Approved for Release by ODNI on August 28, 2018, FOIA Case DF-2018-00027 I UK Daily Mai l I Facebook refuses to remove sickening cartoon of police officer having his throat slit I 10 July 2016 I (U// FOUO )j 5 Open Source Misformatted sou rce reference - Missing open bracket(''[''). http://www.dailymail.eo.uk/news/article-3681894/Facebook-refuses-remove-sickening-cartoon-policeofficer-having-throat-slit-Black-Panther-page-Dallas-cop-killer-Micah-Xavier-Johnson-ranted-just-daysmassacre.html EXCLUSIVE: Facebook refuses to remove sickening cartoon of police officer having his throat slit from Black Panther page Dallas cop killer Micah Xavier Johnson ranted on just days before massacre By Ollie Gillman For Dailymail.com Published: 00: 18 EST, 9 July 2016 I Updated: 19:35 EST, 10 July 2016 Face book has refused to remove a sickening cartoon of a police officer having his throat slit from a Black Panther page used by Dallas cop killer Micah Xavier Johnson. The gruesome image shows a man dressed in black slashing a uniformed officer's throat with a knife as blood spills out of the cop's neck. It was posted on the 'Black Panther Party Mississippi' page, which Johnson posted a twisted rant on just days before he embarked on his massacre. The cartoon carries the words 'as a R.B.G. killer panther I pledge to defend my black community by any means necessary'. +6 Facebook has refused to remove a sickening cartoon of a police officer having his throat slit from a Black Panther page used by Dallas cop killer Micah Xavier Johnson 000028 Approved for Release by ODNI on August 28, 2018, FOIA Case DF-2018-00027 +6 The image has been reported to Facebook but the social media website refused to take it down, saying it does not violate the company's 'community standards' 'R.B.G' stands for red, black and green and refers to the Pan-African flag, which is often seen being flown at civil rights protests. The picture was posted on Facebook by a user called Prince Mamuhammad, whose profile includes posts talking of 'war with the white male'. The image has been reported to Facebook but the social media website refused to take it down, saying it does not violate the company's 'community standards'. Its reply to the report said: 'Reports like yours are an important rile in making Facebook a safe and welcoming environment. 'We reviewed the post you reported for promoting graphic violence and found it doesn't violate our community standards.' Daily Mail Online has contacted Facebook for further comment. Johnson, who was a user of a host ofFacebook pages dedicated to black militancy, posted a rant on the same Black Panther Party Mississippi page five days before he shot 12 police officers in Dallas, killing five. +6 +6 Facebook has refused to remove a sickening cartoon of a police officer having his throat slit from a Black Panther page used by Dallas cop killer Micah Xavier Johnson (left and right) +6 Army officials say Johnson was in the reserves from March 2009 to April 2015 and that he served a tour of duty in Afghanistan 'Why do so many whites (not all) enjoy killing and participating in the death of innocent beings,' he wrote above a video of what appeared to be people participating in a whale-killing. 000029 Approved for Release by ODNI on August 28, 2018, FOIA Case DF-2018-00027 In the disjointed July 2 post, Johnson expressed anger over lynchings of black people and 'our ancestors' being beaten, mutilated and killed. 'Then they all stand around and smile while their picture is taken with a hung, burned and brutalized black person,'Johnson, 25, wrote. 'They even go to our homeland and shoot our endangered wildlife for sport.' Army reservist Johnson said during a four-hour siege in a parking garage in downtown Dallas that he wanted to kill white people, specifically white police officers, law enforcement officials said. 'The suspect said he was upset about Black Lives Matter. He said he was upset about the recent police shootings of black suspects. He said he was upset at white people. The suspect stated he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers,' Dallas Police Chief David Brown said. Johnson identified himself on Facebook as a black nationalist, and his profile picture shows him wearing a dashiki and holding a clenched first in the air like a Black Panther. He 'liked' several pages related to the Nation of Islam, the Black Riders Liberation Party, the New Black Panther Party and the African American Defense League. A man who served in the same platoon as Johnson in Afghanistan told Fox News he 'went all Black Panther' after he returned from the war zone. 000030 Approved for Release by ODNI on August 28, 2018, FOIA Case #DF-2018-00027 4 [Open Source I FOX News Terrifying image of cop being killed goes viral after Dallas attack I 12 July 2016 I (U/f FOUO )] This old-format source reference is missing the CIRAS ID field . Terrifying image of cop being killed goes viral after Dallas attack By Malia Zimmerman Publ ished July 11, 2016 FoxNews.com viral after Dallas attack By Malia Zimmerman Published July 11, 2016 FoxNews.com Facebook Twitter Email Print 000031 Approved for Release by ODNI on August 28, 2018, FOIA Case #DF-2018-00027 The horrific image came out before last week's murder of five Dallas cops, and has gone viral since. A horrifying image of a cop having his throat slit by a figure in black has gone viral on Facebook and Instagram in the wake of last week's murders of five Dallas police officers, despite complaints from law enforcement groups and other social media users. The image went up on Wednesday, more than 24 hours before the sniper attack in Dallas that also left seven other officers injured, renewing calls on social media platforms to better monitor content posted. "This kind of post is disgusting and dehumanizing to law enforcement and it is encouraging violence," said Jonathan Thompson, executive director and CEO of the National Sheriffs' Association, which represents more than 3,000 sheriffs across the country. "Whether it is depicting a journalist, teacher or cop being beheaded, this has no place in our society." Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell posted the image on lnstagram last week, before the sniper attack, and then took it down and issued an apology through the team on Monday. The incident has prompted some critics to call for his release. 000032 Approved for Release by ODNI on August 28, 2018, FOIA Case #DF-2018-00027 Law enforcement advocates say the image goes well beyond free expression, and actually glorifies the murder of cops. "We find these images appalling because they promote nothing more than hate, violence, and terrorism," said Sara Slone, spokesperson for the advocacy group, Concerns of Police Survivors C.O.P.S., which promotes hope and healing for the loved ones of police officers killed in the line of duty. "C.O.P.S. remains focused on the surviving families of the officers that have been murdered in recent days, along with the other 37,000 survivors across the nation." Experts do not yet know who is behind the horrifying image, but say it could draw a link between terrorists and domestic protesters because it appears to photoshopped from video of an ISIS execution. "The cartoon image is a clear rendering of the Islamic State's execution by Jihad John of journalist James Foley in 2014 - even down to the gun strap Jihadi John wore, which is recreated in the image of the US flag," said Veryan Khan, editorial director of the U.S.-based Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium. "Ironically, the Islamic State has picked up on the propaganda material and is now using the same image on its social media pages, including on the media site Telegram." According to posts received by FoxNews.com from Facebook users, the image has been up since at least July 6 and was shared some 8,000 times. When Facebook users reported them to Facebook management for violence and inappropriateness, users claimed the social media giant said the images were not a violation of its posting policy. "It was reported by numerous sources to Facebook, but Facebook would not remove it and said it did not violate their terms and conditions," said a spokesperson for GIPEC, a software company that monitors illegal activity on the Internet. Posts promoting, celebrating or glorifying violence will be removed, including the recent images of an image of a policeman being beheaded, a spokesperson for Facebook told FoxNews.com on Monday. However, violent photos and graphics would be allowed if they condemn the violence. Facebook gets millions of reports each week that its analysts must examine, the spokesperson said of the initial refusal to take down the posts and the length of time Face book took to respond. Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, didn't respond to media inquiries from Foxnews.com, but the images have gone viral on that medium, according to a spokesperson for GIPEC. An Instagram user, Rambizzy, who has 5,822 followers, promotes the slaughter of the policeman as well as "anarchy." Another lnstagram user that reposted the image of the police beheading used the hashtag "#blacklivesmatter this is war" in addition to #kill pigs. "This is a great example of social media that goes viral very quickly. Once the information is posted to these platforms, anyone can randomly copy it and post it especially when the original was up for at least three days," said the spokesperson for GIPEC. 000033 Approved for Release by ODNI on August 28, 2018, FOIA Case #DF-2018-00027 Users add a hashtag to unite and promote their message to other people on that social media with the same hashtags. "The way social media works these days, people do not really 'follow' or 'friend' others, but instead read hashtags and look for further information on that hash tag," Khan said. "Islamic State learned this social media trick early. The technique now appears to be used by people and groups promoting violence against police." 000034