Micah Xavier Johnson
25-year-old Army Reservist, Micah Xavier
Johnson, shot and killed 5 police officers in Dallas, Texas
last night. Johnson also injured 7 police officers and
wounded 2 civilians. He has no criminal record. Johnson
opened fire on police during a peaceful protest in downtown
Dallas, as people gathered to voice their disapproval of the
killings of African-Americans Alton Sterling and Philando
Castile at the hands of police in two separate incidents of
excessive force. A police bomb squad robot killed Johnson.
Johnson clearly snapped to have taken such a detrimental and deadly course of action against police
This was a senseless tragedy that is a waste
of life all around, both the police officers and Johnson.
There is a problem with police brutality against black
people in America. Hundreds of African-Americans are killed
every year by police. It is wrong and must stop. However,
the answer is not killing police. Two wrongs don't make a
right. You don't fight crime with crime. You enact
meaningful legislation changing the law to promote safety
for civilians and police. The Judiciary Report has
repeatedly emphasized in articles that there are good cops
doing their jobs, who don't deserve to be classed with the
ones engaging in brutality against members of the public.
The bad cops are the ones who need to be addressed and
through Congress and the court system.
