A Californian economist loves neoliberalism. When Chileans started protesting it, he opened fire on [View all]
Source: Washington Post
John Cobin, a U.S.-born economist and former member of a neo-Confederate group, is so passionate about a free market — and about Chile — that he’s devoted the past two decades to marrying the two.
But Cobin’s unusual story took a violent turn this weekend, when he confronted a group of protesters who have paralyzed Chile in recent weeks in mass demonstrations against income inequality and government economic policies.
The 56-year-old was arrested Sunday after police said he repeatedly fired a gun into a crowd of protesters, seriously injuring at least one person.
“I did not do anything wrong,” Cobin said in a video filmed just before his arrest. “It was a very dangerous, very scary time for me. Thankfully, I had my gun to be able to defend myself."
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/11/john-cobin-chile-shooting-protesters-video/
This is what he looks like:
So evil
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