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[Pancake Mix]

Horrible news. The world keeps getting worse and worse.

However, props to the original POI surrendering his gun and the officer he handed it to. Talk about cooler heads, both handled that extremely well.

 

[Bad_Boy]

Let's be careful posting anything from Reddit.

only thing that could be incorrect about that picture is the date that paint was thrown. thats definitely the logo and door of oakland PD.

and with the recent scandal.... it wouldn't be a stretch. but i guess that's a topic for another thread. so i apologize for posting.

 

[Ominym]

The previous "person of interest" is being interviewed on CBS. Saying he and his brother are getting death threats now. He was interrogated for 30 minutes, police confiscated his gun and clothes.

They both should be in protective custody right now. Being out and about is begging for some misinformed vigilante to make a stupid move.

 

[Chiggs]

Damn. That was a real interview.

Did I hear a guy tell him to stop cursing?

Lame!

 

[Brakke]

saw this on reddit

front door of oakland police department.

Spoiler

red paint, a metaphor for blood?

If you're going to post something you saw, at least link back to it. You've just put up a thing with absolutely zero context.

Anyway, I don't know anything about this picture, but Oakland had massive protests today over the same two killings that Dallas was protesting. http://abc7news.com/news/all-lanes-of-i-880-in-oakland-remain-closed-due-to-protest-/1418202/

 

[SaviourMK2]

That New York post front page, sickening

 

[DieH@rd]

Anyone has the short breakdown of all events?

 

[Mascot]

Isn't carrying an assault rifle (loaded or not) at a peaceful protest kind of... misguided?

What would be the reason for doing this (apart from exercising your lawful right to do so)?

 

[The Beard]

Goddamn, I do feel really bad for the Hughes Bros.

Also, CBS is killing it.

They'll probably be on every national news outlet tomorrow trying to clear their name.

 

[Barzul]

Sue the fuck outta them. Honestly, this will follow them possibly all their lives.

 

[Merc_]

http://www.cbsnews.com/live/

Brothers are on live..spewing truth about everything . Cops tried to blame them

Looks like a black person is going to get punished regardless it seems.

 

[thenight11]

5th officer dead

FOX 4 NEWS ‏@FOX4 38s39 seconds ago
#BREAKING ~ A fourth Dallas PD officer has died after Thursday night's shooting in downtown. Total of 5 officers now dead.

 

[Vex_]

They don't even realize that there is video of him turning over the gun.

That's being shown on cbslive right now. They just showed it.

 

[eyeball_kid]

They both deserve police protection.

They really do. They asked the police to clear their name publicly and the police refused "until the investigation is over". Cops are obviously circling the wagons, protecting their own first and foremost.

I really respect Mark Hughes. The guy is intelligent, eloquent, and level-headed. They act in the most upstanding way possible and they still get shafted. I just really hope the word gets out to everyone that they didn't have anything to do with this.

 

[Chiggs]

5th officer dead

Fuck. Man oh man.

 

[Draxal]

Isn't carrying an assault rifle (loaded or not) at a peaceful protest kind of... misguided?

What would be the reason for doing this (apart from exercising your lawful right to do so)?

The two people were killed when they had the right to legally wield those guns.

 

[BokehKing]

5th officer has died....man wtf the world changes on 7-7-16

 

[jwhit28]

Horrible news. The world keeps getting worse and worse.

However, props to the original POI surrendering his gun and the officer he handed it to. Talk about cooler heads, both handled that extremely well.

He did everything 110% correctly. He talked to the cops as soon as he realized he was a POI, and still got treated like trash as cops attempted to trick him into confessing.

 

[Measley]

5th officer dead

Fuck.

 

[davepoobond]

Isn't carrying an assault rifle (loaded or not) at a peaceful protest kind of... misguided?

What would be the reason for doing this (apart from exercising your lawful right to do so)?

so he deserves what he got? what are you trying to infer here?

this is all a perfect example of the double standard of open carry. Open carry is only legal for white people, not black people.

 

[commedieu]

Looks like a black person is going to get punished regardless it seems.

So, nothing has changed then.

 

[NateDrake]

Did the two young men from Boston that got plastered on the front page of the a NY paper as suspects ever get an apology following the Boston bombings?

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

The Hughes brothers said that the police told him they have video and witnesses saying he was shooting a gun.

Disgusting

 

[Socreges]

5th officer dead

:/

Please source, though. Misinformation abounds

 

[cpp_is_king]

Wow just tuned in, this shit is nuts. I'm afraid for what happens next. Will it keep escalating as cops get even more on edge?

 

[KHlover]

5th officer dead

The one who received CPR or another one? Also, source?

 

[Machina]

Apparently we have a 5th dead officer? Social media so unproven

 

[bananafactory]

The one who received COR or another one? Also, source?

Apparently we have a 5th dead officer? Social media so unproven

NBC just reported on their feed (the one in the OP)

CBS is also reporting it, sourcing Dallas Police Union

 

[JHoNNy1OoO]

Sue the fuck outta them. Honestly, this will follow them possibly all their lives.

The moment that the actual killers faces are plastered everywhere nobody will remember the Hughes brothers.

 

[GtwoK]

That New York post front page, sickening

Is that 2 of the dead officers on the cover!? Are they FUCKING serious?

 

[holygeesus]

Europe is not the USA
God forbid the cops were not armed when this shooting started, how many dead would we have then, not just police officers but innocent people just trying to make progress through peace?

What? Police are armed in Europe. Innocent bystanders weren't the targets here.

 

[Nerd_Incognito]

To be fair, the DPD fucked up in releasing that person of interest photo. The media was obligated to share it.

 

[jwhit28]

That's being shown on cbslive right now. They just showed it.

I mean the Hughes brothers themselves don't know that video is out there.

 

[depths20XX]

Isn't carrying an assault rifle (loaded or not) at a peaceful protest kind of... misguided?

What would be the reason for doing this (apart from exercising your lawful right to do so)?

I think his reason was to exercise his right. Not saying it's the best choice as I think no one should carry a gun like that in public. However it is telling that he was immediately broadcasted as a suspect on national news, even after he turned in the gun...

 

[BokehKing]

The one who received CPR or another one? Also, source?

It was just announced on this Fox 4 affiliate on the fox news site

 

[masud]

That New York post front page, sickening

Link? It's not on their website.

 

[Ferrio]

Isn't carrying an assault rifle (loaded or not) at a peaceful protest kind of... misguided?

What would be the reason for doing this (apart from exercising your lawful right to do so)?

To highlight the fact that a black person exercising their right to bear arms is viewed differently than a white person.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Isn't carrying an assault rifle (loaded or not) at a peaceful protest kind of... misguided?

What would be the reason for doing this (apart from exercising your lawful right to do so)?

Not in his shoes, but if I were to make an educated guess.

Black people are having their lives taken from them on a statistically higher basis from cops, there is a feeling that they don't have the same rights as others and are treated as "threats" automatically. A person, who is facing a system that is racist against him, using one of his ten basic rights granted to him by he Bill of Rights is a message and a symbol that he has the same rights as anyone else.

It's part of the protest, kinda the same reason why black panthers open carried during the civil rights movement.

just a shot in the dark

EDIT: Fifth officer has died.

 

[User1608]

Fox has said a 5th officer has died fuck.

Rip.

 

[Chiggs]

The moment that the actual killers faces are plastered everywhere nobody will remember the Hughes brothers.

Eh, there's hope. Remember this guy?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell

 

[Zoe]

Isn't carrying an assault rifle (loaded or not) at a peaceful protest kind of... misguided?

What would be the reason for doing this (apart from exercising your lawful right to do so)?

It was pointed out earlier, but the two shootings happened because of concealed carry, so open carry is another form of protest.

 

[The Beard]

The two people were killed when they had the right to legally wield those guns.

One of them had the right to legally carry a gun. Not wield.

 

[sphagnum]

5th officer has died....man wtf the world changes on 7-7-16

I didn't even think of the date. No way this could somehow be connected to 7/7 in Britain.

 

[echoshifting]

5th officer dead just confirmed on CBS.

 

[Mascot]

so he deserves what he got? what are you trying to infer here?

this is all a perfect example of the double standard of open carry. Open carry is only legal for white people, not black people.

Piss right off with that attitude. I'm genuinely curious why anyone would openly carry an assault rifle at a peaceful protest. No fucking agenda, so can that right now.

 

[thenight11]

Dallas Morning NewsVerified account
‏@dallasnews Dallas Morning News Retweeted Dallas Police Assoc
#Breaking 5th Dallas officer announced dead. Working on latest here as standoff continues: http://d-news.co/Riq83022Crt

 

[Merc_]

Disgusting

They're already back to business as usual.

 

[GtwoK]

Link? It's not on their website.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cm0qygTWcAAcQnl.jpg:large

 

[DiscoJer]

CBSN, he went to the police station, was interrogated for half an hour by police saying they have proof he was a shooter.

That's what he said happened to him (they also confiscated his cloths apparently)

That's the Reid Technique. Basically police start off by saying they know you are guilty, they have proof (even when they don't), and you should just confess

http://people.howstuffworks.com/police-interrogation2.htm

Works remarkably well at getting people to confess, unfortunately also when they are innocent.

While I am sorry these officers are dead, I'm afraid this is just going to delay the long needed police reforms this country so desperately needs.

 

[FinalStageBoss]

Damn, 5 officers dead. RIP.