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RKP5637

(67,104 posts)
4. I wonder what the motives were. Some have said possibly white supremacists
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 11:45 PM
Jul 2016

attempting to invoke a race war or something. It's hard to tell anymore WTF is going on. This is horrible!!!

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
6. A witness on Channel 5 Dallas said a few minutes ago that they were walking...
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 11:47 PM
Jul 2016

...back to their cars, the Black Lives Matter rallyers, and right beside them as they were walking by a bunch of cops took fire from assualt weapons. But it was just the cops that were targeted.

Ugh.

 

d_b

(7,463 posts)
3. This is absolute fucking madness. Good god.
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 11:43 PM
Jul 2016

How will the White House handle this?


This is insanity. And I've been fearing something like this for a long time now. Like how many more videos of cops shooting black folks before some shit like this happens. This is tragic.

RKP5637

(67,104 posts)
8. One of the problems I see in the US is there never seems to be a national resolve to
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 11:49 PM
Jul 2016

work on things, mostly because of the republican obstructionists in congress. And we also have mass shootings, yet at least to my knowledge there are no real solutions, again, because congress is so inept and sets such a bad example with all of the fighting and obstructionists.

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
9. You are not the only one. The over reactions by the police everywhere has the potential to
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 11:55 PM
Jul 2016

be extreme.

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