Has Our Jackass-in-Chief Spoken Yet About Baton Rouge

[jwoodie]

Or is he still huddling with his political advisors? What do you little jackasses think he should say? Blame it on a video?

 

[dpr112yme]

the video footage of that baton rouge incident is strange and frightening.

 

[Katzndogz]

He's trying to figure out a way for it to be the fault of the police.

One killer is dead. Two are in custody being questioned.

So far Democrat comments are that the police did not follow deescalstion protocols and more civilian oversight of the police is necessary.

 

[waltky]

Decorated ex-Marine kills three policemen in Baton Rouge...

Ex-U.S. Marine kills three policemen in racially tense Baton Rouge
Sun Jul 17, 2016 - A decorated former U.S. Marine sergeant opened fire on police in Baton Rouge on Sunday, killing three officers, nearly two weeks after the fatal police shooting of a black man there sparked nationwide protests, including one shattered by the massacre of five Dallas policemen.

The suspect, dressed in black and armed with a rifle, was himself shot to death minutes later in a gunfight with police who converged on the scene of a confrontation that Mayor Kip Holden said began as an "ambush-style" attack on officers. Two Baton Rouge Police Department officers and one sheriff's deputy were killed, and one sheriff's deputy was critically wounded. Another police officer and one other deputy suffered less severe wounds and were expected to survive. Colonel Mike Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, told a news conference the gunman was believed to have acted alone, contrary to early reports that police may have been looking for other shooters.

It was not immediately clear whether there was a link between Sunday's bloodshed and unrest over the police killings of two black men under questionable circumstances earlier this month - Alton Sterling, 37, in Baton Rouge on July 5, and Philando Castile, 32, near St. Paul, Minnesota, on July 6. Police did not name the suspect. But a U.S. government official told Reuters the gunman had been identified as Gavin Long, of Kansas City, Missouri, and was black. He was reported by other media to be 29 years old. According to Long's military record, released by the Pentagon, he served in the Marines from August 2005 until August 2010, achieving the rank of sergeant. Listed as a data network specialist for the Marines, he was deployed to Iraq from June 2008 until January 2009, earning several medals and commendations. Authorities declined to offer a possible motive for Sunday's attack in Louisiana's capital.

PANDEMONIUM CAUGHT ON RADIO

A second government source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said investigators had reason to believe an emergency 911 call may have been used to lure police into harm's way. Edmonson said several officers came under fire as police were responding to a report of a man dressed in black standing behind a store holding a rifle shortly before 9 a.m. In the ensuing pandemonium caught on a recording of emergency radio traffic, police are repeatedly heard reporting: "Officer down" and "deputy down" as officers swarmed the area searching for and ultimately confronting the gunman. The episode was over in about eight minutes, according to Edmonson's account.

President Barack Obama condemned the attack, vowed that justice would be done and called on Americans to focus on rhetoric and actions that united the country rather than divided it. "We as a nation have to be loud and clear that nothing justifies violence on law enforcement," Obama said in televised remarks from the White House. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards called the shootings an "unspeakable, heinous attack" that served no purpose. "There simply is no place for more violence. That doesn't help anyone, it doesn't further the conversation, it doesn't address any injustice, perceived or real. It is just an injustice in and of itself," he told reporters in Baton Rouge. Obama has sought to balance concerns about police abuses, largely against African-Americans, while paying tribute to fallen officers.

Ex-U.S. Marine kills three policemen in racially tense Baton Rouge

Obama condemns shootings of police officers in Baton Rouge
July 17, 2016

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday strongly condemned the shootings in Baton Rouge that killed three police officers and wounded three others, saying there was "no justification" for the violence.

"We may not yet know the motives for this attack, but I want to be clear: There is no justification for violence against law enforcement. None. These attacks are the work of cowards who speak for no one," Obama said in a statement.

Obama added that he has offered the "full support of the federal government" to Louisiana's governor, Baton Rouge's mayor and local law enforcement. "Justice will be done," he said.

Obama condemns shootings of police officers in Baton Rouge

 

[WillowTree]

Or is he still huddling with his political advisors? What do you little jackasses think he should say? Blame it on a video?

He wants us to unite!

 

[Political Junky]

Yes

 

[waltky]

Congress gettin' to the bottom of it...

Congressional Committee Seeks Gunman's VA Record
Jul 26, 2016 — The chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Veterans Affairs has requested all VA medical records for the former Marine who killed three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Florida Rep. Jeff Miller sent a letter dated July 21 to the Department of Veterans Affairs requesting records for Gavin Long, an Iraq war veteran. The Republican also asked for a briefing about the VA services Long received, saying the committee would "not accept any restriction placed on the information." VA spokeswoman Walinda West confirmed Monday that the department received Miller's letter, saying only that the VA would "respond directly to the chairman's office."

Long's mother, Corine Woodley, told PBS' Tavis Smiley that her son had post-traumatic stress disorder and unsuccessfully sought the VA's help. Woodley said her son received a letter from the VA denying his request for PTSD treatment in 2013, on grounds that it wasn't related to his military service. She has declined to talk to The Associated Press.

Gavin Eugene Long speaking as his online persona Cosmo Setepenra. Long killed law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, La.​

Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp, a member of the House committee, said Miller was pushing for the information but that VA officials often wait months to answer or "give you a non-answer." "It seems there might be something there, but we don't yet know, and the VA is so far stonewalling," Huelskamp said after a town hall meeting Monday in St. Marys, Kansas.

Authorities say Long killed Baton Rouge police officers Montrell Jackson and Matthew Gerald, and East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputy Brad Garafola during a shootout July 17. The attack followed protests sparked by the death of Alton Sterling, who was black, by white police officers. Investigators said they don't know if Long was responding to Sterling's death, but that Long deliberately targeted officers.

Congressional Committee Seeks Gunman's VA Record | Military.com

 

[Marianne]

Or is he still huddling with his political advisors? What do you little jackasses think he should say? Blame it on a video?

whatever he says I'm sure it will incite more violence.