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http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/08/us/philando-castile-alton-sterling-protests/
For those who hadn't heard, in Dallas Texas, a BLM protest was used by a group of people with a hatred for white police officers, as a means of targeting and killing cops, in a retaliation attack for cases of fatal police encounters highlighted by the group. The perpetrators may or may not be linked with the group, so far most of the suspects have been uncooperative and the only statement we have from one was their confirmed hatred of white officers, their inspiration being the black people shot by cops recently, and that they were upset that the BLM wouldn't go this far to solve the problem.
Sniper fire and bombs have been confirmed to have been used in this attack. The entire case has been a shitshow of misinformation, as social media turned to its usual suspects, some inventing an attacker in full body armor weilding an AR-15 and firing at the crowd. One man's photo was circulated as a prime suspect, only for him to have had nothing to do with the attack. The man turned in his weapon and himself to the cops shortly after the shooting, and his name was cleared from their suspects list. Demonstrating, imo, law enforcement doing its job when people cooperate with them, rather then trying to actively work against them.
Now we're in the wake of the intense incident, and we still only know the most basic of facts. The shooter was black, there may have been more but we don't know, they hated white people and white police officers as they stated to people who had contact with them before this incident took place. We don't even know if this man had a criminal record or not, if he had military service or not, at least at the time of writing this.
And social media has been awash with people both condemning and applauding the shooter. Some saying he represents everything the BLM is. Others saying he is a lone nut. And some hailing him as a hero for, in their words, "giving pigs a taste of their own medicine".
This entire incident has been insane, and I feel its worth discussing here.
For those who hadn't heard, in Dallas Texas, a BLM protest was used by a group of people with a hatred for white police officers, as a means of targeting and killing cops, in a retaliation attack for cases of fatal police encounters highlighted by the group. The perpetrators may or may not be linked with the group, so far most of the suspects have been uncooperative and the only statement we have from one was their confirmed hatred of white officers, their inspiration being the black people shot by cops recently, and that they were upset that the BLM wouldn't go this far to solve the problem.
Sniper fire and bombs have been confirmed to have been used in this attack. The entire case has been a shitshow of misinformation, as social media turned to its usual suspects, some inventing an attacker in full body armor weilding an AR-15 and firing at the crowd. One man's photo was circulated as a prime suspect, only for him to have had nothing to do with the attack. The man turned in his weapon and himself to the cops shortly after the shooting, and his name was cleared from their suspects list. Demonstrating, imo, law enforcement doing its job when people cooperate with them, rather then trying to actively work against them.
Now we're in the wake of the intense incident, and we still only know the most basic of facts. The shooter was black, there may have been more but we don't know, they hated white people and white police officers as they stated to people who had contact with them before this incident took place. We don't even know if this man had a criminal record or not, if he had military service or not, at least at the time of writing this.
And social media has been awash with people both condemning and applauding the shooter. Some saying he represents everything the BLM is. Others saying he is a lone nut. And some hailing him as a hero for, in their words, "giving pigs a taste of their own medicine".
This entire incident has been insane, and I feel its worth discussing here.
