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La. cop-killer left suicide note, Islamic verse, trail of rage
Boston Herald ^ | July 01, 2017 | The Herald Staff

Posted on 07/01/2017 9:57:10 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

The military veteran who killed three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge last summer left behind a suicide note, a prayer from an Islamic holy book and an online trail of his rage against police.

Two days after a white police officer shot and killed a black man in Louisiana’s capital, Gavin Long searched the internet for addresses, phone numbers and other personal information belonging to the two officers involved in the July 5 shooting of Alton Sterling, a prosecutor’s report revealed Friday.

Less than two weeks later, the 29-year-old black man from Kansas City, Mo., traveled to Baton Rouge and ambushed law enforcement officers outside a convenience store and car wash near police headquarters.

Armed with a semi-automatic rifle that he legally purchased, Long fatally shot three officers and wounded three others on July 17 before tactical officers killed him, ending a gun battle that lasted nearly 14 minutes that Sunday morning.

East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III said there’s no evidence that Long acted on any information he obtained about the two officers who struggled with Sterling before one of them shot and killed him outside a convenience store. Moore also said there’s no indication that Long had any support from anyone in Baton Rouge or attended any of the nightly protests there after Sterling’s death.

“He believes that protests are worthless and that action needs to be taken, not protests,” Moore said.

Police found a suicide note in Long’s rental car. He wrote that people who knew him would be surprised he was “suspected of committing such horrendous acts of violence” but that he believed he had to inflict harm “upon bad cops as well as good cops in hopes that the good cops (which are the majority) will be able to stand together and enact justice and punishment against bad cops.”

He also left a printout in his car from an Islamic holy book that was mostly in Arabic.

FBI agents and Louisiana State Police investigators traced Long’s movements in the days leading up to the attack. They learned he arrived in Baton Rouge on July 12 and checked in and out of four different hotel rooms during his brief visit.

“We believe that he was ready to die this day,” Moore said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: batonrouge; copkiller; gavinlong; islam; louisiana; obamalegacy; officerdown; waroncops

1 posted on 07/01/2017 9:57:10 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

>>>He also left a printout in his car from an Islamic holy book that was mostly in Arabic.<<<

Motive unknown?


2 posted on 07/01/2017 9:59:56 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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3 posted on 07/01/2017 10:01:10 AM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: Mr. Mojo

When bigotry is stronger than your morals you kill good people to protest the death of bad people because of their skin color.

With Satan as his god as evidenced by leaving behind prayers of a death cult, it’s no wonder his rage out weighs his reason.


4 posted on 07/01/2017 10:02:55 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: heterosupremacist

“Authorities (as usual) remain baffled...”


5 posted on 07/01/2017 10:04:53 AM PDT by Noumenon ("Only the dead have seen an end to war.")
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To: Mr. Mojo

Another muzzy killing a human. At what point does the world allow itself to think: “Hey, muzzies are responsible for millions of deaths worldwide. Time to kick them the hell out.”


6 posted on 07/01/2017 10:11:16 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Acting constantly in contradiction with one's human nature is de facto evidence of insanity.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Another terrorist in Obama’s jihad against the police.


7 posted on 07/01/2017 10:15:30 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: I want the USA back

Another 9/11 x 10 would not change the attitude of the Muslim apologists and appeasers. It’s to be a part of our lives and the new normal just as planned since 9/11.


8 posted on 07/01/2017 10:17:02 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Click the Pic

9 posted on 07/01/2017 10:17:53 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Mr. Mojo

Stopped reading at “an Islamic holy book”.
Nothing “holy” about Satanic utterances.
Nothing!
At!
All!


10 posted on 07/01/2017 10:44:44 AM PDT by Original Lurker
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To: Mr. Mojo

Maybe I missed it but does the man from Kansas City have a name?


11 posted on 07/01/2017 10:49:59 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: arthurus

Gavin Long


12 posted on 07/01/2017 11:13:21 AM PDT by PAHighlandBorn
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To: arthurus

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=32Zkloxa1Vw

Member of Nation of Islam and Black Lives Matter.

Not exactly a shocker.


13 posted on 07/01/2017 11:17:26 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Gosh! if we weren’t so beastly to those poor unassuming paynim this wouldn’t be happening.


14 posted on 07/01/2017 12:23:39 PM PDT by arthurus
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