Stop posting this guy. That guy turn himself in as a person of interest. Doesn't appear he was involved with the attack.
Shots fired at Police during Dallas Police anti-violence protest (5 officers killed)
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Stop posting this guy. That guy turn himself in as a person of interest. Doesn't appear he was involved with the attack.
Xenophobia never left, even the people you think are not xenophobic....guess what, they are, they will just never admit that to you. If anything it will get worse.
This will do one of two things....Obamas speech last night already is being labeled as Anti Cop on FB by people.
I mean this all really rests on the Dallas PD, outside of the knuckle heads in the department they were showing great progress with the community, They ....god I'm going to puke I think.....this is just so horrible I can't even talk about this.
Alpha Centauri
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R.I.P to all the officers. This is absolutely terrible. The shooters are despicable and no matter their internal rationale, are the scummiest of scum. These cops were doing their job, policing and supporting the protesters.
It was extremely honorable to have officers stand side by side with the protesters. They were interacting with their community, showing solidarity with more than a thousand people outraged over the deaths of Castille and Sterling. Community policing is what it is called, and it absolutely works in neighborhoods. Cops are humanized, and the cops get to know the people they are sworn to protect and serve.
I can't expect Dallas P.D to do that again. How can you when as soon as you let your guard down, something like this happens.
Let it be known, these shooters are not indicative of the BLM movement, nor should anyone think that this was inevitable. The country was/is collectively furious about the killings over the last couple of days, but to fire into a peaceful protest has given more ammunition to all those that say we are monkeys, thugs, and gangbangers who can't do anything right. I'm utterly dejected.
There is a culture war going on. The prize are the millions of Americans who are predisposed to thinking ill of blacks. Over that last few decades, their justifications get chipped away little by little, and as I posted in the Philandro Castille thread their diet racism gets harder and harder to justify until they aren't anymore. We were on that path in my opinion, with the overwhelming support that I saw from the most unlikely sources (i.e. those Diet Racists). All of that emotional capital was just washed away. Everyone's worse fears are suddenly confirmed, and everything goes right back to where we were.
These shooters fucked everything up. In a more just world, we should be able to be accountable for ourselves, but the far right will label him a BLMer, ask again "what is going on with the black youth!?". Trump will make a blowhard message about "getting to the bottom of this" and how he will be tough on crime. Obama will be seen as a sympathizer to the shooters, fueling even more partisan bullshit when we all should collectively mourn.
It's too much. Too depressing to think about yet this will dominate our collective minds for a long time. Blue Lives Matters bills will pass that will shit on the civil rights of people, driving us closer to a police state. I hope i'm wrong, but... I don't think so.
I'm tired.
It was extremely honorable to have officers stand side by side with the protesters. They were interacting with their community, showing solidarity with more than a thousand people outraged over the deaths of Castille and Sterling. Community policing is what it is called, and it absolutely works in neighborhoods. Cops are humanized, and the cops get to know the people they are sworn to protect and serve.
I can't expect Dallas P.D to do that again. How can you when as soon as you let your guard down, something like this happens.
Let it be known, these shooters are not indicative of the BLM movement, nor should anyone think that this was inevitable. The country was/is collectively furious about the killings over the last couple of days, but to fire into a peaceful protest has given more ammunition to all those that say we are monkeys, thugs, and gangbangers who can't do anything right. I'm utterly dejected.
There is a culture war going on. The prize are the millions of Americans who are predisposed to thinking ill of blacks. Over that last few decades, their justifications get chipped away little by little, and as I posted in the Philandro Castille thread their diet racism gets harder and harder to justify until they aren't anymore. We were on that path in my opinion, with the overwhelming support that I saw from the most unlikely sources (i.e. those Diet Racists). All of that emotional capital was just washed away. Everyone's worse fears are suddenly confirmed, and everything goes right back to where we were.
These shooters fucked everything up. In a more just world, we should be able to be accountable for ourselves, but the far right will label him a BLMer, ask again "what is going on with the black youth!?". Trump will make a blowhard message about "getting to the bottom of this" and how he will be tough on crime. Obama will be seen as a sympathizer to the shooters, fueling even more partisan bullshit when we all should collectively mourn.
It's too much. Too depressing to think about yet this will dominate our collective minds for a long time. Blue Lives Matters bills will pass that will shit on the civil rights of people, driving us closer to a police state. I hope i'm wrong, but... I don't think so.
I'm tired.
kame-sennin
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Really?
They're talking triangulation tactics on CNN now. At least 4 shooters working in tandem.
I'm 90% sure at this point the protest was just a cover. These guys were likely waiting for ANY major event drawing crowds/cops to the area.
This doesn't seem like ISIS, but who knows with how desperate they've been getting lately.
But this is NOT Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter is 20/30-somethings and college students. It is not, and has never been, a militant group.
I'm 90% sure at this point the protest was just a cover. These guys were likely waiting for ANY major event drawing crowds/cops to the area.
This doesn't seem like ISIS, but who knows with how desperate they've been getting lately.
But this is NOT Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter is 20/30-somethings and college students. It is not, and has never been, a militant group.
If you're a local and you know the area well, it wouldn't be difficult to get a general idea of positioning. It didn't need to be precise down to the inch.
Yeah there was virtually zero tension during the rally and march. Police closed off roads for us and I didn't see any protesters egging on police or any police disrespecting protestors. Friendly atmosphere in general -- very positive vibes.
GeorgioCostanzaX
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That's the thing ISIS is terrifying but the thought of ordinary citizens taking up arms is even worse to me...I hope they're white.
victreeb3l
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I can't wait until VR is powerful enough to literally escape to another world Sword Art Online style. Tired of these awful events happening basically every day.
Alex_Mexico
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Are you blaming BLM for this?
Eh...
All lives do matter and nobody says otherwise. Black Lives Matter means Black lives DO matter or matter too.
Chiggs
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Don't blame me. Blame Dallas PD. That shot is still up.
TheShocker
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RIP to my brothers/sisters in blue.
I have nothing else to say.
I have nothing else to say.
perfectchaos007
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sav·age
ˈsavij/Submit
adjective
1.
(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.
"tales of a savage beast"
synonyms: ferocious, fierce; More
What's wrong with calling the shooter a savage?
The majority of american voters are not looking to start a full blown race war. If anything what's happened over the last 3 days shows everyone we need to come together, not continue fighting. The idea of going over to Trump after all these tragedies is utterly mind boggling to me.
Military trained style movement shooters claiming there's bombs all over downtown???
But if it was only police they went after I'd assume the only places they'd put bombs at are the PDs.
I don't even...
Looks more and more like terrorism using cover of protest of a already volatile situation to further feed their fucked up state of mind.
But if it was only police they went after I'd assume the only places they'd put bombs at are the PDs.
I don't even...
Looks more and more like terrorism using cover of protest of a already volatile situation to further feed their fucked up state of mind.
TheLostBigBoss
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Shooting cops -> anti-government sentiment
+ Military like training, movement, weapon handling
+ Well executed ambush, area of fire, was able to leave initial firefight
= militia?
+ Military like training, movement, weapon handling
+ Well executed ambush, area of fire, was able to leave initial firefight
= militia?
Gnome Scat
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What are they even trying to imply here?
isn't this one of the cases where savage to describe a human fits pretty well...?
Yeah seems a lot more likely its some sovereign citizen type people than ISIS.
Nerd_Incognito
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Really hope the shooters are not POC.
If they are, this country is going to tear itself apart.
If they are, this country is going to tear itself apart.
Well lately savage has been used to describe someone badass, so I could understand the confusion.
victreeb3l
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What does this mean?
you're not fooling anyone, pal
Dorner 2.0
You really want someone to point out how this is wrong?
It means the shooters set up a "kill box" to ensure overlapping fields.
Could be. They had to have a more than average understanding of police tactics and about the BLM route.
Disgruntled former police?
rykomatsu
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Yes they can -
Semi-auto means one trigger pull per shot - doesn't matter if it's a rifle or handgun
Handguns can hold high capacity magazines
This is on the extreme side:
http://www.betaco.com/cmag_product_details.asp?product=25&weapon=46
Dallas PD doesn't really have a choice, there has to be a police presence at organized rallies. What they could do is put a moratorium on rallies, but that would just mean the police would mobilize to prevent gatherings. Then if people rally in spite of a moratorium, the police will have to show up.
What? You come in here with that fucking shit at a time like this?
Arrogant Bastard
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Why would they target the police when they could have shot hundreds of protesters?
Why would they try and get away?
Abstrusity
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Triangulation in this case means posting in a triangle formation. One person for each point of a triangle, so that at any one point in time, at least two people have line of sight on a target within a given(triangulated) area.
CassidyIzABeast
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He executed someone. He's a savage.
j0hnnix
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I don't think she was implying anything - this is where some can take anything and twist it. She was just saying the police were assisting in setting up a peaceful protest for everyone.
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