Discussion: Baton Rouge Shooter Was Ex-Marine, Had No Known Ties To Extremist Groups

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I want to know if he went to the VA for anything.

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Thereā€™s no such thing as an ex-Marine. There are former Marines, but no ex-Marines.

Iā€™ve asked former Marines why this is. They donā€™t know. But they agree that there are no ex-Marines.

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Hereā€™s a real good link on the shooter. It provides other links as well that are also interesting, especially this one I found interesting to the SPLC that describes a group he was associating himself with called the Washitaw that originated in northern LA. from back in the 70ā€™s.

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Other sites are reporting that the gunman was a member of a black ā€œsovereign citizenā€ group. Not sure as to the validity of the reports, but if so, that would mean this brain dead jerk was part of an Extremist Group.

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Or just liked to associate himself with one.

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One of my uncles was a Marine. He passed on but he would agree with that statement.

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Iā€™m not sure about the background of this shooter. I do know that all of them have one thing in common: easy (even legal) access to the most destructive weapons and ammunition.

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Heā€™s a black guy that was tired of the way a lot of cops treat blacks and get away with it and he had mental issues that let this go too far. Not a big surprise on either issue. Been nice if he could have gotten help somewhere, but folks with mental issue are a lot of times fighting it internally and hiding it from the people around them because they think their friends and family are the ones with some conspiracy to get them. Saying that based on wifeā€™s post partum issues.

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Iā€™m confused. Which group am I supposed to hate on this time?

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Iā€™ve read this article twice, searching for something that relates to a stain on what looks to be the floor of a storage locker or garage, as pictured in the photo accompanying the article. What the hell am I missing?

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I thought the same thing

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Here, this works better:

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Butā€¦ a Marine! A US Soldier again shooting and killing police. We need to stop allowing these military monsters to come back to the US, we have to stop all these people at the border. Thank You For Your Service, right?

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Pete Williams of msnbc reported that long may have declared himself a Sovereign Citizen ā€” recognized as right wing anti govt. group

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Any Marine who received a dishonorable discharge is an ex-Marine.

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He didnā€™t receive a dishonorable discharge. Am I misunderstanding

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In Kansas City, police converged on a small turquoise frame house listed under Longā€™s name. An Associated Press reporter said some officers had weapons drawn from behind trees

Where they expecting the ghost of Gavin Long to shoot at them? These are the kind of things the cause the killing of innocents.

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I fail to see a distinction there. Can you enlighten me?