Before coming under attack from sniper fire, Dallas police were doing their duty to protect Black Lives Matter protesters’ right to peacefully assemble. Pictures posted on the Dallas Police Department’s Twitter page detail their interaction with the community just minutes before being ambushed.
#Dallas police officers maintain traffic control to ensure the safety of the demonstrators. pic.twitter.com/wocOuXqj0g
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 8, 2016
.@DPDAnderson with Senator Royce West @ demonstration @ Belo Garden Park pic.twitter.com/9wzMAxfsiM
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 8, 2016
They even posed with protestors.
Demonstration in #Dallas @ Belo Garden Park pic.twitter.com/IUx5IaERSB
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 8, 2016
Sadly, within an hour of these photos being posted, 11 police officers were down, shot by an unknown number of assailants. Over the course of the night we learned that 5 officers died in the line of duty after putting their lives on the line for a crowd marching against them.
Four police officers sacrificed their lives tonight protecting the right of a great many to protest police.
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) July 8, 2016
H/T: Boston Globe
Let us pray for the recovery of the others shot and may the 5 heroes who died rest in peace. #BlueLivesMatter
