Micah Johnson
Micah Xavier Johnson, the sniper who shot 12 law enforcement officers at a protest in Dallas on July 7, 2016, killing 5, was a fan of black separatist hate groups: the New Black Panther Party (NBPP), the Nation of Islam and the Black Riders Liberation Party.[1]
Johnson had identified himself as a "Black Nationalist."[2]
Micah Xavier Johnson was also loosely connected with Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam.[3]
Johnson posted anti-white messages on Facebook pages of some of the hate groups days before his attack, he had also liked pages for affiliates of the Anonymous group and conspiracy-minded pages like "Illuminati Exposed Media." He also liked pages for the Black Lives Matter movement and appeared to have an interest in gun culture, and followed a tactical shooting page called "Guerrilla Approach."[4]
He was an army veteran[4] spending six years in U.S. military[5] and was booted from Afghanistan amid sexual harassment accusations.[6]
At the standoff, he reportedly told police he wanted to kill white people, especially white police officers. The standoff ended with police killing Johnson.[7]
Analysis:[8]Micah Xavier Johnson and Gavin Long are products of a "left wing," anti-police, anti-establishment ideology. The assassinations they carried out fit the pattern of the so-called "New Left" wave of terror carried out in the 1970s by the Weather Underground and the Black Panthers.
NY subway shooter (2022), Frank R James, liked Johnson.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ Heidi Beirich and Ryan Lenz, Dallas Sniper Connected to Black Separatist Hate Groups on Facebook, SPLC, July 8, 2016.
Micah Xavier Johnson, the man identified by police as the sniper who shot 12 law enforcement officers at a protest in Dallas last night, was a fan of black separatist hate groups monitored by the Southern Poverty Law Center. A screen grab of some of the groups Micah X. Johnson liked on Facebook. Johnson liked on Facebook the New Black Panther Party (NBPP), the Nation of Islam and the Black Riders Liberation Party, all listed by the SPLC as hate groups. NBPP was formed in Dallas, and its leaders have long expressed virulently anti-white and anti-Semitic opinions. Its leaders have blamed Jews for the 9/11 terrorist attacks and for the slave trade. The late former party chairman Khalid Abdul Muhammad once said, "There are no good crackers, and if you find one, kill him before he changes." A document on the NBPP website titled "The Nationalist Manifesto" claims that white men have a secret plan to commit genocide against the non-white races. It also refers to black people who condone mixed-race relationships as the "modern day Custodians [sic] of Uncle Tom's Cabin." Micah Johnson The NBPP has held inflammatory protests in the past. In 1996, the group held a protest in the death of Sean Bell. At one such protest, NBPP leader Malik Shabazz led the crowd in a chant of “Fifty Shots! Fifty Cops! Kill the pigs who kill our kids!”
Johnson, a former U.S. Army soldier, also liked the page for Elijah Mohammed, the founder of the Nation of Islam (NOI). The SPLC has listed NOI as a hate group since the late 1990s. Like the NBPP, NOI is known for virulent anti-Semitism as well as anti-white hatred. - ↑ Gregory Tomlin, Shooter had affinity for militant Black Power groups, Farrakhan, Christian Examiner, Jul 12, 2016.
The gunman who killed five police officers and wounded nine others identified himself as a "Black Nationalist" and may have been enchanted with the fiery rhetoric of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. According to multiple reports from the media and police, Micah Xavier Johnson had "liked" the Nation of Islam, the New Black Panther Party, the African American Defense League (AADL), the Black Riders Liberation Party and a host of other Black Nationalist groups on his now deleted Facebook page...
- ↑ Gabe Friedman, Dallas shooter was affiliated with anti-Semitic group, TOI, 12 Jul 2016.
Micah Xavier Johnson was also loosely connected with Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ned Parker, Mimi Dwyer, Dallas gunman was drawn to anger of 'black power' groups, Reuters, Jul 8, 2016.
The 25-year-old army veteran who killed five Dallas police officers interacted with several "black power" groups, some of which post vitriolic and racist rhetoric online and which sometimes condone violence...
Johnson, who posted anti-white messages on Facebook pages of some of the groups days before his attack, had also liked pages for affiliates of the Anonymous group and conspiracy-minded pages like “Illuminati Exposed Media.” He also liked pages for the Black Lives Matter movement... appeared to have an interest in gun culture, and followed a tactical shooting page called "Guerrilla Approach." U.S. law enforcement officials said.
- ↑ Army sent Dallas sniper home from Afghanistan, CBS News, Jul 9, 2016
Micah Xavier Johnson spent six years in U.S. military, faced accusation by fellow soldier in Afghanistan.
- ↑ Joseph Stepansky, Nancy Dillon, Dallas cop shooter Micah Johnson was booted from Afghanistan amid sexual harassment accusations, New York Daily News, July 10, 2016.
- ↑ Kevin Sullivan, Abigail Hauslohner and Keith L. Alexander, Dallas gunman studied 'shoot and move' tactics, black nationalism, The Washington Post, July 9, 2016.
- ↑ A.J. Caschetta, Department of Homeland Security Targeting the Wrong Enemy, The Gatestone Institute, via ME Forum, July 26, 2016.
- ↑ Miranda Devine, Suspect Frank James was spewing racist hate years before Brooklyn subway shooting, NY Post, Apr 13, 2022.
Extremist ideology
James posted material on social media linked to black identity extremist ideologies, including the Nation of Islam, Black Panthers, Black Liberation Army, BLM and an image of black nationalist cop-killer Micah Johnson.
