On July 7 , a BLM protest was held in Dallas , Texas that was organized to protest the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile . At the end of the peaceful protest , Micah Xavier Johnson opened fire in an ambush , killing five police officers and wounding seven others and two civilians . The gunman was then killed by a robot-delivered bomb . Before he died , according to police , Johnson said that " he was upset about Black Lives Matter " , and that " he wanted to kill white people , especially white officers . " Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and other conservative lawmakers blamed the shootings on the Black Lives Matter movement . The Black Lives Matter network released a statement denouncing the shootings . On July 8 , more than 100 people were arrested at Black Lives Matter protests across the United States
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