There is a best case scenario for this. One where a national Unity day is created. Where parades like Toronto's pride brings police and communities together. Where the nation's police follow the lead of those in Dallas and work to address their issues with the black community. Kumbaya shit isn't going to fix everything, but it might encourage police to see the community as human beings and not expendable if they spent some time with them.
Shots fired at Police during Dallas Police anti-violence protest (5 officers killed)
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TheFuzz
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We agree.
We don't agree. Looking for a shooter and having a picture provided that shows someone who fits the description with an AR-15 is worth following as a lead.
As an Atlanta native, Richard Jewel had the same thing happen when the Olympics were bombed in 1996. It's happened before, it will happen again. It's unfortunate, but it happens when police are frantically trying to figure things out in a short amount of time. They are human and make mistakes.
They did clear his name, but (for the fourth time) aren't likely thinking to delete the original tweet. It's a mistake and they're not thinking to scrub his name from the Internet.
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Like the Orlando shooting, we're looking at a cornucopia of issues being thrown into the fray at once.
-Criticism of Police Brutality
-Gun Control
-Racism
-Mental Health of War veterans
Hi. California resident here, but I was born and raised in Dallas for many, many years. Always will have love for my city, but I digress.
My cousin was at the protest last night. Needless to say, he was VERY upset about what went down. He posted his reactions on Facebook late last night, hours after the whole thing happened. I wanted to share with you guys his perspective of the whole ordeal.
Thanks for posting this.
This is a bit out of context, she said it before the shooting happened. So give her that at least.
wild wild rice
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It's been real ugly. Especially since things seemed relatively "quiet."
Not reading the right revolutionary theory was his real mistake?
Not anecdotal. There're statistics that show summer has higher crime and violence.
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a lot of my threads involve me fucking up somehow. Perhaps I'm a moron?
I'm confused. I was following this last night before bed and thought there were multiple attackers? Was he the guy in the video?
AFAICT, there is officially one "shooter" and 3 suspects. This may be a "lone gunman" incident.
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Lol wow
Thank you. Love this picture in particular.Hi. California resident here, but I was born and raised in Dallas for many, many years. Always will have love for my city, but I digress.
My cousin was at the protest last night. Needless to say, he was VERY upset about what went down. He posted his reactions on Facebook late last night, hours after the whole thing happened. I wanted to share with you guys his perspective of the whole ordeal.
Depends on which video. The guy flanking and murdering the cop, it appears to be him.
There are 3 suspects in custody. No idea if they are actually involved.
The guy holding the AR-15 during the protest that got plastered all over the net? His gun was not loaded and video captured him handed it to police right when the shooting started. The police have released him.
And I believe the overwhelming majority of people do not have high enough breaking points for it to be safe for them to have easy access to a firearm.
Do they feel the same way about anti-abortion representatives that peddled lies about PP until (and after) someone shot one up?
PartlyCloudlike
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So I just read they blew him up with a bomb robot. WTF? It's one thing to try a risky non-lethal takedown and wind up killing him, and usually in these cases they suicide but executing him when cornered? Even despite all the shit that has happened they still add yet another dubious use of force to the list.
doesn't work when you're trying to do what?
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And as much as we hate to say it a fellow soldier.
wild wild rice
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I also wonder what correlation there is between violence and contentious election years.
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He never stopped firing at them during the 4 hour negotiation and in fact made it clear that his remaining goal in life was to kill as many of them as possible. The fact that they waited that 4 hours shows extreme restraint in and of itself.
Nothing dubious about killing a murderer who refuses to stop trying to murder even more people.
That's what we call a drone strike. But, its 2016. I'd do the same thing if he wouldn't budge and just killed quite a few of my fellow officers and wanted me dead. We've got robots, why not use em!
Big Baybee
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This was before the police shootings. TMZ being shitty.
TheFuzz
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Oh good, another one who hasn't read everything yet.
Hi. California resident here, but I was born and raised in Dallas for many, many years. Always will have love for my city, but I digress.
My cousin was at the protest last night. Needless to say, he was VERY upset about what went down. He posted his reactions on Facebook late last night, hours after the whole thing happened. I wanted to share with you guys his perspective of the whole ordeal.
This is a great piece from someone who knows what the fuck is up, much props to your cuz.
The only thing I would dispute is the disarm the country part, events like these actually spur more gun sales making disarmament impossible. I'm surprised no one has highlighted this in the media.
Thanks for sharing.
No, they did not execute him or use excessive force. Get all the facts and drop this.
Air Zombie Meat
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Not seeing the problem. This guy had shot a bunch of people already and had no intention of stopping. Was the correct time to use lethal force unlike other police killings.
Jawbreaker
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They tried negotiating with him for hours, negotiations broke down, he made bomb threats.
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It wasn't dubious. It was the safest option. They had five dead already.
What are the facts, it seems this is from various outlets from brown?
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/07/...f-says-ambush-suspect-killed-blast-bomb-robot
FFS...
I edited my post. I meant he needs to get the facts and not make ridiculous assertions that the police executed him or used excessive , inappropriate force. They did everything they could.
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Sunster
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sensational titles/clickbait magazine
anti police protest? smh
Enter the Dragon Punch
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Excessive force? When he was trying to kill them for 4 hours continuously? Jesus dude.
Black liberation in this case. Malcom X and the BPP never went around murdering police, because they knew that despite the fact that black people are oppressed by police, just going out and randomly killing them doesn't solve anything and just further inflames tensions and gives the white supremacists more ammo against you.
You have to build a broad based movement to get anything to change. This is a guy who snapped and did something terrible, hijacking an event carried out by a movement that has legitimacy among oppressed people, and it's not going to have any good results.
TheFuzz
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We should all ignore posts like that. It's either trolling or just crazy.
I mean why didn't they shoot the wall so it'd ricochet around and hit him in the leg?
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Some people have zero perspective. It's pretty sad.
PartlyCloudlike
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The heat adds to the stewing I'm sure. You're beaded in sweat, the salt stings the cracks on your skin. The couch sticks to you. Everything stinks of BO. Windows wide open, fans on but it doesn't do shit to cool things down. And every angry, violent thought you've ever had is aggravated ten fold.
TheFuzz
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This gave me a chuckle. I know it's tongue-in-cheek but it's pretty much what some posters have said.
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