Snipers Shot Down Several Police Officers at a Protest in Dallas

At least 11 cops were shot by two snipers during a ‘black lives matter protest’.

Dallas police detain a driver after several police officers were shot in downtown Dallas. (Photo: AP)

Two snipers shot 11 police officers during protests in Dallas, Texas on Thursday night leading to the death of four officers. Meanwhile, protesters in Chicago, New York, and St. Paul, Minnesota peacefully took to the streets to express outrage after the second fatal police shooting of a black man in the US in two days.

Protesters were condemning the shooting of 32-year-old Philando Castile by police near St. Paul late on Wednesday. The incident happened within a day of the shooting of 37-year-old Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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