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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Corrected:
“Former muslim kills 3 Baton Rouge officers, wounds 3 others”
Are we obligated to begin conversations about him with, “I respect his service but...” Like we are with McCain?
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.
Appears he had two causes going. I wonder whether he yelled Black Lives Matter and Allahu Akbar before firing.
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).
“Maybe the KkK wasn’t as bad as they try to tell us.”
BLM death toll is probably already past KKK.
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.
Details are required before respect can be assessed, I thought. (Cf. John Kerry)
The KKK, being Democrats, are always as bad.
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
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
I don’t really think he was “former” mozlem....
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?
AP mentions Montrell Jackson’s skin color in the twenty-sixth paragraph.
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.
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.
“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
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.
“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.
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