The same marches led by Sharpton, but don’t worry, he had absolutely nothing to do with this.

Via BuzzFeed:

… The shooter said on Instagram that he was going to kill police officers, and referenced the recent deaths of Garner and Michael Brown, who was fatally shot in Ferguson. in both cases, the officers were not indicted, leading to nationwide protests.

“Do you think the cases of Michael Brown and Eric Garner pushed a disturbed man over the edge?” Lauer asked.

“What’s quite apparent, obvious, is that the target of these two police officers was a direct spinoff of this issue of these demonstrations,” Bratton said.