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Dallas Police Chief: Shooter 'Wanted To Kill White People'

Police cars sit on Main Street in Dallas following the sniper shooting during a protest on July 7, 2016. (Laura Buckman/AFP/Getty Images)
Police cars sit on Main Street in Dallas following the sniper shooting during a protest on July 7, 2016. (Laura Buckman/AFP/Getty Images)

Throughout the program today we’ll be following the news from last night’s attack on police in Dallas. The snipers opened fire during a protest about the recent fatal shootings of black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota.

Dallas Police Chief David Brown said that during a standoff with police one of the suspects told authorities he was upset about those shootings. That suspect was later killed a bomb detonated by police. The investigation into what happened continues.

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