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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDEATH AT WISCONSIN PARADE .... i blame TRUMP for the toxic atmosphere in todays world.
Using cars for murder i believe started in Charlotesville. Trump said there were GOOD PEOPLE on both sides. the side of HATE, BIGOTRY AND RACISM and marching in peace. Now asshole 17 year olds haul assault weapons into marches and slaughter people and people drive as fast as they can into crowds of people to murder murder murder.
Their GOD himself boasted even if he shot someone in the middle of a crowded street they would love him.
I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldnt lose voters, said DONALD RUMP

WhiskeyGrinder
(24,825 posts)Klaralven
(7,510 posts)On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people and the injury of 458 others.[4] The driver was Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a Tunisian living in France.[5][6] The attack ended following an exchange of gunfire, during which Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was shot and killed by police.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Nice_truck_attack
electric_blue68
(21,363 posts)Ace Rothstein
(3,344 posts)I forgot there was one in NYC in 2017 too.
TheRealNorth
(9,629 posts)But TFG and the Republicans legitimized (and, in some states, legalized it) it as a weapon to deal with protestors that you disagree with.
I haven't heard yet if there was any motive or if the driver was high and/or drunk. I hope they catch and throw the book at 'em.
Trueblue1968
(18,528 posts)UNDER TRUMP'S TOXIC RACISM AND HATE. LOOK at what he called Hispanic people .... murderers and rapists. look what he called black people and other countries.
i blame trump for the hate in the USA
WhiskeyGrinder
(24,825 posts)llashram
(6,269 posts)and trump weaponized the hate.
Raine
(30,789 posts)long before he came on the scene!
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Well know soon enough.
Tribetime
(6,551 posts)LakeArenal
(29,941 posts)They ruined WI way before trump.
Diablo del sol
(424 posts)
The 2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash was a vehicle collision that occurred on October 24, 2015, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, when a driver drove into a crowd watching the homecoming parade for Oklahoma State UniversityStillwater on the university's campus.[2] Four people were killed in the crash, and 46 others were reported injured.
Oneironaut
(5,984 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,629 posts)So alcohol could be at play here.
Tommy Carcetti
(43,906 posts)Fact is, most mass killing events in this country lack an overt political agenda.
There are a few exceptions: Charleston Church, EL Paso Walmart, Tree of Life, etc.
But on the whole, many of them are just head scratchers by disturbed individuals: Las Vegas music festival, Sandy Hook, Parkland, etc.
And sometimes theres no actual intent at all. For example, a few months back a car ran into people watching a Pride parade in Wilton Manors, Florida, which is a town with a heavy gay population.
The initial thought was this might have been a hate crime, but it turned out it was just someone who legitimately lost control of his car at the worst possible time.
malaise
(284,016 posts)This madness has to be stopped
ForgedCrank
(2,623 posts)We all agree. Donald Trump is a dickhead. But maybe we should wait until we have some official information before we start throwing rocks.
The "toxic atmosphere" is sustained in part by this very sort of thing right here.