07-11-2016 A Sad World

This morning, it was announced that the attack on police, at the Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, Texas, on Friday morning, was carried out by a lone gunman – Micah Johnson - even though they had initially had three other men in custody.  An interview with one mother who was shot in the leg, while running away with her children, was chilling; her description of the incident sounded like a scene from a movie.  The shooter was apparently retaliating for two other recent shootings, on Wednesday and Thursday, (by police officers) in Mississippi and Louisiana that also appear to be unjust.  In fact, the word “despicable” was used in one of those incidents; a man, sitting in his car with his wife and five-year old child in the backseat, doing exactly as he was told by the officer – so far as is known at this point – shot by the officer, point blank (the officer claiming he feared for his life).  Another interview with this man’s wife on Good Morning America made me cry… she swears her husband did nothing wrong; they told the officer that her husband had a gun and was licensed to carry.  The man was reaching for his driver’s license and registration when he was shot.  Supposedly, too, she said the officer told them that they were pulled over for a broken taillight and, in fact, there was NO broken taillight.  She felt all of their lives were in danger and immediately began recording with her phone moments after her husband was shot; the discussion with the police officer, during which she remained amazingly calm, is clear on the video and this officer needs to be held accountable for his actions.  Bless you, Diamond Reynolds.  CAN WE STOP FIGHTING NOW?