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Corrupt Government Title: Dallas sniper was loner; Army sent him home from Afghanistan MESQUITE, Texas (AP) -- The Dallas sniper had been sent home from Afghanistan after being accused of sexually harassing a female, and was described as a loner who followed black militant groups on social media. Micah Xavier Johnson, who fatally shot five officers and wounded seven more before police killed him with a remote-controlled bomb on Friday, lived with family members in the blue-collar suburb of Mesquite, where he played basketball for hours at a time. Friends there said the 25-year-old black man didn't seem interested in politics, but his Facebook page suggests otherwise: He "liked" black militant groups including the African American Defense League and the New Black Panther Party, which was founded in Dallas. His photo showed him wearing a dashiki and raising his fist over the words "Black Power," and his cover shot carried the red, black and green Pan-African flag. For six years starting in 2009, Johnson served in the Army Reserve as a private first class with a specialty in carpentry and masonry, the military said. In May 2014, six months into his Afghanistan tour, he was accused of sexual harassment by a female soldier. The Army sent him stateside, recommending an "other than honorable discharge," said Bradford Glendening, the military lawyer who represented him. That recommendation was "highly unusual," Bradford said, since counseling is usually ordered before more drastic steps are taken. "In his case, it was apparently so egregious, it was not just the act itself," Glendening told The Associated Press. "I'm sure that this guy was the black sheep of his unit." According to a court filing Glendening read over the phone Friday, the victim said she wanted Johnson to "receive mental help," while also seeking a protective order to keep him away from her and her family, wherever they went. Johnson was ordered to avoid all contact with her. Glendening said Johnson was set to be removed from the Army in September 2014 because of the incident, but instead got an honorable discharge months later — for reasons he can't understand. "Someone really screwed up," he said. "But to my client's benefit." When authorities searched Johnson's home Friday they found bomb-making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition, and a personal journal of combat tactics. Dallas Police Chief David O. Brown said Johnson told negotiators before he was killed that he was acting alone and was unaffiliated with any group. The chief said Johnson cited the fatal shootings of black men by police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota, which prompted the protest march in Dallas and many other cities. View gallery This undated photo posted on Facebook on April 30, … This undated photo posted on Facebook on April 30, 2016, shows Micah Johnson, who was a suspect in t … "The suspect said he was upset with white people and wanted to kill white people, especially white officers," Brown said. Activists with Black Lives Matter, whose peaceful march police were guarding as he opened fire, repudiated the shootings, and it wasn't immediately clear if Johnson had any connection to the movement, which has disavowed violence. But one of the groups Johnson "liked" on Facebook, the African American Defense League, posted a message earlier in the week encouraging violence against police in response to the killing in Louisiana. "The Pig has shot and killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana! You and I know what we must do and I don't mean marching, making a lot of noise, or attending conventions. We must 'Rally The Troops!' It is time to visit Louisiana and hold a barbeque." The message was attributed to Dr. Mauricelm-Lei Millere, a leader in the organization. Another group Johnson "liked" was the New Black Panther Party, whose leaders have "long expressed virulently anti-white and anti-Semitic opinions," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Johnson also "liked" the Nation of Islam and the Black Riders Liberation Party, which the center described as "hate groups." Among Johnson's other social media likes were groups that focus on the history and accomplishments of African-Americans, such as Black Love Matters, the Nubian Rootz Cultural Center, and I Love Black Archaeologist, a web series whose main character uses a time machine to visit famous black people. View gallery Investigators leave the home of Micah Xavier Johnson … Investigators leave the home of Micah Xavier Johnson in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, Texas, Friday … The Dallas Police Department said Johnson's Facebook account also included information about Richard Griffin, also known as Professor Griff, who "embraces a radical form of Afrocentrism." On his Facebook page Friday afternoon, Griffin, a member of Public Enemy — an influential hip hop group known for its politically charged lyrics — said he does "not advocate killing Cops." Johnson had no criminal history, according to authorities. Local court records show his parents were divorced in 1996. He was believed to have shared a two-story tan brick home in Mesquite with family members. He graduated from John Horn High School in Mesquite, where he was a ROTC member, school district officials said. Sharon Carter, who works in the district's registrar's office and lives near Johnson's home, said she saw him occasionally wearing military fatigues as he left for Army reservist training, but never saw him armed. "They say he was standoffish in high school," Carter said. "I never really spoke to him. He kept to himself." A relative had praised Johnson on his birthday in 2014 as "definitely Army strong" on his Facebook page, calling him an "entertaining, loving, understanding, not to mention handsome friend, brother (and) son." After Johnson was killed, a relative posted on her Facebook page, "I keep saying its not true...my eyes hurt from crying. Y him??? And why was he downtown." She did not respond to Facebook messages. Friend Israel Cooper said Johnson went by "Xavier,' his middle name, had a "cool vibe," wasn't really political and seemed educated. Cooper said he and Johnson played basketball at a park near his home. "He would be out there for eight hours. Like it was his job. Just hoopin'," he said. Cooper said that when he heard the suspect was Johnson, he "was in disbelief because he's just not like a violent or rough dude." "So I was, 'Nah, it's probably another Xavier somewhere, you know,'" Cooper said. "But then, with pictures on the internet and stuff, I'm like 'OK.' " Cooper added: "It's the quiet ones that just do the most devastating stuff. You never see it coming. But then it's more expected, like 'I should have known.'" ___ Weiss reported from Greenville, South Carolina. Associated Press reporters Juliet Linderman in Mesquite; Hannah Cushman from Chicago; and Robert Burns Washington, D.C., contributed to this report. AP researchers Rhonda Shafner and Randy Herschaft also contributed to this report. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 12.
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Maybe Zero should have spent as much time on black radical groups as he did on white radical groups! This is what progressives do. They separate people by groups and classes. Then they pit them against each other so they can do their dirty deeds. America use to be great! It was not perfect but no nations has ever been perfect or could be perfect. This is what progressives do not understand. Upon this mortal earth perfection can never be achieved due to corrupt man. The best we can hope for is a government that see a citizen who is equal to any other citizen no matter what class or group they are from.
This is why you can't walk into a Vet clinic without being stip searched.
This is what progressives do not understand. ---- The best we can hope for is a government that see a citizen who is equal to any other citizen no matter what class or group they are from. --- Justified (#1) This is why you can't walk into a Vet clinic without being stip searched. --- GrandIsland What veterans clinic do you go to where they strip search? Are you a veteran of any of our armed forces?
It was sarcasm towards most clinics using magnetometers... due to the wide spread fear of mentally F'd up vets. So chill, Paultard. Evidently, WW1, WW2, Vietnam and Korea wars never produced such a prescription drug dependent group of weak minds... but this mentally weak younger generation that was shipped off to the Middle East war zones came back drooling like one flew over the cuckoo's nest. And all you Jane Fonda war hating libtards jump all over the PTSD phenomena.
What veterans clinic do you go to where they strip search? Are you a veteran of any of our armed forces? None of the veterans clinics I've been in have magnetometers, you phony. You're the drooling, idiotic phoney around here. And you must be getting ideas like the above from some anti-war site. All a phony like you is good at is juvenile name calling. -- Your mother should be ashamed.
Memory serves me correctly, didn't your girlfriend, Decktard, just post an article where the big bad fully armed police beat up an old vet going through a magnetometer, at a clinic because he refused to give his ID before he went through?
None of the veterans clinics I've been in have magnetometers, you phony. Beats me, as I don't read much of what of Deckard posts. ---- When you canary clowns get to having hissy fits with him, I read everyone's crap, --- and comment on the humorous shit. You guys are really funny, inadvertently.
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