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Posted: 2016-07-12T16:32:15Z | Updated: 2016-07-12T16:32:15Z

The first black Miss Alabama apologized on Monday after suggesting that Micah Johnson, who fatally shot five Dallas police officers last week, was a martyr.

Kalyn Chapman James, speaking to WPMI , an Alabama station, said she has received threats since posting an emotional video to Facebook on Sunday.

I dont want to feel this way, the 1993 pageant winner said in the original two-minute video, which was taken down late Tuesday morning . Im dealing with a bit of guilt because I dont feel sad for the officers that lost their lives, and I know that thats not really my heart. I value human life, and I want to feel sad for them, but I cant help but [feel] like the shooter was a martyr.

On Monday, James clarified her stance.

What Micah did was wrong, period, she told WPMI. Maybe martyr wasnt the right word but it was what came to mind at that time.

Police have said that Johnson intended the Dallas shooting, which took place at a Black Lives Matter rally last Thursday and left five officers dead and 11 people injured, as payback for police officers killing two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana earlier that week.