The suspect in the Dallas police sniper attacks told negotiators that he wanted to kill white people, especially white cops, after a recent spate of US officer-involved shootings of black men, the city’s police chief said Friday.
Chief David Brown appealed for unity in the wake of the attacks in the major Texas city, which left five police dead and nine wounded – seven of them cops – saying, “This must stop – this divisiveness between our police and our citizens.”
Brown said the suspect was killed by an explosive device detonated by police during a tense standoff after Thursday night’s rampage, which erupted during a protest over the fatal police shootings of two black men this week elsewhere in the United States.
“Dallas officers are hurting. We are heartbroken. There are no words to describe the atrocity that occurred to our city,” Brown told reporters.
The police chief recounted how negotiations with the suspect, who has so far only been identified as male, broke down over time.
“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,” Brown said.
The gunman said he was not affiliated with any organized groups.
Though police said the gunman professed to be acting alone, three suspects were in custody. Mayor Mike Rawlings said earlier they were “not being very cooperative.”
Of the five officers killed, one was a Dallas transit cop.
Rawlings asked Americans to join Dallas residents in prayer at midday, “to bring our city together and our country together — to heal wounds, not create them.”
Good Morning Met,Metters,Peepers nd Others…..
I am sitting back and watching with my third eyes being open,this right here is so serious that you really have to look at it from all angles,for some reason I think it’s an inside job a damn well trained sniper was send out to derail the conversation about how they have yet again murdered two black innocent brother,so now they wanna come with this to put in place that the cops are scared and sh!t.
this right here is the one to watch is gonna be a nasty year and nasty election,we are fed up yes but I don’t think this was one of us,the government I tell yah,now the suspect they claim they think do it his classmates have video of him turning over his gun to a cop and they are refusing to take the video as evidence that he did hand it over and was helping ppl to safety.
note: Lauren Fleet Shaun King I went to highschool with Mark & his brother. I have video of him turning his rifle over to police willfully. They STILL plastered his face everywhere. Also, when I called DPD to inform them of the video they said there’s nothing I can do about it now except email any evidence in to the tip line.
** EDIT : THE ORIGINAL VIDEO IS PUBLIC ON MY TIMELINE. IT’S ABOUT 19 MINUTES IN ON THE VIDEO I SHARED AT 846 **
Indeed we are fed up and fearful, there’s not a doubt in my mind that this was a professional sniper. Possibly an insider, yes, chances are it could well be that of a black American citizen who just snapped, look at lee Boyd Malvo (a black man) the then idle sniper? Ends of days i tell yuh..
Mi an Mi pretty dark skin an race special Mi a tell yuh. Can you imagine so much a dis a gwan cause dis white man hate di black there is no evil they wouldn’t do. Di police a behave like a suited kkk
Too many scipted lines, blacks dont do sniping and bomb threats esp the bomb threats. If a sniping not alone some military/state personnel affi aid dem e.g. Malvo. As someone who know a thing or 2 abt shooting this was not done by some untrained person or casual hunter. This was done by a pro anyone who knows abt shooting from or to elevation knows it aint easy at all and probly one of the most challenging espect of mid to long range shooting. Plus ppl need to rem that terrorist pray for situations like these to carry out them act but all in all something fishy. Sorry fi the lost of lives on both sides as they were mere pawns.
The funny thing is..it’s white who did the kill and they still haven’t put his picture out..he told the cops what he did and then blew him self up…but because they want to frame black pple
F69. I so agree with you. They say they blow him up but yet they know he black he’s a veteran and his name.