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📍 2016 Dallas Police Shooting – Racial Motive Censored"}} |
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On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson fatally shot five Dallas police officers, injuring nine more. He explicitly told negotiators that he "wanted to kill white people, especially white officers: {{footnote}}Dallas Shooting Suspect Micah Xavier Johnson Had Rifles, Bombmaking Materials in His Home, Police Say. https://abcnews.go.com/US/dallas-shooting-suspect-wanted-kill-white-people-white/story?id=40431306{{/footnote}} |
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-Despite this clear racial motive: |
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+Johnson was killed by a police-controlled explosive during the standoff. As such, ~*~*he was never arrested or charged~*~*. However, the racial motive was clear, and the case met all the elements of a federal hate crime — yet the DOJ made no public declaration, and the media aggressively avoided the racial framing. |
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+For example: |
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+- Media focused on Johnson’s military service, stress, and political frustration |
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+- Most outlets used passive voice and abstracted motives (“upset over police shootings”) rather than stating the racial targeting directly |
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- Headlines ignored the racial component entirely |
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-- Wikipedia’s article has over 100 references — none mention race in the headline. You may think this is hyperbolic, but its not. |
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+- Wikipedia’s article has over 100 references — none mention race in the headline. You may think this is hyperbolic, but its not. {{footnote}}2016 Shooting of Dallas Police Officers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_shooting_of_Dallas_police_officers{{/footnote}} |
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-- Media framing emphasized Johnson’s mental state, military background, and frustration over “social injustice” |
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-This is a textbook example of hate crime reclassification through omission — a crime that met every standard for racial bias but was deliberately stripped of that framing because the victims were White. |
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== 5. Hate Crime Charges Against Whites for Minor Infractions == |