The Next Generation Action Network is behind the event, the same group behind the July 7 peaceful protest that ended in a police ambush.
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Alexander compared his organization’s efforts to “Bloody Sunday”; a protest march in Selma, Alabama led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.in support of what would later become the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Nearly 50 officers left the force in June 2016, many of them looking for higher paying positions in other North Texas cities, which pay about $8,000 more to start.
Police ask protestors to move from the city streets during a protest Friday, July 29, 2016, in Dallas.
Johnson told police during negotiations that he took up arms because of his anger about fatal encounters with police in Louisiana and Minnesota.
“We have been very respectful to our losses in the community …” “Our community and country have lost too many lives, both civilians and officers”. We join with them in solemn prayer for the comfort of those impacted by this tragic violence.
As police cars passed the marchers and officers started to gather near El Centro, armed with ballistic shields and rifles, protesters howled that they were being peaceful.
“The DFOF is extremely concerned with the safety and well-being of the police officers”.
Twitter users afterward tried to draft Brown for president, one job he didn’t say anything about.
The group denied any affiliation with the Dallas shooter and called on elected officials to “act immediately to put measures in place, to assure that ALL American lives are protected”, in the aftermath of Baton Rouge.
Hughes said they should not lose focus on the reasons that brought them out. Don’t forget the officers who were never indicted for those killings and those who were indicted but were never convicted.
“We’re hiring”, Brown said.
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“[For] all the crap we gotta take as police officers, the satisfaction we get from serving is much more gratifying”, Chief Brown said. “We hate systemic racism. And that’s still in me, that keeps me going”, Chief Brown said.
