Elderly American walks up to eco-protesters blocking highway, pulls out gun and shoots them dead

[Demovictory9]

https://nypost.com/2023/11/08/news/gunman-seen-shooting-dead-eco-protesters-in-panama/






An elderly American has been arrested after a gunman was caught on camera walking up to environmental protesters blocking a Panamanian highway Tuesday and blasting two of them to death.

Disturbing footage showed a man with gray hair and glasses casually approaching the blockade on the Pan-American Highway and waving his finger while arguing with the demonstrators — before pulling out a gun and opening fire.

Other footage showed people standing around bodies in the road in the Chame sector west of Panama City as well as the gunman being cuffed and led to a squad car.

Police later shared a photo of the suspect handcuffed to a pipe as he was identified as Kenneth Darlington, 77, a lawyer and professor who holds dual citizenship in the US and Panama, according to Newsroom Panama and Agence France-Presse.

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Panama President Laurentino Cortizo sent his condolences to the dead protesters’ families, saying that such a crime “has no place” in his nation’s supportive society.

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Warning..below video shows aftermath..

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[Demovictory9]

1. The moment he shoots. He can't claim he was in any danger

[senseandsensibility]

2. Wow

Attorney and Professor? He needs to pay for this.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. How much can you make a 77 year old pay?

His own life, even his assets, mean little to him. His most valued asset is being right and causing suffering. Best you can do is make an example of him.

[Demovictory9]

6. Surprise,,,he likes assault weapons and has shady past

Darlington, had been detained in 2005 for the possession of various assault weapons, including two M-1 rifles, ten pistols, one rifle, two revolvers, one shotgun, and AK-47 and M-16 ammunition. He was released on bail and claimed that these weapons were part of a collection. According to local reports, he has been linked to Panamanian accountant Marc Harris, who was convicted of money laundering and tax evasion in the United States.

https://mugglehead.com/two-killed-in-blockade-against-controversial-first-quantum-minerals-panama-contract/

[ratchiweenie]

3. Thanks Trump. You created this.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Right wing counter reaction, and disagreement with your statement

The Left seems completely committed to ensuring this type of thing occurs.
Blood is on their hands.
9 posted on 2023-11-09, by rlmorel

That is completely nonsensical, but I don't agree with your statement either.

Thanks Trump. You created this.

1) Violence and violent sentiment against eco-protesters started a long time before tRump.

2) This is Panama.

3) The guy lives in Panama. He's 77, retired, so he's probably been living there for quite some time, probably before tRump even came down the escalator.

You are welcome to provide evidence of some explicit connection. If you invoke something vague like "tRump generates stochastic terrorism" I'll be unimpressed. That's okay, you don't have to impress me, but it won't help your thesis. It's not in the US.

[RussellCattle]

5. Just googled it and Panama has no death penalty, 20 year max on prison time.

[Think. Again.]

7. Good...

...he deserves to live a long miserable time in a Panamanian prison.

[CanonRay]

8. He'll never get home to vote for Trump.

One less angry white asshole.

[Doc Sportello]

9. Who says America doesn't export anything anymore

We're exporting the rage and senseless violence of these thugs to the rest of the world.

[malaise]

10. WTF?

No words

[Kali]

11. my reaction too

[Emile]

12. What a sick SOB!