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48 48  đź“Ť 2016 Dallas Police Shooting – Racial Motive Censored"}}
49 49  On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson fatally shot five Dallas police officers, injuring nine more. He explicitly told negotiators that he "wanted to kill white people, especially white officers: {{footnote}}Dallas Shooting Suspect Micah Xavier Johnson Had Rifles, Bombmaking Materials in His Home, Police Say. https://abcnews.go.com/US/dallas-shooting-suspect-wanted-kill-white-people-white/story?id=40431306{{/footnote}}
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51 +Johnson was killed by a police-controlled explosive during the standoff. As such, ~*~*he was never arrested or charged~*~*. However, the racial motive was clear, and the case met all the elements of a federal hate crime — yet the DOJ made no public declaration, and the media aggressively avoided the racial framing.
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53 +For example:
54 +- The [Wikipedia article](https:~/~/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_shooting_of_Dallas_police_officers) cites over 100 news sources — yet ~*~*none mention race in their headlines~*~*
55 +- Media focused on Johnson’s military service, stress, and political frustration
56 +- Most outlets used passive voice and abstracted motives (“upset over police shootings”) rather than stating the racial targeting directly
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58 +This case shows how hate crimes against White people can be erased not through legal omission, but through narrative control. The framing minimized the racial nature of the crime to avoid disrupting politically useful narratives.
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51 51  Despite this clear racial motive:
52 52  - Headlines ignored the racial component entirely
53 -- Wikipedia’s article has over 100 references — none mention race in the headline. You may think this is hyperbolic, but its not.
64 +- Wikipedia’s article has over 100 references — none mention race in the headline. You may think this is hyperbolic, but its not. /foot
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55 55  [[image:1752852339655-827.png||data-xwiki-image-style="thumbnail-clickable" width="200"]]
56 56  - Media framing emphasized Johnson’s mental state, military background, and frustration over “social injustice”