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Former Marine kills 3 Baton Rouge officers, wounds 3 others
Associated Press ^ | July 17, 2016 | Mike Kunzelman and Linda Deslatte

Posted on 07/17/2016 8:43:39 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A former Marine dressed in black and carrying extra ammunition shot and killed three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers Sunday, less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by police here in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests that reverberated nationwide. Three other officers were wounded, one critically. Police said the gunman was killed at the scene.

The shooting less than a mile from police headquarters added to the tensions across the country between the black community and police. Just days earlier, one of the slain officers had posted an emotional Facebook message about the challenges of police work in the current environment. […]

The gunman was identified as Gavin Long of Kansas City, who turned 29 on Sunday. Long, who was black, served in the Marines from 2005 to 2010, reaching the rank of sergeant. He deployed to Iraq from June 2008 to January 2009, according to military records. …

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TOPICS: US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: batonrouge; brcopsmurdered; copkiller; copkillers; gavinlong; gavinlongbio; leo; marine; obama
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Here we go again; a “former Marine” who “served in Iraq”.
1 posted on 07/17/2016 8:43:39 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Corrected:

“Former muslim kills 3 Baton Rouge officers, wounds 3 others”


2 posted on 07/17/2016 8:45:33 PM PDT by boycott (--s)
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To: Olog-hai

Are we obligated to begin conversations about him with, “I respect his service but...” Like we are with McCain?


3 posted on 07/17/2016 8:46:18 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: Olog-hai

a “former Marine” who “served in Iraq”.
Current BLM, killing in Baton Rouge.

BLM is turning into as serious a matter.
Maybe the KkK wasn’t as bad as they try to tell us.


4 posted on 07/17/2016 8:47:57 PM PDT by Tupelo (GOPe: Small Tent, lose with dignity branch of the Republican party.)
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To: boycott

Appears he had two causes going. I wonder whether he yelled Black Lives Matter and Allahu Akbar before firing.


5 posted on 07/17/2016 8:48:37 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: Olog-hai

He had “extra ammunition”? Maybe we need better ammunition control so that people like that can only get just enough for their “mission”. Commonsense, reasonable ammo control ( I suspect that’s why MSM puts these things in).


6 posted on 07/17/2016 8:48:52 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Tupelo

“Maybe the KkK wasn’t as bad as they try to tell us.”

BLM death toll is probably already past KKK.


7 posted on 07/17/2016 8:49:17 PM PDT by sagar
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To: Olog-hai

The fact that the murderer was a member of the Nation of Islam is of course not mentioned. Inconvenient facts must not be revealed that would cloud the politically correct narrative. Soon the Obama road show, possibly with understudy Joe Biden being featured, will be making an appearance later this week in Baton Rouge. Its getting old.


8 posted on 07/17/2016 8:49:44 PM PDT by allendale
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To: Yogafist

Details are required before respect can be assessed, I thought. (Cf. John Kerry)


9 posted on 07/17/2016 8:50:32 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Tupelo

The KKK, being Democrats, are always as bad.


10 posted on 07/17/2016 8:51:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Reminds me of the headline after the TERROR ATTACK in Nice..”TRUCK ATTACK KILLS 84” yep that poor truck just turned itself on and drove around maybe its one of those smart Tesla type trucks


11 posted on 07/17/2016 8:55:11 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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They had a Nation Of Islam event here in LA today where you had Nation of Islam members talking about what happened in Baton Rouge today and talking about how it was justified..and the reporter just reported it and said NOTHING like hearing someone actually say on TV that its A OK to murder cops and not a peep from the media


12 posted on 07/17/2016 8:56:25 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: boycott

I don’t really think he was “former” mozlem....


13 posted on 07/17/2016 8:56:27 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: Olog-hai

One of the officers killed was black. Of course, prayers for the families but how will killing a black cop play out with the msm?


14 posted on 07/17/2016 8:56:53 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: bgill

AP mentions Montrell Jackson’s skin color in the twenty-sixth paragraph.


15 posted on 07/17/2016 8:58:16 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The government seems to want to make ex military out to be dangerous. But his involvement in the Nation of Islam is the key to his motivation. The military may have taught him to shoot, but the Nation of Islam taught him to hate whites.


16 posted on 07/17/2016 9:00:51 PM PDT by KittyKares (.)
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To: little jeremiah

I’ve watched one of his videos where he says he’s a former Christian and a former muslim. He said he was pro justice.


17 posted on 07/17/2016 9:01:11 PM PDT by boycott (--s)
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“Authorities said the gunman rented a car in his hometown of Kansas City, Mo., and drove to Baton Rouge to carry out his horrific attacks on police on his 29th birthday.”

“He was wearing a mask and body armor, and was covered in all black. After Long was killed, police used a robot to check his body for explosives”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/baton-rouge-shooter-gavin-long-article-1.2715013


18 posted on 07/17/2016 9:05:48 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: little jeremiah

He addresses his religion within the first minute of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGuUq6eUoFw

He may have been a muzzie but I cannot confirm. He was at minimum a racist POS.


19 posted on 07/17/2016 9:07:26 PM PDT by boycott (--s)
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“Former muslim kills 3 Baton Rouge officers, wounds 3 others”
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I know there is a long thread claiming The Killer = Jihadist. But is there any real basis for the claim? His videos are certainly anti- cop and anti- whitey but I don’t detect a Muslim influence in the ones I’ve watched.

Not defending him. Just looking for the facts.


20 posted on 07/17/2016 9:08:35 PM PDT by InterceptPoint (Still a Cruz Fan but voting for Trump)
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