https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_shooting_of_Dallas_police_officers#cite_note-CNN.Killed-14
On July 7, 2016, at the end of a peaceful protest, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and shot twelve police officers and two civilians in Dallas, Texas, United States, killing five of the officers. Johnson was an African-American Army Reserve Afghan War veteran who expressed his hatred of white people
and was reportedly angry over recent police shootings of black men. The
protest was being held against police killings in the aftermath of the
shooting deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, in the preceding days.
Following the shooting, police confronted Johnson at a parking garage, and a standoff ensued. In the early hours of July 8, police killed Johnson with a bomb attached to a bomb disposal robot. Some experts believe it was the first time in U.S. history a robot was used by police to deliver lethal force.
The shooting was the deadliest incident for U.S. law enforcement since the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Saturday, July 9, 2016
Shooting of Alton Sterling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Alton_Sterling
On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was shot several times after being tackled to the ground by two white Baton Rouge Police Department officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Police were responding to a report that a man dressed in red and selling CDs used a gun to threaten someone outside a convenience store. The shooting was recorded by multiple bystanders. The videos show the confrontation and shooting at point-blank range.
The shooting led to protests in Baton Rouge and a civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.
On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was shot several times after being tackled to the ground by two white Baton Rouge Police Department officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Police were responding to a report that a man dressed in red and selling CDs used a gun to threaten someone outside a convenience store. The shooting was recorded by multiple bystanders. The videos show the confrontation and shooting at point-blank range.
The shooting led to protests in Baton Rouge and a civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Shooting of Philando Castile
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Philando_Castile
On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was fatally shot in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul. Castile was pulled over in a traffic stop by a St. Anthony Police Department officer, Jeronimo Yanez, who asked for Castile's driver's license and vehicle registration. According to Diamond Reynolds, Castile's girlfriend, who was with him in the vehicle, Castile told Yanez he had a firearm that he was licensed to carry. Yanez then shot Castile, who died shortly after arriving at the hospital. A video of the immediate aftermath was live-streamed by Reynolds on Facebook.
On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was fatally shot in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul. Castile was pulled over in a traffic stop by a St. Anthony Police Department officer, Jeronimo Yanez, who asked for Castile's driver's license and vehicle registration. According to Diamond Reynolds, Castile's girlfriend, who was with him in the vehicle, Castile told Yanez he had a firearm that he was licensed to carry. Yanez then shot Castile, who died shortly after arriving at the hospital. A video of the immediate aftermath was live-streamed by Reynolds on Facebook.
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