July 2016: Police Officers Targeted and Shot in Dallas During Protest
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
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Here's a slideshow depicting the major U.S. news events of July 2016.
1. No Charges Filed for Hillary Clinton 2. Police Shooting in Baton Rouge 3. Police Shooting in Minnesota 4. Protest Turns Deadly in Dallas 5. Obama Sends More Troops to Iraq 6. Trump Picks Pence 7. Police Officers Targeted in Baton Rouge 8. Producer Garry Marshall Dies 9. Roger Ailes Steps Down 10. Another Nightclub Shooting in Florida 11. Hillary Clinton Makes History 12. Verizon Buys Yahoo 13. Jimmy Walker Wins PGA
- Police Officers Targeted and Shot in Dallas During Protest
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- On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson shoots and kills five police officers at what was a peaceful protest in Dallas, Texas. The officers were there to keep watch over the protest of Alton Sterling's and Philando Castile's deaths. Johnson, a 25-year-old African American Afghanistan veteran stated that his goal was to take down as many white officers as he could. When negotiations with Johnson fail, a bomb-equipped robot is sent in and detonates, killing the shooter. Officials believe Johnson had been planning an even larger-scale attack, but was pushed into action because of the shootings in Minnesota and Baton Rouge.
- Photo source: AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez
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