not certain all suspects have been located.
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12:30 a.m.
Dallas police say they are questioning two occupants of a vehicle after an officer saw a person throw a bag into the back of the vehicle and speed off.
Police said late Thursday night that an officer spotted someone carrying a camouflage bag and quickly walking down the street. The person then threw the bag into the back of a black Mercedes and sped off at a high rate of speed.
Police say officers followed the vehicle southbound on Interstate 35 to a point south of Dallas where they performed a traffic stop. Police then began questioning both occupants of the vehicle.
Television footage showed many police cars surrounding a vehicle stopped on Interstate 35.
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11:35 p.m.
Dallas police say a suspect in shooting of officers at Dallas protests is in custody and a person of interest has surrendered.
Dallas police say four officers have died after at least two snipers opened fire during protests downtown Thursday night. Seven other officers were wounded.
Police Chief David O. Brown said snipers shot from ‘‘elevated positions’’ during a protest over two recent fatal police shootings.
The gunfire broke out around 8:45 p.m. Thursday. Live TV video showed protesters marching along a street in downtown when the shots erupted and the crowd scattered, seeking cover.
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10:45 p.m.
The Dallas police chief says it appears two snipers shot 10 police officers during protests, and three of the officers are dead.
Police Chief David O. Brown said in a statement that three of the officers who were injured are in critical condition Thursday night. He says the snipers shot from ‘‘elevated positions’’ during a protest over two recent fatal police shootings.
The gunfire broke out around 8:45 p.m. Thursday. Live TV video showed protesters marching along a street in downtown when the shots erupted and the crowd scattered, seeking cover.
July 8th, 2016, 16:30
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Dallas police shooting: 'Black Power group' claims responsibility for police killings and warns of more assassinations to come
"More Will Be Assassinated In The Coming Days! Do You Like The Work Of Our Assassins? Get Your Own Sniper" read a post on the Black Power Political Organisation Facebook account
A Facebook page claiming to represent a black power group has posted messages claiming responsibility for the deaths of five police officers in Dallas.
Five officers were gunned down by at least two shooters who picked out officers from an 'elevated position' - believed to be a multi-storey car park.
The so-called Black Power Political Organisation wrote on its Facebook account that it was behind the attack and that 'more assassinations are coming'.
It's origins and history is not yet known and authorities have not confirmed any political link to the shootings.
The message - posted in the aftermath of the shootings - said: "#BlackPower! #BlackKnights! Sniper Assassins Take Down Five Police Officers! And More Will Be Assassinated In The Coming Days! Do You Like The Work Of Our Assassins? Get Your Own Sniper Rifle And Join Our Thousands Of Sniper Assassins Worldwide In The Fight Against Oppression!” http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/arti...-at-132637.png The Facebook message posted from the Black Power Political Organisation account The account has since been taken down - it is not yet known if it was removed by Facebook or the group itself.
The group has posted dozens of statements on alleged racially-motivated incidents and threatening violent action over at least the several months.
Days ago the group had left an ominous message pledging to get 'revenge' for the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling - who was shot repeatedly while being pinned to the ground in an incident captured on mobile phone footage.
A message said: "Don't worry my people! Justice will be served for Alton Sterling!
Facebook/Black Power Political Organization - BPPO
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