Johnson was killed when police detonated an explosive device delivered by a robot.
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“This is the best department in the country, and I’m proud to be associated with the men and women of the Dallas Police Department”, he said.
The Dallas Police color guard presents the colors before the photos of five fallen officers being remembered during an interfaith memorial service at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Tuesday, July 12, 2016. Some departments ordered officers to pair up or more generally said they were heightening security.
Fearing more casualties from the perceived bomb threat, DPD chose to send in a killer robot. Brown said police are still going through Johnson’s laptop and cellphone to determine whether others are connected, and they “haven’t ruled out whether or not others are complicit”.
Johnson had explosive materials “large enough to have devastating affects throughout our city and north Texas area”, the chief said.
Brown said he stood by his decision but understood why questions have been raised about the use of deadly force against the gunman, rather than opting for a non-lethal method to disable him. I didn’t see it coming. “I just love Dallas and I love serving”.
His mother, Delphine Johnson, says that as a child her son wanted to join the police, but that after serving six years in the Army Reserves, he became a “hermit”.
Although Micah Johnson was connected to several militant groups on social media, it’s unclear if he was merely a follower or a more active participant.
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He also said Johnson, 25, “was playing games during negotiations, asking how many officers he got, mocking us, singing”. Bryan Shaw and Officer John Abbott were hurt in Thursday’s attack. He was killed Thursday during a downtown protest march.
Later reports by the police said that they conducted multiple searches of the parking garage, including with a canine unit. Monday morning commuters honked in support. He began reassigning officers from desk jobs to foot patrols, a move that was praised by criminal justice experts but angered the police unions, who demanded his resignation. He said the protest, prompted by recent shootings of African-American men by police in Minnesota and Louisiana, may have motivated Johnson to act.
Michael Bouchard, the sheriff of Oakland County, Michigan, said he considered doing so during a 2012 standoff in which a man killed a police officer before barricading himself inside a building.
After violent demonstrations continued Sunday night in cities across the nation, Chief Brown urged sympathizers to step off the protest line and pick up a badge, a local Fox News affiliate reported.
St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell said some of the protesters turned into criminals, leaving him “absolutely disgusted”.
“We’re convinced that this suspect had other plans”, he said.
“We don’t know the scope of his plans yet”, Brown said.
The arrests follow the fatal shooting of five officers in Dallas.
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The police chief told reporters that Johnson, who used a high-powered rifle, may have been planning a major bomb attack, with a “large stockpile” of bomb-making materials found at his home.
