To Serve And Protect

He's a felon (and child sex offender) so no, he's not legally allowed to carry a gun.

I saw his right shoulder moving and it appeared he was reaching for something, but I didn't see a whisker move on his body when they told him not to move so I don't know what the shots were for.

Feds are investigating this for his Civil Rights being abused, so they have a good change of getting these cops. Getting them for manslaughter or murder is too hard (IMO).

 

And now less than a day later this happens.

I started crying watching this. How can anyone defend this? I try my best to understand that other people have different views, don't understand what it's like, or are detached because it won't happen to them and their family, but at a certain point, you're just racist if you condone this s***. They are killing us and it is about color.

 

These videos are so difficult to watch, and they just make me so sad and angry at the same time.

These actions are absolutely inexcusable. These cops have absolutely no discipline and no value for life. They're trigger happy, and worst of all, some of them are just straight up murderers.

Before anyone says that there are good cops out there, yes, there are. But imo that's irrelevant to this discussion. This is about the bad ones who are out there roaming the street freely without any sort of punishment for their actions. What we see is just the tip of the iceberg. There are just way too many crooked cops... and the good cops need to step up. If there are as many good cops as people claim, they need to step up and take some action. Otherwise, as far as I'm concerned, they aren't good.

Stop helping these criminals disguised as cops. The longer they continue to protect one another, the longer the crooked ones continue to commit these crimes (which is a gross, gross understatement).

 

The man in the second video bleeding to death while his girlfriend records was named Philando Castile. They were pulled over for a busted tail light. He died from these gun shots.

Where is the NRA? This man had a legal permit to carry a gun and was killed for informing the police officer as such.

They aren't saying s*** about this.

This. Is. Racism.... pure and simple.

If this was a white man with a legal permit to carry a gun and shot by the police after informing them that he has a gun legally, as he is supposed to do, the NRA would be all over this case. Oh a black guy was the victim? Carry on. We don't care.

I have never had much of an opinion about the NRA until now. Now that they showed very clearly that they only stand up for the rights of white people to own and carry firearms. f*** them and their racist a** organization.

 

And here is the blow back from inaction.

It was only a matter of time before some crazy person takes it upon themselves to dish out "justice" to the police since they refuse to hold their own accountable.

"4 Police Officers Dead After Shooting in Downtown Dallas
3 Dallas officers, 1 DART officer confirmed killed in sniper fire following protest, police officials say
By NBC 5 Staff

Four officers are dead, including three Dallas police officers and one DART transit officer, after two snipers opened fire on police at the end of a protest against nationwide officer-involved shootings, officials say.

At least eight other Dallas police officers were hit, including three that are in critical condition; three additional DART officers suffered injuries that were not life threatening in the shooting.

Dallas Police Chief David Brown released the following statement Thursday evening:

"Tonight it appears that two snipers shot ten police officers from elevated positions during the protest/rally. Three officers are deceased, two are in surgery and three are in critical condition. An intensive search for suspects is currently underway. No suspects are in custody at this time. We ask that any citizen with information regarding the shootings tonight call 214-671-3482. We will provide more information once it is available. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers tonight."

Just before 11 p.m. Brown said an 11th officer was injured in a shootout with one of the snipers.

Dallas police released a photo of a man whom they consider a "person of interest" in the shootings.


Dallas police released a photo of a man considered a person of interest in the shootings in downtown Dallas.
Photo credit: Dallas Police/NBC 5 News



The gunshots rang out about 9 p.m. following a protest and rally held after two black men were died in police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota this week.

Scores of police officers arrived downtown following the shooting, which took place along Main Street between and Market and Lamar streets, a block from the Old Red Courthouse building.

First Seconds: Protest Erupts into GunfireA protest against nationwide officer-involved shootings turns violent in Dallas. (Published 28 minutes ago)

A witness who posted video to Facebook said he saw at least three officers wounded near El Centro College. (Video is embedded below)





Officers could be seen taking cover, and video from the scene showed people running from the sound of the gunshots. There is no word on whether any civilians have been shot.

At 10 p.m. NBC 5's Cory Smith reported that Dallas police believe they have a gunman confined to a building and are currently negotiating with that person.

Shots Fired in Downtown Dallas After Rally, Protest

DART public transportation service is suspended in downtown due to police activity.

NBC 5 has several crews near the scene. We will update this story when more information is available.



Source: 4 Police Officers Dead After Shooting in Downtown Dallas | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worthhttp://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Pr...n-Sterling-Death-385784431.html#ixzz4DmrlUhJv
Follow us: @nbcdfw on Twitter | NBCDFW on Facebook"

 

And this is why I hate the narrative.

Guess what? Now it's moved from perception to reality as far as "us" vs. "them". Meeting hatred with more hatred begets more hatred. It's the same reason I was upset seeing people get violent at Trump/anti-Trump rallies. Say it's true and cops are angry and racist and fear colored people. Reacting this way means you give them a reason to hate you! Now whether it was true or not (and it very well could be) it is 100% true now and it's 1000 times worse than it was before and had to be.

Civil Rights (what this is about) was lead by Martin Luthor King Jr. and that man's lessons seem to be lost on today's generation (for both sides of the fence). I am not even taking a side, but the two people who are responsible for this are just as much monsters as the people they're rallying against.

 

11 officers now shot and 4 dead.

Stay safe folks and aware of your surroundings.

 

So the person the media has been plastering all over every station, identifying him as one of the shooters in Dallas, Mark Hughes... apparently he wasn't a shooter. How does the media get this s*** this wrong?

 

Video of the shooting:

Spoiler: Violence / Language

It sounds like a warzone.

Mark Hughes is not the shooter. Here is the video clip of him giving up his gun:

 

Stay safe man. Everyone is scared and could lash out. I'll be thinking of you.

 

Good man to turn himself in. I'm guessing he looked suspicious in the video of the first incident? I have no idea. Good for him though to get out ahead of this and clear his name.

 

What statistics are you talking about?

 

Question wasn't directed at me, but I've been looking into this a lot lately.

http://www.dailywire.com/news/7264/5-statistics-you-need-know-about-cops-killing-aaron-bandler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States


After looking at these stats, please remember this:


My unsolicited opinion: the narrative is that more blacks are shot than whites. That's simply not true. But, when you consider white people make up 70% of the population and blacks make up 15 - 20%, there is a disproportionate # of blacks being killed by the police. We can discuss the reasons all day (I have ideas, but nothing I'm not willing to discuss and change my opinion on), but the fact is blacks are being killed at a higher %. This is not open for discussion.

 

Yeah, I never heard any statistic that didn't reinforce the truth. It all points to blacks being killed disproportionately to our percentage of the population, even when you account for actual criminal deaths. If the person dying is unarmed, or the death is sketch, they were probably lack.