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-War on Police-
La. cop killer renounced ‘slave name,’ joined black anti-government group
2016-07-22
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Gavin Eugene Long shot six coppers, killing three and wounding the others in an attack Sunday in Baton Rouge. He was killed by a police sniper.

According to a report by the Symbol Intelligence Group, a private intelligence contractor, Long was a "textbook spiritual seeker" who had joined several anti-government groups, including the Washitaw Nation, New Freedom Group, National of Islam, and Freedom from Covert Harassment and Surveillance.

Last year, Long changed his name to Cosmo Ausar Setepenra
...sounds like the name of a person tripping over the hem of his white muslin gown as he attempted to dance with the fairies in the moonlight...
and declared himself to be a Moor, part of the so-called Moorish Nation movement of African-Americans who regard themselves as descendants of Moors from Northwest Africa.

The name change symbolized giving up his "slave name" and taking an original Moorish name.

"Long’s new name has origins in ancient Egypt, which is consistent with Washitaw National beliefs that combine sovereign citizen ideas with Pan-African and Egyptian ideologies," the report said.
Ahistoric, romanticised, vicious nonsense.
Posted by:Fred

#9  Maybe his self-identified ancestors were slaves of the Greeks?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-07-22 17:51  

#8  The "Cosmos" I know is from that stupid 'Fairie Godparents' cartoon my kids watch sometimes. He's an idiot even by that standard.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2016-07-22 13:24  

#7  You don't know Cosmo Krammer DB.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-07-22 13:10  

#6  :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-07-22 12:36  

#5  One finger points up! Am I boorish
To indicate thus to the Moorish
That he ought to ponder
A hijra up yonder,
His frozen black spirit to nourish?
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2016-07-22 10:39  

#4  The only Cosmo I know is Cosmo Fishawk, the newspaper editor in the comic "Shoe".
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2016-07-22 09:16  

#3  Has anyone pointed out to these denizens of pond scum that northwest Africa is still there and they can go home to Moor land whenever they want?


/s
Posted by: AlanC   2016-07-22 08:08  

#2  Not one part of that joke name is Egyptian. And I'm pretty sure "Cosmo" is a Greek word.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2016-07-22 07:40  

#1  It's sounding more and more like deja vu with each passing day. Welcome to the Sixties!
Posted by: Dave D.   2016-07-22 06:55  

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