Long “completely dismissed” civilians who were walking through the area, instead stalking police officers and positioning himself to shoot at close range, Col. Michael D. Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, said at a news briefing Monday afternoon.
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One of the people paying his respects Tuesday to law enforcement officers was LSU football coach Les Miles, a prominent figure in a city where the Tigers’ purple and gold colors can be seen flying everywhere.
We have just learned a third unnamed sheriff’s deputy has been released from the hospital.
Baton Rouge residents on Tuesday, both black and white, came together to pray for their city…
While the president has made a point in recent days of saying there is no justification for attacking police officers, he has faced strong criticism for not doing enough to defend law enforcement over the past few years.
Police have declined to say what role race might have played in Sunday’s rampage, which killed two white officers and one black officer.
Hillary Clinton promised on Monday to bring the “full weight of the law” against people who kill police officers if she becomes the next U.S. president after two recent episodes of gunmen slaying police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.
Smiley taped his interview of Woodley in Los Angeles.
Woodley said Long was about 7 when they met and he remembered him as a good, quiet and intelligent boy. The letter was shown to an Associated Press reporter but could not be independently verified.
After the Marines, Long attended the University of Alabama for just the spring 2012 semester, according to university spokesman Chris Bryant. He was listed as a “data network specialist”.
Wesley said officials of his group have had talks with officials in the governor’s office and the U. S. Department of Justice about some of its goals, including community policing.
A witness stated that a man, dressed in black with his face covered, was shooting indiscriminately when he walked out between a convenience store and vehicle wash.
A Texas police officer who served in Iraq with slain Baton Rouge police officer Matthew Gerald says Gerald knew the dangers of military life and police work.
“My heart bleeds for the families (of the officers), more so than Gavin”, his mother said. “I don’t know how to feel”. “That is true whether you are black or white, whether you are rich or poor, whether you are a police officer or someone they protect and serve”. “He actually felt that was the only thing he could do to help the situation”.
One of the victims was also a veteran.
Police say Gavin Long, 29, of Kansas City, Missouri, brazenly prowled a crime scene of hundreds of yards around a cluster of nondescript buildings along a busy highway, rifle pointed straight ahead as he sought targets.
Long fatally shot three officers and wounded another three before being taken out by SWAT teams. He wrote that he viewed his actions as necessary to “create substantial change within America’s police force”.
More than 100 people with Together Baton Rouge held signs bearing the words “We refuse to be divided”.
Three were pronounced dead shortly after the shooting occurred.
Karama said he provided a copy of the letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who interviewed him at his home Wednesday. The Fraternal Order of Police posted the president’s letter on its social media sites.
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“How many police funerals must occur before the American public finally says ‘enough is enough?’ Those involved in recent protests against the police should look at what happened today in Louisiana and immediately and vehemently condemn these cold-blooded murders”. “I would ask you to be careful not to be too quick to condemn the police without due process or until the facts are known”.
