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Call it like it is, it's terrorism! (Original Post) Heartstrings Aug 2020 OP
As was predicted by some, get used to it...they are going full on real soon. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2020 #1
And they get their encouragement from Trump himself. guillaumeb Aug 2020 #2
Indict the cops giving the shooter access and departure empedocles Aug 2020 #3
YES! Miigwech Aug 2020 #6
And encouragement! And water! intheflow Aug 2020 #20
if biden gets in, i hope he shuts down these so called millitias . AllaN01Bear Aug 2020 #4
And maybe African Americans won't become an endangered species. djacq Aug 2020 #9
But he doesn't have a political agenda! IronLionZion Aug 2020 #5
Kicking for visibility! Niagara Aug 2020 #7
Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2020 #8
Is this... gerryatwork Aug 2020 #10
If the charges aren't federal, then Shitstain can't pardon. Crunchy Frog Aug 2020 #29
Do we know this thug is from out-of-state? TomSlick Aug 2020 #11
Antioch Illinois Lithos Aug 2020 #12
So, he was just hunting. TomSlick Aug 2020 #16
Yep Lithos Aug 2020 #26
He was arrested at an apartment in Antioch, IL Heartstrings Aug 2020 #13
Thanks for the info. TomSlick Aug 2020 #17
It's worse because once you've crossed state lines, you have the attention of the FBI. nt crickets Aug 2020 #15
Good point. TomSlick Aug 2020 #18
Illinois. niyad Aug 2020 #19
Hunting is right. And terrorism. nt crickets Aug 2020 #14
a wannabe ahlnord Aug 2020 #21
Oh, and the gloves Premeditation aeromanKC Aug 2020 #22
He was vulnerable kid Roc2020 Aug 2020 #23
Welcome to du, Roc2020! Heartstrings Aug 2020 #24
I agree. I think there's an element of child abuse here. Crunchy Frog Aug 2020 #30
He's fucked and so is his mom, as he crossed state lines and fled back while too young to own a gun. TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #25
The Purge, MAGA Edition [n/t] JohnQFunk Aug 2020 #27
Domestic Terrorism! Fucking Predator! Cha Aug 2020 #28

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. And they get their encouragement from Trump himself.
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 05:58 PM
Aug 2020

Like the Sarah Palin map with the crosses over the faces of Democratic politicians and Districts.

IronLionZion

(45,438 posts)
5. But he doesn't have a political agenda!
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 06:36 PM
Aug 2020


It's taken a good many years but it's great to finally see DUers acknowledge the existence of white supremacist domestic terrorism. Strip searching brown people at airports won't solve this problem.

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
16. So, he was just hunting.
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 07:47 PM
Aug 2020

The OP is correct. This is terrorism. He's not defending property. He was just looking for the chance to kill black people.

aeromanKC

(3,322 posts)
22. Oh, and the gloves Premeditation
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 08:04 PM
Aug 2020

for finger prints and gunfire residue. Corona virus my ass!! Where is your mask!!??

Roc2020

(1,616 posts)
23. He was vulnerable kid
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 08:06 PM
Aug 2020

who listened to all the maga/militia/boogaloo propaganda nonsense and drank the kool aid and now his life is over. it is what it is.

Crunchy Frog

(26,582 posts)
30. I agree. I think there's an element of child abuse here.
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 12:58 AM
Aug 2020

That's the climate that Trump and the hard right have created for so many young people in this country.

I'm betting that his parents are also complicit.

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