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4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
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RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
July 8, 2016 at 8:38 am
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RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
July 8, 2016 at 8:43 am
The Dallas police chief said the dead sniper was killed with a bomb taken to his location by a police robot.

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RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
July 8, 2016 at 8:43 am
(July 8, 2016 at 6:18 am)Tiberius Wrote:
(July 8, 2016 at 1:06 am)Losty Wrote: Yea because when you're pinned down by two police officers, and one has a gun to your chest, you're going to try to reach for your own gun.

I mean, that's what most sensible people would avoid doing, I agree. However what we know is that this guy had been reported to the police for threatening people with a gun earlier that day, which was why police were there. He was a large man, he could have easily overpowered one of the officers, maybe both, and it looked like he was resisting arrest.

Even if he wasn't going for his gun, the act of resisting arrest, combined with the fact that the cop saw a gun on the guy, is going to make any cop worry for their safety.

Maybe some new angle will emerge that allows a different story, but for me, if you want to avoid getting shot by cops, don't resist arrest, even if you know you are innocent.

I would agree. Sort of. I don't feel comfortable, nor will I ever, with police officers being allowed to shoot a person they've got pinned down on the ground.
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RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
July 8, 2016 at 8:49 am
(July 8, 2016 at 8:43 am)vorlon13 Wrote: The Dallas police chief said the dead sniper was killed with a bomb taken to his location by a police robot.

I'm astonished . . .

Wait what?
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July 8, 2016 at 8:52 am
Dallas gunman 'wanted to kill whites'

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RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
July 8, 2016 at 8:55 am
When police stopped being integral community members and leaders and became paramilitary incarceration forces with rare connections to neighborhoods and communities, this, unfortunately, was inevitable.
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RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
July 8, 2016 at 9:00 am
(July 8, 2016 at 8:49 am)Losty Wrote:
(July 8, 2016 at 8:43 am)vorlon13 Wrote: The Dallas police chief said the dead sniper was killed with a bomb taken to his location by a police robot.

I'm astonished . . .

Wait what?

They apparently used explosives to 'blast him out', according to Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings.
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RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
July 8, 2016 at 9:02 am (This post was last modified: July 8, 2016 at 9:03 am by Fidel_Castronaut.)
Well that's one way to do it I guess. Will there be a march for solidarity movement? That's an honest question.
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July 8, 2016 at 9:08 am
(July 8, 2016 at 9:02 am)Pandæmonium Wrote: Well that's one way to do it I guess. Will there be a march for solidarity movement? That's an honest question.

For the fallen officers or the cunt who hopefully got blasted to bits?
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RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
July 8, 2016 at 9:09 am (This post was last modified: July 8, 2016 at 9:11 am by A Theist.)
(July 8, 2016 at 8:52 am)Bella Morte Wrote: Dallas gunman 'wanted to kill whites'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36745862
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Quote: DALLAS — 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

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