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TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts) Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:45 PM Nov 2016

Father of officer slain in Dallas ambush sues Black Lives Matter

The father of one of five officers slain July 7 in downtown Dallas is suing Black Lives Matter for the death of his son.

Enrique Zamarripa, father of Dallas police Officer Patrick Zamarripa, on Monday filed a 43-page lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas.

In the suit, he blames the national organization and 13 other defendants, including the Nation of Islam, Reverend Al Sharpton, the New Black Panthers Party and Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson in the deadly ambush.

He is seeking damages of up to $550 million.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-ambush/2016/11/07/father-officer-slain-dallas-ambush-sues-black-lives-matter

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Father of officer slain in Dallas ambush sues Black Lives Matter (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2016 OP

Not happening bravenak Nov 2016 #1

Right-wing media is doing to BLM's image... TheDebbieDee Nov 2016 #2

Maybe BLM should countersue. pennylane100 Nov 2016 #4

Why didn't he throw Obama and Hillary on that list MattP Nov 2016 #3

bravenak

(34,648 posts)

1. Not happening

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:48 PM

Nov 2016

TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)

2. Right-wing media is doing to BLM's image...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:48 PM

Nov 2016

what it did to Sec Clinton's reputation.

pennylane100

(3,425 posts)

4. Maybe BLM should countersue.

Reply to TheDebbieDee (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 12:03 AM

Nov 2016

While I can understand his anger at losing his son in a senseless way, does he not realize that BLM survives and is held in such high esteem because of all the innocent lives lost to the crimes of those in law enforcement that we trusted to keep us safe.

MattP

(3,304 posts)

3. Why didn't he throw Obama and Hillary on that list

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Nov 8, 2016, 12:00 AM

Nov 2016

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