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| Dallas police chief calls for public to adjust its expectations of officers | Dallas police chief calls for public to adjust its expectations of officers |
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| Several American cities lurched into investigations and reflection on Monday, after a week of killings and confrontation. As they did so, details began to emerge about Micah Johnson, who on Thursday wounded nine police officers and killed five, during a protest march in Dallas. | |
| Related: Police and black Americans: a relationship worse than in the 90s | Al Sharpton | Related: Police and black Americans: a relationship worse than in the 90s | Al Sharpton |
| Protesters in Dallas, Atlanta, Baton Rouge and elsewhere continued to demand police reform. In return, police organisations called for the public to adjust its expectations of officers. | Protesters in Dallas, Atlanta, Baton Rouge and elsewhere continued to demand police reform. In return, police organisations called for the public to adjust its expectations of officers. |
| At a Monday morning news conference, Dallas police chief David Brown said nine officers had been wounded, not seven as previously thought. He also sounded a note of frustration. | |
| “We’re asking cops to do too much in this country,” he said. “Every societal failure, we put it off on the cops to solve. Not enough mental health funding, let the cops handle it. Not enough drug funding, give it to the cops … 70% of the African American community is raised by single women. Let’s give it to the cops. | |
| “Policing was never meant to solve all of those problems.” | “Policing was never meant to solve all of those problems.” |
| Brown is known for the successful and progressive reform of his department. But the past week has left him “running on fumes”, he said, his feelings “raw”. | Brown is known for the successful and progressive reform of his department. But the past week has left him “running on fumes”, he said, his feelings “raw”. |
| In Baton Rouge, formerly peaceful protests over the death of Alton Sterling gave way to violent confrontations between protesters and police wearing gas masks. Two white police officers killed Sterling, a black man, during an arrest last Tuesday that bystanders documented with cellphone videos. | In Baton Rouge, formerly peaceful protests over the death of Alton Sterling gave way to violent confrontations between protesters and police wearing gas masks. Two white police officers killed Sterling, a black man, during an arrest last Tuesday that bystanders documented with cellphone videos. |
| Protests immediately after Sterling’s death featured gospel music and calls from his family for peace and respect for police. Over the weekend, such protests turned violent and more than 100 people were arrested. | Protests immediately after Sterling’s death featured gospel music and calls from his family for peace and respect for police. Over the weekend, such protests turned violent and more than 100 people were arrested. |
| The evolving protests produced a cascade of video and photography that showed arrests of journalists, the well-known activist DeRay Mckesson and a stoic young woman in a flowing dress whose photograph has come to represent the spirit of peaceful resistance. | The evolving protests produced a cascade of video and photography that showed arrests of journalists, the well-known activist DeRay Mckesson and a stoic young woman in a flowing dress whose photograph has come to represent the spirit of peaceful resistance. |
| Baton Rouge investigators said the shift in the city’s mood was due, in part, to the arrival of protesters from other areas. They said that about half the people arrested during the weekend had come from outside the city. | Baton Rouge investigators said the shift in the city’s mood was due, in part, to the arrival of protesters from other areas. They said that about half the people arrested during the weekend had come from outside the city. |
| Back in Dallas, investigators worked to piece together the background and motivations of Johnson, the 25-year-old who shot police officers on Thursday. | Back in Dallas, investigators worked to piece together the background and motivations of Johnson, the 25-year-old who shot police officers on Thursday. |
| Police said Johnson apparently planned to perpetrate many more killings, before police killed him with a remote-controlled, bomb-carrying robot. Johnson was an army veteran and had explosives the police chief said would have been “devastating”. | Police said Johnson apparently planned to perpetrate many more killings, before police killed him with a remote-controlled, bomb-carrying robot. Johnson was an army veteran and had explosives the police chief said would have been “devastating”. |
| Johnson’s family told news outlet The Blaze that his demeanor changed in 2015, after his discharge from the US army. His mother, Delphine Johnson, said he had transformed from a carefree extrovert to a “hermit”. | Johnson’s family told news outlet The Blaze that his demeanor changed in 2015, after his discharge from the US army. His mother, Delphine Johnson, said he had transformed from a carefree extrovert to a “hermit”. |
| Brown said Johnson’s aim was to punish police officers for their treatment of black people, and that he was not attached to any criminal or terroristic group. Before he died in a building at El Centro college, he scrawled the letters “RB” in blood on a wall. Police were unsure what the letters meant. | Brown said Johnson’s aim was to punish police officers for their treatment of black people, and that he was not attached to any criminal or terroristic group. Before he died in a building at El Centro college, he scrawled the letters “RB” in blood on a wall. Police were unsure what the letters meant. |
| At the start of the new week, national political figures began to weigh in on the subject of police and race, offering a range of sentiments from criticism to consolation. | At the start of the new week, national political figures began to weigh in on the subject of police and race, offering a range of sentiments from criticism to consolation. |
| Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani blamed some of the strife on the Black Lives Matter movement. In an appearance Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation he said the movement was “anti-American, and it’s racist”. | Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani blamed some of the strife on the Black Lives Matter movement. In an appearance Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation he said the movement was “anti-American, and it’s racist”. |
| Barack Obama returned early from a trip to Spain and on Tuesday will travel to Dallas to deliver remarks at an interfaith memorial service for the officers killed. During his visit to Europe he did not speak at length on the subject of the shooting, but seemed more willing than Giuliani to distance the Dallas tragedy from the Black Lives Matter movement. | Barack Obama returned early from a trip to Spain and on Tuesday will travel to Dallas to deliver remarks at an interfaith memorial service for the officers killed. During his visit to Europe he did not speak at length on the subject of the shooting, but seemed more willing than Giuliani to distance the Dallas tragedy from the Black Lives Matter movement. |
| People should not, Obama said, assume the act of one possibly demented killer “speaks to some larger political statement across the country”. | People should not, Obama said, assume the act of one possibly demented killer “speaks to some larger political statement across the country”. |
| Former president George W Bush and first lady Laura Bush will attend the Tuesday service, as will Vice-President Joe Biden. | Former president George W Bush and first lady Laura Bush will attend the Tuesday service, as will Vice-President Joe Biden. |
| Tuesday will also see the start of several days of visitations and funerals for the officers killed last week. The officers were members of the Dallas police department and the city’s transit police. | Tuesday will also see the start of several days of visitations and funerals for the officers killed last week. The officers were members of the Dallas police department and the city’s transit police. |