DALLAS, Texas — (Scroll Down For Video) — Jim Boulware, the father of the man believed to have shot at Dallas police yesterday, told CNN Sunday his son had reached a \u201cbreaking point\u201d after losing custody of his son, and had likely devised his attack as a protest.<\/p>\n
James Boulware was fatally shot by a police sniper after an overnight standoff that began when he opened fire on a Dallas police station. Boulware was later cornered in a parking lot; his van was lined with explosives and had to be detonated by a police bomb robot. No officers were injured after what the department described as \u201cliterally dodging bullets.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was trying to make a statement to get the system to understand he had lost his son, and it cost him his life,\u201d his father said Sunday, through tears. Boulware denied that his son was a \u201cdomestic terrorist,\u201d but was not so certain about his sanity. \u201cWhen you reach that breaking point, I don\u2019t know what you call sane or insane anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew he was angry with the police, he blamed them for taking his son,\u201d Boulware said. \u201cI tried to tell him the police didn\u2019t do it, they were doing their job, to enforce the laws. If you want to get to that, you gotta go back to the liberal people that put these laws in place, to where the [authorities] can grab kids and take them away.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked by a CNN host why he didn\u2019t get some help, Boulware replied, \u201cWhere? Where does a white male get help?\u201d<\/p>\n