TV News Goes Wall To Wall With Coverage Of Dallas Shootings

As TV news outlets delivered extensive coverage of the mayhem that erupted in Dallas on Thursday, the city’s police chief confirmed that one of the suspects responsible for the shootings acted with a goal to “kill white people, especially white police officers.”

The Dallas Police Chief David Brown made a statement regarding one of the shooters saying, “He was upset about Black Lives Matter. He was upset about the recent police shootings. He was upset at white people. The suspect stated that he wanted to kill white people especially white officers.”

The shootings that took place on Thursday night in Dallas claimed the lives of five Dallas law enforcement officials and seven others were wounded. The shooter opened fire on Police at an otherwise peaceful demonstration to protest the recent killings by police of African-American men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Philando Castile, the man killed in Minnesota, was shot during a routine traffic stop that his girlfriend captured on video and live-streamed to Facebook Live.

The suspect reportedly spent hours on the phone with police negotiators to discuss his motives for the attack before eventually being killed by a bomb that Dallas police set off using a robot device, according to David Brown.

The shooter claimed that he acted alone, but the police have also taken three other suspects into custody, according to Variety. Police Chief David Brown would not disclose any other details of the investigation during the news conference other to describe some of shooter’s comments during the conversation with negotiators.

“CBS Evening News” anchor Scott Pelley and other networks covering the horrific event have pointed out that the Dallas police department “has received national commendation for its efforts in community policing and to improve relations with the public, particularly minority groups.”