This will be a great help in reconciling the cops and the civilians throughout the country.

Three Dallas police officers and one DART officer have been killed and several others were injured after shots were fired in downtown Dallas during a rally and march Thursday night.

Dallas police Chief David Brown said about 8:58 p.m., at least two snipers shot 11 officers and one civilian from elevated positions during the rally in downtown.

Two officers were in surgery earlier in the night and three were in critical condition, police said.

Three other DART officers were wounded but their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, said Morgan Lyons, a spokesman for DART.

I don’t know enough to opine much about this except to mourn the loss of the officers.

Shooting cops is not going to improve relations between civilian minorities and law enforcement personnel, that’s pretty damned obvious to any sentient human beings except the snipers. Their goal was obviously something other than that.