'We will forever back the blue'

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[h=1]'We will forever back the blue': Dallas covers its patrol cars with bouquets of flowers in honor of five slain police officers[/h]

• Two patrol cars were set up outside Dallas Police Department headquarters as a tribute to the five slain cops
• By Saturday morning they were completely covered in flowers, balloons and messages of love
• Many wrote notes to the officers while others stood outside and sang for peace and hugged cops
• Officers Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Krol, Senior Cpl Lorne Ahrens, Michael J. Smith and Brent Thompson have been identified as the victims
• One of the patrol cars came from the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) authority - Thompson is the first ever DART officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the department
• The mass shooting is the deadliest incident for members of law enforcement in the US since the 9/11 attacks

By ANNETA KONSTANTINIDES and REGINA F. GRAHAM and CHRIS PLEASANCE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 17:38, 9 July 2016 | UPDATED: 23:51, 9 July 2016



As Dallas continues to reel from the cold-blooded murders of five officers during a protest on Thursday night, residents have bathed the city's police department headquarters in flags, flowers, balloons and messages of love to show their support for the men and women in blue.
Two patrol cars were set up outside the headquarters as a memorial to the five slain officers. By Saturday morning they were barely visible underneath bouquets of roses and countless letters, many reading 'We will forever back the blue'.
One of the cars came from the Dallas Police Department. The other came from the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) authority, which saw its first officer killed in the line of duty on Thursday night.
Dallas Police Officers Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Krol, Senior Cpl Lorne Ahrens, Michael J. Smith and DART officer Brent Thompson were all killed in the downtown area of the city during a protest held in response to the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.



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Two patrol cars set up outside the Dallas Police Department headquarters were covered in flowers and messages of love on Saturday

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The cars stood as a memorial for the five police officers who were killed during a peaceful protest on Thursday night

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Dallas residents left messages of love and support on the cars, with many reading 'We will forever back the blue'

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Dallas police officers dressed up as superheroes paused at the growing memorial on Saturday afternoon



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Seven other police officers, as well as two bystanders, were also injured during the attack.
Army veteran Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, was identified as the gunman by authorities. He reportedly told officials he acted alone and was 'upset at white people'. He was killed by a robot-delivered bomb early Friday morning after he failed to surrender.
The mass shooting is the deadliest incident for members of law enforcement in the United States since the September 11 attacks.
But Dallas residents have shown an outpouring of love for police since that horrific night, gathering outside the headquarters to sing together for peace and hug and thank officers for their service.
Local businesses have been sending food to feed officers who have worked throughout the night, according to CNN.
Texas has also seen a tribute to the slain policemen.
The Reunion Tower, a landmark observation deck in Dallas, glittered with blue fluorescent lights on Friday night.
'We can go dim, or we can shine,' read a message on the site's Twitter page. 'I choose the light.'

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Dallas Police Officers Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Krol, Senior Cpl Lorne Ahrens, Michael J. Smith and DART officer Brent Thompson were all killed in the downtown area of the city during a protest held in response to the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile

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Seven other police officers, as well as two bystanders, were also injured during the attack

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The mass shooting is the deadliest incident for members of law enforcement in the United States since the 9/11 attacks

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One of the cars came from the Dallas Police Department. The other came from the Dallas Area Rapid Transit authority, which saw its first officer fatality in the history of the department on Thursday night

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Many Dallas residents were visibly emotional as they looked on at the display of both support and grief



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Two young girls couldn't hold back their tears as they looked on at the makeshift memorial on Saturday afternoon

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Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings holds the hand of a person paying her respects as they look over the memorial

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Many gathered outside to hold hands and pray or sing together as they mourned the shocking deaths

The Texas Governor's Mansion, located in Austin, also lit up in the blue to honor the officers.
The tributes have been a source of comfort for a city still consumed with grief and shock, perhaps no more so than Dallas Police Chief David O. Brown.
'We are heartbroken,' Brown said in a press conference on Friday.
'There are no words to describe the atrocity that occurred in our city. All I know is that this must stop, this divisiveness between our police and our citizens.'
Perhaps what made Thursday even more shocking was that Brown has been working for years, long before Michael Brown, Eric Garner or Walter Scott made headlines, to bridge that exact divide.
Brown, who was named chief in 2010, has earned a national reputation for advocating the less confrontational style of community policing and working to build trust between the department and the city's minority residents, according to the New York Times.
'(Brown) has been doing this before he had to,' said Chuck Wexler, the director of the Police Executive Research Forum. 'He recognized what happened, what is going on in this country.'
'It's ironic this madman would pick Dallas, one of the cities that is a leader in reducing officer-involved shootings.'


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Dallas residents have shown an outpouring of love for police since that horrific night

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'Back the Blue' has become a popular phrase to show support for police officers in the aftermath of the shooting

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Children were seen leaving flowers by the patrol cars, as others gathered outside headquarters to sing for peace

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A family kneeled on the concrete and prayed for the slain by the memorial on Saturday afternoon

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Flag stickers were posted all over the patrol cars as many chose to buy balloons and flowers that were colored red, white and blue



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The memorial continued to grow in score as Saturday wore on and Dallas locals flocked to the site

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Notes as simple as 'We unite' to long letters about people's experiences with Dallas police officers could be seen on the cars

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Candles were lit Friday night in the early hours after the memorial was set up, before a mass of flowers soon submerged the cars

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Two Dallas police officers comfort each other outside the memorial on Friday night

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The tributes have been a source of comfort for a city still consumed with grief and shock, perhaps no more so than Dallas Police Chief David O. Brown. 'We are heartbroken,' Brown (pictured) said in a press conference on Friday

It was not Dallas where Sterling and Castile were killed this week, but Louisiana and Minnesota.
Sterling, 37, was killed in a confrontation with two officers in Baton Rouge as he sold CDs outside his friend's store. Castile, 32, was shot dead in Saint Paul on Wednesday during a traffic stop for a broken light, his girlfriend and her daughter by his side.
A day after Castile's death was streamed live on Facebook, Johnson donned body armor, grabbed an AR-15 and a handgun and went on his cop-shooting spree.
Brown said Johnson declared he was upset about Black Lives Matter and angry about the 'recent police shootings of black suspects'.
'The suspect stated he wanted to kill white people,' Brown said. 'Especially white officers.'
Now the city is left to mourn the five men lost, a group that included a veteran, a newlywed, and a man who had dreamed his whole life of becoming a cop.
US Navy veteran Zamarripa's final Twitter message was a tribute to America on July 4.
'Happy Birthday to the greatest country on the face of this planet,' Zamarripa, who served in Iraq, wrote. 'My beloved America!'
Thompson, 43, a six-year veteran of DART police, was the first victim identified in the shooting.
He is the first DART officer to ever be killed in the line of duty and had wed one of his fellow officer two weeks ago. He was also a grandfather.
The third deceased officer was identified as 40-year-old Krol who is originally from Michigan, but moved to Dallas in 2007 where he started working for the Dallas Police Department.


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The Reunion Tower, a landmark observation deck in Dallas, glittered with blue fluorescent lights on Friday night as a tribute

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The Texas Governor's Mansion, located in Austin, also lit up in the blue to honor the officers

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The Dallas skyline glowed blue on Friday night as buildings lit up to show their support for police

Ahrens, 48, and Smith, 55 were the last two remaining victims of the shooting who were identified late Friday afternoon.
In the early morning hours of Friday a line of Dallas police could be seen outside Baylor Scott & White Hospital saluting the motorcade driving away the five slain officers.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit police Chief James Spiller described Thompson as a 'courageous' and 'great guy.'
'This is very heartbreaking for us...we will definitely miss him, and we are also making sure that his family is taken care of,' said Spiller.
Dylan Martinez, Zamarripa's stepbrother, posted a picture of the fallen officer with his father on Friday and tweeted: 'No father should have to bury his son. You are a hero, Patrick. Love you man.'
Zamarripa and his girlfriend Kristy are the parents of a young daughter. Kristy posted a photo of herself and their daughter at a Texas Rangers game on Thursday night and tagged Patrick so he would get the picture while he was working in Dallas.
She wrote on Facebook Friday: 'This is something I never thought could ever happen to us. We were not done spending our lives together. Because of this disgusting display of hate, my daughter will not have her daddy to walk her down the aisle and my son will not have his "best buddy" to play football and baseball with.'
'I finally found the love of my life and now have to endure a lifetime without my lobster.'
Krol was originally from Redford Township, Michigan and worked for the Wayne County Corrections Division from 2003 to 2007.


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Patrick Zamarripa (left) and Michael Krol (right) were two of the officers killed on Thursday

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Michael J. Smith (left), a father of two young girls, and newlywed officer Brent Thompson (right), were also murdered in the horrific shootings

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Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, pictured above with his wife, had been a Dallas police officer for 14 years



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His mother, Susan Ehlke, told WXYZ that he just celebrated his 40th birthday in April.
'He was living a dream of being a police officer,' she said. 'He knew the danger of the job but he never shied away from his duty as a police officer. He was a great caring person and wanted to help people. A wonderful son, brother, uncle, nephew and friend.'
Ahrens was an officer with the Dallas Police Department for 14 years.
Smith, who was originally from Port Arthur, was a father to two young girls.
He served as an Army Ranger before attending the Lamar Institute of Technology.
In a statement from Warsaw, Poland where he is at a NATO summit, President Obama expressed his 'deepest condolences to the American people', and warned that he still didn't know all of the facts of the massacre.
'They were on duty doing their jobs, keeping people safe during peaceful protests... they were targeted and nearly a dozen officers were shot,' President Obama said.
'I believe I speak for every American, when I say we are horrified and stand united with the police department in Dallas.'
On Friday morning, the president ordered all public building and grounds, all military posts and naval stations, and at the White House to fly the American flag at half-staff until sunset on July 12.

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On Friday morning Obama ordered all public building and grounds, all military posts and naval stations, and at the White House to fly the American flag at half-staff until sunset on July 12

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A makeshift memorial is seen near the crime scene two days after the horrific shootings


Read more:

• Dallas shooting: Residents shower police with acts of kindness - CNN.com
• www.nytimes.com/...

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[Michelangelo]

Where are the black civilians in those memorial photos?

This country is in deep, deep trouble.

 

[JDeuce]

Where are the black civilians in those memorial photos?

This country is in deep, deep trouble.

Funny you should ask.



http://hypeline.org/black-lives-matter-attacks-chicago-with-communist-message/

EXCLUSIVE: Black Lives Matter attacks Chicago with pro-communist message (VIDEO


During a Black Lives Matter protest in Chicago, one speaker went on to say that police brutality and capitalism go hand-in-hand. Telling the BLM protesters that they have to fight racism and capitalism, the speaker stated that police were originally designed to bring back slaves that escaped.
She also stated the way to deal with racism and capitalism is “revolution”.

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Edit: Sorry for the crappy picture quality, you can click on the links to see what those docs say.

Now, obviously 100% of blacks don't buy into this kind of horseshit. Many are decent, honorable citizens...hell, a good number of them are even on the police forces of these cities. But if this is what the BLM movement wants to hang its hat on and be identified with, it's going to get extremely ugly if they try to start confiscating the private property of others. Especially in Texas...I absolutely dare them. I triple dog dare those mother fuckers to even try that shit down there.

Damn, JD...you're really crazy for predicting we're headed towards some kind of civil war in this country. Would never happen! Not in a million years.

What's funny is when the Stuttering Clusterfuck was first elected back in '08, my dad predicted this would happen. "Just watch, by the time this guy is done...race relations will be the worst you've ever seen in this country. Maybe even worse than the Watts riot era." I thought he was off his rocker for predicting that...I figured the Stuttering Clusterfuck would be a shitty president, but would race relations really get worse under him? Nah, dad's just paranoid! Oops...looks like pops got that one right, and I was dead wrong.

If every last one of you is not armed by now, I really don't know what to tell you...

 

[vitterd]

Funny you should ask.



http://hypeline.org/black-lives-matter-attacks-chicago-with-communist-message/

EXCLUSIVE: Black Lives Matter attacks Chicago with pro-communist message (VIDEO


During a Black Lives Matter protest in Chicago, one speaker went on to say that police brutality and capitalism go hand-in-hand. Telling the BLM protesters that they have to fight racism and capitalism, the speaker stated that police were originally designed to bring back slaves that escaped.
She also stated the way to deal with racism and capitalism is “revolution”.

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Edit: Sorry for the crappy picture quality, you can click on the links to see what those docs say.

Now, obviously 100% of blacks don't buy into this kind of horseshit. Many are decent, honorable citizens...hell, a good number of them are even on the police forces of these cities. But if this is what the BLM movement wants to hang its hat on and be identified with, it's going to get extremely ugly if they try to start confiscating the private property of others. Especially in Texas...I dare them. I triple dog dare those mother fuckers to even try that shit down there.

Damn, JD...you're really crazy for predicting we're headed towards some kind of civil war in this country. Would never happen! Not in a million years.

What's funny is when the Stuttering Clusterfuck was first elected back in '08, my dad predicted this would happen. "Just watch, by the time this guy is done...race relations will be the worst you've ever seen in this country. Maybe even worse than the Watts riot era." I thought he was off his rocker for predicting that...I figured the Stuttering Clusterfuck would be a shitty president, but would race relations really get worse under him? Nah, dad's just paranoid! Oops...looks like pops got that one right, and I was dead wrong.

If every last one of you is not armed by now, I really don't know what to tell you...

Thats really a horrendous way to look at things.

Your dads "prediction" was probably more based on the anger of racists that would enhance because a black man is running the country.

Clearly these situations have nothing to with the president. I understand the right feels the need to blame everything on him but you cannot come up with any plausible reason why this would be his fault.

People are protesting what they are seeing on video.....the murders that get recorded on smart phones.....more than anything, technology is responsible for what we're seeing. Do you understand why they are protesting? It's because of what they are watching....not because Obama said anything. This guy is Dallas was a deranged man with of course a huge arsenal of weapons who wanted to kill white cops. He couldn't care less what Obama is saying.

Sane people understand that this isn't a political issue at all.....it's time for people like you to stop just pointing fingers at Obama for things he cannot stop. If Mitt Romney was president.....nothing about the last few days is different.

 

[SheriffJoe]

Funny you should ask.

http://hypeline.org/black-lives-matter-attacks-chicago-with-communist-message/

EXCLUSIVE: Black Lives Matter attacks Chicago with pro-communist message (VIDEO


During a Black Lives Matter protest in Chicago, one speaker went on to say that police brutality and capitalism go hand-in-hand. Telling the BLM protesters that they have to fight racism and capitalism, the speaker stated that police were originally designed to bring back slaves that escaped.
She also stated the way to deal with racism and capitalism is “revolution”.

- - -

Edit: Sorry for the crappy picture quality, you can click on the links to see what those docs say.

Now, obviously 100% of blacks don't buy into this kind of horseshit. Many are decent, honorable citizens...hell, a good number of them are even on the police forces of these cities. But if this is what the BLM movement wants to hang its hat on and be identified with, it's going to get extremely ugly if they try to start confiscating the private property of others. Especially in Texas...I absolutely dare them. I triple dog dare those mother fuckers to even try that shit down there.

Damn, JD...you're really crazy for predicting we're headed towards some kind of civil war in this country. Would never happen! Not in a million years.

What's funny is when the Stuttering Clusterfuck was first elected back in '08, my dad predicted this would happen. "Just watch, by the time this guy is done...race relations will be the worst you've ever seen in this country. Maybe even worse than the Watts riot era." I thought he was off his rocker for predicting that...I figured the Stuttering Clusterfuck would be a shitty president, but would race relations really get worse under him? Nah, dad's just paranoid! Oops...looks like pops got that one right, and I was dead wrong.

If every last one of you is not armed by now, I really don't know what to tell you...

Your father is a very, VERY wise man.

We are indeed inching closer to civil war with this racist shit stain of a president.

Hilarious that BLM and The Black Panthers aren't classified as hate groups or terrorist organizations...but law-abiding citizens who cling to their guns and religion are????

WORST PRESIDENT EVER, with no close second.

 

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[JDeuce]

Thats really a horrendous way to look at things.

Your dads "prediction" was probably more based on the anger of racists that would enhance because a black man is running the country.

Clearly these situations have nothing to with the president. I understand the right feels the need to blame everything on him but you cannot come up with any plausible reason why this would be his fault.

People are protesting what they are seeing on video.....the murders that get recorded on smart phones.....more than anything, technology is responsible for what we're seeing. Do you understand why they are protesting? It's because of what they are watching....not because Obama said anything. This guy is Dallas was a deranged man with of course a huge arsenal of weapons who wanted to kill white cops. He couldn't care less what Obama is saying.

Sane people understand that this isn't a political issue at all.....it's time for people like you to stop just pointing fingers at Obama for things he cannot stop. If Mitt Romney was president.....nothing about the last few days is different.

Sure, the same white vote which the Stuttering Clusterfuck needed to win would suddenly decide they've become racist and start stirring up incidents around the country.

Yeah, I understand exactly why BLM is protesting. It's because they need a scapegoat for their own shortcomings...and the boys in blue are it. It's much easier than examining yourself and your own life to see why you may not be where you're at. Let's blame whitey and the cops instead! Sounds great! That's really what this is...extremely misguided fools who are fighting a non-existent bogeyman that has been programmed into them since birth. Why? Because it helps one particular political party stay in power.

No, it's time for you to actually start placing blame where it belongs like I do. You've seen me blame the worthless shithead Republicans currently in office for their failures. You, on the other hand, think the Stuttering Clusterfuck is completely blameless for any of this, even though his shitty admin has been pouring gasoline on these anger fires. When a Muslim terrorist wiped out 50 homos in a gun attack in Orlando, the Stuttering Clusterfuck didn't want to "jump to conclusions" (and even edits the words of the killer, but that's another discussion altogether). But whenever a white policeman shoots a black person, he doesn’t hesitate for a second to blame the cops and assumes it happened because of "racism."

It isn't difficult to see which side this guy is on. Someone come find me the next time the Stuttering Clusterfuck invites one of the widows of deceased white officers killed by black criminals to the White House, or he explains why the murder of one black person by a white cop someohow outweighs the daily black on black killings happening in his own backyard.

 

[vitterd]

Sure, the same white vote which the Stuttering Clusterfuck needed to win would suddenly decide they've become racist and start stirring up incidents around the country.

Yeah, I understand exactly why BLM is protesting. It's because they need a scapegoat for their own shortcomings...and the boys in blue are it. It's much easier than examining yourself and your own life to see why you may not be where you're at. Let's blame whitey and the cops instead! Sounds great! That's really what this is...extremely misguided fools who are fighting a non-existent bogeyman that has been programmed into them since birth. Why? Because it helps one particular political party stay in power.

No, it's time for you to actually start placing blame where it belongs like I do. You've seen me blame the worthless shithead Republicans currently in office for their failures. You, on the other hand, think the Stuttering Clusterfuck is completely blameless for any of this, even though his shitty admin has been pouring gasoline on these anger fires. When a Muslim terrorist wiped out 50 homos in a gun attack in Orlando, the Stuttering Clusterfuck didn't want to "jump to conclusions" (and even edits the words of the killer, but that's another discussion altogether). But whenever a white policeman shoots a black person, he doesn’t hesitate for a second to blame the cops and assumes it happened because of "racism."

It isn't difficult to see which side this guy is on. Someone come find me the next time the Stuttering Clusterfuck invites one of the widows of deceased white officers killed by black criminals to the White House, or he explains why the murder of one black person by a white cop someohow outweighs the daily black on black killings happening in his own backyard.

Just as I thought ......you have no real reason to blame Obama ....you're just doing it because it's easy and Obama haters will accept that.....even though it's completely without basis.

Blacks are protesting because of their own shortcomings? Is this a joke? That's beyond ridiculous. It's clear what the protests are about...if you can't see it, it's because you don't want to. I guess you missed obamas comments about the cops being shot in Dallas.

It's really absurd when the right points to black on black crime as some excuse as to why blacks shouldn't get upset when a black person gets murdered by a cop. Why is it so hard for you guys to condemn a horrible, murderous act by a white policeman?

You can be pro cop and against killing black people at the same time ya know?

 

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[JDeuce]

Just as I thought ......you have no real reason to blame Obama ....you're just doing it because it's easy and Obama haters will accept that.....even though it's completely without basis.

Blacks are protesting because of their own shortcomings? Is this a joke? That's beyond ridiculous. It's clear what the protests are about...if you can't see it, it's because you don't want to. I guess you missed obamas comments about the cops being shot in Dallas.

It's really absurd when the right points to black on black crime as some excuse as to why blacks shouldn't get upset when a black person gets murdered by a cop. Why is it so hard for you guys to condemn a horrible, murderous act by a white policeman?

You can be pro cop and against killing black people at the same time ya know?

No, I actually have plenty of basis for my statements. I even laid them out. You can't seem to comprehend them.

We know why this POS killed those cops. If he'd been white, the Stuttering Clusterfuck would be calling him a bitter clinger. He's black and influenced by BLM, so now it's a great mystery.

Calling a spade a spade is not racist. The Stuttering Clusterfuck had no trouble discerning the racism in the actions of the police officers with far less evidence. The bodies were barely cold before he was out implicitly calling them racists. In contrast, we actually have the words of the killer in Dallas to confirm his motive, but Harvard law thinks it's hard to "untangle". Nope.

What's hard to untangle is getting some leadership that's willing to speak honestly. You can't make progress on issues when people don't speak in a forthright manner. The Stuttering Clusterfuck refuses to speak forthrightly when the facts don't confirm his favored narrative.

We know the motive in Dallas. We know the motive in Orlando. What we lack is the ability to honestly discuss and assess the situation. We wouldn't if this was Tea Party "extremist". That's a fact. What you and the Stuttering Clusterfuck are doing is nothing but spin doctoring because the truth is inconvenient to your preferred narrative.

 

[vitterd]

No, I actually have plenty of basis for my statements. I even laid them out. You can't seem to comprehend them.

We know why this POS killed those cops. If he'd been white, the Stuttering Clusterfuck would be calling him a bitter clinger. He's black and influenced by BLM, so now it's a great mystery.

Calling a spade a spade is not racist. The Stuttering Clusterfuck had no trouble discerning the racism in the actions of the police officers with far less evidence. The bodies were barely cold before he was out implicitly calling them racists. In contrast, we actually have the words of the killer in Dallas to confirm his motive, but Harvard law thinks it's hard to "untangle". Nope.

What's hard to untangle is getting some leadership that's willing to speak honestly. You can't make progress on issues when people don't speak in a forthright manner. The Stuttering Clusterfuck refuses to speak forthrightly when the facts don't confirm his favored narrative.

We know the motive in Dallas. We know the motive in Orlando. What we lack is the ability to honestly discuss and assess the situation. We wouldn't if this was Tea Party "extremist". That's a fact. What you and the Stuttering Clusterfuck are doing is nothing but spin doctoring because the truth is inconvenient to your preferred narrative.

Nah, you're not grasping this at all. Your hatred for Obama blinds you to common sense.

Deranged killers don't listen to their parents, their brothers, their friends and certainly a politician from a podium. That's why they deranged.

You actually think that Dallas shooting doesn't happen if Mitt Romney is president? I mean think about that for a second. If Trump is elected and this happens again....who will you blame then? Trump?

the truth is this isn't political and whoever is occupying the White House.....would not have changed anything this past weekend or race relations overall. It's just another time the right can blame Obama....that's how they see these racial shootings and it's beyond pathetic.

 

[ScottL]

Calling a spade a spade is not racist.

Well, some might say......