The shootings happened during a protest over the recent police shooting deaths of two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana. 'Disturbing beyond measure'​Pastor Rhonda Britton of the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church said she found the news of the shootings of young black men and police extremely difficult to watch. People in Halifax are reacting with dismay to the news that five police officers were killed in Dallas in a shooting Thursday night. I understand police officers have been killing our unarmed black men at a high rate, which is disheartening. Halifax police Chief Jean Michel-Blais said he felt "great consternation" when he heard the news.

Source: CBC News July 08, 2016 20:15 UTC