11 police shot, 4 officers dead after coordinated sniper fire at Dallas protest rally

Maximus Alexander · 08-07-2016 02:40PM

Only five dead in a shooting in the US? Does this even qualify as news at this stage?

Skylinehead · 08-07-2016 02:41PM

screamer wrote: »

They said they were trying to blast him out. Given that he had stated he wanted to kill more people, I'd imagine it was a very last resort in a desperate situation. if it took a robot to save lives, so be it.

Robot Lives Matter!

Bob24 · 08-07-2016 02:41PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Only five dead in a shooting in the US? Does this even qualify as news at this stage?

Troll.

Moo Moo Land · 08-07-2016 02:42PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Only five dead in a shooting in the US? Does this even qualify as news at this stage?

Death tool up to 281 in the Baghdad bomb.

gctest50 · 08-07-2016 02:42PM

SeaFields wrote: »

Just heard that on the latest news about that "robot bomb"... I think the jaw of everyone in the office dropped and said WTF

The police will need these soon :

conorhal · 08-07-2016 02:44PM

Moo Moo Land wrote: »

Death tool up to 281 in the Baghdad bomb.

Congratutations, you have reached virtue signaller level 10! Give youself a 100 facebook likes as a reward.

Zubeneschamali · 08-07-2016 02:44PM

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Relevance?

Poster a) America is screwed up!

Poster b) Ever hear of Syria or Iraq?

Me) Yes, America screwed them up too.

Relevance: Syria and Iraq are further evidence of how screwed up America is.

beach_walker · 08-07-2016 02:48PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Only five dead in a shooting in the US? Does this even qualify as news at this stage?

Well if you don't think a racist, co-ordinated attack on police in the midst of a huge public presence isn't news well then... there's other threads like.

Maximus Alexander · 08-07-2016 02:49PM

beach_walker wrote: »

Well if you don't think a racist, co-ordinated attack on police in the midst of a huge public presence isn't news well then... there's other threads like.

My comment would have been out of context in any other thread.

conorhal · 08-07-2016 02:51PM

gctest50 wrote: »

The police will need these soon :

Fakking hell, the Terminator HK's come a step closer and Robocop begins to look less and less like satire and more like a bleak prediction. I don't doubt our future contains cubicles filled with drone opperators policing our cities with those things.

Dyr · 08-07-2016 02:52PM

Gatling wrote: »

That wasn't military training he snook up on the cop who was already engaged with another suspect pure opportunistic by the looks of it nothing more .

I remember years ago on a forum a guy showing footage of a trainer from the special forces doing the extact same thing do a cop with simunition rounds, making the point that you should not duck behind that sort of cover.

Gatling · 08-07-2016 02:56PM

gctest50 wrote: »

The police will need these soon :

They'll eventually get predator drones

08-07-2016 02:57PM

If anything, this is all going to make America a much scarier and darker place, moving more steadily to more heavily armed zero chances police forces. People were freaking out at their having access to old army gear. Reckon it'll move more to that.

Utdfan20titles · 08-07-2016 02:59PM

What a ****ed up country america is

tomwaterford · 08-07-2016 03:01PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Only five dead in a shooting in the US? Does this even qualify as news at this stage?

It deos when its police officers??

ScumLord · 08-07-2016 03:01PM

Deleted User wrote: »

If anything, this is all going to make America a much scarier and darker place, moving more steadily to more heavily armed zero chances police forces. People were freaking out at their having access to old army gear. Reckon it'll move more to that.

I suppose if they're busy shooting each other they won't have any time left over to fly to another country and shot those people. World peace (outside America) here we come.

Bob24 · 08-07-2016 03:04PM

Gatling wrote: »

They'll eventually get predator drones

For police use, something much smaller and more agile would seem more appropriate. The police is not going to be firing missiles on US cities from miles away.

08-07-2016 03:07PM

ScumLord wrote: »

I suppose if they're busy shooting each other they won't have any time left over to fly to another country and shot those people. World peace (outside America) here we come.

How long until the bombs get dropped on their own country, do you think?

LeinsterDub · 08-07-2016 03:10PM

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

Poster a) America is screwed up!

Poster b) Ever hear of Syria or Iraq?

Me) Yes, America screwed them up too.

Relevance: Syria and Iraq are further evidence of how screwed up America is.

No poster A "America is the most divided country in the world". Poster B "how about those countries with an active civil war going on"

Gatling · 08-07-2016 03:12PM

Bob24 wrote: »

For police use, something much smaller and more agile would seem more appropriate. The police is not going to be firing missiles on US cities from miles away.

Who said missles there an amazing platform for surveillance and can stay over a site for 20+ hours .
Most small drones only a few minutes flight time not very good in fast moving situations

conorhal · 08-07-2016 03:17PM

Gatling wrote: »

Who said missles there an amazing platform for surveillance and can stay over a site for 20+ hours .
Most small drones only a few minutes flight time not very good in fast moving situations

They'll just sit on top of charging poles acting as surveillance cameras and when they spot something going down they'll zip off to 'intervene'.

FA Hayek · 08-07-2016 03:18PM

Christy42 wrote: »

Of course all lives matter but the point is you have a group of people who feel their lives matter less because of their skin colour. Look back at the recent murders by cop. Do you really think k they would have happened to white guys or asians?.

Well one of the guys were killed by an Asian guy and more white people are killed by cops then black people. If black lives really matter then perhaps they should target those that kill 93% of black people killed violently. Other black people. That is right, if you are black you are 13 times more likely to die by another black person then a police officer.

So spare us the 'its all other peoples/police officers/white peoples' fault guff.

We don't need white lives matter or asian lives matter because they don't need to worry about cops shooting them and getting away with it. Their lives already matter. To far too many people black lives don't by the looks of things.

By the looks of things alright but all you offer are unsubstantiated allegations. There is clearly an issue with over militarised police in the US which affects ALL communities.

Connecting this shooting to issues at Trump events merely shows how silly your post is. If the media did cause this by excusing earlier issues what did Trump cause by excusing punching people who disagree with him?

Black Lives Matters fanatics have been going to events and using violence as a political tool. It is no surprise that we are here now with 5 dead police officers given the rhetoric from these extremists. They should be investigated by the feds and charged with hate crimes.

conorhal · 08-07-2016 03:18PM

Deleted User wrote: »

How long until the bombs get dropped on their own country, do you think?

Are you speculating of fantasizing?

Gatling · 08-07-2016 03:20PM

So a post appeared on Facebook from the Black Power Political Group Black Nights Sniper Assassins claiming responsibly for the mass shooting before been deleted from the site

Autonomous Cowherd · 08-07-2016 03:33PM

Very shocked at the news today. I imagine all the police personnel who patrol protest marches to come will be in a state of fear, wondering are there snipers on the roof tops. Bad scene.

Sobering link - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database

My assessment -
US population 320 million - about 1200 people killed by police in 2015
UK population 64 million - about 3 people killed by police in 2015

Population ratios about 5:1, death by police ratio about 400:1

The US police would probably want to consider killing much fewer of their citizens.

Christy42 · 08-07-2016 03:34PM

FA Hayek wrote: »

Well one of the guys were killed by an Asian guy and more white people are killed by cops then black people. If black lives really matter then perhaps they should target those that kill 93% of black people killed violently. Other black people. That is right, if you are black you are 13 times more likely to die by another black person then a police officer.

So spare us the 'its all other peoples/police officers/white peoples' fault guff.

By the looks of things alright but all you offer are unsubstantiated allegations. There is clearly an issue with over militarised police in the US which affects ALL communities.

Black Lives Matters fanatics have been going to events and using violence as a political tool. It is no surprise that we are here now with 5 dead police officers given the rhetoric from these extremists. They should be investigated by the feds and charged with hate crimes.

Did I say that it was all white people's fault or could you just not argue against my argument? I am unsure what one of the shooters being Asian has to do with anything. Certainly not much to the victim. Again I didn't say it was all because of white people.

I have already mentioned about proportions. Over militarised police has a greater effect on black communities.

I disagree with a lot of BLM's methods but I see why such a group would exist. Racial rhetoric certainly encourages this type of event and they have to take some of the blame similar to say Trump or some (not all) of the Brexiter's rhetoric.

Joe prim · 08-07-2016 03:34PM

At least no cows were shot, that would have broken the (Irish) internet.

ScumLord · 08-07-2016 03:34PM

Deleted User wrote: »

How long until the bombs get dropped on their own country, do you think?

Didn't they just use a robot bomb to kill one of the shooters?

FA Hayek · 08-07-2016 03:35PM

There will be a muted response to this. I would not expected riots ala Ferguson.

Gatling · 08-07-2016 03:39PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Didn't they just use a robot bomb to kill one of the shooters?

A bomb disposal robot fitted with a pistol

11 police shot, 4 officers dead after coordinated sniper fire at Dallas protest rally

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