The suspect who launched an armed attack on police officers at the scene of a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas told law enforcement officials that he was upset about the recent fatal police shootings of civilians and wanted to kill white cops, according to the police chief.
Though Mayor Mike Rawlings said at a Friday morning press conference that they would not yet release personal information about the suspect, Dallas Police Chief David Brown shared some remarks the individual made to authorities.
“The suspect said he was upset about Black Lives Matter,” Brown said. “He said he was upset about the recent police shootings. The suspect said he was upset at white people. The suspect stated he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers. The suspect stated he will eventually—that we’ll eventually find the IEDs.”
The individual was killed by a police bomb deployed by a robot after extended negotiations with an official hostage negotiator during which he apparently conveyed his motives and intentions.
“The suspect stated he was not affiliated with any groups, and he stated that he did that alone,” Brown continued. “The suspect said other things that are part of this investigation, so that we can make sure that everyone associated with this tragic event is brought to justice.”
Brown and Rawlings said that the investigation was ongoing and they could not release more information on the individual or on how many suspects were involved in the shooting, which left five police officers dead, seven wounded, and also injured two civilians.
The suspect did not approve of BLM?
““The suspect said he was upset about Black Lives Matter,” Brown said.
“He said he was upset about the recent police shootings. The suspect
said he was upset at white people. The suspect stated he wanted to kill
white people, especially white officers.”
I see I’m not the only one confused by this statement,also interested in “WHO” this suspect is who acted “ALONE” ?
I bet this is simply an inarticulate turn of phrase by Brown. Saying “upset about Black Lives Matter” just means the shooter was angry about police killings of black people, not that the shooter was angry at BLM.
What is confusing is that there were initial reports that the Dallas PD had three people in custody, but this dead guy is being depicted as the sole shooter.
[“The suspect said he was upset about Black Lives Matter,” Brown said. “He said he was upset about the recent police shootings. The suspect said he was upset at white people. The suspect stated he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers. The suspect stated he will eventually—that we’ll eventually find the IEDs.”]
I do not wish to be misunderstood…but the first sentence–if the logic I am seeing to it bears up to scrutiny–is very good news for the Human Race. This misguided unfortunate is upset WITH Black Lives Matter…and is not speaking FOR the organization. As such, this man COULD have attacked the police at any time and SEPARATE FROM Black Lives Matter activities.
This will give Trump and the Republicans less validation for what I am sure will be an attack on the BLM movement.
The other point of attack could conceivably be Mr. Obama’s remarks before the shootings as provocative. Obama’s remarks did not appear as provocative to me. He balanced his concern with the victims of police violence with praise and respect for law enforcement personnel and we will have to trust that most people will feel the same way I did.
Just agitated generally, I guess, on the topic of police shootings. Not necessarily upset against.