re: Baton Rouge: 6 officers shot: 3 dead, one fighting for life

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anyone else hearing they are announcing the investigation results of the sterling shooting tomorrow?


I've been hearing this since Monday.

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Seems like odd timing inlight of the deceased officer's funerals starting tomorrow. Regardless of the finding, I'd think they would wait a few days.

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Seems like odd timing inlight of the deceased officer's funerals starting tomorrow. Regardless of the finding, I'd think they would wait a few days.

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Died on Sunday, buried on Friday? That's not the least bit odd.

Ahhhhhhh!!!!!! Now I see your point. I was a little slow on that one.

His supposed manifesto

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PEACE FAMILY,

I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous acts of violence. You are thinking to yourself that this is completely out of character of the MAN you knew who was always positive, encouraging, & wore a smile wherever he was seen. Yes this does seem to be out of character but I ask that you finish reading before you make that decision.

I know I will be vilified by the media & police, unfortunately, I see my action’s as a necessary evil that I do not wish to partake in, nor do I enjoy partaking in, but must partake in, in order to create substantial change within America’s police forces and Judicial system.

Right now their is a unseen & concealed war within America’s police force between Good cops & Bad cops. And the way the current system is set up, it protects all cops whether good or bad, right or wrong, instead of punishing bad cops & holding them accountable for their actions.

And when good cops do try and stand up, speak out, & point out the wrong’s & criminal acts of a bad cops they get reprimanded, harassed, blackballed or blacklisted or all of these and more. Thus creating a perpetual systematic fertile ground for bad cops to flourish, excell, & go unpunished in.

Therefore I must bring the same destruction that bad cops continue to inflict upon my people, upon bad cops as well as good cops in hopes that the good cops (which are the majority) will be able to stand together to enact justice and punishment against bad cops b/c right now the police force & current judicial system is not doing so.

Therefore now if the bad cops, law makers, & justice system leader’s care about the welfare, familie’s, & well-being of their fellow good cops, then they (bad cops) will quit committing criminal acts against melanated people & the people in general. If not, my people, & the people in general will continue to strike back against all cops until we see that bad cops are no longer protected & allowed to flourish. B/C until this happens, we the people cannot differentiate the the good from the bad.

Protected & unpunished bad cops forces melanated people to label the good cop as potential threats to the safety & well-being of our women, family, & children. Good cops I ask that you help change this situation that we find ourselves in by starting from within the force & making an impact in their.

For the sake of preventing future loss of life rather it be from the hand of bad cops upon melanated people, or from the hand of the people upon good cops, I do not ask but order (With & By the power of the people behind me) for all bad cops to be punished swiftly, completely, & unhesitatingly; & for all unethical police practices & procedure’s to cease immediately.

Condolences to my people & their loved ones who have been victims at the hands of bad cops for decades. And condolences to the good cops & their families as well.

And special salute $ thank you to the brave cops that have already identified & spoke up against bad cops and racist unjust practices.

The list of good cops include but are not limited to: Officer Edwin Raymond & to the approximate 10 other officers who are coming forward against illegal practices of the NYPD targeting my people unethically.

Salute to Officer Nakia Jones Officer Joe Crystal Fellow Marine & EX-Cop MIchael Wood. Retired Captain Ray Lewis. Former Police Chief Norm Stamper.

Officer Billy Ray Fields. & Officer Frank Serpico.

And every other officer who stands up & protects & serves, and upholds their oath, even if it’s protecting the people from one of their fellow officers.

Sincerely, Love Cosmo

A sacrifice for my people, & a sacrifice for the people.

-LOOK UP, GET UP, & DONT EVER GIVE UP!

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with the 3 custom caskets he's donated to the families of the fallen officers. He'll have a police escort from Houston to the State line where LSP will meet him and escort him to Baton Rouge.

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Thanks for posting.

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Is anyone else hearing they are announcing the investigation results of the sterling shooting tomorrow?

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I had 2 cops tell me this would happen last Friday, the day of the Sterling funeral. I figured nobody would be that tone deaf to think that was a good idea

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all they needed to hear was white cop killed black man and their minds were already made up

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Same nonsense after Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Duke LaCrosse....

I think some of these people are just angry and want a race war. The rhetoric politicians and the media spewed after those events were designed to create division, and some already hateful people get really into it.

Cops are the first targets and the subject of their primary rage because they are the first to respond to violent or illegal behavior.

Does anyone have information on the route for the funeral processions? I'd think the public would like to line the route with support. I plan to.

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We got a knock at the door. I didn't want to get up to answer it because I knew," said Gerald.

Officer Gerald was gone. The couple has a three year old daughter.

"I'm crying and she's grabbing my face, 'Momma stop crying, momma stop crying,' and then at one moment she yelled at me, she said, 'Mommy, I wanna call my daddy right now. I wanna call my daddy right now.' I had to compose myself. I had to look at her in her little sweet blue eyes like her dad, and I had to say, 'Baby, your daddy is with Jesus now'," said Gerald.

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About an hour later, Deputy Garafola, a 24-year veteran of EBRSO, found himself in a shootout and ultimately gave his life trying to help another officer.

Since that day, Tonja says three of their four children have been sleeping in the bed with her.

"It's been a tight squeeze, but I wouldn't want it any other way," Tonja said. "They need me and they need to be able to smell him in the bed."

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Saunders said it’s difficult to think about everything Jackson leaves behind, but most difficult is the fact that his murder leaves Jackson’s 4-month-old without a father.

“He wanted so bad to be a dad, he wanted it so bad,” Saunders said. “He’ll never get to take Mason to an LSU game or stand in front of a TV like we used to and scream because we were convinced Les Miles could hear us.”

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awful.....

That's heart wrenching