Group plans Anchorage Black Lives Matter rally

(Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP). Zimmerman was later acquitted, and the movement grew amid a string of fatal shootings of blacks by police officers, many of which were captured on video and shared on social media. There are rival hashtags, such as “Blue Lives Matter” – in support of police – which have surged since the Dallas shootings.

Police said a fourth suspect was engaged in a standoff with authorities and had made threats about bombs. After a search, no explosive devices were found. “They divide people, put them into victim groups or put them into groups and convince the groups they can’t talk to each other; this group is set against you, this one is set against you and all that kind of stuff”. The transit agency operates buses and the state’s largest municipal rail system. “When a police officer tells you something, do what he says”, Giuliani said.

Some 200 supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement gathered Thursday afternoon to organize a local response.

The three group leaders who’d attended the rally were still wearing their “Dallas Action Coalition” T-shirts.

Speaking Friday morning from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit in Poland, the President condemned the killings in Dallas as “vicious, calculated and despicable” and promised justice. He also says the nation should express its gratitude to those serving in law enforcement.

Obama said earlier there was no contradiction between supporting law enforcement and making certain biases in the justice system are rooted out. The other four DPD officers killed are Senior Cpl.

The Oklahoma City Police Department will provide security. If there is a higher rate of black civilians killed by police, the fact cited by the Washington Post would lead any reasonable person to conclude a higher rate of black suspects are confronting officers with a gun.

The first fallen officer identified was DART Police Officer Brent Thompson, 43.

People take part in a protest rally against police brutality in New York City on July 8, 2016. Six other officers were injured. Thousands of people marched along the streets of downtown to protest the recent police shootings.

Young black people today have higher expectations, which is a sign of progress, he said.

“This is not going to stop us from our goal to hold these cops accountable”, said Megan Malachi, 35. He stood alone, she says, apparently listening to the speeches. The administrative assistant was sacked up by online videos of black men being shot by police and wanted to do something.

Williams says two of Taylor’s sons became separated from their mother in the chaotic aftermath. Here’s a round-up of some of those being blamed for the Dallas shooting (besides the gunman himself).

Conservative writer Donn Marten Friday suggested that Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren-who’s reportedly being vetted as Clinton’s VP running mate-is an “accomplice” in the “calculated murder” of police officers in Dallas, Raw Story reports.

“We also know when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately, it makes attacks like these more deadly and more tragic”, he said.