Four police officers were fatally shot and seven wounded by snipers in Dallas, authorities said, during one of many demonstrations held in cities across the United States against the second fatal police shooting of a black man in two days.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown said in a statement two snipers in elevated positions shot 11 officers, killing three. Police said on Twitter later a fourth officer had died. At least one more was in surgery.
Brown also said later one suspect was cornered
This school year thousands of Texas students will be using Social Studies textbooks that whitewash history in such a way that the KKK and Jim Crow are glossed over, while slavery is downplayed and the Civil War is being portrayed as being more about sectionalism and states’ rights than slavery.
The change stands to have a significant impact as Texas is the second largest purchaser of textbooks in the United States, behind California, purchasing around 48 million textbooks each year. The state
