Youtube channel of Baton Rouge Shooter

[Joe the Revelator]

If you're into that kind of thing:

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http://www.cosmoglobal.org/#!about/cjg9

CBS reports this is the shooter's youtube channel.

[Dreamer Tatum]

1. Scary stuff. Nt

[Joe the Revelator]

2. The rest of his videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq-7gsAWRK0zFUklum6Wapw/videos

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. How many times are you going to post this crap?

[Joe the Revelator]

4. If you don't like the content, don't blame me.

I'm not the guy who created it.

[1StrongBlackMan]

13. But you are the guy that has been posting it all day ...

I hope you are receiving a promotional fee!

[Joe the Revelator]

14. It just came out a half hour or so ago, so...i mean..already with the hyperbole.

Seriously, it is what it is. Just facts, man.

[metroins]

41. I don't mind you posting it

This is my first time seeing it, I was working all day.

This guy's fucking nuts though.

The victim mentality is strong with him.

[DashOneBravo]

60. I hadn't seen it either

[KMOD]

5. The OP has been attempting to push a narrative

all day long. I imagine he'll keep on trying.

[Joe the Revelator]

8. Facts are not a narrative....

facts is facts. https://twitter.com/DonChampionTV/status/754811574976516096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[KMOD]

10. If this has been confirmed, then it is quite apparent

that we are dealing with another killer with mental health issues.

[Joe the Revelator]

11. Or another young person radicalized nt

[Joe the Revelator]

6. In case you're implying that I'm making shit up, CBS confirms it's him

https://twitter.com/DonChampionTV/status/754811574976516096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[1StrongBlackMan]

24. No ... I am saying that you are pushing a narrative ...

Long was/is a bigot ... We got that.

Now ... can we talk about the white supremacist system in which he/we/I live, and how that might be relevant to Long's actions?

[Joe the Revelator]

26. Sure, we can talk about whatever you want

Bigots get no excuses from me, no matter what color their skin is.

[1StrongBlackMan]

27. LOL ... How is that related to ...

white supremacy.

So ... So ... transparent, you are,

[Joe the Revelator]

30. You're just playing games. If you want to explain to me how white people made this guy kill 3 police

then by all means, explain that to me and make all the excuses you want.

And I'm being transparent because I'm not trying to hide anything. Unlike you, I don't constantly play word games.

It is what it is, this was a radical black dude who hated white people and wanted other blacks to rise up in a revolution. Like other crackpots, he thought the best way to make that happen was to touch off the powder keg himself.

Now your turn, how is this white people's fault?

[1StrongBlackMan]

35. Before I engage your, "how is this white people's fault?" question ...

Let me ask ... what is your understanding of white supremacy? And, how do you imagine people suffering under such a system might respond?

To help you understand my point, please re-visit the "populist" election of 2016 arguments, the Brexit arguments, and all that is discussed in progressive spaces.

[Joe the Revelator]

36. Thanks Socrates..

You get mad at me for not starting the conversation you want to have. I start it for you, then you completely ignore my entire post and pose a completely different question.


I reframe my initial question and we can go from there.

In your opinion, what travesty did this man undergo at the hand's of the 'white supremacist system' that would explain why he would think that killing 3 cops was a rational and justifiable action to take? At what point, in your argument, does murder become unavoidable and a response to the system, instead of the responsibility of the killer?

[1StrongBlackMan]

47. I'm not mad at you, just tired and somewhat bored ...

In your opinion, what travesty did this man undergo at the hand's of the 'white supremacist system' that would explain why he would think that killing 3 cops was a rational and justifiable action to take?

I cannot speak to Long's personal experience; but, clearly, his calling was, to him, not less compelling than the calls to "revolution" made by progressives regarding "neoliberalism"/economic inequality.

At what point, in your argument, does murder become unavoidable and a response to the system, instead of the responsibility of the killer?

Murder (or killing) is never an appropriate response to systemic inequities.

[pintobean]

42. lol

Do you read your own posts?

[1StrongBlackMan]

48. Yes. I do.

[melman]

45. Right

Let's move on because you want to make excuses for a murderer.

Again.

[Dreamer Tatum]

12. 1SBM, why is it crap, exactly?

Evidently the channel is Long's, and that's him in the videos. He killed several people today. How are those videos crap? People have speculated about him all day. Are the videos not allowed to be part of the information people use to speculate?

[1StrongBlackMan]

15. I think repeated, individual posts on the same topic is ...

over-kill and/or agenda pushing ... don't you?

And BTW ... If I comment that the sky is blue, will you feel the need to question it or ask me how I came to that conclusion?

[Dreamer Tatum]

16. Yes. But how does that make the content crap?

It makes it inconvenient for certain narratives, but doesn't make it any less real.

[1StrongBlackMan]

18. The crap is the over-kill and/or agenda pushing that you acknowledge.

[Joe the Revelator]

19. Again, what agenda would I be pushing by posting the shooters own words?

In threads trying to paint a black man into a white supremacist? How much logic do we have to suspend to let that dog hunt?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

38. The very act of posting it at all is offensive to 1SBM. Because you simply posted it, you...

...have an agenda, apparently.

[melman]

46. Yep

The content makes him very uncomfortable so he needs to shout it down. Could not be more obvious.

[Joe the Revelator]

17. The only time I've posted it outside of this thread is when people are mistakenly saying...

...that the shooter was a member of a white power org. Shouldn't the man's own words be used to counter bullshit?

[1StrongBlackMan]

22. Yeah ... Okay! Remember, DU has a search function.

[Joe the Revelator]

23. I suggest you use it. nt

[Joe the Revelator]

32. Find anything yet?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

39. We're waiting, please post the results of your DU search. nt

[yeoman6987]

51. This is the first OP on the videos ive seen

I appreciate the opportunity to see it.

[Duckhunter935]

34. It's relevant

Sorry you do not like it

[1StrongBlackMan]

37. The 4th time?

[Joe the Revelator]

44. Still using the search function to find where I posted this just BOOM! out of the blue?

1 thread
a couple of times when people were pushing the false idea that he was a black white supremacist.

What else do you have?

[philosslayer]

7. The scary thing is...

A lot of what he says makes sense.

[Joe the Revelator]

9. He has a video about good grocery stores to shop at and how to fit more vegetables into your diet

That stuff was actually pretty interesting.

[generalwoody]

20. So the guy is not a Sovereign Citizen?

I was on here not even an hour ago and there were three threads saying that was the case.

[Joe the Revelator]

21. The videos speak for themselves (in the man's own words) nt

[generalwoody]

25. Did anyone actually watch the video??

He stated his hatred of cops, white people, etc..
Then he says this:

Yeah, I also was a Nation of Islam member. Don’t affiliate me with it. Don’t affiliate me with anything.”

[The Straight Story]

49. He also said he was a christian

And we know how they are, right?

[kwassa]

52. Not this video. You must be thinking of another one.

[gwheezie]

54. He does identify his nationality as sovereign

At one point. There are anti government groups of all stripes.

[bravenak]

28. A Lone Wolf

[JonathanRackham]

29. or a crazy fox.

[grossproffit]

31. His Amazon page.Cosmo Setepenra's books

http://www.amazon.com/Cosmo-Setepenra/e/B016QV5AQK/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

[KMOD]

40. His amazon bio

About the Author

Cosmo is a nutritionist, life coach, dietitian, personal trainer, author and spiritual advisor. At the age of sixteen, after self-educating himself about fitness, nutrition, and diet, Cosmo lost over eighty pounds in six months. He then joined the United States Marine Corps and earned the rank of Sergeant (E-5) in less than three years as one of the Corps most physically fit Marines. During his five years as a Marine, Cosmo spent two years in Japan and did one tour in Iraq. While stationed in San Diego, California, Cosmo became a highly esteemed and sought after nutritionist and personal trainer. After completing an Associate's degree in General Studies at Central Texas College, Cosmo then attended Clark Atlanta University to further his education. After a year and a half at Clark Atlanta as a dean's list student, he had a spiritual revelation that resulted in him dropping out of college, selling his two cars, giving away all of his material possessions, packing two suitcases and journeying to Africa-his ancestral homeland. While in Africa, Cosmo's spiritual journey took him across Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Egypt, Ghana and Burkina Faso. During that time he frequented the highly treasured and revered mountainous regions of Africa and was taught by Africa's native spiritual practitioners and elder holistic healers. Cosmo has been an avid student of nutrition, health, fitness, personal transformation and spiritual mastery since the age of sixteen. He conducts sports nutrition workshops locally, nationally, and internationally. He has traveled nationally to over thirty States in the U.S., and internationally to The Bahamas, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Maldives (Island country near India), Iraq, and Africa to name a few. In addition to over twelve years of health, fitness, and nutrition experience, Cosmo also has extensive sports nutrition, life-coach, and spiritual counseling experience with fitness enthusiasts, professional athletes and spiritual seekers. In one-on-one sessions, he coaches his clients on ways to create a daily food plan that is successful and can be maintained over the long-term. He also helps them reach their optimal weight, diet, spiritual and personal growth goals.

[BKH70041]

33. Good info. Thanks!

He had most definitely reached the conclusion that protest wasn't going to go anywhere and that "blood and money" was the only language that would make people listen. I've heard those same points made in more subtle ways by some activists in the last few months. Wouldn't surprise me to learn this influenced him.

After Dallas I kinda figured there might be some copycat actions. Sad to see that might very well be the case.

[ecstatic]

43. The harsh truth is that people are fed up. Really really fed up.

Peaceful protests have been going on for over 2 years now. NOTHING has been accomplished. Cops can still kill unarmed, law abiding citizens without concern over cameras or anything because the rules don't apply to them.

What we need RIGHT NOW is for Congress to update the civil rights act with protections against unwarranted police murder, brutality, profiling, and harassment. Nothing short of that will calm things down.

[oberliner]

50. Folks seemed really excited about claiming he was a white supremacist earlier in the day

For some odd reason.

[kwassa]

53. I watched this entire video. Why did you post it?

Through most of it he talks about how people should stand up for their rights, which is fine. He also has some wisdom from Africa that is mostly sexist crap. He also considers himself a deep thinker, which is both narcissistic and delusional.

[Joe the Revelator]

55. Because it's newsworthy, it's the thoughts of a person who did a very terrible act...

...why wouldn't it be posted?

[melman]

57. He talks about killing

If you didn't hear that you need to watch it again.

[StrictlyRockers]

58. Malcolm X said "by any means necessary"

He had the means and he felt it was necessary. His opinions weren't formed in a vacuum, and he actually comes across to me as not insane, just misguided, wrong and extra ready to fight something.

[Joe the Revelator]

59. I agree.