10 police officers shot by snipers at BLM protest in Dallas

[RDM]

Quite, so it shows it doesn't always need to be a shoot first and ask questions later response

Is it always that case with black suspects with guns? We don't know how many have guns but an awful lot of black people manage to get arrested and not shot so it isn't always "Black skin, shoot them".

Since it's a thread that is about the perception of police bias in their use of force against the black community, then it seems relevant to me.

The article itself is a biased one with an obvious agenda. Would a similar article about a black suspect getting arrested and not shot prove anything? Or about a white suspect being shot?

 

[SciNeT]

Has the race of the shooters been disclosed yet?

 

[foster grant]

Has the race of the shooters been disclosed yet?

Yeah they are human .

 

[Greebo]

Has the race of the shooters been disclosed yet?

Black.

 

[Freakbro]

Is it always that case with black suspects with guns?

No-one has said it is always the case, just disproportionate

The article itself is a biased one with an obvious agenda. Would a similar article about a black suspect getting arrested and not shot prove anything? Or about a white suspect being shot?

The article itself doesn't 'prove' anything, nor was I trying to say it was. In the same way the individual cases of the latest videos of the two black guys being shot doesn't 'prove' anything. It just adds to the overall statistics that seem to point to a trend.

 

[Dis86]

Terrible news.

I would have hoped that the BLM v Police problems would have calmed down by now. Its fuelling a lot of support for trump.

The BBC doesn't even mention the words BLM or Black Lives Matter. Whats up with that?

Because surely All Lives Matter?

 

[adam98150]

Has the race of the shooters been disclosed yet?

There's pictures of people of interest on twitter. One guy handed in a machine gun but I don't think he was the shooter. That's right, a guy was openly carrying a mchine gun at the rally.

 

[Glanza]

There's pictures of people of interest on twitter. One guy handed in a machine gun but I don't think he was the shooter. That's right, a guy was openly carrying a mchine gun at the rally.

He wasn't the shooter even though the news went nuts blasting his picture everywhere. Within 5 minutes he'd handed the gun and himself into police.

2nd amendment rights yo!

 

[{T5K}TT]

Because surely All Lives Matter?

Exactly. What they don't need is BLM, Al Sharpton and so on turning up and preaching their white-hating racism.

 

[FTM]

There's pictures of people of interest on twitter. One guy handed in a machine gun but I don't think he was the shooter. That's right, a guy was openly carrying a mchine gun at the rally.

he was carrying a perfectly legal ar-15 semi auto..as you are allowed to open carry in texas

how can any police force operate in circumstances where every potential suspect you come across might be armed?

 

[scorza]

There's pictures of people of interest on twitter. One guy handed in a machine gun but I don't think he was the shooter. That's right, a guy was openly carrying a mchine gun at the rally.

It was an AR-15 which is a semi-auto rifle not a machine gun. He has every right to carry such a weapon. After news of the shooting occurred, police posted his picture saying he was a 'person of interest', so he handed himself in to the police with his rifle in a calm, measured manner. He's since been released without charge.

 

[adam98150]

he was carrying a perfectly legal ar-15 semi auto..as you are allowed to open carry in texas

how can any police force operate in circumstances where every potential suspect you come across might be armed?

That's ridiculous. Machine guns in public.

 

[Avenged7Fold]

I would say from seeing videos on the net that black people are far more racist than whites.

Irony much


Prejudice breeds prejudice. The media portrays black people getting unfairly treated by the law. They also show a lot of gang violence and associate it with race rather than desperation due to poverty. Some white people therefore associate black people with violence and criminality, while some black people associate white people as oppressors. Acts of aggression from both sides draws more victims into the conflict and some people end up choosing sides and participating as people they know or relate to get involved.

 

[JanM]

Just woke up and seen this. Absolutely horrified, RIP to those who have lost their lives.
Anyway know who is responsible yet?

 

[adam98150]

It was an AR-15 which is a semi-auto rifle not a machine gun. He has every right to carry such a weapon. After news of the shooting occurred, police posted his picture saying he was a 'person of interest', so he handed himself in to the police with his rifle in a calm, measured manner. He's since been released without charge.

That's why I said I don't think he's the shooter. Just a person of interest.

And I use the term machine gun loosely.

 

[Judgeneo]

It was an AR-15 which is a semi-auto rifle not a machine gun. He has every right to carry such a weapon. After news of the shooting occurred, police posted his picture saying he was a 'person of interest', so he handed himself in to the police with his rifle in a calm, measured manner. He's since been released without charge.

Yup, that was well handled by the police and the gun owner.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

US police killed over 900 people in 2015 (1100 according to some sources).

British police have killed 33 since 1995.

Right to bear arms? No thanks.

How many of those 900 were armed with legally held weapons at the time?

 

[grudas]

How many of those 900 were armed with legally held weapons at the time?

exactly!

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Amazing stuff. In a protest against officers shooting black people a bunch of black people shoot police officers going some way to validate why the police are so worried when approaching blacks in the first place!

 

[StriderX]

Amazing stuff. In a protest against officers shooting black people a bunch of black people shoot police officers going some way to validate why the police are so worried when approaching blacks in the first place!

Well maybe if the police didnt kill black people as a sport and if black people would stop being black... this wouldnt be a spiraling problem.