Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "2016 shooting of Baton Rouge police officers" in English language version.
Long served from August 22, 2005, to August 1, 2010, according to the little information the military has released.
The gunman behind a deadly rampage that killed three cops in Baton Rouge Sunday was a retired Marine with an online trail of rants complaining about the treatment of African-Americans by police after Alton Sterling's death.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Shimon Prokupecz, a reporter for CNN, said a card was found on Gavin Long suggesting he was a member of the Washita[w] Nation, a peculiar sovereign citizen movement group...
His history of rambling postings indicated that the attack was motivated at least in part by killings by police of black Americans (which is true)in recent years and the resulting unrest.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)...was from Missouri and was affiliated with an antigovernment group called the New Freedom Group, the person added.