Federal authorities: There was only one Dallas sniper, and he had no criminal record

Federal law enforcement officials believe Micah Johnson was the only shooter in the Dallas ambush, according to law enforcement officials briefed by the Dallas police, CNN reported.

The ambush began with gunshots that killed five officers and sent screaming crowds scrambling for cover. It ended when a Dallas police bomb squad robot killed a gunman after negotiations failed.

Investigators have identified the dead suspect: 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson of Mesquite, Texas. But they're still trying to answer key questions. Chief among them: Are any other suspects on the loose?

Federal law enforcement officials believe Johnson was the only shooter in the ambush that began Thursday night, according to law enforcement officials briefed by the Dallas police.

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Law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation told CNN that Johnson was the dead gunman. He had no criminal record or known terror ties, a law enforcement official said.

He had served in the U.S. Army Reserve, training as a carpentry and masonry specialist, two U.S. defense officials said.

http://www.ketv.com/national/dallas-pd-shooting-suspect-wanted-to-kill-white-officers/40413768

25 yr old Micah Xavier Johnson, lived with his mother; did he kiss her good bye - did he tell her what mental anguish raged within his heart & mind - as a mother of a son, this just rips my very being wide open to know that this young man took it upon himself to willfully dispose of other human beings that were attending a BLM march!

Residents and police officer's interacting with those assembled - taking selfies with the participants - shaking hands - exchanging pleasantries and in general just enjoying the 'Peaceful Demonstration' ...until those sniper shots started taking down those in uniform!

So they were sure there was more than one but now they're saying there was one?
How do they get it wrong for so many hours, every single time?

I knew they would say that.

eddie wrote:So they were sure there was more than one but now they're saying there was one?
How do they get it wrong for so many hours, every single time?

I knew they would say that.

   Geeze, Eddie ...why is it you seem in need of immediate {almost but not quite demanding} finite answers before the people in charge even have time to finish their reports and gather all of the data?  

And for every media talking head moment that 'I' heard the Large & In Charge Police Caption saying; "I'm not going into any detail about the suspect or any thing to do with that part of our investigation, it's on going and that's all that the media is going to get out of my office!" 

Far too often the squawking heads will pick up the 'Terrorist' thread and away~~~the rumor runs and there's nothing factual in any of those gossip/BS rumors but wasted hot air!

Actually, they knew it was only one shooter as soon as sunrise, and the could get a look at the scene. That would have been about 3 am our time.

The right wingers will be so disappointed it wasn't a gang of career-criminal... you know whats...

No no, my point is this: all day, all day long, no matter what news channel - they said about three snipers, one dead and two in custody.

Now they've decided that there wasn't two. They thought they saw three but didn't?
They thought they arrested two but didn't?

I keep telling you; open your eyes to the media.
They simply can't get so many facts wrong so much of the time??!

But it's a crazy situation in which people are afraid and naturally inclined to make more of the threat than it was. The media is showing up late on the scene and only has terrified people (and tight-lipped authorities) to interview and quote.

None of us will know what it was like to be there when it was happening, and that's true for all these stories. People are focused on survival, not where the shots were coming from, etc.

Ben Reilly wrote:But it's a crazy situation in which people are afraid and naturally inclined to make more of the threat than it was. The media is showing up late on the scene and only has terrified people (and tight-lipped authorities) to interview and quote.

None of us will know what it was like to be there when it was happening, and that's true for all these stories. People are focused on survival, not where the shots were coming from, etc.

Yes I know all that. I understand all that. But a whole day of getting it wrong? In every situation?

I have no faith in what I'm hearing anymore.

Just stop expecting your fellow humans to figure it all out in a flash, because that's what the media are -- just more flawed people like anybody else. Some are going for integrity, others for ambition, and all are as likely to get it wrong as it's happening.

Ben Reilly wrote:Just stop expecting your fellow humans to figure it all out in a flash, because that's what the media are -- just more flawed people like anybody else. Some are going for integrity, others for ambition, and all are as likely to get it wrong as it's happening.

Yeah I had a good read up about different ways the media reports stuff .
I was going to find for you actually as it was quite an interesting article.

I saw a video where a sniper went up behind an officer and shot him at close range. That seems odd if there was only one. I'll look into it more later.

eddie wrote:No no, my point is this: all day, all day long, no matter what news channel - they said about three snipers, one dead and two in custody.

Now they've decided that there wasn't two. They thought they saw three but didn't?
They thought they arrested two but didn't?

I keep telling you; open your eyes to the media.
They simply can't get so many facts wrong so much of the time??!

Hmmm, not knowing 'what media' you spend the majority of your listening time with ...all I can say is    perhaps therein lays your problem
Remaining glued to the minute of play-by-play dramatic events given out via 'ANY' media live feed is going give you only that non-official talking heads opinion of what he/she/they are able to capture given their sources at that time --- YOU, place far to much emphasis on those early reports as 'this is the truth-the whole truth-and nothing but the truth' ...and we know better!

The sniper was ground level and shooting people prior to moving up into that parking garage where he was finally killed with a robotic explosive device.

It was all different media outlets. I tend to not have the to on during the day so it was radio news mostly and I change channels often.

I watched ABC most of the morning and they seemed to have no problem getting the story out about ONE sniper.

They were the ones who explained it: the first attack was from above when it was still dark.  Everyone was all WTF, and people were pointing there...no, over there...well, there must be two...etc., etc.  When daylight broke, they could determine that it was only one guy.

Now, that explanation was out about 8 am PST, so it would have been 5 pm GMT.  You figure daylight broke around 5 am CST in Dallas, an hour or two to form and edit that story, so day broke and two hours later the explanation was out.  

That would have been about 5 pm GMT, so it would have seemed like all day to you, eds.  But you're not taking into account that they couldn't makes sense of the situation until day broke in Dallas.  That took all night, on CST.

Fair enough Quill. I can see what you're saying. Makes sense.

And if you want to understand what incites violence from the most stupid insensitive and blatantly falsified claim now made to date.
Then see below again the views on the left that deny equality and are emphatically racist against Whites and Latino's. We saw the other day Sassy make the poorest sterotypical claim that where there is already growing hatred from such daft and poorly claimed views. Which is what has led to the this murder of innocent people. Nobody claims all Muslims are terrorists and far from this. What is pointed out is a substancial number are Islamists, which their views completely conflict with equalty, democracy etc. The US Police do not follow some warped ideology either.

Now Sassy made the following comments based on the Police unlawful shooting of an armed African American.

sassy wrote:You have to remember the background, black people in America are very, very careful around police officers and try to make sure the police officer doesn't think they are going to panic, because he'll likely as not shoot them.


You have to wonder about police training, because that must be at the root of it, they can't all have been born violent racist SOBs!

http://www.newsfixboard.com/t16915-police-execute-balck-man-restrained-on-ground

I will get to these points and how they are very misleading, based on a prejudice of the entire US Police Force, which is made up of many different state Police agencies. This is the problem of having too many cooks, where it needs one unifying Federal system. This though shows how and why to go off training, based on neglecting what agencies they come from, the heightened risk factor from carrying out this job daily and most of all the countless documented evidence where stops are made all the time and people are not killed.

Now of course training is very important and actually the US Police forces are some of the best trained officers in the world. Where we come to one of the points Sassy was realy trying to blame Israel off training.

Which brings me tot he most disgusting post I have seen posted.

NYU Students for Justice in Palestine
on Thursday
In the past 48 hours another two black men have been lynched by the police. The total number of black people lynched by cops in 2016 now totals 136. We must remember that many US police departments train with the ‪#‎IsraeliDefenseForces‬. The same forces behind the genocide of black people in America are behind the genocide of Palestinians. What this means is that Palestinians must stand with our black comrades. We must struggle for their liberation. It is as important as our own. ‪#‎AltonSterling‬ is as important as ‪#‎AliDawabsheh‬. Palestinian liberation and black liberation go together. We must recognize this and commit to building for it.
‪#‎BlackLivesMatter‬ ‪#‎PhilandoCastile‬ ‪#‎NoJusticeNoPeace‬ ‪#‎FromBatonRougeToGaza‬ ‪#‎PalestiniansForBlackLiberation‬s!

So how to dehumanize the Israeli's over something that have zero to do with in regards to what training each countries officers receive. When what the Israeli's and US Police officers do is based more on security and terrorism training.

You can see for yourself the evidence

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/homeland.html

What the left and islamists do though is play off a half truth and completely make an unfounded and falsified claim off this as to why some people are shot by the Police. Not only that it uses that such hate inspired words, like lynching. as if to compare every single and only black detahs by the US Police as all racially motivated. It then adds fire to the apartheid claims on Israel. They lie claiming Israel is an apartheid state and the US and Israel have traning in both countries for their officers on security measures. This is not only racist and rendering alll Non-African American people shot by the Police as they are not even given a passing mention.
You have on top of this claims to genocide against the Palestinians to further lie and falsify hate not only against Jews and Israeli's, but now all US Police. As they have been made to be all complicit by officer training in both countries. Its this sort of sick hate that is what further incites and promotes violence.

I mean so far this year, 509 people have been killed by the Police in the line of duty,. of which the vast majority of these have no claims of unlawful killing attached to them. In fact the vast majority of the African American deaths are lawful. So to falsify a claim that they are all lynchings by the Police, shows how far racist and hateful such so called peace groups have become. What these haters also forget is how and why you still how the US Police have been killing suspects decades before the Israel and US joint training measure on security.

Now if you want a look at the numbers and racial groups killed, then he is a link to provide this.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-08/breakdown-us-citizens-killed-cops-2016

Also this is the number of Police so far that have been killed this year. in the line of duty.

57

https://www.odmp.org/search/year.

Now thing about those figures, if the Police in the majority of cases had not taken down a felon posing a serious threat and instead where there is already a staggeringly high crime rate in the US. The Police instead waited to be fired upon?
What then would the stats look like.

Okay moving on to why training is key, but will never prevent completely the minor few incidents where the Police have unlawfully killed. Now there is no denying as well that in some isolatd killings, it will be racist. No training will prevent that happenning. Only a zero tolerance of racism fedrally, that officers can then be removed from officer.

So one of the biggest issues and again with training is those who have been killed by the Police that have shown signs of a mental illness. There is 124 of those killed that claims thy suffered mental Illnesses. Clearly this more than anything else is key that offcirs have training on the variety of signs that show someone might suffer from a mental Illness and how to be trained to learn how to clam those suffering they deal with. Also training on what is a real gun is vitally important as in 22 cases, they were toy guns. Now the most difficult part that needs rethinking in the US is how it over empahsies in training some of the most horrific attacks and murders carried out against Police officers. This is drummed into them, which is having and has had a knock on effect for decades. Yes the increased risk to the officer is important to train and understand about, as they are placing themselves at a higher risk, but to use actual countless footage, then seeds the ground for anger, which leads to some officers taking a zero risk factor approach when handling any situation. I could go on, there is many points, but, the last to say, is that the gunmen in the Dallas shooting was a racist.
What you then have to ask is if such hate filled lies are vastly increasing retaliation violnce.
Well that requires not having to answer, as the hateful lies, had their effect.


So where people are going off and trying to argue as if racism is the main cause, is simply gibberish.
It will only account for a few of the killings.
Most will have come from where some Officers have taken the no risk factor approach, as they are in a country, that has thousands of gun deaths each year, on top of how vastly increased the risk is to their lives, due to the Gun laws

Dallas police shooting: Suspect told police he 'wanted to kill white people' as Philando Castile's death ruled a homicide


Meanwhile, tensions continued to run high across the US after two other “ambushes” against police officers in the wake of the Dallas shootings. 
An officer in a St Louis suburb is fighting for his life after being shot in the neck during a traffic stop on Friday morning. The driver allegedly emerged from the car and fired three times after being pulled over.
Authorities said the shooting was “clearly an ambush, an attack”.
The suspect was arrested and has been charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer. 
In Georgia, a man allegedly called 911 to report a break in and then opened fire on officers when they arrived. One officer was shot multiple times but is expected to survive. 
The suspect was also shot.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/08/dallas-shooting-two-police-officers-wounded-as-shots-fired-at-ra/

Back sliding into your old well worn abusive/derailing attacking self, yet again - Didge?

So where people are going off and trying to argue as if racism is the main cause, is simply gibberish.

99% of your post was off topic - attacking another member and had ZERO BASIS about this Texas shooter.  Really thought you'd tried to turn the corner on your old abusive methods and yet, once again. 

4EVER2 wrote:Back sliding into your old well worn abusive/derailing attacking self, yet again - Didge?

So where people are going off and trying to argue as if racism is the main cause, is simply gibberish.

99% of your post was off topic - attacking another member and had ZERO BASIS about this Texas shooter.  Really thought you'd tried to turn the corner on your old abusive methods and yet, once again. 

Which translates as.
You have nothing to counter my points and look to divert instead with low and beyold more falsified claims.
Everything I said was relevant and needs to be said, based on countless people inciting violence around the web on falsehoods.
Considering there has been more than one shooting of the Police, shows and proves how ignorant those are thet post up such tripe, basd on lies that incities violence..

Now if you call being critical of misleading and blatant lies, as attacking, then I am happy to where that hat, as its very much needed.
Now you tell me 4ever and lets change the Peace for Palestine post to emphasize my point by changing the people involved and see if whether you would believe that is hate speech where for hypoethtical reasoning, I will post making all Muslims complicit as this post did of the Israeli's IDF and the US Police. Just so you can see ho wrong it would be

NYU Students for Justice in Palestine
on Thursday
In the past 48 hours another two Christians men have been lynched by the Muslim police. The total number of Christians, homosexuals, religious minorities  lynched and murdered by the Ismaic cops in 2016 now totals thousands. We must remember that many Islamic terrorist organisations are funded by Muslim states and  follow Islamic doctrine. The same forces behind the genocide of the Jews from the Middle East and Africa and Muslims are behind the genocide  of the genocide of Jews. What this means is that Jews, Christians, athiest and people of all different ethnicty must stand with our human kind and Christian and Jewish brothers in the Middle east to stop their genocide and ethnic cleansing from the region. We must struggle for their liberation in Syria and iraq from the Muslims.

   Like all of your other redundant lectures ...     But if you'd like to STICK to this specific topic about this SPECIFIC incident, I'll gladly engage in a exchange of ideology with you; anything like what you've plastered in here - Nope - Not playing!

4EVER2 wrote:Back sliding into your old well worn abusive/derailing attacking self, yet again - Didge?

So where people are going off and trying to argue as if racism is the main cause, is simply gibberish.

99% of your post was off topic - attacking another member and had ZERO BASIS about this Texas shooter.  Really thought you'd tried to turn the corner on your old abusive methods and yet, once again. 

Did you actually read all of that tripe? A greenie for you, then. Gets you to 100.

So two further posts about me with both of them going to great lenghs to do this, which is fine.
Claiming my views are tripe when you cannot even counter them, speaks more about the two of you and your inabilities, than it says about me lol

This is the video I mentioned earlier. Is that the sniper shooting someone at 56 seconds?

WARNING - person being shot but not that graphic.

Original Quill wrote:

4EVER2 wrote:Back sliding into your old well worn abusive/derailing attacking self, yet again - Didge?

99% of your post was off topic - attacking another member and had ZERO BASIS about this Texas shooter.  Really thought you'd tried to turn the corner on your old abusive methods and yet, once again. 

Did you actually read all of that tripe?  A greenie for you, then.     Gets you to 100.    

   Well, since I do harp upon the 'LAME' among us that can't be bothered to read the posts - stay with the flow of any given topic and just 'JUMP IN' and expect the rest of us to fill in the voids; I do read the bilge and will never get those wasted seconds back in this life time.

'FAUX NEWS' = 8% reliability for TRUTH according to FactCheck.com and Snopes.com
Sweet Jesus ...find another news media to follow if that's all the time in a day you've got nothing better to DO! 

4EVER2 wrote:

Original Quill wrote:
Did you actually read all of that tripe?  A greenie for you, then.     Gets you to 100.    

   Well, since I do harp upon the 'LAME' among us that can't be bothered to read the posts - stay with the flow of any given topic and just 'JUMP IN' and expect the rest of us to fill in the voids; I do read the bilge and will never get those wasted seconds back in this life time.

You know when two posters are at odds with how to counter reason, when they have nothing of any reason themselves to reply with.
Instead as seen, we see excuses claiming my views are tripe without even attemoting to challenge them with any evidence or reason and you now continue to speak around me, which just further exposes you both.
Now you can keep coming out with every excuse and deflection in the book
My points stil stand and they stand unrefuted

Raggamuffin wrote:This is the video I mentioned earlier. Is that the sniper shooting someone at 56 seconds?

WARNING - person being shot but not that graphic.

Well, it's from Faux News...little to wonder.

BTW, did you hear that the CEO of Faux News, Roger Ailes, is now being sued by Gretchen Carlson for sexual harassment? That fat, ugly fook??

Original Quill wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:This is the video I mentioned earlier. Is that the sniper shooting someone at 56 seconds?

WARNING - person being shot but not that graphic.

Well, it's from Faux News...little to wonder.  

BTW, did you hear that the CEO of Faux News, Roger Ailes, is now being sued by Gretchen Carlson for sexual harassment?  That fat, ugly fook??

Are you suggesting that the video is fake? I'm merely asking a question - someone got shot did they not?

Raggamuffin wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Well, it's from Faux News...little to wonder.  

BTW, did you hear that the CEO of Faux News, Roger Ailes, is now being sued by Gretchen Carlson for sexual harassment?  That fat, ugly fook??

Are you suggesting that the video is fake? I'm merely asking a question - someone got shot did they not?

The suggestion of Faux News is that there were 2 snipers. We all know that there was only one. But, it's Faux News...facts gave little meaning for them.

Original Quill wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

Are you suggesting that the video is fake? I'm merely asking a question - someone got shot did they not?

The suggestion of Faux News is that there were 2 snipers.  We all know that there was only one.  But, it's Faux News...facts gave little meaning for them.

Never mind what they're suggesting - look at the video and tell me what you see.

Raggamuffin wrote:

Original Quill wrote:The suggestion of Faux News is that there were 2 snipers.  We all know that there was only one.  But, it's Faux News...facts gave little meaning for them.

Never mind what they're suggesting - look at the video and tell me what you see.

Why, you couldn't be troubled to click on the OP link - do your own reading - get current with the information that Ben brought in here with his own research; you keep wanting to shove 'Faux News' under our collective noses like that's reliable/informative REAL NEWS.  Not hardly, that is the worst for hyperbole and is the lowest of the low for hysteria reporting ...but it does have their mindless followers that 'believe everything that they spew'!
From Ben's proficient link >

Police searched his home Friday and found bomb-making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition and a personal journal of combat tactics. They are analyzing information in the journal, police said in a statement.
Investigators determined Johnson was "the lone shooter in this incident," Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said, confirming what federal officials had told CNN.
"This was a mobile shooter who had written manifestos on how to shoot and move, shoot and move, and that's what he did," Rawlings said at a news conference.
"As we've started to unravel this fishing knot, we've come to realize this shooting came from one building at different levels."
Rawlings said investigators' initial confusion about the number of shooters was partly because about 20 protesters wearing protective vests and carrying rifles scattered when the shooting started.
Authorities said three suspects were in custody earlier Friday, but later told CNN they had been questioned and released.
'Well-planned' attack
Dallas police Chief David Brown provided more details during a prayer rally Friday.
"Through our investigation of some of the suspects, it's revealed to us that this was a well-planned, well-thought-out, evil tragedy," he said.
Nobody has been charged, Gov. Greg Abbott said, but police want to make sure every lead is investigated.
The deadly gunfire erupted in Dallas after videos showing two African-American men shot by police in Louisiana and Minnesota spurred protests and debate over police use of force across the country.
Five police officers were killed and seven others wounded in the ambush. It was the deadliest single incident for U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2001. Two civilians were also hurt, the Dallas mayor's office said.
Johnson killed by bomb
http://www.ketv.com/national/dallas-pd-shooting-suspect-wanted-to-kill-white-officers/40413768

And due to the huge number of CCW's in Texas alone ...the police officers went there attempting to 'De-escalate Racial Tensions' not make it appear that there should be ANY CAUSE FOR ALARM!

4EVER2 wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

Never mind what they're suggesting - look at the video and tell me what you see.

Why, you couldn't be troubled to click on the OP link - do your own reading - get current with the information that Ben brought in here with his own research; you keep wanting to shove 'Faux News' under our collective noses like that's reliable/informative REAL NEWS.  Not hardly, that is the worst for hyperbole and is the lowest of the low for hysteria reporting ...but it does have their mindless followers that 'believe everything that they spew'!
From Ben's proficient link >

Police searched his home Friday and found bomb-making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition and a personal journal of combat tactics. They are analyzing information in the journal, police said in a statement.
Investigators determined Johnson was "the lone shooter in this incident," Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said, confirming what federal officials had told CNN.
"This was a mobile shooter who had written manifestos on how to shoot and move, shoot and move, and that's what he did," Rawlings said at a news conference.
"As we've started to unravel this fishing knot, we've come to realize this shooting came from one building at different levels."
Rawlings said investigators' initial confusion about the number of shooters was partly because about 20 protesters wearing protective vests and carrying rifles scattered when the shooting started.
Authorities said three suspects were in custody earlier Friday, but later told CNN they had been questioned and released.
'Well-planned' attack
Dallas police Chief David Brown provided more details during a prayer rally Friday.
"Through our investigation of some of the suspects, it's revealed to us that this was a well-planned, well-thought-out, evil tragedy," he said.
Nobody has been charged, Gov. Greg Abbott said, but police want to make sure every lead is investigated.
The deadly gunfire erupted in Dallas after videos showing two African-American men shot by police in Louisiana and Minnesota spurred protests and debate over police use of force across the country.
Five police officers were killed and seven others wounded in the ambush. It was the deadliest single incident for U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2001. Two civilians were also hurt, the Dallas mayor's office said.
Johnson killed by bomb
http://www.ketv.com/national/dallas-pd-shooting-suspect-wanted-to-kill-white-officers/40413768

And due to the huge number of CCW's in Texas alone ...the police officers went there attempting to 'De-escalate Racial Tensions' not make it appear that there should be ANY CAUSE FOR ALARM!

I'm asking Quill what he sees on that video. If you can't be civil, keep your beak out.

I see one man shoot another man at close range.

'CIVIL' ...interesting metaphor so easily tossed around when you can't be bothered to READ THE F'n article and see what you are HARPING about is right there in front of your belligerent/lazy/lame attitude. 

But that's the mind-set that 'Faux News' attracts ...so live with your stupidity; it does serve you well!

4EVER2 wrote:'CIVIL' ...interesting metaphor so easily tossed around when you can't be bothered to READ THE F'n article and see what you are HARPING about is right there in front of your belligerent/lazy/lame attitude. 

But that's the mind-set that 'Faux News' attracts ...so live with your stupidity; it does serve you well!

I don't want to discuss it with you. You post gibberish and you're abusive. You're a vile creature who has no purpose in life.

I'm only interested in what Quill has to say.

Raggamuffin wrote:

4EVER2 wrote:'CIVIL' ...interesting metaphor so easily tossed around when you can't be bothered to READ THE F'n article and see what you are HARPING about is right there in front of your belligerent/lazy/lame attitude. 

But that's the mind-set that 'Faux News' attracts ...so live with your stupidity; it does serve you well!

I don't want to discuss it with you. You post gibberish and you're abusive. You're a vile creature who has no purpose in life.

I'm only interested in what Quill has to say.

Don't be ridiculous. 4Eva's points are the same ones I would have made.

You really ought to get off making these posts personal. We are supposed to be discussing various current events. Neither you nor I are important...the subject matter is out there.

Original Quill wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

I don't want to discuss it with you. You post gibberish and you're abusive. You're a vile creature who has no purpose in life.

I'm only interested in what Quill has to say.

Don't be ridiculous.  4Eva's points are the same ones I would have made.

You really ought to get off making these posts personal.  We are supposed to be discussing various current events.  Neither you nor I are important...the subject matter is out there.

Specsaver made it personal first - getting her digs in. I can't stand the horrible old bitch - I really can't.

You don't want to discuss that video? Fine - forget it then.

Tbh, I've just about had enough of your bullshit and of her stalking me around this forum.

See you around maybe.

Raggamuffin wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Don't be ridiculous.  4Eva's points are the same ones I would have made.

You really ought to get off making these posts personal.  We are supposed to be discussing various current events.  Neither you nor I are important...the subject matter is out there.

Specsaver made it personal first - getting her digs in. I can't stand the horrible old bitch - I really can't.

You don't want to discuss that video? Fine - forget it then.

Tbh, I've just about had enough of your bullshit and of her stalking me around this forum.

See you around maybe.

You see? You're making it personal...the very model of what we don't want in a discussion forum on current events.

We could do with less drama and more critical thinking.

So back to the topic Quill:

Answer rags' question. I'm waiting too.

4EVER2 wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

Never mind what they're suggesting - look at the video and tell me what you see.

Why, you couldn't be troubled to click on the OP link - do your own reading - get current with the information that Ben brought in here with his own research; you keep wanting to shove 'Faux News' under our collective noses like that's reliable/informative REAL NEWS.  Not hardly, that is the worst for hyperbole and is the lowest of the low for hysteria reporting ...but it does have their mindless followers that 'believe everything that they spew'!
From Ben's proficient link >

Police searched his home Friday and found bomb-making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition and a personal journal of combat tactics. They are analyzing information in the journal, police said in a statement.
Investigators determined Johnson was "the lone shooter in this incident," Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said, confirming what federal officials had told CNN.
"This was a mobile shooter who had written manifestos on how to shoot and move, shoot and move, and that's what he did," Rawlings said at a news conference.
"As we've started to unravel this fishing knot, we've come to realize this shooting came from one building at different levels."
Rawlings said investigators' initial confusion about the number of shooters was partly because about 20 protesters wearing protective vests and carrying rifles scattered when the shooting started.
Authorities said three suspects were in custody earlier Friday, but later told CNN they had been questioned and released.
'Well-planned' attack
Dallas police Chief David Brown provided more details during a prayer rally Friday.
"Through our investigation of some of the suspects, it's revealed to us that this was a well-planned, well-thought-out, evil tragedy," he said.
Nobody has been charged, Gov. Greg Abbott said, but police want to make sure every lead is investigated.
The deadly gunfire erupted in Dallas after videos showing two African-American men shot by police in Louisiana and Minnesota spurred protests and debate over police use of force across the country.
Five police officers were killed and seven others wounded in the ambush. It was the deadliest single incident for U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2001. Two civilians were also hurt, the Dallas mayor's office said.
Johnson killed by bomb
http://www.ketv.com/national/dallas-pd-shooting-suspect-wanted-to-kill-white-officers/40413768

And due to the huge number of CCW's in Texas alone ...the police officers went there attempting to 'De-escalate Racial Tensions' not make it appear that there should be ANY CAUSE FOR ALARM!

**BUMPED** up for those that might have missed it or willfully chose to ignore this ...BTW when Quill stated >
Original Quill wrote:
Don't be ridiculous.  4Eva's points are the same ones I would have made.

It would appear that he's replied ...but the ignoring the vapid & vile attacking posts is telling Eddie and it's a pathetic return to your habits of old!

What habits of old 4evwr? The three of you had a little set to, it happens dozens of times on a forum every day.

What would you like me to do???? Enlighten me please

yes funny how eddie ignored the vapid attacks YOU made...without justification, since Raggs wasnt attacking ANYONE...until you "stuck your beak in" as she put it.....
she posted a vid and a question.....

eddie wrote:What habits of old 4evwr? The three of you had a little set to, it happens dozens of times on a forum every day.

What would you like me to do???? Enlighten me please

   Back to playing 'COY' I see ...interesting indeed.

Specsaver made it personal first - getting her digs in. I can't stand the horrible old bitch - I really can't.
You don't want to discuss that video? Fine - forget it then.
Tbh, I've just about had enough of your bullshit and of her stalking me around this forum.
See you around maybe.

Tantrums and hysteria and then calling members vile names; you're very quick to reprimand other members when YOU FEEL LIKE IT and yet, your optical reading skills just go askew when you're allowing Raggy to get her trash posting hysteria going!

NP, now I'm quite attuned to why she ignores the directives given by you and LF.

Lord Foul wrote:yes funny how eddie ignored the vapid attacks YOU made...without justification, since Raggs wasnt attacking ANYONE...until you "stuck your beak in" as she put it.....
she posted a vid and a question.....

4ever: see above

You started first so quite frankly you got away with it and rags was so pissed off she logged out.

Don't carry on becasue I'm in the mood to get fucked off now.

Lord Foul wrote:yes funny how eddie ignored the vapid attacks YOU made...without justification, since Raggs wasnt attacking ANYONE...until you "stuck your beak in" as she put it.....
she posted a vid and a question.....

Oh, well ...weren't you {royal highness} and her equally superior supremeness the very ones directing me to send a PM if I was expecting this to be a PRIVATE COMMUNICATION TYPE OF FORUM? 
Why, yes ...INDEED, it was you two that parachuted into a topic and quite rapid dog attacked me about that very issue. 

HYPOCRITICAL and your f'd up memory is as always --- showing some HUGE HOLES yet again, Herr Foul!

eddie wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:yes funny how eddie ignored the vapid attacks YOU made...without justification, since Raggs wasnt attacking ANYONE...until you "stuck your beak in" as she put it.....
she posted a vid and a question.....

4ever: see above

You started first so quite frankly you got away with it and rags was so pissed off she logged out.

Don't carry on becasue I'm in the mood to get fucked off now.

NP ...selective reading = selective MODERATION and equally playing FAVORITES ...just business as usual around here. 

I tried to get the topic back in topic and you decided to get pissy about it and carry on with your shit.

So well done....

THREAD LOCKED

do you WANT a post by post "blame game analysis" of this thread??

co it gioes like this....

rags posted te vid and asked a question

you dived in with your usual NASTY so called sarcasm (which is nothing but a "cover all excuse for your frustrated old maid style of posting)

and THEN you upped the ante when raggs told you (reasonably) to piss off...

you then have the gall to whinge when you get told tough....you started it...


Frankly I'm getting sick and tired of your nasty snarky way of posting, and then crying when you get pulled up for it...