Multiple police shot in Dallas protest

[Polaris]

Damn, I was just a mile or so away from there a few hours ago. Didn't even know there was a protest, let alone a shooting until I got home.

 

[TJM]

I would ask the anti-American / gun trolls to shut the **** up for the moment. Once it's sorted out you can have at it on page 3 and beyond.

 

[HenryLee]

11th officer shot during exchange of gunfire with a suspect.

 

[Beerina]

Has anyone said any of the actual shooters had that and camo on? Or is the camo from this one picture of some guy?

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Scratch that. The Dallas PD is looking for a black male who was open carrying an AR-15.

We can now go back to blaming the Second Amendment and the NRA.

It certainly doesn't help to have open carry folks wandering around in crowds. How are you supposed to know who to worry about? Wait until they are shooting people?

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Has anyone said any of the actual shooters had that and camo on? Or is the camo from this one picture of some guy?

At this point the stories are still mixed. The police are looking for this guy the tourist took the pictures of.

Whether a witness saw him shooting is still a fuzzy fact.

But whether the guy was the shooter or not, what are you supposed to do when guys like this are flaunting rifles in a crowd? Everyone else has to leave because the guy has a right to brandish his firearm.

 

[shemp]

A witness interviewed by CNN on the phone saw the guy but thought a man walking around with an open carry AR15 was normal for Texas.

Only if he's white. In Texas, any black person open carrying is fair game.

 

[HenryLee]

DPD says there may be a bomb in play as well.

 

[TJM]

Faux: No suspect cornered / in custody, contrary to earlier reports.

 

[Beerina]

I notice many internal virtual worldviews are being filled in with scant facts.

 

[Bogative]

So much for "if you see something say something".

That doesn't apply to minorities, that would be racist.


ETA: see…

Only if he's white. In Texas, any black person open carrying is fair game.

 

[ProBonoShill]

DPD just tweeted a 4th officer has now died.

 

[Beerina]

CNN just said the brother of the guy in the photo said he gave up his weapon to an officer and was taken away, but he didn't do it.

 

[Cain]

Citizens taking up arms to fight back against a violent police state. God bless the Second Amendment.

 

[Jules Galen]

Faux: No suspect cornered / in custody, contrary to earlier reports.

The more I read, the more this looks like ex soldiers.

 

[TJM]

The more I read, the more this looks like ex soldiers.

ex-Soldiers or not, they're competent and motivated. Bad news for targets.

 

[TJM]

Faux now reporting suspect in picture has turned himself in and is co-operating with LE, apparently innocent.

 

[cullennz]

CNN just said the brother of the guy in the photo said he gave up his weapon to an officer and was taken away, but he didn't do it.

So just your average guy walking round with and AR 15

 

[Beerina]

CNN repeated that from a new statement, and the same one said there was another suspect in a shootout in custody, and a suspicious package nearby is being secured by the bomb squad.

 

[Mumbles]

CNN just said the brother of the guy in the photo said he gave up his weapon to an officer and was taken away, but he didn't do it.

There's also video of the "person of interest" walking around casually during the shooting, with his gun slung over his shoulder (if we're discussing the same guy), so it looks pretty unlikely that he's involved.

The longer this goes on, the less surprised I am. You can only push people so long before someone freaks out. That doesn't justify shooting into a crowd, or at cops, of course, but it's almost inevitable in a nation this large.

Meanwhile, Dallas PD reports a 4th officer has died.