Posted on 07/12/2016 3:19:09 PM PDT by drewh
Authorities are now investigating whether Johnson was directed by the militant groups he "liked" on social media — including the African American Defense League, the Black Riders Liberation Party, the Huey P. Newton Gun Club and the New Black Panther Party — or merely emboldened by them.
"I think it's safe to say we'll leave no stone unturned," Dallas police Deputy Chief Scott Walton said.
It's unclear if Johnson was merely a follower or a more active participant of those groups.
Babu Omowale, co-founder of the Huey P. Newton Gun Club, a black militia that performs armed community patrols in Dallas, said Johnson attended black community events in Dallas.
Omowale told Reuters that he did not personally know Johnson but recognized him from group events.
"He wasn't a stranger to us," Omowale said.
Omowale stressed that sentiment in a radio interview, saying he recognized Johnson in the same way someone would recognize another person they often see at the grocery store.
Omowale said several members of the Huey P. Newton Gun Club had taken part in Thursday's rally. Members of the group — formed in 2014 in response to police shootings — said the attack was unfortunate but not surprising.
"There's many people that this particular individual represents," co-founder Yafeuh Balogun said. "He in a sense spoke on their behalf and unfortunately it made a lot of officers lose their lives."
"The fact that Micah just got five of the bastards, that's what got you all upset right now," Omowale said in the radio interview.
On Facebook, Balogun appeared to praise Johnson's actions, writing Sunday, "He shall be celebrated one day." People who replied called Johnson a hero who stood up to injustice.
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He will.
In whatever Afircan country we ship the Black Lives Matter asshats to.
Yes, it is intended to be spelled that way.
America better wake up.
HE ALREADY is celebrated. That didn´t take long.
Sort of like the Guardian Angels, only with firearms, right?
Yeah, probably not so much. That's a show of force to discourage legitimate Dallas PD patrols from lingering in the area.
Probably tonight, if we're counting the White House.
BLM wants war. Shots will soon be fired in the opposite direction.
Sadly, I predicted this right after it happened. 20-30 years from now there will be a Micha X Johnson high school in Dallas.
I remember in the 80s my dad telling me that by the time I was 30, most “George Washington Ave” would be replaced by MLK or Malcom X Blvd...he was right.
Obama’s roosters
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The U.S. Treasury should coin Obama's image.
It would be a stimulus coin and quite possibly the best investment anyone could make becuase as every collector knows coins with a mistake on them are more valuable.
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Already is, apparently.
They’re already doing it, so what do they mean, “will be”?
I wonder about the jihadism connections of these uber-bitter radicals too. There’s hate, and then there’s HATE, and then there’s Islam with rabies.
Blind with crazy rage. One of those was even a bus cop. But when he saw blue, all he saw was red.
It has become apparent that we should send all blacks back to Africa. Who needs ‘em?
It should be sobering to think that New Black Panther leadership say that several years ago they thought Johnson was a ticking time bomb. How crazy did that make him?
Black Lives Murder
New Negro Panthers
Huey, Dewey & Louie Guns & Clubs ... just so very many!
Heck, I’d buy a couple for target practice!
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