Spin, recycle, Spin again.
Posted on 07/09/2016 7:27:34 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The black Army veteran who killed five Dallas police officers donned a protective vest and used a military-style semi-automatic rifle in the sniper slayings, officials said, an attack that layered new anxiety onto a nation already divided about guns and how police treat African-Americans.
Micah Johnson was killed by a robot-delivered bomb Thursday after the shootings, which marked the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In all, 12 officers were shot just a few blocks from where President John F. Kennedy was slain in 1963. …
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>>What is the AP trying to do by making “Veteran” the first word in the headline?
Spinning the narrative. This will be a “veteran with access to military-grade gear” story.
Spin, recycle, Spin again.
Yes, a “vet.” In 6 years he rocketed all the way up to E-3.
Exactly. Same line of BS that we’ve been hearing about those dangerous Veterans. You just never know when they’re gonna go nutz on ya. Maybe they should just go ahead and put all veterans on the no buy list. Military service? No sale. You can’t be trusted.
Veteran = white people with guns
This clown was in construction and not Infantry or any type of combat role. Some reports have him sent home early for sexual harassment.
They are trying to claim the SKS is a military-style rifle? It’s also not a sniper rifle. The 7.62x39mm can barely hit anything over 200m unless you have good optics and a proficient shooter, which his Army buddies says the shooter was not (unlike the guys at AKOU who can shoot).
My thoughts exactly.
A subtle and sublime anti-Trump spinning. They didn’t lead with New Black Panther member, or African-American. Or a Muslim. What was important to them was that he was American as apple pie.
“What is the AP trying to do by making “Veteran” the first word in the headline?”
Trying to blame it on Bush.
REPOST from last night: A follower has submitted this anti-cop threat from a black marine. Ferals!
The Left, and by definition our government, will be trying to demonize veterans and push to disbar them from owning guns.
Yesterday it was Reservist.
The idiot called 911 to issue a threat? How smart is that?
It was most likely NOT a protective vest, but a simple tactical vest with pockets for magazines.
“Military-style” means it looked scary.
What makes a weapon deadly is its operator. My bolt action scout would have been even more effective in the hands of a competent operator—IER Scope, effective cartridge, fast reloading.
Oh, almost forgot—the operator can hold 2 MOA with it out to any likely range in an urban environment.
Black supremacist micah johnson needs to be repeated often. Libtards were praying for white supremacists to be behind dallas. Well they need to be reminded about the pre-meditated cop killing of black supremacist groups.
If he really is a Marine, he doesn’t deserve to hold the title any more. What a turd.
>>They are trying to claim the SKS is a military-style rifle?
The Viet Cong seemed to think it was a military rifle. The SKS has seen a lot more combat than the semi-auto AR-15.
I've been saying for a good while that hussein wants blood in the streets and cities in flames before the election.
Sadly, this is just the beginning.
When Johnson was accused of sexual harassment by a female soldier in Afghanistan, he was sent back to the U.S. with the recommendation he receive an "other than honorable" discharge, but he later got an honorable discharge, said Bradford Glendening, a military lawyer.
Hadn't heard about the harassment.
Sorry, was replying to Byron.
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