Dallas police 'put themselves between the snipers and their downed colleagues'

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published 8 July 2016

A night of peaceful protest in Dallas was coming to an end. Protesters, many of whom had linked arms as they walked, were just a few blocks from the site of President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination. Then a torrent of bullets rained down on the crowd of about 800 people.

"It was an ambush," said NPR's Wade Goodwyn. As hundreds of people ran for their lives, police officers sprinted into the chaos to help. "There were some amazing feats of courage," Goodwyn said, "as police officers rushed to the shooting scene and put themselves between the snipers and their downed colleagues." Officers were reportedly shot in the back trying to get the injured out of the way.

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Lauren Hansen produces The Weekâ€™s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.

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