“You read about these things from afar, you’re horrified when they happen in your city, when they happen so close to you. It’s unimaginable.”
Five officers were killed and seven others were injuredThursday night as a downtown Dallas protest was ending.
The headline is the same today in newspapers across the country and around the world. The full front page of the Boston Herald is “Death in Dallas.” In bold letters, the Orlando Sentinel reads “Police shot, killed at Dallas protest.” The Sacramento Bee: “Bloody Backlash.” And in The Dallas Morning News it’s “Ambush” – accompanied by a photo of a crying Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) police officer hugging medical staff.
The event in Dallas began as a peaceful demonstration in response to the recent killings of two black men by police officers. Police working the route in downtown Dallas had been posing for pictures and taking selfies with demonstrators earlier in the day. In one photograph police officers had their arms around demonstrators in a friendly manner.
But when shots rang out, police officers began running toward the sounds.
It’s been described as the deadliest incident for police officers since the September 11 attacks.
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