Government Security News July 2016 Digital Edition

Ambush of law enforcement
officers in Baton Rouge
Continued from page 14
day was Sunday, July 17, the day of
the shooting, believed to be a factor
in selecting the date for the ambush.
CBS News reports Long served in
the Marine Corps as a sergeant at
the E-5 level working as a data network
specialist from 2005 to 2010,
including a six-month deployment
in Iraq. He was a sergeant and a data
network specialist who earned several
awards, including one for good
conduct. He was also assigned to
Okinawa, Japan, and several locations
in Southern California. He
received an honorable discharge in
2010, so PTSD does not now appear
to a factor in the shootings.
Long filed court records last year
in Kansas City in which he declared
himself a sovereign citizen and
identified himself as an indigenous
member of the United Washitaw
Nation, comprised of black separatists
claiming to be descended
from pre-Columbian inhabitants of
North America and asserts that it is
independent from the authority of
local, state and federal laws.4 Long
became increasingly outspoken in
the days following the controversial
police shooting of Alton Sterling in
Baton Rouge, and traveled to Dallas
just days after five police officers
were fatally shot there.
FRA and TxDOT outline passenger ra
Oklahoma City and Southern Texas,
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department
of Transportation’s (DOT)
Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) and the Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) have released
10 service and route options
for new and improved conventional
and high-speed passenger rail service
connecting Oklahoma City,
Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio,
and South Texas. The options are
evaluated in a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS).
“This corridor is home to major
financial, energy, and education
centers that people rely on every
day,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary
Anthony Foxx. “Providing
efficient, more reliable, and faster
higher-speed passenger rail options
References:
1. “Officer Down Memorial Page”, January 10,
1972, www.odmp.org/officer/14174-deputysheriff-ralph-dwayne-wilder
2. “Shootings on Southern campus in the
’70s”, Baton Rouge Advocate, June 20, 2011,
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opin-
ion/article_5665851c-5585-5dae-a56a-
32630abb3050.html
3. “1973: Mark Essex, the Howard Johnson’s
sniper”, Times-Picayune newspaper, 2011, www.
nola.com/175years/index.ssf/2011/12/1973_
mark_essex_the_howard_joh.html
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to move between cities is crucial for
the economy and the population to
thrive. I encourage those along the
I-35 corridor to participate in the
comment and public hearing opportunities
so that they are able to
learn more and share their input.”
4. Jim Mustian, “Gavin Long declared himself
a ‘sovereign,’ legally changed name before Baton
Rouge officer shooting”, Baton Rouge Advocate,
July 18, 2016; www.theadvocate.com/baton_
rouge/news/baton_rouge_officer_shooting/
article_aa22ff5e-4cf5-11e6-80c3-4fcddb044245.
html
George Lane, Director Chemical Security,
Emergency Response Technology,
Email, georgelane@hotmail.
com, Cell: 225-281-3141