Dallas: more info on what happened during the Black Lives Matters uprising
Friday, July 8, 2016
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Video in aftermath of Dallas police slaughter appears to show protesters DANCING and 'taunting' officers in a 7-Eleven parking lot
- Five officers were killed and more wounded amid protests on Thursday
- A large crowd of protesters moved to parking lot outside 7-Eleven
- Large police presence was at the scene in response to reports of looting
- Several men outside the store were filmed making gestures and dancing
A video filmed in the aftermath of a deadly attack on police officers in Dallas appears to show protesters dancing in a parking lot.
Five officers died and several more were wounded when gunfire erupted at a Black Lives Matter protest on Thursday night.
Hundreds of people packed into a 7-Eleven parking lot at Griffin and San Jacinto streets as police pushed the crowd away from the chaos of the crime scene, WFAA reports.
A video filmed in the aftermath of a deadly attack on police officers in
Dallas appears to show protesters dancing in a parking lot.
Hundreds of people packed into a 7-Eleven parking lot at Griffin and San Jacinto streets
as police pushed the crowd away from the chaos of the crime scene, according to WFAA
A Fox News report showed footage of the parking lot, showing a line of officers standing guard in front of the store and appearing to prevent anyone from entering.
Filmed shortly before 1am CT, it showed some of the men outside the store making gestures to the officers while others appeared to be dancing.
The large police presence was reportedly in response to concerns that some of the protesters were stealing from the store.
As police guarded the scene following reports of looting, protesters were seen taunting the officers, according to WFAA.
Many of the people were drunk and some poured alcohol on cars belonging to the local station's news crew in the parking lot, forcing reporters to move.
A line of police officers guarded the convenience store after reports that people were looting the store
Some of the men in the parking lot appeared to be dancing and some were 'taunting' police officers
The convenience store, which is usually open 24 hours, was closed at around midnight at the request of management.
Hundreds had gathered in downtown Dallas on Thursday night to protest the deaths of two black men at the hands of police officers this week.
About 8.45pm, shots were fired by snipers, authorities have said. The shootings happened a few blocks from Dealey Plaza, the landmark made famous by President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Some of the men in the parking lot were seen making gestures
towards the police officers at the scene
Many of the people were drunk and some poured alcohol
on cars belonging to WFAA reporters
Authorities initially said that there were three suspects in custody and a fourth one that was killed by a robot-delivered bomb in a parking garage after a long standoff, but by Friday morning, officials were vague and would not discuss details of the situation.
They identified the man who died as 25-year-old Micah Johnson, a black man who lived in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite. The others have not been identified.
Johnson had served from March 2009 to April 2015 in the Army Reserve and did one tour of duty in Afghanistan.
He told authorities that he was upset about the recent shootings of black men by police and wanted to kill whites, 'especially white officers,' according to Dallas Police Chief David Brown.
Johnson also told them that he worked alone, though authorities have not confirmed that.
The sniper's five victims: A newlywed, an-ex Army Ranger, a 14-year force veteran, a cop who moved to Dallas for his dream job and a former Iraq soldier whose last tweet was a tribute to his 'beloved America'
A patriotic and upbeat happy birthday wish to America was the final tweet sent from an Iraq War veteran police officer among the five murdered officers identified in the Dallas shootings. Dallas Police Officers Patrick Zamarripa (top), Michael Krol (bottom right), Senior Cpl Lorne Ahrens (center right), Michael J. Smith (center left) and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) police officer Brent Thompson (bottom left) were all shot and killed in the downtown area of the city during a protest. The final message posted to a Twitter account belonging to Zamarripa was on July 4, wishing the country a happy birthday. Zamarripa, who was a U.S. Navy veteran that served in Iraq, patriotically wrote: 'Happy Birthday to the greatest country on the face of this planet. My beloved America!' Thompson was the first officer to be killed on duty for DART since they were formed in 1989. He had just married a fellow DART officer two weeks ago. The mass shooting is the deadliest incident for members of law enforcement in the US since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3681412/Video-Dallas-police-slaughter-appears-protesters-DANCING.html
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