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Officer Involved Shooting in Dallas near Fair Park sparks near riot
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http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Police-involved-shooting-in-southeast-Dallas-163619046.html?can=n
DALLAS -- Gunfire erupted in southeast Dallas late Tuesday afternoon as police confronted four suspects at what neighbors said was an illegal drug house. An officer fatally shot one of the suspects during an extended foot chase.
The tense situation escalated when hundreds of people converged on the crime scene.
At a news conference Tuesday night, police Chief David Brown said when three officers surrounded the house in the 5300 block of Borquin Street responding to a 911 kidnapping call, four people ran from the residence from the front door and from windows.
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saw this on the news last night and can see this blowing up pretty big. on the surface a policeman killed an unarmed person.
i can certainly understand why this is newsworthy and yes, the investigation should be done.
what we do know so far is that someone called the police and said a man was being dragged into what was known to be a drug house. seems that was bogus and police feel it could have been a rival dealer stirring up trouble.
while at the scene, of course the people in the house fled. whether or not there was a gun on the table, no one knows at this point but nothing found. also no evidence of the police being shot at either.
this is a known "bad" side of dallas. what i find most sad about it is that while watching the news (and someone correct me if i'm wrong here) i understood that in that general area, 8 policemen have been killed in the past year.
now i don't keep up with local news but i also find it sad we learn of 8 policemen being killed only after a known drug dealer with a rap sheet a mile long gets killed in an altercation and 3 seperate fights where the mans last words were pretty much "you're gonna have to kill me".
will be interesting to see how this pans out.
DALLAS -- Gunfire erupted in southeast Dallas late Tuesday afternoon as police confronted four suspects at what neighbors said was an illegal drug house. An officer fatally shot one of the suspects during an extended foot chase.
The tense situation escalated when hundreds of people converged on the crime scene.
At a news conference Tuesday night, police Chief David Brown said when three officers surrounded the house in the 5300 block of Borquin Street responding to a 911 kidnapping call, four people ran from the residence from the front door and from windows.
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saw this on the news last night and can see this blowing up pretty big. on the surface a policeman killed an unarmed person.
i can certainly understand why this is newsworthy and yes, the investigation should be done.
what we do know so far is that someone called the police and said a man was being dragged into what was known to be a drug house. seems that was bogus and police feel it could have been a rival dealer stirring up trouble.
while at the scene, of course the people in the house fled. whether or not there was a gun on the table, no one knows at this point but nothing found. also no evidence of the police being shot at either.
this is a known "bad" side of dallas. what i find most sad about it is that while watching the news (and someone correct me if i'm wrong here) i understood that in that general area, 8 policemen have been killed in the past year.
now i don't keep up with local news but i also find it sad we learn of 8 policemen being killed only after a known drug dealer with a rap sheet a mile long gets killed in an altercation and 3 seperate fights where the mans last words were pretty much "you're gonna have to kill me".
will be interesting to see how this pans out.
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iceberg;4632231 said:
You must of misheard or just misunderstood ice. There's only been 9 DPD officers killed since 2000 and 1 of those was killed in a motorcycle accident while providing a dignitary escort for for Hillary Clinton.
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iceberg;4632231 said: