Five Dallas Officers Were Killed as Payback | Five Dallas Police Officers Were Killed By A Lone Attacker
Five Dallas Officers Were Killed as Payback : Thursday night began as a simple peaceful protest in Dallas for justice of the recent killings of two African-American males, Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, both Sterling and Castile were shot by officers. No one expected the protest to end abruptly with Five Dallas Officers Were Killed By A Lone Attacker as Payback and seven injured in a sudden ambush as shots were fired, sending crowds scattering in terror. The suspect, Micah Xavier Johnson, was killed by a bomb robot when negotiations with the Dallas Police Bomb Squad failed to meet with an agreement.
Johnson is told to have been an army veteran with no prior record and terrorist ties, police have issued a warrant to have his family home searched for any hints as to why he might have done this other than anger towards the police. Dallas Police Shooting Suspects
While police departments everywhere mourn the loss of their fellow officers, many Black Lives Matter supports are eager to point out that yes, not only do they mourn the unnecessary passing of these officers but they also mourn the hundreds of African-Americans that have been killed by police in 2016 alone.