re: Dallas: 12 officers shot, 5 dead, 3 suspects in custody, 1 suspect killed

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Drank

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Yes, you did.

Time to put away the keyboard.

There was a second video of the cop being killed, but it didn't receive a lot of attention. It's difficult to see what all is happening, but there's a guy in a black shirt and black shorts (the shooter is wearing light pants or khakis) standing fairly close to the shoot out. Some police wear black shorts/shirts but he doesn't appear to be a cop. It's hard to tell whether or not he's shooting or just walking, but it's pretty weird that a gun fight is going on right in front of him and he's just walking towards it. In the blown up pictures you can see the silhouette of the shooter standing over the cop.

Here's a LINK...disregard the click bait article title and while grainy it's still graphic since it's the cop getting shot.

Ok I was wrong about terrorist connection, right about guy with AR not being involved, and gunman having military training, as usual the NPR guide is pretty much dead on.

Very odd. That dude was just walking along normally like nothing was going on

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Is this the longest thread in history?

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you were here in 2008..... how did you miss ATPB?

Not sure if this has been discussed or if any of this has been made available. Isnt a BP vest required uniform now? were not all of the officers wearing vests? Were the fatalities mainly neck/head wounds?

Not required to wear them, but they are usually in close proximity. Some do, some don't.

Kevlar won't stop rifle rounds. You need steel or ceramic plate armor to protect from rifles and that type of armor is too heavy/ bulky for cops to wear all the time.

I didn't know that, thanks