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| Dallas police shooting: mayor says Micah Johnson was 'lone shooter' – live | |
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| 12.00am BST | |
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| Clinton: US must confront 'implicit bias' | |
| Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said the country has to confront “implicit bias” in the wake of fatal police shootings. She told NBC News’ Lester Holt: | |
| I believe we need a national conversation, and we start showing respect toward one another. Seeing each other, walking in each other’s shoes. I think we have to show our support for our police under very difficult circumstances, particularly as we have seen in the last day, the bravery of police officers running toward danger and being shot down. | |
| At the same time, we’ve got to do criminal justice reform and we need national guidelines about the use of force, particularly lethal force so routine traffic stops don’t escalate into killings. We also have to be honest, all of us, in facing implicit bias that all of us, unfortunately, I think, may still have. | |
| VIDEO: @HillaryClinton tells @LesterHoltNBC that the country must confront 'implicit bias' after shootings. https://t.co/zM2SL6jKNo | |
| 11.39pm BST | |
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| Asked about the death of suspect Micah Johnson – in what appears to be the first known case of lethal force by a bomb-disposal robot – Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings said that officers tried to arrest him alive: | |
| This was a man we gave plenty of options to. He had a choice to come out and we would not harm or he could stay and we would. He picked the latter. | |
| In his speech, governor Greg Abbott said “the primary message is one word, and that is unity”. He also emphasized the importance of “respect and reverence for the men and women who wear that uniform”. | |
| In response to questions about possible co-conspirators, Abbott said, “As a former law enforcement official and prosecutor, I want to make sure that we button down every corner before we rule out any possible co-conspirators. Remember this, we know what the mayor said about the gunman. What we don’t know is who, if anybody, may have known what the gunman knew, what he was going to do, may have assisted him in any of his efforts.” | |
| Abbott declined to comment on lieutenant governor Dan Patrick’s controversial remarks calling the protesters “hypocrites” for seeking police shelter. Instead, Abbott restated his message of “unity”. | |
| Here’s the governor and mayor at the late-afternoon press conference: | |
| .@Mike_Rawlings says Johnson was the LONE shooter and was mobile...not sniper @CBSDFW @KRLD #DallasPoliceShootings pic.twitter.com/nQ4ogi3fkf | |
| 11.24pm BST | 11.24pm BST |
| 23:24 | 23:24 |
| Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings has offered this explanation about the police detaining and questioning different suspects before determining that Micah Johnson was a lone shooter: | Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings has offered this explanation about the police detaining and questioning different suspects before determining that Micah Johnson was a lone shooter: |
| There were about 20 individuals in ammo gear, in protective equipment and rifles slung over their shoulder. When the shooting started at different angles, they started running. We started catching. That’s when we proceeded to start to interview them as we’ve started to unravel this fishing knot. We realized the shooting came from one building at different levels. | There were about 20 individuals in ammo gear, in protective equipment and rifles slung over their shoulder. When the shooting started at different angles, they started running. We started catching. That’s when we proceeded to start to interview them as we’ve started to unravel this fishing knot. We realized the shooting came from one building at different levels. |
| 11.15pm BST | 11.15pm BST |
| 23:15 | 23:15 |
| Governor Greg Abbott said the suspect Micah Johnson has “received his justice” at a news conference at Dallas city hall just now: | Governor Greg Abbott said the suspect Micah Johnson has “received his justice” at a news conference at Dallas city hall just now: |
| To every man and woman of the Dallas police department … I want you to know you have the respect of a grateful state. And you have a governor who has your back. As it concerns the cowardice, it seems as though the sole suspect now has received his justice. | To every man and woman of the Dallas police department … I want you to know you have the respect of a grateful state. And you have a governor who has your back. As it concerns the cowardice, it seems as though the sole suspect now has received his justice. |
| What will be important is to ensure there are now no other potential co-conspirators with this particular assailant. If there is, they will be sought. They will be found and they will receive the justice they deserve. | What will be important is to ensure there are now no other potential co-conspirators with this particular assailant. If there is, they will be sought. They will be found and they will receive the justice they deserve. |
| 11.08pm BST | 11.08pm BST |
| 23:08 | 23:08 |
| Mayor: suspect was 'lone shooter' | Mayor: suspect was 'lone shooter' |
| Mayor Mike Rawlings, speaking at a city hall press conference now, confirmed that suspect Micah Johnson was a “lone shooter”, contrary to earlier reports citing multiple snipers: | Mayor Mike Rawlings, speaking at a city hall press conference now, confirmed that suspect Micah Johnson was a “lone shooter”, contrary to earlier reports citing multiple snipers: |
| Mr Johnson, now deceased, was a lone shooter in this incident. ... There was confusion with everybody running around. But this was a mobile shooter that had written manifestos on how to shoot and move, and he did that. He did his damage. But we did damage to him as well. We believe now that the city is safe and the suspect is dead. We can move on to healing. | Mr Johnson, now deceased, was a lone shooter in this incident. ... There was confusion with everybody running around. But this was a mobile shooter that had written manifestos on how to shoot and move, and he did that. He did his damage. But we did damage to him as well. We believe now that the city is safe and the suspect is dead. We can move on to healing. |
| 11.04pm BST | 11.04pm BST |
| 23:04 | 23:04 |
| Watch Texas governor Greg Abbott’s press conference live here: | Watch Texas governor Greg Abbott’s press conference live here: |
| 10.58pm BST | 10.58pm BST |
| 22:58 | 22:58 |
| Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick has backtracked from his earlier comments calling protesters “hypocrites” for seeking police shelter when they began hearing shots during. He told CNN: | Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick has backtracked from his earlier comments calling protesters “hypocrites” for seeking police shelter when they began hearing shots during. He told CNN: |
| Maybe it’s the wrong choice of words. I’ve seen a lot of death in the last 12 hours. | Maybe it’s the wrong choice of words. I’ve seen a lot of death in the last 12 hours. |
| He added that he’d seen four bodies on gurneys last night in the hospital. “What we have seen throughout the last several years is rhetoric geared towards police officers,” Patrick continued. “I just though the irony last night was there was a protest. ... We’ve seen protest after protest where it’s been very general after police in general. What we saw last night was that the police officers turned around and protected those people and did their duty and they died doing it.” | He added that he’d seen four bodies on gurneys last night in the hospital. “What we have seen throughout the last several years is rhetoric geared towards police officers,” Patrick continued. “I just though the irony last night was there was a protest. ... We’ve seen protest after protest where it’s been very general after police in general. What we saw last night was that the police officers turned around and protected those people and did their duty and they died doing it.” |
| Here are his original comments on Fox News that sparked significant backlash online: | Here are his original comments on Fox News that sparked significant backlash online: |
| I do blame people on social media with their hatred towards police,” Patrick said on Fox News. I do blame former Black Lives Matter protests, last night was peaceful, others have not been. All those protesters last night, they ran the other way expecting the men and women in blue to turn around and protect them. What hypocrites! | I do blame people on social media with their hatred towards police,” Patrick said on Fox News. I do blame former Black Lives Matter protests, last night was peaceful, others have not been. All those protesters last night, they ran the other way expecting the men and women in blue to turn around and protect them. What hypocrites! |
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| Officers targeted in Tennessee, Georgia and Missouri, police say | Officers targeted in Tennessee, Georgia and Missouri, police say |
| Police say that officers have been “targeted” in Tennessee, Georgia and Missouri in the aftermath of the Dallas shootings, according to the Associated Press: | Police say that officers have been “targeted” in Tennessee, Georgia and Missouri in the aftermath of the Dallas shootings, according to the Associated Press: |
| The attack in Tennessee occurred hours before the killing of five police officers in Dallas on Thursday night during a protest. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the attacker told authorities that he was frustrated by the recent killings by police of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. | The attack in Tennessee occurred hours before the killing of five police officers in Dallas on Thursday night during a protest. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the attacker told authorities that he was frustrated by the recent killings by police of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. |
| Police have not disclosed a motive in Friday’s attacks in Georgia and Missouri, which have been described as ambushes. | Police have not disclosed a motive in Friday’s attacks in Georgia and Missouri, which have been described as ambushes. |
| In a fourth attack early Friday, a motorist fired at a police car as the officer drove by. In all, four officers were wounded. The officer wounded outside St. Louis is in critical but stable condition. The wounded officers are expected to survive. | In a fourth attack early Friday, a motorist fired at a police car as the officer drove by. In all, four officers were wounded. The officer wounded outside St. Louis is in critical but stable condition. The wounded officers are expected to survive. |
| #BREAKING TBI: Man who opened fire in Bristol, TN was mad about police shooting black people https://t.co/Vxpc83RqvH pic.twitter.com/qbilxcXgoP | #BREAKING TBI: Man who opened fire in Bristol, TN was mad about police shooting black people https://t.co/Vxpc83RqvH pic.twitter.com/qbilxcXgoP |
| In Ballwin, outside of St Louis: | In Ballwin, outside of St Louis: |
| I've just arrived at scene of #Ballwin officer shooting. Heavy police presence on New Ballwin Rd @ksdknews pic.twitter.com/p5kRJrzuZZ | I've just arrived at scene of #Ballwin officer shooting. Heavy police presence on New Ballwin Rd @ksdknews pic.twitter.com/p5kRJrzuZZ |
| 10.25pm BST | 10.25pm BST |
| 22:25 | 22:25 |
| Police: Suspect embraced "radical form of Afrocentrism" | Police: Suspect embraced "radical form of Afrocentrism" |
| Dallas police have just released new information on the investigation into the 25-year-old suspect Micah Johnson, who officials claim embraced a “a radical form of Afrocentrism”, according to his Facebook. Police said in its new statement that Johnson also used different names on social media: | Dallas police have just released new information on the investigation into the 25-year-old suspect Micah Johnson, who officials claim embraced a “a radical form of Afrocentrism”, according to his Facebook. Police said in its new statement that Johnson also used different names on social media: |
| The suspect has no criminal history. Information provided through the course of the investigation, indicates that the suspect was an Army veteran and others have identified him as a loner. The suspect’s Facebook account included the following names and information: Fahed Hassen, Richard GRIFFIN aka Professor Griff, GRIFFIN embraces a radical form of Afrocentrism, and GRIFFIN wrote a book A Warriors Tapestry. | The suspect has no criminal history. Information provided through the course of the investigation, indicates that the suspect was an Army veteran and others have identified him as a loner. The suspect’s Facebook account included the following names and information: Fahed Hassen, Richard GRIFFIN aka Professor Griff, GRIFFIN embraces a radical form of Afrocentrism, and GRIFFIN wrote a book A Warriors Tapestry. |
| Some other details from the ongoing police investigation: | Some other details from the ongoing police investigation: |
| 9.50pm BST | 9.50pm BST |
| 21:50 | 21:50 |
| An impromptu memorial has popped up at the scene of the Dallas shooting to commemorate the lives of the five police officers killed last night. | An impromptu memorial has popped up at the scene of the Dallas shooting to commemorate the lives of the five police officers killed last night. |
| Memorial beginning to grow outside shooting scene in downtown Dallas. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/h9O1F0tUv4 | Memorial beginning to grow outside shooting scene in downtown Dallas. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/h9O1F0tUv4 |
| Growing memorial just outside shooting scene in downtown Dallas. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/wfmmBXNvBB | Growing memorial just outside shooting scene in downtown Dallas. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/wfmmBXNvBB |
| 9.33pm BST | 9.33pm BST |
| 21:33 | 21:33 |
| Clinton on Dallas shooting and racism in police forces | Clinton on Dallas shooting and racism in police forces |
| Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton called for “more love and kindness” in light of the Dallas shootings last night and the deaths of black men at the hands of police earlier this week. | Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton called for “more love and kindness” in light of the Dallas shootings last night and the deaths of black men at the hands of police earlier this week. |
| “This is deeply troubling and it should worry every single American. We’ve got to do a lot more to listen to one another, respect one another,” Clinton told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. | “This is deeply troubling and it should worry every single American. We’ve got to do a lot more to listen to one another, respect one another,” Clinton told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. |
| Clinton said the week was a “call to action” to implement her plans for national comprehensive guidelines into the use of deadly force by police officers, and also to encourage people to better respect and support police. | Clinton said the week was a “call to action” to implement her plans for national comprehensive guidelines into the use of deadly force by police officers, and also to encourage people to better respect and support police. |
| “Those police officers were protecting a peaceful protest... a hallmark of America. Let’s start understanding, putting ourselves in each others shoes again and coming together as Americans to end this terrible violence.” | “Those police officers were protecting a peaceful protest... a hallmark of America. Let’s start understanding, putting ourselves in each others shoes again and coming together as Americans to end this terrible violence.” |
| Clinton also spoke out about the “systematic racism” in some of the 18,000 police forces across the United States against people of color. | Clinton also spoke out about the “systematic racism” in some of the 18,000 police forces across the United States against people of color. |
| “I would call for white people like myself to put ourselves in the shoes of those African-American families who fear every time their children go somewhere, who have to have ‘the talk’ about how to really protect themselves when they should be being protected,” said Clinton. “I’m going to be talking to white people, I think we’re the ones who have to listen to the legitimate cries coming from our African-American neighbors.” | “I would call for white people like myself to put ourselves in the shoes of those African-American families who fear every time their children go somewhere, who have to have ‘the talk’ about how to really protect themselves when they should be being protected,” said Clinton. “I’m going to be talking to white people, I think we’re the ones who have to listen to the legitimate cries coming from our African-American neighbors.” |
| “We need communities to feel they can trust police... that’s going to take a lot more community and bridge building and training on behalf of our police officers,” said Clinton, noting that many police forces were small and struggled with funding and training. | “We need communities to feel they can trust police... that’s going to take a lot more community and bridge building and training on behalf of our police officers,” said Clinton, noting that many police forces were small and struggled with funding and training. |
| “We’ve got to start respecting and treating each other with the dignity every person deserves,” said Clinton. | “We’ve got to start respecting and treating each other with the dignity every person deserves,” said Clinton. |
| 9.08pm BST | 9.08pm BST |
| 21:08 | 21:08 |
| Smith & Wesson stock jumps after Dallas shooting | Smith & Wesson stock jumps after Dallas shooting |
| Jana Kasperkevic | Jana Kasperkevic |
| Business reporter Jana Kasperkevic on gun manufacturers: | Business reporter Jana Kasperkevic on gun manufacturers: |
| Smith & Wesson stock opened near an all-time high on Friday after five police officers were killed and seven were injured in a shooting in Dallas. The gunmaker’s stock opened at $29.75 a share. | Smith & Wesson stock opened near an all-time high on Friday after five police officers were killed and seven were injured in a shooting in Dallas. The gunmaker’s stock opened at $29.75 a share. |
| Earlier this year, the stock hit a record high on 18 March, trading at $30.44 a share. That day it closed at an all-time high of $29.37. | Earlier this year, the stock hit a record high on 18 March, trading at $30.44 a share. That day it closed at an all-time high of $29.37. |
| Stocks for Smith & Wesson rose about 3% on Friday while stocks for fellow firearm manufacturer Sturm Ruger went up by 5%. The shares surged in anticipation of higher gun sales due to fears of stricter gun control policies following the worst mass shooting of police in US history. | Stocks for Smith & Wesson rose about 3% on Friday while stocks for fellow firearm manufacturer Sturm Ruger went up by 5%. The shares surged in anticipation of higher gun sales due to fears of stricter gun control policies following the worst mass shooting of police in US history. |
| In addition to shares of gunmakers, shares of Taser and Digital Ally also surged on the news. The two companies make wearable video cameras worn by US police, and Taser also makes electroshock weapons used by some police. | In addition to shares of gunmakers, shares of Taser and Digital Ally also surged on the news. The two companies make wearable video cameras worn by US police, and Taser also makes electroshock weapons used by some police. |
| Read the rest of the article here. | Read the rest of the article here. |
| Related: Smith & Wesson stock opens near record high after Dallas shooting | Related: Smith & Wesson stock opens near record high after Dallas shooting |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 9.10pm BST | at 9.10pm BST |
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| Police dispatch calls from Thursday night’s deadly shooting in Dallas, in which five officers were killed and seven injured. In the audio, police officers are heard making frantic calls as they pursue at least one suspect in the shooting which occurred at a rally held against police violence | Police dispatch calls from Thursday night’s deadly shooting in Dallas, in which five officers were killed and seven injured. In the audio, police officers are heard making frantic calls as they pursue at least one suspect in the shooting which occurred at a rally held against police violence |
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| The father of Patrick Zamarripa, one of the police officers who was killed in Dallas last night, posted on Facebook this morning about the loss of his son. | The father of Patrick Zamarripa, one of the police officers who was killed in Dallas last night, posted on Facebook this morning about the loss of his son. |