Somewhat peculiar tidbit on the Minnesota shooting

[mnmoderatedem]

The suspect left his vehicle behind. Inside his vehicle were several handwritten notes simply saying "No Kings" No other details. As he targeted Democratic lawmakers, one would think he was vehemently anti protesters. Can't really speculate too much on why those notes were in his car. Seems a mild oddity though.

He also left behind a manifesto. Guys like that always have manifestos. In time we will find out what's in it.

[Walleye]

1. You have a lot of faith, I don't think we'll ever know the truth about this

[mountain grammy]

3. Just like the failed "assassination"...

[Walleye]

4. Yep, the propaganda gets out the door long before the truth gets its pants on

[SheltieLover]

2. And I've read he had a "hit list" - who knows what other Dems were on it?

Fucking sicko.

[mnmoderatedem]

5. yes, it's being reported he had other targets in his manifesto

other politicians. They're not saying which ones

[allegorical oracle]

12. Reports I'm hearing (MSNBC and CNN) say the list had approximately 70 names on it. All

those people have been notified. So sad.

[RockRaven]

6. I do not accept anything said in press conferences or leaked to the media or posted

by cop/politician social media in the early hours of events like this as gospel truth. Too many things are said/shown in early stages which turn out not to be true for a variety of reasons.

Maybe that factoid is real, maybe it isn't, eventually there will be more clarity but it doesn't really signify anything either way.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Maybe protestors were also on his hit list?

[RandomNumbers]

9. I'm trying to figure out how he would use those slips of paper

either to impersonate a protestor in order to infiltrate the protest,

or as an actual demented "left" winger. (for what purpose?)

[allegorical oracle]

14. Wondered that too. They look like hand-outs yet they look useless...like a prop.

[Irish_Dem]

15. He planned to pretend to be a protestor and disappear into the crowd?

Steal a protestor's car, etc.

Part of the escape plan?

[RandomNumbers]

16. My first thought, but what do those slips of paper do for him?

Maybe he was going to be handing them out or something. So people would assume he is on the "No Kings" side.

A darker thought is after he finished his planned "mission" he would infiltrate a No Kings protest until he got in a position to kill lots of people.

[Irish_Dem]

18. Yes I had posted that the protestors were on the hit list today perhaps.

Yes he could also want people to think he was a liberal, to blame Dems for the murders?

[RandomNumbers]

20. Either one, but this had to be a suicide mission, and he had to know

that his identity and true motive will come out either way.

Why - SOMEONE on his list - probably several someones - would have a video doorbell that would record his face. I'm thinking no official would be opening their door to a masked cop. I get the masking in ICE raids and other mass police actions (although obviously I disapprove), and powerless folks complying; but what person of any social power would think a masked police officer at their door is for real? Ergo, he couldn't have masked (not sure if this is already stated somewhere). No way he could expect that his identity wouldn't come out. Ergo, unless his brain cells are seriously compromised (beyond murderous madness), any red herrings he planted would eventually be debunked.

[Irish_Dem]

23. Yes I had some of the same thoughts.

Most people would realize there was no escape plan for this crime.
He would be hunted down and found.
Life in prison, or death penalty.
Or suicide by cop.

But it is possible this man was mentally ill and delusional.
He had a security firm, maybe thought he was smarter than the average bear.
Could escape, or get a pardon from Trump.

Also, police officers and security people often get away with their crimes.
They are clever about the crimes they commit and meticulous about cleaning up the crime scene.

He might have gotten away with it, perhaps.
But he ran into some bad luck when local police went to do security checks on the other legislators.

He might have had a mask on. Perhaps a medical mask.
A member of congress might have opened the door for a masked police officer.
But as you say, the doorbell cameras will give us that information.

[AnnaLee]

21. That was my first thought.

He just didn't get finished with whatever his plan was for the day. But it could be that he planned to merge with the crowd in order to put distance between the last act, when it was discovered, and himself. We will never know if the protest was part of his scheme. And, no, I cannot merge the vehicle in a plan to become invisible.

[FalloutShelter]

28. Exactly what's happening now.

Cast suspicion elsewhere.

[Johonny]

8. Im sure FOX will declare him a commie liberal

Because he once used the post office and everyone in MAGA will agree!

[nolabear]

10. Wonder if he took them from somewhere.

He didn’t necessarily have them because he approved of them.

[Mysterian]

11. If true

A transparent attempt by right wing wackos to pin it on Democrats.

[moondust]

13. Possibly planned misdirection.

Giving the bullshit caucus some ammunition.

[allegorical oracle]

17. Described as wearing "police style" garb -- that's a type of misdirection, but info is early.

[womanofthehills]

29. He looked like a policeman and had a full face rubber mask

So - if someone checked their camera , he just looked like a policeman. He had the kind of full face rubber mask you buy for Halloween.

Community people were super angry at her for passing one the deciding votes to take undocumented immigrants off of the MinnesotaCare low income insurance program. She was crying in a video about the anger directed at her. Because of this, cops were doing a check up of her place to insure all was well. The killer probably realized she would open the door for someone who looked like police checked up on her.

[Wiz Imp]

19. The guy I heard on MSNBC said there were No King's FLYERS in the car

That would make sense as the flyers would have the locations of the various protests and he may well have been planning to go to those sites yo shoot protestors.

[ForgedCrank]

22. I'm certain

we can't trust any information at this stage, but what I read earlier indicated that the "No Kings" material they found in the vehicle were flyers. If true, maybe he was stealing them from bulletin boards and public areas? Petulant types often rip down postings that they don't like such as political yard signs, etc. That's what I would assume at least.

[mzmolly]

25. I thought that too. Pulled from windshields?

Another theory is that he planned to drop these at the scene of his crimes, to implicate liberals.

[mzmolly]

24. I've given this some thought. I bet Boelter planned to drop these fliers

at his crime scenes to implicate the left. Though he was interrupted so the plan was nixed.

[CNYHarris]

27. Bingo.

[Irish_Dem]

26. Two ideas:

1. The protestors were on his hit list and he was going to try to kill as many as possible.

2. The protests were part of his escape plan. He was going to put on civilian attire
and disappear into the crowd as a means of escape.