WTF happened in Dallas early this morning

[malaise]

Men in an armoured car attacked police vehicles, shots fired at police HQ and a bag with pipe bombs found.

[Skittles]

1. still happening - now there's a bag explosion of some sort

[steve2470]

2. Dallas Standoff: Explosives Found After Police HQ Shootout

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gunman-fires-shots-dallas-police-headquarters-cops-n374836

Dallas police found bags with explosives after a shootout involving multiple attackers at their headquarters early on Saturday morning. Officials were also locked in a standoff with at least one suspected gunmen who they believed was involved in the earlier attack.

Officials were investigating four suspicious bags that had been "spread out all over police headquarters," one of which contained a pipe bomb, Police Chief David Brown told reporters. Nearby residents were being evacuated, he said.

Up to four suspects began shooting at their headquarters with automatic weapons at around 12:30 a.m. (1:30 a.m. ET), Brown told reporters.

"We saw multiple suspects firing guns at police headquarters," Brown said. "The suspects were parked in front."

[cwydro]

3. Just got up.

What's going on? And have they caught those convicts yet?

Reckon I need to go turn on the TV.

[annabanana]

4. some info that CNN apparently doesn't know yet:

The man has identified himself as James Boulware, 50, who has a history of family violence and blames authorities for his losing custody of his son, Dallas police Chief David Brown said. However, authorities have not yet confirmed that the man is who he says he is.

according to link in Texas group thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/107826174

[malaise]

5. Thanks annabanana

Shakes head

[geek tragedy]

8. So an MRA gun nut. nt

[csziggy]

14. If it is James Boulware, he has a history

Paris Police: "Armed & dangerous" man in custody
Updated: Wed 3:52 PM, May 01, 2013
By: News 12 Staff Email

The Paris Police Department says a man considered armed and considered dangerous after he obtained firearms, ammo, and body armor and then threatened violence against his family, churches, and schools has been apprehended by sheriff

12:30pm UPDATE:
The Paris Police Department says a man considered armed and considered dangerous after he obtained firearms, ammo, and body armor and then threatened violence against his family, churches, and schools has been apprehended by sheriff's deputies in Paris Wednesday morning.

Paris Police Chief Bob Hundley says the Lamar County Sheriff's Office took James Boulware into custody in the 1700 block of Lamar Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

"At 11:24 A.M. on May 1, 2013, James Lance Boulware was observed leaving his residence in the 1300 block of Fairfax by a Lamar County Deputy. Boulware was followed until back up could arrive and stopped by Paris Police Officers along with the Lamar County Deputies in the 1900 block of Lamar Ave. where he was taken into custody without incident on two felony warrants out of Dallas County. Boulware was transported to the Lamar County Jail. No weapons were located in Boulware’s vehicle," Hundley said in a press release Wednesday afternoon.
http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/Paris-Police-seek-armed--dangerous-man-205608221.html

[TexasTowelie]

47. Correction...

he had a history. Now that he is dead he has no more. I knew that I had seen that name before.

[countryjake]

6. Thanks for the heads-up!

Automatic weapons being used during an attack in Texas?

I'm so surprised!


Got the tv on, now. CNN still thinks it's more than one guy.

[Divernan]

7. Breaking news: one bag has exploded, apparently within police headquarters

Maj. Max Geron @MaxDPD

#breaking As the Explosive Ordinance Robot attempted to move one of the bags @DallasPD HQ, the bag exploded on its own #DallasPDShooting
5:36 AM - 13 Jun 2015

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[Ilsa]

9. I can't get over the sales pitch about the van that the

Dallas Morning News printed:
The company that sold it, Jenco Sales Inc., described the vehicle on Facebook: "Zombie Apocalypse Assault Vehicle and Troop Transport. This full armored zombie busting vehicle features convenient gun ports so no zombie juice touches you during a mass zombie take down. It also has benches in the back so you can take turns resting during long Zombie sieges. The tactical step boards are installed for when you only need swords and axes for drive by mow downs. The bumpers are made of reinforced steel tubing, so no dents from smashing zombie heads! It's full armor plated and has bullet proof windows just in case you run into other zombie hunting hordes who might try to take this bad boy from you. Like anything, there is a price attached to this fine piece of zombie fighting machinery."

[malthaussen]

20. Does art imitate life, or life art?

Alas, if zombies are brainless killers, then I fear the zombies are inside the vehicle.

-- Mal

[valerief]

42. If American moron TV continues, we'll soon be reading 8 out of 10 Americans believe

in zombies, like they do in friggin' angels.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-nearly-8-in-10-americans-believe-in-angels/

[Glassunion]

51. Anybody that believes in a zombie apocalypse is stupid.

Ok, let's assume that there is something that will reanimate the dead.
Oh shit!

I needs assault weapons
A castle
An armored car
Swords
Body armor
Explosives
....


Bull shit

All we need to do is tie our dead's shoelaces together. Fucking solved.

[ananda]

10. Somebody in a badass black armored vehicle and serious fire power...

... along with bags of explosives, decided to mount an attack on
the police station at S Lamar.

I just want to say that I never thought I'd be all that thankful
for robotics, but in this case I am.

When the two bags detonated, no one was harmed.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. I just got up. I'm on the West Coast. This is crazy.

Why would someone attack the police department?


You aren't getting away with it.

[MoonRiver]

15. Super dramatic suicide by police, maybe.

Or, well armed maniacs running amok.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. I get it...A person robs a bank and has a shoot out with the police.

But it's odd to see someone initiate the battle.

[MoonRiver]

21. Agreed. Probably someone, or ones, who really, really, really hate cops.

Allegedly one had his kid taken away, I think based on abuse, and he's got a grudge against the authorities. But you have to have a pretty unbalanced mind to do this.

[NCTraveler]

33. From what I have seen, it appears as though he believes the police....

and the system initiated the battle. Perspective is reality.

[PeoViejo]

12. Boys will be boys

..out having a little fun...


Bet they listen to Hate Radio..

[cwydro]

13. I still don't get what is happening.

Got things to do so I can't watch tv, but every time I pass by I see it is still ongoing.

[dixiegrrrrl]

40. Here is a summary to date:

To recap, a suspect opened fire on Dallas police headquarters around 12:30 am CT. Police returned fire, and then the suspect rammed a police car and drove off. The suspect was chased to a parking lot in Hutchins, Texas, which is about 12 miles south of Dallas, NBC News reports. Police Chief David O. Brown said SWAT snipers shot at the suspect through the windshield of his van after a standoff and a robot is being sent in to confirm the suspect's condition. Four suspicious bags were found at headquarters, and police say the suspect claimed that his van was rigged with explosives. No officers or civilians were injured in the shooting or standoff, Brown said. -

The Associated Press is reporting that authorities confirmed the death of the Dallas police headquarters attack suspect. Dallas police said they have not confirmed the suspect's death and cannot do so until the van is cleared. However, they do believe the gunman's death is likely.

Full timeline of the event can be found here:
http://www.breakingnews.com/item/2015/06/13/all-explosive-devices-and-suspected-explosive-devi/

[jwirr]

41. A link up thread said that he was angry because he blames them for the lose of custody for his son.

He also threatened his family, churches, etc. He started with the police. I am thankful they got him.

[dixiegrrrrl]

43. Guess I am glad it was about family issues rather than some kind of Isis attack.

Scary the guy could gather so much lethal to use, tho.

[malaise]

54. And now the usualhacks and morons are discussing 'the shooting suspect'

Of course he's white so it's about mental health issues and not 'terrorism'.
Funny how non-whites and Muslims have no mental health issues.

How did this man access all those weapons despite his past??

[malthaussen]

16. Well, if they're white...

... they're just excitable boys. If they're black, a bunch of thugs. And if there is a Muslim among them -- terrorists!

-- Mal

[truebluegreen]

22. ^^This^^

[Hassin Bin Sober]

34. Absolutely.

If it is some white pot-bellied teabagging gun-nut the reaction will be "meh, whaddya gonna do"

If the guy is a Muslim, the country will have a media lead grand mal shit hemorrhage.

[gopiscrap]

35. Amazing

Imagine what the use of language does to shape our thinking!

[Ilsa]

39. If they had been Black,

The truck would have been nuked already.

[840high]

53. Well - he's dead.

[malaise]

55. You nailed it

Just listen to the hacks on CNN

[malthaussen]

56. Seriously. What world does Fredricka Whitfield live in?

Should be "Whitefield," or maybe "Whitefiend."

-- Mal

[malaise]

57. Her claim to fame is daddy's Olympic

feats. Some folks must not be taken seriously.

[Dustlawyer]

17. On the one hand, now college students in Texas can get in on the act with our new law of

on campus carry, on the other hand, it's a blow to those same folks who tout automatic guns for everyone, and on another hand, police Depts can now justify military assault vehicles now that the public has them! Wait, that's 3 hands, oh well, we can hold more guns!

Sarcasm

[malthaussen]

36. That other other hand is "The Gripping Hand."

cf Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye and The Gripping Hand.

-- Mal

[n2doc]

19. Supposedly nutcase mad about losing a custody battle

With friends

Brown said the suspect driving the van has told officers that he blames police for losing custody of his son and "accusing him of being a terrorist."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-dallas-police-shooting-20150613-story.html

[padfun]

27. accusing?

Looks like they were right.

[KG]

23. yay guns!

[romanic]

24. I'm not gonna blame guns on this

I'm gonna blame this nutjob for going off and not accepting the courts rightfully taking away custody.

[DiverDave]

25. The police have had a rough time lately

what with killing innocents and all.
A sure fire way to get support? Have a "deranged madman" shoot up and maybe kill
some cops. Yes, my tin foil is firmly wrapped waayyy to tight.
But think of the Tonkin incident, operation northwoods. There is precedent.

[Historic NY]

26. I was up earlier this am when this was going on......

http://heavy.com/news/2015/06/dallas-police-shootout-shooting-suspects-texas-attack-armored-vehicle-car-video-explosives-suspect-injuries-photos/

http://heavy.com/news/2015/06/james-boulware-dallas-police-headquarters-shooting-shootout-suspect-video-photos-white-male-armored-vehicle-other-suspects-explosives-son-terrorist/

[H2O Man]

29. I was up & watching

it unfold on tv. Terrible situation.

[Major Nikon]

28. Evidently the guy was mentally ill. Here's some of his facebook posts

[valerief]

31. Sounds like your run of the mill U.S. ammosexual. nt

[Major Nikon]

32. Probably more rather than less

Paranoid and ammosexual go together like drunk and disorderly, but this guy appeared to be at the clinical stage.

[blogslut]

30. Looks like he might be dead now

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20150613-suspect-in-dallas-police-headquarters-believed-dead-from-sniper-shot.ece

Suspect in Dallas police headquarters believed dead from sniper shot

The suspect in an attack on Dallas police headquarters is believed to be dead after a police sniper shot at him early Saturday.

So far, though, authorities had not been able to approach the vehicle safely to confirm that he had been killed.

They were working to make their way into the vehicle with the assistance of a robot, and they alerted the public that some planned detonations might be heard as they tried to gain entry.

Police had spent hours trying to negotiate with the man in the armored vehicle he used during his assault on the headquarter before he led dozens of squad cars on a chase that ended along Interstate 45 in Hutchins.

No one was injured by the man, who identified himself as James Boulware, a 50-year-old with a history of family violence...

[malaise]

44. So did he die?

I was on the road all day.

[TexasTowelie]

45. Yes he did.

Conservatives Were Sure Dallas Gunman Was A Scary Black Muslim And It’s Obama’s Fault

http://www.democraticunderground.com/107826194

[malaise]

48. Oh Dear

These people are sick

[herding cats]

46. Yeah, he's dead.

I feel bad for his parents and his kids.

Dallas police confirm HQ attack suspect shot by sniper is dead – as it happened

[malaise]

49. He had serious issues

Sad

[herding cats]

52. He did.

His family had been through hell for the past few years with him.

I guess the only good news is on one else was hurt today.

[Matrosov]

37. Just a NRA convention n/t

[GGJohn]

38. Because NRA members shoot up cop houses right?

[Renew Deal]

58. Sometimes. The NRA supports their right to possess any weapon without question.

[napkinz]

50. this guy ...