Escalation

When I flipped on my computer this morning I was immediately stopped by the headlines regarding the shooting of 11 police officers in Dallas, five of whom tragically died.  The police were on site for a peaceful rally regarding the recent killings of two black men by police.  In each situation it appears the shooting was not justified.

The attack on the police appears to have been well planned and orchestrated, seemingly carried out by individuals that had some sort of formal training based on the video from the incident.  They were stationed high above their targets in an ideal position to inflict the most damage possible.  The assumption was they had prior knowledge of the route the march was going to follow ahead of time.

The latest info says there were four suspects in the shooting, three of whom are in custody and the fourth killed during the incident.  What is strangely missing is more information regarding the shooters, including their ethnicity.  I have a feeling there is a lot more to this tragedy than simple eye for an eye retribution.

I have no answers.  Human beings are hard wired to hate.