“There is no possible justification for these kinds of attacks or any violence against law enforcement”, Obama said. He also says the nation should express its gratitude to those serving in law enforcement.
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Police said all law enforcement, family, and friends are encouraged to attend.
Michael Houston, a 20-year-old Brooklyn student, said anger and lack of action brought him to the protest.
Before joining DART, Thompson worked with US police officers in Iraq and Afghanistan for the military contractor Dyncorp, according to his LinkedIn page.
“Our hearts are broken”, DART said in a statement.
Police said one suspect they had engaged in a shootout had been arrested, and a bomb squad unit was investigating a suspicious package found near the suspect’s location.
“We are shocked and horrified by the attack on our Dallas Police this evening, and our thoughts and prayers are with those recovering and the families of those mourning the senseless deaths of their loved ones”, the Federation wrote on Facebook. Six other officers were injured.
Hundreds of people gathered in Union Square Park in Manhattan and took to the streets to protest the recent police-related shootings of two black men.
Theresa Williams told The Associated Press that one of the wounded civilians was her sister, 37-year-old Shetamia Taylor. She threw herself over her four sons, ages 12 to 17, when the shooting began.
“We’re not going to let a coward, who would ambush police officers, change our democracy”, Brown said. The shootings happened at a protest over recent fatal police shootings of black men. A fourth was hunkered down in a city garage, exchanging gunfire with police.
Five officers were killed and seven others were wounded.
(Maria R. Olivas/The Dallas Morning News via AP).
“I was notified today that one of the fallen officers in Dallas is a Michigan native who previously worked in law enforcement in Southeast Michigan”.
Police earlier had circulated a picture of a man in a camouflage T-shirt who carrying a long gun.
Police did not immediately provide any information about the suspect or any charges. Dallas Police’s tweet clearly identifying him as a “suspect” also remains on Twitter, retweeted almost 40,000 times. Two others were taken into custody during a traffic stop. Officers with guns drawn were running near and into the parking garage as police searched for the shooter.
Prior to committing suicide, the suspect told police negotiators “the end is coming” and that more people would die. The police chief said some of the injured officers had been released from the hospital, and others still needed more treatment. “We’re determining how big that crime scene is”, the mayor said.
The suspect in the El Centro garage said “there are bombs all over this place, in the garage and downtown”, according to Brown. “The suspect said he was upset at white people the suspect said he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers”.
Officers followed the vehicle southbound on I-35 and stopped it on I-35 at Kiest. Rabb said that between 5 and 6 officers were gravely wounded.
Police Chief David O. Brown said snipers shot from “elevated positions” during a protest over two recent fatal police shootings.
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Just before 11 p.m. Protesters and police alike took cover when shots rang out.
