Man sentenced for shooting Black girl at Iowa Trump rally

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man was sentenced Monday to up to 10 years in prison for shooting into a car full of Black teenage girls after an Iowa rally for then-President Donald Trump, injuring one girl.

Michael McKinney, 26, of St. Charles, pleaded guilty in June to intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury in the Dec. 6 shooting after a rally in Des Moines near the state Capitol.

Authorities said the girls in the car and rally participants were exchanging insults when the teenagers’ car was surrounded by Trump supporters. The car backed up, hitting a pickup truck.

At that point, McKinney, an Army veteran who was wearing body armor and carrying several firearms, shot into the car, hitting a then-15-year-old girl in the leg. He later told police he felt he was in danger and was protecting himself, according to court records.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/sports-shootings-iowa-000d1c6877bd9ef78978751d68fc0aef

[JohnSJ]

1. I hope the federal government charge him with Civil Rights violations also

[NurseJackie]

17. Here's his photo... it's pretty much as I expected.

[Judi Lynn]

18. Jesus H. Christ. How on earth was he ever running around loose? What a monster. Thanks, NurseJackie.

Makes you wonder how anyone can get that sick.

[Vinca]

19. Good lord - the guy looks totally deranged. I might have advised the 15 year old to sue, but

it's likely this character spent whatever he had on guns and MAGA merchandise.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

2. I hope he fears for his life in jail

and he won't have guns to fall back on.

[Kittycatkat]

3. an "ARMY VETERAN who was wearing BODY ARMOR

and carrying SEVERAL FIREARMS", felt threatened by a carload of 15 yr old girl's? Just doesn't ring true does it? - An ignorant, misogynistic racist, all hyped up after a Trump nazi rally, decides to show a car full of #$%@& (you can fill in the blanks) who's boss. That sound about right?

[TreasonousBastard]

4. There's a difference between "feeling threatened" and finding an excuse to do what you really...

want to do.

That crap doesn't work any more.

[Kittycatkat]

6. Precisely

[lonely bird]

9. Just another chickenshit racist

Looking to shoot black people.

Nothing more, nothing less.

[Withywindle]

11. How afraid for their lives do you think those poor girls were?

Surrounded by a furious mob of armed white fascists all hyped up on Trump juice? Nightmare scenario.

[Kittycatkat]

13. Truly disturbing. All decent people must stand together and fight

these trashy fascist traitorous Trumpers. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing." (Edmund Burke). Scary days these.

[electric_blue68]

22. Yeah, really. Should be More Than 10 yrs Max, too!

Racist, and coward. 😤

[TheRealNorth]

5. How long until Gov. Reynolds issues the pardon?

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Hope there's a civil suit.

Pain, suffering, disfigurement.

[RockRaven]

8. +1

[Moebym]

10. Weak, cowardly man

Using guns, body armor, muscles and white skin to make up for what he sorely lacks in accomplishments and character.

[barbtries]

12. what color is the man?

i'm guessing white, but white is not a default value. if you want to identify any person in a story by the color of their skin, do it for every person in the story.

[truthisfreedom]

14. Pasty white. Looks like a tr*mper.

https://www.kcci.com/amp/article/michael-mckinney-sentenced-for-shooting-at-iowa-trump-rally/37263172

[Kittycatkat]

15. This man is void of color. Color is a property that presents itself when light falls upon it.

No light falls upon a man that shoots a child through a window because of hate. This man is the color of hate.

[barbtries]

24. good answer.

AP forgot to mention that.

[marble falls]

16. Anyone needong that much protection needs 10 years in a closed psych ward.

[joetheman]

20. i hope it is 10 year and NO vet benefits! nt

[Mortos]

21. Nice neck beard, coward.

Do they manufacture all of these dipshits at an abandoned Mountain Dew factory? And maybe, but probably not, ten years for firing ten shots into a moving vehicle filled with teenage girls? Sounds about white.

[Johnny2X2X]

23. Up to 10 years

Imagine this was a car load of white teenaged girls and a black guy had shot into their car? That guy would get 25 years minimum.

[Grins]

25. Say again...?

The Army veteran wearing body armor and carrying several firearms opened fire because he felt he was in danger and was protecting himself - against an unarmed 15-year old girl?

S'Plain that....