Dallas Police HQ attacked

[midnight rambler]

Headlining on Drudge

[Ares]

Over the past several years, the US government has been confounded with not only explaining, but how to properly address one of the clear and obvious consequences of the Fed's disastrous policy of the past 7 years, namely record wealth inequality, a world dominated and controlled by the 0.1%, leading to rising social instability and a surge in public outbreaks of violence, frequently lethal. One need only note the flash riots in Baltimore and Ferguson to comprehend how fragile the US social fabric has become.

But while the government is still utterly clueless how to explain this surge in social violence, something Zero Hedge readers have known for a long time is imminent(recall "despite what should be a steadily improving economy and improving social and economic conditions, what readers founds most fascinating, and troubling, was the increasing preponderance of social disobedience, of covert, proxy or outright wars, and of civil unrest: all phenomena that accompany a world sliding deeper into distress, not as most central banks and their puppet media would have us believe, a global recovery."), where its response has been even more deplorable is how to respond to this increase in civil disobedience: by weaponizing the US police force to an extent that is reminiscent of pre-civil war condition; a police force which feels enabled and duly required to intervene well beyond the required in quelling and pre-empting imminent violence.

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2014/06/Police%20State_0.jpg

The result is clear: in a game of rapidly escalating cat and mouse, public antagonism against the police is met with increasingly more acute brutality, which in turn forces even more social unrest and violence and so ad inf.

An example was shown yesterday when we reported that the murder rate in Baltimore skyrocketed as a result of the local Police responding to the infamous Baltimore riots by essentially shutting down.

Another example happened hours ago when overnight as many as four gunmen fired automatic weapons against the Dallas Police headquarters, and that at least at least two pipe bombs were found outside the police headquarters after the initial shooting.

At least one attacker opened fire on Dallas' police headquarters early Saturday, riddling windows and police cars with bullets before fleeing in a van to a suburban restaurant parking lot, where officers surrounded the vehicle in a standoff that has lasted for hours, CNN reports.

Reuters adds that Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters that a motive for the attack was not yet known, but he also said there had been threats and attacks on police elsewhere in the country in the past few months.

One of the devices, a pipe bomb, exploded when a police robot attempted to move it. Another, which was under a police vehicle, was detonated by a bomb squad, according to the police department.

Brown said witnesses reported that up to four suspects were involved in the incident, which began around 12:30 a.m.

No injuries were immediately reported.

The incident started when police responded to reports of automatic gunfire from what was described as an armoured van outside police headquarters.

The van then rammed a squad car and gunfire erupted. The van drove off as police returned fire and officers gave chase, Brown said. Witnesses told police that one suspect may have failed to enter the van before it sped off, according to Brown.

The van stopped in a fast food restaurant parking lot in the city of Hutchins, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Dallas, where there was another exchange of gunfire. Police said they surrounded the van and managed to disable it with a high-powered rifle.

Brown said police negotiators had spoken with someone inside the van, who identified himself as James Boulware.

The police chief said they had not yet been able to confirm the identity of the man, but said that police had responded previously to three incidents of domestic violence involving a man with that name.

Brown told reporters at the early morning news conference that the suspect had said that police had taken his child and had accused him of being a terrorist. The police chief said that the man then threatened to "blow us up."

Several bags were found scattered around police headquarters, two of which had explosives inside, police said. Another suspicious package was found in a dumpster near a different police station in the city, according to police.

Nearby residents were evacuated, Brown said.

Various video of the shoot out were found on social media:

Videos at link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-13/multiple-assailants-attack-dallas-police-headquarters-automatic-guns-pipe-bombs

As CNN reports, after the police caught up with the suspect in Huchins, a standoff began, and a SWAT team was negotiating with a suspect in the vehicle who gave the name James Boulware. Police said that they cannot independently confirm that it is the suspect's real identity.

Police found a previous record of domestic violence by a man under that name. The suspect told police that he was angry because they took away his child and labeled him a terrorist.

He threatened to blow them up and broke off negotiations, Brown said.

At one point, police used a .50-caliber rifle to "disable" the vehicle, police said.

Investigators are looking into whether a van sold in Newnan, Georgia, on eBay last week may be the van used in the Dallas attack, a source familiar with the investigation said. They are investigating, among other things, who may have purchased the vehicle.

As the story develops, moments ago the Dallas Police Department announced that the standoff has likely ended after

0507 PD Sniper shot @ suspect through front windshield of van. Suspect may be hit.
https://twitter.com/DallasPD/status/609715617453641728

The good news is that according to DPD no police officers were killed or injured. However, that armed assailants are now eager to bring the fight literally to the doorstep of regional police departments is certainly not a welcome development for a nation that over the past year has seen an unprecedented surge in violence on both sides of the legal divide.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-13/multiple-assailants-attack-dallas-police-headquarters-automatic-guns-pipe-bombs

[Dogman]

One of the shooters they think, and if him this is not his first dance !

https://www.google.com/search?q=James+Boulware&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Think the guy is history, cops have pumped several .50 cal into the van.

[Ares]

Live Coverage: http://www.wfaa.com/videos/news/local/2014/08/26/14336082/

[Neuro]

He's shot it says...
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2015/jun/13/dallas-police-in-armoured-van-chase-after-shootings-rolling-coverage

[Dogman]

He's shot it says...
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2015/jun/13/dallas-police-in-armoured-van-chase-after-shootings-rolling-coverage

The pigs robot is taking the van apart and the guy is doing nothing, I think he is history and if wounded, he probably will be dead by the time the cops get brave to approach the van, they do not know if it is booby trapped.

I remember him being in the local news here in the past.

[Ares]

The pigs robot is taking the van apart and the guy is doing nothing, I think he is history and if wounded, he probably will be dead by the time the cops get brave to approach the van, they do not know if it is booby trapped.

I remember him being in the local news here in the past.

If they shot him through the windshield with a .50 cal, is there going to be anything left?

[Ponce]

Police use a 50 caliber?.......what other military weapon could they have, until needed, a rocket launcher?

V

[Dogman]

Not a clue, may depend where the shot went, the round would not even know it hit glass, but I understand the van was armored so I am guessing the glass was also. If so thick laminated glass would not blow off sharp glass shrapnel on the inside, more like glass cubes like normal laminated glass would that may not cause serious harm.

But if the round was aimed at the actor, the guy probably is history.

[Dogman]

Police use a 50 caliber?.......what other military weapon could they have, until needed, a rocket launcher?

V

Probably do have one or two in their piggy bank of toys !

[Ares]

But if the round was aimed at the actor, the guy probably is history.

Actor? You thinking false flag?

[Dogman]

Actor? You thinking false flag?

No !

Cop talk, when talking about a perp, another name they use is scroat.

Hear them using these terms all the time on the radio frequencys that they use as a back channel.
Tactical channels.

[Ares]

Here is his Disqus profile:

https://disqus.com/by/james_boulware/

Seems to be "awake" but has anger control problems.

[Dogman]

Here is his Disqus profile:

https://disqus.com/by/james_boulware/

Seems to be "awake" but has anger control problems.

Had anger control problems !