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FBI Warns of Potential Anti-Police Violence
July 10, 2016 - The FBI’s New Orleans Field Division has warned law enforcement agencies in Baton Rouge and Shreveport to be watchful for potential violence in the coming days, citing a host of social media posts about the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling.
In a so-called “Potential Activity Alert,” the FBI highlighted social media missives that include calls to protest over the killing and a violent computer-generated graphic of a policeman being killed by a masked man. The FBI wrote in the report, distributed to law enforcement and obtained by The Advocate, that information forwarded to the agency suggested “multiple groups are calling for or planning riots and/or violence against law enforcement” in those communities.

Col. Mike Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, said the report is a “general alert” to law enforcement to be aware of their surroundings given the killing of five police officers at a protest in Dallas on Thursday night. “There is not any indication of an actual known threat or intention of violence against police officers,” Edmonson said.

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Roses are placed on the makeshift memorial in aftermath of the deadly attack on July 9 outside El Centro College in Dallas, where a gunman killed five police officers and wounded seven others, on Thursday night.​

The report also includes social media posts that circulated widely on Wednesday warning of a “purge” targeting police in Baton Rouge. At the time, law enforcement said those rumors did not appear credible.

Gov. John Bel Edwards reiterated during a news conference Friday afternoon that there have been no credible threats against law enforcement in Louisiana, though law enforcement leaders said earlier in the day they’re taking all possible threats seriously.

FBI Warns of Potential Anti-Police Violence | Officer.com

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Shots Fired at San Antonio Police Department
July 10, 2016 - One man is under arrest and another is being sought after a shooting Saturday night at the San Antonio Public Safety Headquarters.
"We are not going to be targets; we are not going to allow officers to be targets," SAPD Chief William McManus said. "This is not open season on police officers here in San Antonio or anywhere else. We're not going to allow that to happen." McManus said the shots were fired just before 10 p.m. at the headquarters at 315 S. Santa Rosa St. "We put up a quadrant around the building did a canvas for any evidence or witnesses," he said.

Police apprehended one person who was seen running from the headquarters after the shooting but are currently only questioning him. Investigators found a few shell casings in an alley behind a Bill Millers across the street from the headquarters. "There were bullet marks on the wall of the public safety headquarters," McManus said.

He noted that the headquarters has been shot at before. But Saturday's incident comes a day after five Dallas police officers were shot and killed. "We don't know what the motive was," McManus said. "If someone was randomly firing or if they saw a big building and decided to shoot at it, or other motives." Police are still searching for a man seen in an orange shirt and blue pants.

Shots Fired at San Antonio Police Headquarters | Officer.com

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27 Minn. Officers Injured in Violent Protest
July 10, 2016 - About 100 people protesting late Saturday and early Sunday in a violent response to the police killing of Philando Castile were arrested after an hourslong human blockade of Interstate 94.
The violence perpetrated by some of the protesters against the police prompted denouncement in the strongest terms by St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Police Chief Todd Axtell, who called the pelting of officers with rocks, bottles and other items “a disgrace.” Axtell said 21 of his officers were injured in the mayhem. The State Patrol said six of its troopers suffered minor injuries from what the protesters were throwing. Roughly 50 of the arrests came during the “freeway riot,” which began shortly before nightfall Saturday and continued until police began taking people into custody shortly after 1 a.m., allowing the interstate to be reopened in both directions, said police spokesman Steve Linders.

The officers were hurt from demonstrators “throwing rocks, bottles, fireworks and bricks,” Linders said. The injuries were not considered serious, he added. Demonstrators were seen on a pedestrian overpass throwing objects including bricks and rebar at officers and dumped liquid on them. At a hastily called news conference at police headquarters, the mayor called the violence “shameful” and said it “doesn’t honor anyone’s memory … including Philando Castile’s.” Axtell was even more blunt, starting his comments by holding up a piece of concrete as an example of what his officers were met with. He also held a bent metal officers’ badge in his hand, illustrating the force of what police absorbed from the demonstrators. “This is the first time in my 28 years we have observed this level of violence toward our public servants,” Axtell said. “It’s really a disgrace.”

The chief said the protesters “turned into criminals. I am absolutely disgusted, [and] I am not going to tolerate it. … I just can’t believe this occurred. This is just something that doesn’t happen in St. Paul.” As police advanced on I-94 near Lexington Avenue, some among the hundreds of protesters retreated up an adjacent hill and left the freeway. Some people began to march back to the governor’s residence, where demonstrators have kept a constant presence since shortly after Castile’s death. Another 50 or so arrests were made about 4 a.m. near Grand Avenue and Dale Street in connection with the uprising following the death of Castile, who was shot by a St. Anthony police officer who stopped the St. Paul man as he drove Wednesday. Those demonstrators were cited at the scene and released, Linders said. The freeway protesters who were arrested remain jailed, the spokesman said.

The moments after the killing, captured on video by his girlfriend sitting next him, has become a key chapter in the latest national narrative about police shooting black men. Also, last week, a black man was fatally shot by police in Baton Rouge, La., then a black gunman who vowed to shoot white police killed five officers in Dallas during a demonstration in that city Thursday night, staged in protest to the killings in Minnesota and Louisiana.

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FBI warns of more anti-police violence...
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FBI Warns of Potential Anti-Police Violence
July 10, 2016 - The FBI’s New Orleans Field Division has warned law enforcement agencies in Baton Rouge and Shreveport to be watchful for potential violence in the coming days, citing a host of social media posts about the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling.
In a so-called “Potential Activity Alert,” the FBI highlighted social media missives that include calls to protest over the killing and a violent computer-generated graphic of a policeman being killed by a masked man. The FBI wrote in the report, distributed to law enforcement and obtained by The Advocate, that information forwarded to the agency suggested “multiple groups are calling for or planning riots and/or violence against law enforcement” in those communities.

Col. Mike Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, said the report is a “general alert” to law enforcement to be aware of their surroundings given the killing of five police officers at a protest in Dallas on Thursday night. “There is not any indication of an actual known threat or intention of violence against police officers,” Edmonson said.

US_NEWS_POLICE_SHOOTINGS_DALLAS_3_LA.57828ce19832b.jpg

Roses are placed on the makeshift memorial in aftermath of the deadly attack on July 9 outside El Centro College in Dallas, where a gunman killed five police officers and wounded seven others, on Thursday night.​

The report also includes social media posts that circulated widely on Wednesday warning of a “purge” targeting police in Baton Rouge. At the time, law enforcement said those rumors did not appear credible.

Gov. John Bel Edwards reiterated during a news conference Friday afternoon that there have been no credible threats against law enforcement in Louisiana, though law enforcement leaders said earlier in the day they’re taking all possible threats seriously.

FBI Warns of Potential Anti-Police Violence | Officer.com

See also:

Shots Fired at San Antonio Police Department
July 10, 2016 - One man is under arrest and another is being sought after a shooting Saturday night at the San Antonio Public Safety Headquarters.
"We are not going to be targets; we are not going to allow officers to be targets," SAPD Chief William McManus said. "This is not open season on police officers here in San Antonio or anywhere else. We're not going to allow that to happen." McManus said the shots were fired just before 10 p.m. at the headquarters at 315 S. Santa Rosa St. "We put up a quadrant around the building did a canvas for any evidence or witnesses," he said.

Police apprehended one person who was seen running from the headquarters after the shooting but are currently only questioning him. Investigators found a few shell casings in an alley behind a Bill Millers across the street from the headquarters. "There were bullet marks on the wall of the public safety headquarters," McManus said.

He noted that the headquarters has been shot at before. But Saturday's incident comes a day after five Dallas police officers were shot and killed. "We don't know what the motive was," McManus said. "If someone was randomly firing or if they saw a big building and decided to shoot at it, or other motives." Police are still searching for a man seen in an orange shirt and blue pants.

Shots Fired at San Antonio Police Headquarters | Officer.com

Related:

27 Minn. Officers Injured in Violent Protest
July 10, 2016 - About 100 people protesting late Saturday and early Sunday in a violent response to the police killing of Philando Castile were arrested after an hourslong human blockade of Interstate 94.
The violence perpetrated by some of the protesters against the police prompted denouncement in the strongest terms by St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Police Chief Todd Axtell, who called the pelting of officers with rocks, bottles and other items “a disgrace.” Axtell said 21 of his officers were injured in the mayhem. The State Patrol said six of its troopers suffered minor injuries from what the protesters were throwing. Roughly 50 of the arrests came during the “freeway riot,” which began shortly before nightfall Saturday and continued until police began taking people into custody shortly after 1 a.m., allowing the interstate to be reopened in both directions, said police spokesman Steve Linders.

The officers were hurt from demonstrators “throwing rocks, bottles, fireworks and bricks,” Linders said. The injuries were not considered serious, he added. Demonstrators were seen on a pedestrian overpass throwing objects including bricks and rebar at officers and dumped liquid on them. At a hastily called news conference at police headquarters, the mayor called the violence “shameful” and said it “doesn’t honor anyone’s memory … including Philando Castile’s.” Axtell was even more blunt, starting his comments by holding up a piece of concrete as an example of what his officers were met with. He also held a bent metal officers’ badge in his hand, illustrating the force of what police absorbed from the demonstrators. “This is the first time in my 28 years we have observed this level of violence toward our public servants,” Axtell said. “It’s really a disgrace.”

The chief said the protesters “turned into criminals. I am absolutely disgusted, [and] I am not going to tolerate it. … I just can’t believe this occurred. This is just something that doesn’t happen in St. Paul.” As police advanced on I-94 near Lexington Avenue, some among the hundreds of protesters retreated up an adjacent hill and left the freeway. Some people began to march back to the governor’s residence, where demonstrators have kept a constant presence since shortly after Castile’s death. Another 50 or so arrests were made about 4 a.m. near Grand Avenue and Dale Street in connection with the uprising following the death of Castile, who was shot by a St. Anthony police officer who stopped the St. Paul man as he drove Wednesday. Those demonstrators were cited at the scene and released, Linders said. The freeway protesters who were arrested remain jailed, the spokesman said.

The moments after the killing, captured on video by his girlfriend sitting next him, has become a key chapter in the latest national narrative about police shooting black men. Also, last week, a black man was fatally shot by police in Baton Rouge, La., then a black gunman who vowed to shoot white police killed five officers in Dallas during a demonstration in that city Thursday night, staged in protest to the killings in Minnesota and Louisiana.

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