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They're one of the Hebrew Bible's greatest villains, but not much is known about the ancient Philistines. An uncovered cemetery, which researchers say is the first of its kind, could change all that.
The sniper who killed five police officers in Dallas planned larger attacks, probably on law enforcement, the city's police chief said Sunday as he provided new details about how the suspect taunted authorities for two hours during negotiations. "We're convinced that this suspect had other plans and thought that what he was doing was righteous and believed that he was going to target law enforcement—make us pay for what he sees as law enforcement's efforts to punish people of color,” David Brown said in an interview with CNN's State of the Union.
The shooter, Micah Xavier Johnson, was “determined to hurt more officers” and bomb-making materials as well as a journal that were found in his home seem to suggest he had been practicing detonations. If he had been successfulit could have caused “devastating effects on our city,” he said.
The Army veteran who served in Afghanistan “obviously had some delusion,” Brown said, giving new details about how he scrawled the letters “RB” on a wall with his blood before he was killed with a robot bomb. Authorities are currently looking through Johnson's writings and possessions to try to figure out what those apparent initials mean. But at the very least it suggests that he was injured during the shootout with police.
Johnson specifically asked to speak with a black negotiator, but didn't seem to have any desire to actually end the standoff. "We had negotiated with him for about two hours, and he just basically lied to us—playing games, laughing at us, singing, asking how many [police officers] did he get and that he wanted to kill some more and that there were bombs there," Brown said.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said he fully supported the decision to kill Johnson with a robot-delivered bomb. "We talked to this man a long time, and he threatened to blow up our police officers, we went to his home we saw that there was bomb-making equipment later," Rawlings said on CBS' Face the Nation. "So it was very important that we realize that he may not be bluffing. So we ask him, 'Do you want to come out safely or do you want to stay there and we're going to take you down?' And he chose the latter."
What does it take to change your perception of people or an institution? NPR's Rachel Martin talks with columnist Matt Lewis about how the smartphone era has altered how he now views the police.
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A shot of the Wharncliffe Viaduct from Brent Meadow in Southall. It's almost a year since I was last here with my camera, despite it being only five minutes down the road from my house.
When I set out tonight, it looked like things were shaping up for a fantastic dusk shot at this location. This was as good as it got. A couple of minutes after I took this, a thick band of dark, grey cloud rolled in, leaving me facing a particularly gloomy scene. On a positive note, I didn't get caught out in the rain.
Deutsche Welle | Dallas is the latest battlefield in the United States Deutsche Welle Officers claim that, just before they killed the man with a bomb delivered by a robot, he had said his intent was to kill white people, though he had specifically targeted police with his fire. It was later reported that the shooting suspect was an ... Killings and history challenge us to value all lives equallyDetroit Free Press all 1,349 news articles » |
Merced Sun-Star | Merced reacts with sadness, anger, fear to violence in Dallas Merced Sun-Star Authorities initially said there were three suspects in custody and a fourth killed by a robot-delivered bomb in a parking garage after a long standoff. However, on Friday afternoon, ... Back in Texas, Flowers worried for the future. “I'm just hoping ... Micah X Johnson, the Dallas police shooter, was taken out with a robot delivered bombBlasting News all 8,719 news articles » |
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These are the last rays of sunshine that London will have seen this beautiful Sunday...
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