Mark Hughes, a North Texas activist, went to a rally in Dallas openly carrying an AR-15 rifle to make a point about gun rights and self-defense. That's legal in Texas. But then Micah X. Johnson, a 25-year-old loner angry over a tide of police shootings of black men nationwide, opened fire on police. Hughes, who had no involvement in the shooting, suddenly found himself an armed black man among a sea of police officers who were being targeted by a sniper. This is an audio adaptation of the story linked below that I wrote for the Dallas Observer. Illustration by Kia Murray Voice over, music and sound design by Jacob Vaughn https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/mark-hughes-mistakenly-called-a-suspect-in-dallas-police-massacre-remembers-the-night-11694511
Mark Hughes, a North Texas activist, went to a rally in Dallas openly carrying an AR-15 rifle to make a point about gun rights and self-defense. That's legal in Texas.
But then Micah X. Johnson, a 25-year-old loner angry over a tide of police shootings of black men nationwide, opened fire on police. Hughes, who had no involvement in the shooting, suddenly found himself an armed black man among a sea of police officers who were being targeted by a sniper.
This is an audio adaptation of the story linked below that I wrote for the Dallas Observer. Illustration by Kia Murray Voice over, music and sound design by Jacob Vaughn
https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/mark-hughes-mistakenly-called-a-suspect-in-dallas-police-massacre-remembers-the-night-11694511