BREAKING: Shots fired at BLM protest in downtown Dallas, TX

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Wow, I missed all of this (was at my brother's house which lacks a TV). What a story to walk into.

[Mike Thick]

Fifth officer now dead

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/dallas-shooting-what-happened-live-news-latest-black-lives-matter-protest-a7126311.html

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

The time has come to officially label BLM a terrorist organization.

[Middle-aged Europe]

If there ain't no justice then there ain't no peace. - Prince ("Baltimore")

[Hnv1]

The time has come to officially label BLM a terrorist organization.

Yes several hours after when you have no reliable information to the motives of the perpetrators and their connection if any such exists to BLM. I don't recall this haste in labeling Oath keepers terrorists after they conquered a federal site

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

This thread is disturbing.

Those who seek to smear the entire group because of actions of two criminals are just as bad as those cheering those cops being shot. The very notion of collective responsibility is disgusting.

[Blair]

This thread is disturbing.

Those who seek to smear the entire group because of actions of two criminals are just as bad as those cheering those cops being shot. The very notion of collective responsibility is disgusting.

The threads on subjects like this are always awful

[Antonio the Sixth]

This is horrible and despicable, but what's also awful is that the media will be treating this with the appropriate degree of outcry while constantly shrugging off the equally horrible and despicable killings of literally dozens upon dozens of black people by the police.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

CNN confirms 11 officers shot, 3 dead, one civilian is wounded. Believe there are two snipers, and that a bomb may have been planted.

This is terrorism.

No, it's revenge.

Not mutually exclusive.

Yeah, terrorism can be revenge; who cares?

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

CNN confirms 11 officers shot, 3 dead, one civilian is wounded. Believe there are two snipers, and that a bomb may have been planted.

This is terrorism.

Only if the shooters were Muslim.

/snark

[Murica!]

What you reap is what you sow.

[Antonio the Sixth]

What you reap is what you sow.

Oh, shut the f**k up.

[Mike Thick]

What you reap is what you sow.

Oh, shut the f**k up.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Really loved the rampant and unwarranted speculation from people on this very site about the innocent guy carrying a rifle and smiling with ulterior motives.

The guy was clearly acting normal. Really sick to read into his behaviors with some sort of agenda.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

This thread is disturbing.

Those who seek to smear the entire group because of actions of two criminals are just as bad as those cheering those cops being shot. The very notion of collective responsibility is disgusting.

The threads on subjects like this are always awful

Atlas has a very binate understanding of the world, so this kind of reaction is to be expected.

[Taco Truck 🚚]

This tweet has since now been deleted.

Considering what a Republican former Congressman is posting on twitter, the Atlas remarks have been mild.  We need to face the fact that there are some very sick people in America and some of them post on Atlas.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Really loved the rampant and unwarranted speculation from people on this very site about the innocent guy carrying a rifle and smiling with ulterior motives.

The guy was clearly acting normal. Really sick to read into his behaviors with some sort of agenda.

Forgive me, but in the civilized country from which I originate, people don't attend emotionally charged rallies with guns bigger than children strapped to their back. Something like that may be normal, but it doesn't mean it should be.

I agree that people shouldn't have been so quick to run with their suspicions, but a gun like that would scare me no matter who was carrying it.

[Helsinkian]

Terrorism and a racially motivated hate crime:

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-08/urgent-dallas-police-chief-negotiations-underway-at-parking-garage

[Taco Truck 🚚]

Really loved the rampant and unwarranted speculation from people on this very site about the innocent guy carrying a rifle and smiling with ulterior motives.

The guy was clearly acting normal. Really sick to read into his behaviors with some sort of agenda.

Forgive me, but in the civilized country from which I originate, people don't attend emotionally charged rallies with guns bigger than children strapped to their back. Something like that may be normal, but it doesn't mean it should be.

I agree that people shouldn't have been so quick to run with their suspicions, but a gun like that would scare me no matter who was carrying it.

The thing is you aren't from America.  The issue in America was not him carrying the gun.  The issue was him carrying the gun while black.  White people can not only carry guns like that but also point them at the police no problem.  A black man can carry a handgun and tell a cop he has it on him and he will get gunned down in front of a woman and child.  Until that changes there will continue to be horrific incidents.

Seeing as we aren't going to solve racism any time soon it is probably better to remove the vast majority of guns from society.  Sadly in this instance I am glad he carried that gun because it just proved what we already know about law enforcement works.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

any right-wingers want to chime in about how we need guns to fight back against government tyranny?

no? well ok then

[KingSweden]

The really grim irony is that Dallas' PD seems to be one of the most reform-oriented in the country. Tons of tweets showing them mingling with protestors, reports about mutual respect between them and reformers. Terrible, terrible thing.

[Chief Justice Keef]

I'm actually really scared about the idea of a race war right now.

[Antonio the Sixth]

The really grim irony is that Dallas' PD seems to be one of the most reform-oriented in the country. Tons of tweets showing them mingling with protestors, reports about mutual respect between them and reformers. Terrible, terrible thing.

Just like the Red Brigades had to kill Aldo Moro, of all DC leaders.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I'm actually really scared about the idea of a race war right now.

Don't be.  It's the few who actually want a race war that love using these incidences to inspire fear in anticipation of a race war.

[Mr. Reactionary]

The issue in America was not him carrying the gun.  The issue was him carrying the gun while black.  White people can not only carry guns like that but also point them at the police no problem.  

Are you high?

http://www.dailywire.com/news/7274/cops-shoot-white-guy-fresno-nobody-pays-attention-hank-berrien

http://wreg.com/2015/04/22/family-of-unarmed-white-man-killed-by-police-to-be-paid-3-million/

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/state/idaho/article54540300.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisiana-police-shooting-video-arrests-norris-greenhouse-jr-derrick-stafford/

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/03/oregon_standoff_fbi_agents_und.html