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[PhatMack19]

5th police officer just confirmed dead....

[bullets13]

9 minutes ago, PhatMack19 said:

5th police office just confirmed dead....

Damn.

[Hagar]

6 hours ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Kinda strange only Dallas had a cop attack tonight. BLM had demonstrations across alot of cities tonight. Easy to blame something small you dont like that more than likely had absolutely nothing to do with this tonight, they aint that smart enough to pull this off. This was trained militant behavior. Seems like ISIS. 

That may be the case.  Appears they were either ex military, or had extensive training in shooting a rifle.  Suppose to be a news conference this morning.  Three in custody and one shooter killed himself.  But still no pertinent info on who or why.

[bullets13]

7 hours ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

This seems like ISIS. 

I thought so, too, but based on the statements made by the suspect they had pinned down, it doesn't sound like it.  

[bullets13]

Per the Dallas police chief: after negotiations broke down with the suspect, DPD sent in a robot with an explosive device, which they detonated near the suspect, killing him.  

[stevenash]

I have been told by a co worker that one of the captured individuals stated that his sole intent was to kill white cops and white people.  Did anyone else hear the interview?  Is that accurate?

 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

38 minutes ago, stevenash said:

I have been told by a co worker that one of the captured individuals stated that his sole intent was to kill white cops and white people.  Did anyone else hear the interview?  Is that accurate?

 

Did you ask your co-worker for a link?? 

Edited July 8, 2016 by Mr. Buddy Garrity
Gcm handled it

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[stevenash]

1 hour ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Did you ask your co-worker for a link?? 

No I did not.  Links aren't normally available when two people are at the water fountain. Additionally, co worker stated that he heard it on television. Looks like GCMPats has accommodated you, though.

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Based on what I just heard, the one shooter, Micah Brown, was an Army Reservist and a member of a gun club.  He said he wanted to kill white people, specifically white police officers.  

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Based on what I just heard, the one shooter, Micah Brown, was an Army Reservist and a member of a gun club.  He said he wanted to kill white people, specifically white police officers.  

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Based on what I just heard, the one shooter, Micah Brown, was an Army Reservist and a member of a gun club.  He said he wanted to kill white people, specifically white police officers.  

So he had training and access to weapons.

 

*sigh* I already know how DC will act. 

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238 Whites shot, 123 Blacks shot in 2016 by cops. 494 Whites shot, 258 Blacks shot in 2015

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11 hours ago, team first said:

blm just lost  sympathy from ever moderate American tonight 

I don't think there are many moderate Americans in SETX to begin with. It's heavily conservative and then there's just the "other side". I do somewhat agree with what the gist of your point is though, and that's coming from a guy who had his uncle hung for wearing his military uniform. 

It's pretty sad JFK gets killed in the segregated southern city of Dallas for supporting legislation which is basically a synonym for the current BLM movement, then over a half century later 5 police officers get killed right up the street in the same city for the same legislation Kennedy died behind not being ratified. 

The moderate Americans you speak of realize there's a problem when a guy can kill 9 people worshiping in a church and the police do everything possible to bring him into custody alive, yet a guy gets killed on camera with his daughter in the back seat and we "have to wait on facts." I'll continue to wait and be moderate for the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown vs Board of Education that says "separate is inherently unequal" to come to fruition . . . Others won't. 

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8 minutes ago, bigdog said:

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238 Whites shot, 123 Blacks shot in 2016 by cops. 494 Whites shot, 258 Blacks shot in 2015

Amazing statistics. The state links on the left are pretty telling IMO. 

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3 minutes ago, Cougar14.2 said:

I don't think there are many moderate Americans in SETX to begin with. It's heavily conservative and then there's just the "other side". I do somewhat agree with what the gist of your point is though, and that's coming from a guy who had his uncle hung for wearing his military uniform. 

It's pretty sad JFK gets killed in the segregated southern city of Dallas for supporting legislation which is basically a synonym for the current BLM movement, then over a half century later 5 police officers get killed right up the street in the same city for the same legislation Kennedy died behind not being ratified. 

The moderate Americans you speak of realize there's a problem when a guy can kill 9 people worshiping in a church and the police do everything possible to bring him into custody alive, yet a guy gets killed on camera with his daughter in the back seat and we "have to wait on facts." I'll continue to wait and be moderate for the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown vs Board of Education that says "separate is inherently unequal" to come to fruition . . . Others won't. 

 

Humm. "Suspect in custody".

 

I think we all need to stop painting with such a broad paintbrush.

 

Officer shot near St. Louis; suspect in custody

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20 minutes ago, Cougar14.2 said:

I don't think there are many moderate Americans in SETX to begin with. It's heavily conservative and then there's just the "other side". I do somewhat agree with what the gist of your point is though, and that's coming from a guy who had his uncle hung for wearing his military uniform. 

It's pretty sad JFK gets killed in the segregated southern city of Dallas for supporting legislation which is basically a synonym for the current BLM movement, then over a half century later 5 police officers get killed right up the street in the same city for the same legislation Kennedy died behind not being ratified. 

The moderate Americans you speak of realize there's a problem when a guy can kill 9 people worshiping in a church and the police do everything possible to bring him into custody alive, yet a guy gets killed on camera with his daughter in the back seat and we "have to wait on facts." I'll continue to wait and be moderate for the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown vs Board of Education that says "separate is inherently unequal" to come to fruition . . . Others won't. 

Are you of the opinion that the guy who shot the people in the church should have been shot and killed as soon as they caught him or should the rules of the justice system have been fully implemented?  Is there something wrong with "waiting on the facts"?  In the Michael Brown case, I guess it is a very good thing that we "waited on the facts" rather than accepting the "hands up don't shoot" BS.  Wouldn't you agree?

[Hagar]

Here's a link about BLM response to the shootings that is very revealing.  Personally, I had no idea.  Knew it was bad, but had no idea it was this bad.

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11 minutes ago, REBgp said:

Here's a link about BLM response to the shootings that is very revealing.  Personally, I had no idea.  Knew it was bad, but had no idea it was this bad.

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14 minutes ago, REBgp said:

Here's a link about BLM response to the shootings that is very revealing.  Personally, I had no idea.  Knew it was bad, but had no idea it was this bad.

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Don't link to infowars. It just highlights your ignorance.

[stevenash]

13 minutes ago, Scatright said:

Don't link to infowars. It just highlights your ignorance.

Does that mean that the info in that link is simply a lie?

[Scatright]

2 minutes ago, stevenash said:

Does that mean that the info in that link is simply a lie?

Are you familiar with infowars? You know, the guys who said 9/11 and Sandy Hook were hoaxes? The guys who often discover aliens and wear tin foil hats? It's pretty safe to assume it is a lie. Buddy has given us the actual statement from BLM.

[UTfanatic]

One of surviving wounded officers is cousin in law

He is out of surgery 

Continue to pray for all involved 

[Cougar14.2]

9 minutes ago, stevenash said:

Are you of the opinion that the guy who shot the people in the church should have been shot and killed as soon as they caught him or should the rules of the justice system have been fully implemented?  Is there something wrong with "waiting on the facts"?  In the Michael Brown case, I guess it is a very good thing that we "waited on the facts" rather than accepting the "hands up don't shoot" BS.  Wouldn't you agree?

I don't. I'm of the opinion that if a black guy shot 9 people worshiping in a church in the south that he would have killed being taken into custody, no matter what his actions were. Then there would have been a "fact" justifiable in your eyes for him to be killed. Same as the way you obviously feel there was a fact that's got Mike Brown killed, he roughed some people up prior and was probably a thug but a trained professional officer should be able to handle that situation without using his weapon on an unarmed man. You probably also feel there was a "fact" that got the 17 year old killed after being shot 16 times with the gunfire being initiated by an officer who was on the scene less than 30 seconds. 

It's not rocket science man. I have a good buddy at work who used to be a cop and still volunteers in Chambers County sometime. I told him about a time I got pulled over on the way back from New Orleans by a DPS officer in which he made me get out of the car for a speeding ticket. The officer cuffed me for "his safety" while he ran my information. He gave me a warning for doing 5 over and told me they had been having problems wit guys running drugs on that stretch of I-10 as he uncuffed me. My buddy said that was completely the wrong way for the cop to go about it then said, "the bleeped up part about it is I would've probably done the same thing given the situation." I had on a muscle shirt, I have several tattoos and I bench press a little over 400lbs. He admitted there's an intimidation factor.

Something similar happened to me this past weekend while at the Essence Festival. I was staying at the Westin on Canal street and from about the 7th floor in our parking garage there was a good view overlooking the Harrah's casino. My wife was standing taking pictures and I was sitting in front of her tired on one of those parking blocks. This officer kept rolling by and she mentioned "I bet he thinks we're not supposed to be here". I told her he was doing his job, then he stops and gets out of the car. He asks us what we're doing here, just like she mentioned. I was pissed, one because she was right and two because the guy was now obviously just messing with us because we didn't fit the profile of who should be there. I was going to let him pass because I've dealt with stuff like that before but my wife sort of smarted off and he said a few more things so I stood up off the parking block somewhat agitated but far from aggressive. He immediately started studdering, unstrapped his weapon, and kept his hand on it. No doubt in my mind I get shot even if I do so much as reach for my wife's hand to tell her let's go. I smiled, shook my head and said "chill man, I'm about to walk over to the elevator, we're staying on the 28th floor and here's my key." His whole tone changed, he said "Aw man there's no problem, have a good time."

The problem isn't that the officer stopped, we're too far gone as a society to change that. The problem is that you don't see a problem with what he did in the first place. A situation where I could've easily been killed by a nervous cop and a situation you would've never had to deal with.