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Gavin Long declared himself a 'sovereign citizen,' immune to
Posted on: July 19, 2016 at 16:24:47 CT
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http://www.kctv5.com/story/32472253/gavin-long-declared-himself-a-sovereign-citizen-immune-to-law
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -
A key piece of information could have possessed a Marine Corps veteran from Kansas City to kill three Baton Rouge police officers.
Gavin Long, 29, drove from Kansas City to Louisiana to carry out his attack, and police believe he intended to kill more officers before a swat team put an end to his rampage.
Just last year, Long signed paper work aligning himself with a movement that the FBI calls a growing domestic threat to law enforcement.
Long's digital footprint is a stampede of information captured on his YouTube page, Convos with Cosmo.
"From victims fighting their bullies, 100-percent have been successful through fighting back ... through bloodshed. Zero have been successful through simply protesting," Long said in a video.
In documents uncovered by KCTV5 News, Long declared himself a member of the Wa****aw Nation, a sovereign citizen tribe. Many who claim membership to the group say they are exempt from federal and state laws.
Rebecca Best teaches political science at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Her terrorism class covers sovereign citizens.
"They tend to be right winged, anti-government typically. They may be anti-tax," Best said.
KCTV5 searched the internet for more information about sovereign citizens. The Institute for Economics and Peace surveys police officers. In 2015, law enforcement identified sovereign citizens as their biggest threat - greater than Islamic extremists.
"It's not really organized. There are no actual recruitment into sovereign citizen, but that doesn't mean there's not what we call outreach," Best said.
She also said sovereign citizens, like Long, are typically tax protesters and financial schemers. The movement putting police in their cross hairs has grown since the early 2000s.
From 2000 to 2011, sovereign citizens killed six police officers. Long killed three officers on Sunday.
Mayor reacts
KCTV5 asked Kansas City Mayor Sly James about the local connection tonight.
James, an outspoken advocate of reform for gun laws, said leaders lacked the courage to tackle the issues head on.
"We haven't done anything about race, which is rough because no one wants to talk about it," James said. "We haven't done anything about guns, although people continue to get killed and killed and killed and killed."
James said it's a coincidence that he grew up in Kansas City, pointing out that what Long did is a national problem.
Now who does this sound like?
http://www.kctv5.com/story/32472253/gavin-long-declared-himself-a-sovereign-citizen-immune-to-law
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -
A key piece of information could have possessed a Marine Corps veteran from Kansas City to kill three Baton Rouge police officers.
Gavin Long, 29, drove from Kansas City to Louisiana to carry out his attack, and police believe he intended to kill more officers before a swat team put an end to his rampage.
Just last year, Long signed paper work aligning himself with a movement that the FBI calls a growing domestic threat to law enforcement.
Long's digital footprint is a stampede of information captured on his YouTube page, Convos with Cosmo.
"From victims fighting their bullies, 100-percent have been successful through fighting back ... through bloodshed. Zero have been successful through simply protesting," Long said in a video.
In documents uncovered by KCTV5 News, Long declared himself a member of the Wa****aw Nation, a sovereign citizen tribe. Many who claim membership to the group say they are exempt from federal and state laws.
Rebecca Best teaches political science at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Her terrorism class covers sovereign citizens.
"They tend to be right winged, anti-government typically. They may be anti-tax," Best said.
KCTV5 searched the internet for more information about sovereign citizens. The Institute for Economics and Peace surveys police officers. In 2015, law enforcement identified sovereign citizens as their biggest threat - greater than Islamic extremists.
"It's not really organized. There are no actual recruitment into sovereign citizen, but that doesn't mean there's not what we call outreach," Best said.
She also said sovereign citizens, like Long, are typically tax protesters and financial schemers. The movement putting police in their cross hairs has grown since the early 2000s.
From 2000 to 2011, sovereign citizens killed six police officers. Long killed three officers on Sunday.
Mayor reacts
KCTV5 asked Kansas City Mayor Sly James about the local connection tonight.
James, an outspoken advocate of reform for gun laws, said leaders lacked the courage to tackle the issues head on.
"We haven't done anything about race, which is rough because no one wants to talk about it," James said. "We haven't done anything about guns, although people continue to get killed and killed and killed and killed."
James said it's a coincidence that he grew up in Kansas City, pointing out that what Long did is a national problem.
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