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immortal@thelemmy.club to News@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

Suspected gunman at Washington press dinner identified as 31-year-old Californian

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Suspected gunman at Washington press dinner identified as 31-year-old Californian

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immortal@thelemmy.club to News@lemmy.world · 3 days ago
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What we're learning about suspected Washington press dinner gunman Cole Tomas Allen
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The man arrested at the event attended by President Trump appeared in court on Monday.
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    If it were staged why would they leave him alive? Incompetence is the easiest and simplest answer.

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      Tinfoil hat answer: The fact that he is alive and did not even catch a bullet shows that it was staged. You want to tell me a guy with a shotgun runs towards American police officers and nobody even shoots him? Sounds fake. They must have had orders to not actually shoot him, stage a small gunfight and then just arrest him. The guy probably got a good paycheck for his upcoming prison time.

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        It really is funny how rampage shooters get apprehended alive, while traffic stops escalate into executions

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          White rampage shooters.

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          This made me laugh. Then I got sad. :(

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          Special forces are selected and trained, not traffic cops with ego issues, I guess

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            many SS during trumps first term were his loyalists.

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        The DC, capitol, and federal police are generally better trained, and they’re unlikely to start shooting at a sprinting target when there’s a bunch of bystanders beyond him. All it takes is one guy to clothesline him.

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          They did shoot, though. They just missed a lot.

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            I’m betting that the one agent that was shot, was shot by friendly fire.

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        American police are only good at shooting unarmed people. When faced with an actual real threat, they’re cowards.

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          How did they arrest him then?

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            Throw enough fat at a problem and you can solve it.

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              Too scared to shoot, but brave enough to tackle a man with a shotgun.

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        the first time was totally staged, why not the 3rd time. of course its to shore up his low support, plus how badly the iran war is going on and hte epstein files, his distractions are only getting more desperate.

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        Vance can pardon him after Trump dies. He’s 31, Trump is 80 and in poor health

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          isnt vance older? he has graying hair already.

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            Yes but the fall guy just needs him to outlive trump and pardon him like a year later

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      If it were staged why would they tell the patsy that?

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