Black Lives Matter Persists in Efforts to Raise Awareness

The police shooting in Minnesota claimed the life of Philando Castile, a 32-year-old school cafeteria supervisor. It quickly spread online and sparked several days of protests in the city where 54 percent of the population is black and more than 25 percent live in poverty. Residents even gathered outside the police headquarters to sing together for peace. ‘In the meantime, it is important for the NRA not to comment while the investigation is ongoing.’ The NRA faced accusations of racism for not officially decrying the shooting of Castile by a police officer during a traffic stop near St. Paul on Wednesday.

When he finished his military service, Zamarripa, a fan of the Rangers and the Dallas Cowboys, returned to the Dallas area and joined the Police Department, said his uncle, Hector Zamarripa.

The other attacks on police included a Georgia man who authorities said called 911 to report a break-in, then ambushed the officer who came to investigate.

‘Americans of all races and all backgrounds are rightly outraged by the inexcusable attacks on police, whether it’s in Dallas or any place else, ‘ he said.

“However, we will not be stifled or stopped”, she said.

Williams was asked about the episodes after winning Wimbledon on Saturday. “I am not justifying what he did, but I see why he did it”, she said.

Dallas police said this afternoon that Johnson had no criminal history.

I do think it’s different for the white guy because the white guy always comes to the subject of race in the skin of the oppressor. Far too often a militarized occupying force in African-American and Latino communities-with no ties or stake in those communities-the police at their worst view themselves as separate and apart from black people. Sterling, who was also black, was shot after a scuffle with officers outside a convenience store. “This isn’t to say the choice to deploy the robot in Dallas was mistaken; it’s only a reminder that these questions are not easily answered”.

He denied politicizing the gun control debate in the wake of the Dallas shootings and said he had to deal with the issue, despite its polarizing effect.

This undated photo posted on Facebook on April 30, 2016, shows Micah Johnson, who was a suspect in the sniper slayings of five law enforcement officers in Dallas Thursday night, July 7, 2016, during a protest over two recent fatal police shootings of black men.

Obama addressed matters of grief, anger of unity at a news conference in Warsaw, Poland.

As those incidents dominated headlines and social media, a sniper targeted law enforcement at a peaceful protest in Dallas, killing five police officers and shocking the nation.

Separately in Baton Rouge, local media reported that several dozen people were arrested in at least two demos, including one where members of the New Black Panther activist group confronted police. That is in addition to the 51 officers killed while a felony was underway and 45 officers who were accidentally killed.

President Barack Obama in both instances ordered the American flag be lowered. About 200 protesters refused to leave the roadway just after midnight as police in riot gear began to move in on the crowd.

“Officers have completed manual search of the garage”. The officer returned fire and wounded the shooter, who was identified as the caller and arrested.

The Dallas attack layered new anxiety onto a nation already divided about guns and how police treat African-Americans.

He said he wanted to exterminate whites, “especially white officers”, officials said.

Other police departments across the country, including New York, Chicago and St Louis, responded to the attack by requiring officers to patrol in pairs rather than alone.

Bystander Eric Puckett tells KTRK-TV (http://abc13.co/29o79HX) the victim was a black male.

“He felt that people don’t understand the danger of dealing with a protest”, said Rawlings, who spoke to the surviving officer.

The death toll in Dallas was the highest for US police in the line of duty from a single event since the September 11, 2001, attacks on NY and Washington.

In all, 12 officers were shot just a few blocks from where President John F. Kennedy was slain in 1963. The gunman died two days later in a shootout with police.

If you are still reading, Joe, I would like to point out that there is very little daylight between you and Micah Xavier Johnson, the man who declared war on the Dallas Police Department. He says he and his family are looking for due process.