We are seeking out individuals that he encountered while he was here. We interviewed some people that he talked to. We want to find out why did you come to baton rouge, what was his motive . Why was he targeting Police Officers . It was an ambushtype, style attack. We got to put this puzzle together and find out why that happened. Its important. Investigators say that long was trying to change his name last year, according to documents, and he was a member of a group that claimed to separate from state and federal governments. President obama addressed the nation hours after the tragedy in baton rouge. He expressed anger and sadness over the deadly ambush. The deaths of these three brave officers underscores the danger that Police Across the country confront every single day and we, as a nation, have to be loud and clear that nothing justifies violence against Law Enforcement. Attacks on police are an attack on all of us, and the rule of law that makes society possible. President obama
The white house. And they were not supposed to be. This wasnt an authorized arrival. This was a 20yearold kid who had stolen a hewey helicopter from ft. Mead, maryland. He decided to take off for washington, d. C. He was only flying it about 50 feet off the ground. He had the lights off and apparently zipped down the baltimore washington parkway, crossed over the river at the capital street bridge. You could tell he was sort of used to maneuvering by car instead of air since he was following appropriate roadways. But once he crossed the river, he apparently looked up and decided that rather than continuing to follow local roadways, he would just fly right at the washington monument. So once he was there, he decided he would go to the white house. He would go hover above the white house in this helicopter and ultimately would land that helicopter on the white house lawn. State Police Helicopters by then were chasing him. One landed apparently between the stolen dhoper and the white hous