In the panicking crowds that night in Dallas were 20 to 30 armed individuals legally carrying rifles as self-appointed vigilantes who had vowed to somehow protect the demonstrators. Their presence — some were dressed in macho camouflage gear — greatly confused the police when the sniper started firing and protesters ran for cover. “We don’t know who the ‘good guy’ versus who the ‘bad guy’ is,” the Dallas police chief, David Brown, said.
Thursday, July 14, 2016
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The only reason a lot of people besides those cops didn't die that evening was because the guys carrying the guns were all WHITE and I'm sure the police knew many of them. Plus, they fled and decided not to open fire. Lucky for them because had they done that it might have gotten ugly anyway.
It's hard to imagine that this convention is going to occur without a hitch. That thing is kindling wood soaked in gas with a stick of dynamite under it, just begging, literally begging, pleading, for a match. In one week the country will be even more divided, crazier than ever, than it is today,
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