DALLAS GUNMAN FOLLOWED BLACK HATE GROUPS ONLINE
<pi> This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment. Usage must cease on all platforms (including digital) within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN. </pi> --SUPERS-- :00-:24 Facebook :24-:31 KTLA/George Holiday :31-:36 Commercial Appeal/Landov :36-:39 Marion S. Trikosko :39-:51 Facebook :51-:59 Donna Ferrier :59-1:08 Drew Griffin CNN Correspondent 1:08-1:55 Facebook 1:55-2:19 FBI 2:19-2:28 J.M. Berger George Washington University 2:28-2:33 WJLA 2:33-2:43 Facebook 2:43-3:03 J.M. Berger George Washington University 3:03-3:35 Facebook --LEAD IN-- WE"RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE TEXAS SNIPER... THROUGH HIS SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY. BEFORE HE GUNNED DOWN A DOZEN DALLAS POLICE AND TRANSIT OFFICERS -- KILLING FIVE OF THEM -- 25-YEAR-OLD MICAH JOHNSON WAS VERY ACTIVE ONLINE C-N-N"S DREW GRIFFIN REPORTS. <tab /> --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS-- HIS FACEBOOK PAGE WAS COVERED IN BLACK NATIONALIST SYMBOLISM...THE BLACK LIBERATION FLAG, HIS PHOTO, FIST RAISED IN A BLACK POWER SALUTE... C-N-N HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH A FORMER FRIEND OF JOHNSON WHO SAYS THE DALLAS POLICE KILLER WAS DISTURBED NOT JUST BY RECENT POLICE KILLINGS OF BLACK MEN, BUT ON THE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE AGAINST HIS RACE. JOHNSON REPEATEDLY VIEWED THE VIDEO TAPED POLICE BEATING OF RODNEY KING, A FRIEND TOLD CNN, AND KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING"S ASSASSINATION AND THE TEACHINGS AND MURDER OF MALCOLM X... AND THROUGH HIS ELECTRONIC FINGERPRINTS...IT IS CLEAR MICAH JOHNSON WAS VISITING, LIKING AND ABSORBING MESSAGES, THAT COULD HAVE INSPIRED HIM NOT JUST TO HATE, BUT TO STRIKE. THE FRIEND WHO WANTS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS SAYS JOHNSON WAS A "GOOD BLACK MAN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANGER PROBLEM". (Drew Griffin/ CNN Correspondent) "That combination of history, pride and anger is visible when you scroll thru Micah Johnson"s facebook likes." CAPTURED BY CNN, THEY SHOW THE SHOOTER VISITED AND LIKED A MULTITUDE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN GROUPS, BLACK LIVES MATTER, AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, ALTERNATIVE AFRO-CENTRIC NEWS, THE NEW BLACK PANTHERS.... SITES DEVOTED TO COVERING THE EXPERIENCE OF BLACKS IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT YOU ALSO COME ACROSS THESE: GROUPS THAT ESPOUSE MORE THAN JUST BLACK AWARENESS OR EMPOWERMENT, BUT HATE AND VIOLENCE. THE AFRICAN AMERICAN DEFENSE LEAGUE IS ONE OF THEM. SHORTLY AFTER NEWS BROKE OF A BLACK MAN BEING KILLED IN BATON ROUGE THIS WEEK, THE AADL POSTED, THEN DELETED THIS CALL TO ARMS. "...CALLING ON THE GANGS ACROSS THE NATION! ATTACK EVERYTHING IN BLUE..." THE POSTINGS ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT LED TO THIS NATIONWIDE ALERT ISSUED BY THE FBI THURSDAY...A WARNING TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ATTACKS ON POLICE WERE BEING CALLED FOR...WITH IMAGES SO GRAPHIC OF COPS BEING KILLED, CNN HAS CHOSEN NOT TO REPEAT THEM. ONE SHOWS AN ARTISTIC VERSION OF AN OFFICERS THROAT BEING CUT...SIMILAR TO ISIS STYLE PROPAGANDA. (J.M. Berger/ George Washington University) "Certainly they are putting out incendiary content and if someone who is inclined toward violence is reading that, they may fixate on that content as a reason to take action." J.M. BERGER STUDIES EXTREMIST GROUPS... FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. HE KNOWS THE FBI IS MONITORING SITES LIKE THESE...AND WHILE HE SAYS THEY HAVEN"T RISEN TO THE LEVEL OF ACTUAL TERRORISTS, HE IS TROUBLED WHERE THESE SITES MAY BE HEADED... (J.M. Berger/ George Washington University) "So, you know, we don"t see the same sort of enforcement against white nationalists and black nationalists that we see against jihadists groups, and that"s probably going to be an impending problem for us. What we do see is that extremist groups of all types are getting on the internet more. They are exploiting the lessons that, can be learned from ISIS"s success." ALMOST LIKE A PAGE FROM THE ISIS PLAYBOOK, DOMESTIC HATE SITES ARE MAKING MICAH JOHNSON, A MARTYR. THIS FROM THE SITE DEVOTED TO THE TEACHINGS OF ELIJAH MOHAMMED: "REST IN PEACE, THE SITE DECLARES OF THE MURDERER, HE "STOOD UP TO INJUSTICE." DREW GRIFFIN CNN DALLAS, TEXAS. -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT----- --KEYWORD TAGS-- DALLAS TEXAS SNIPER MICAH JOHNSON MARTYR DOMESTIC HATE WEBSITES