It's true that we don't know the details (will we ever, since the Dallas Police are the ones who will be providing them?), and also that my faith in the progress we were making likely grew from a naivety facilitated by my privilege, but I still find the details chilling. I knew racists were angry at him, but I thought they were fringe looneys. That one or more was sophisticated enough to kill him and, at least temporarily, get away, shakes me. Also, I had not been aware that he got enough blow back for testifying--against someone who shot an unarmed man in his own home!--that he feared for his life.
In this case, I don't find it plausible that he was killed by someone who was angry that he worked with the police.
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