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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWTF happened in Dallas early this morning
Men in an armoured car attacked police vehicles, shots fired at police HQ and a bag with pipe bombs found.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)Dallas police found bags with explosives after a shootout involving multiple attackers at their headquarters early on Saturday morning. Officials were also locked in a standoff with at least one suspected gunmen who they believed was involved in the earlier attack.
Officials were investigating four suspicious bags that had been "spread out all over police headquarters," one of which contained a pipe bomb, Police Chief David Brown told reporters. Nearby residents were being evacuated, he said.
Up to four suspects began shooting at their headquarters with automatic weapons at around 12:30 a.m. (1:30 a.m. ET), Brown told reporters.
"We saw multiple suspects firing guns at police headquarters," Brown said. "The suspects were parked in front."
cwydro
(51,308 posts)What's going on? And have they caught those convicts yet?
Reckon I need to go turn on the TV.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)according to link in Texas group thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/107826174
malaise
(269,157 posts)Shakes head
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)csziggy
(34,137 posts)Updated: Wed 3:52 PM, May 01, 2013
By: News 12 Staff Email
The Paris Police Department says a man considered armed and considered dangerous after he obtained firearms, ammo, and body armor and then threatened violence against his family, churches, and schools has been apprehended by sheriff
12:30pm UPDATE:
The Paris Police Department says a man considered armed and considered dangerous after he obtained firearms, ammo, and body armor and then threatened violence against his family, churches, and schools has been apprehended by sheriff's deputies in Paris Wednesday morning.
Paris Police Chief Bob Hundley says the Lamar County Sheriff's Office took James Boulware into custody in the 1700 block of Lamar Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
"At 11:24 A.M. on May 1, 2013, James Lance Boulware was observed leaving his residence in the 1300 block of Fairfax by a Lamar County Deputy. Boulware was followed until back up could arrive and stopped by Paris Police Officers along with the Lamar County Deputies in the 1900 block of Lamar Ave. where he was taken into custody without incident on two felony warrants out of Dallas County. Boulware was transported to the Lamar County Jail. No weapons were located in Boulwares vehicle," Hundley said in a press release Wednesday afternoon.
http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/Paris-Police-seek-armed--dangerous-man-205608221.html
TexasTowelie
(112,422 posts)he had a history. Now that he is dead he has no more. I knew that I had seen that name before.
countryjake
(8,554 posts)Automatic weapons being used during an attack in Texas?
I'm so surprised!
Got the tv on, now. CNN still thinks it's more than one guy.
Divernan
(15,480 posts)Maj. Max Geron @MaxDPD
#breaking As the Explosive Ordinance Robot attempted to move one of the bags @DallasPD HQ, the bag exploded on its own #DallasPDShooting
5:36 AM - 13 Jun 2015
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Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Dallas Morning News printed:
The company that sold it, Jenco Sales Inc., described the vehicle on Facebook: "Zombie Apocalypse Assault Vehicle and Troop Transport. This full armored zombie busting vehicle features convenient gun ports so no zombie juice touches you during a mass zombie take down. It also has benches in the back so you can take turns resting during long Zombie sieges. The tactical step boards are installed for when you only need swords and axes for drive by mow downs. The bumpers are made of reinforced steel tubing, so no dents from smashing zombie heads! It's full armor plated and has bullet proof windows just in case you run into other zombie hunting hordes who might try to take this bad boy from you. Like anything, there is a price attached to this fine piece of zombie fighting machinery."
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Alas, if zombies are brainless killers, then I fear the zombies are inside the vehicle.
-- Mal
valerief
(53,235 posts)in zombies, like they do in friggin' angels.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-nearly-8-in-10-americans-believe-in-angels/
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)Ok, let's assume that there is something that will reanimate the dead.
Oh shit!
I needs assault weapons
A castle
An armored car
Swords
Body armor
Explosives
....
Bull shit
All we need to do is tie our dead's shoelaces together. Fucking solved.
ananda
(28,876 posts)... along with bags of explosives, decided to mount an attack on
the police station at S Lamar.
I just want to say that I never thought I'd be all that thankful
for robotics, but in this case I am.
When the two bags detonated, no one was harmed.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)Why would someone attack the police department?
You aren't getting away with it.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Or, well armed maniacs running amok.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)But it's odd to see someone initiate the battle.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Allegedly one had his kid taken away, I think based on abuse, and he's got a grudge against the authorities. But you have to have a pretty unbalanced mind to do this.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)and the system initiated the battle. Perspective is reality.
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)..out having a little fun...
Bet they listen to Hate Radio..
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Got things to do so I can't watch tv, but every time I pass by I see it is still ongoing.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)To recap, a suspect opened fire on Dallas police headquarters around 12:30 am CT. Police returned fire, and then the suspect rammed a police car and drove off. The suspect was chased to a parking lot in Hutchins, Texas, which is about 12 miles south of Dallas, NBC News reports. Police Chief David O. Brown said SWAT snipers shot at the suspect through the windshield of his van after a standoff and a robot is being sent in to confirm the suspect's condition. Four suspicious bags were found at headquarters, and police say the suspect claimed that his van was rigged with explosives. No officers or civilians were injured in the shooting or standoff, Brown said. -
The Associated Press is reporting that authorities confirmed the death of the Dallas police headquarters attack suspect. Dallas police said they have not confirmed the suspect's death and cannot do so until the van is cleared. However, they do believe the gunman's death is likely.
Full timeline of the event can be found here:
http://www.breakingnews.com/item/2015/06/13/all-explosive-devices-and-suspected-explosive-devi/
jwirr
(39,215 posts)He also threatened his family, churches, etc. He started with the police. I am thankful they got him.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Scary the guy could gather so much lethal to use, tho.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Of course he's white so it's about mental health issues and not 'terrorism'.
Funny how non-whites and Muslims have no mental health issues.
How did this man access all those weapons despite his past??
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)... they're just excitable boys. If they're black, a bunch of thugs. And if there is a Muslim among them -- terrorists!
-- Mal
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,339 posts)If it is some white pot-bellied teabagging gun-nut the reaction will be "meh, whaddya gonna do"
If the guy is a Muslim, the country will have a media lead grand mal shit hemorrhage.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)Imagine what the use of language does to shape our thinking!
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)The truck would have been nuked already.
840high
(17,196 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Just listen to the hacks on CNN
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Should be "Whitefield," or maybe "Whitefiend."
-- Mal
malaise
(269,157 posts)feats. Some folks must not be taken seriously.
Dustlawyer
(10,497 posts)on campus carry, on the other hand, it's a blow to those same folks who tout automatic guns for everyone, and on another hand, police Depts can now justify military assault vehicles now that the public has them! Wait, that's 3 hands, oh well, we can hold more guns!
Sarcasm
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)cf Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye and The Gripping Hand.
-- Mal
n2doc
(47,953 posts)With friends
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-dallas-police-shooting-20150613-story.html
Looks like they were right.
KG
(28,752 posts)romanic
(2,841 posts)I'm gonna blame this nutjob for going off and not accepting the courts rightfully taking away custody.
DiverDave
(4,887 posts)what with killing innocents and all.
A sure fire way to get support? Have a "deranged madman" shoot up and maybe kill
some cops. Yes, my tin foil is firmly wrapped waayyy to tight.
But think of the Tonkin incident, operation northwoods. There is precedent.
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)http://heavy.com/news/2015/06/james-boulware-dallas-police-headquarters-shooting-shootout-suspect-video-photos-white-male-armored-vehicle-other-suspects-explosives-son-terrorist/
H2O Man
(73,605 posts)it unfold on tv. Terrible situation.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Paranoid and ammosexual go together like drunk and disorderly, but this guy appeared to be at the clinical stage.
blogslut
(38,016 posts)The suspect in an attack on Dallas police headquarters is believed to be dead after a police sniper shot at him early Saturday.
So far, though, authorities had not been able to approach the vehicle safely to confirm that he had been killed.
They were working to make their way into the vehicle with the assistance of a robot, and they alerted the public that some planned detonations might be heard as they tried to gain entry.
Police had spent hours trying to negotiate with the man in the armored vehicle he used during his assault on the headquarter before he led dozens of squad cars on a chase that ended along Interstate 45 in Hutchins.
No one was injured by the man, who identified himself as James Boulware, a 50-year-old with a history of family violence...
malaise
(269,157 posts)I was on the road all day.
TexasTowelie
(112,422 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/107826194
malaise
(269,157 posts)These people are sick
herding cats
(19,567 posts)I feel bad for his parents and his kids.
Dallas police confirm HQ attack suspect shot by sniper is dead as it happened
malaise
(269,157 posts)Sad
herding cats
(19,567 posts)His family had been through hell for the past few years with him.
I guess the only good news is on one else was hurt today.