3 police officers killed in Baton RougeWASHINGTON, DC: A black veteran shot three police officers dead Sunday in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge, in a bloody act reminiscent of recent slayings in Dallas to avenge African Americans killed by law enforcement. But one of the officers killed by Long—Montrell Jackson—was black. We don’t need careless accusations thrown around to score political points or to advance an agenda. “We don’t need inflammatory rhetoric. President Barack Obama condemned the “cowardly” Baton Rouge shooting and demanded an end to such violence.

Source: Manila Times July 18, 2016 12:22 UTC