Jesse Jackson Condemns Killing Of Dallas Officers
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson has condemned the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas as a "cowardly and insane act of terrorism."
The civil rights advocate said at a Friday news conference in Chicago that the shootings, which apparently came in reaction to the killing by white police officers of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota, do not reflect "our struggle for justice whatsoever."
Jackson notes that last week, the killing of 49 people in Orlando, Florida, was in the nation's spotlight. He says "too much violence, too much fear make all of use less secure."
He says his heart is "heavy at the thought of innocent police being killed." He also spoke with Diamond Reynolds, who livestreamed to Facebook a video in the immediate aftermath of the fatal shooting of her boyfriend, Philando Castile, by police in Minnesota on Wednesday.
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