Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by an extremist.
The U.S., Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, European Union and Asian Pacific Conference are on high alert. The former prime minister of Japan was assassinated during a campaign rally.
We don't know if the terrorist was a Japanese citizen or a foreign agent. It is rare political assassinations in Japan. They have not carried out assassinations of individuals and political figures since World War II. There were a few since.
North Korea and China are the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to strategic assassination plots. The former prime minister is a far right lawmaker and ally of Washed Up 45.
Shinzo Abe was assassinated and Japan is rocked by this.
The shooter opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind as the former premier addressed members of the public on a drab traffic island in the western city of Nara. Japanese media reported that the weapon appeared to be a homemade gun.
"This attack is an act of brutality that happened during the elections - the very foundation of our democracy - and is absolutely unforgivable," said Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Abe's protege, struggling to keep his emotions in check.
It was the first killing of a sitting or former Japanese leader since a 1936 coup attempt, when several figures including two ex-premiers were assassinated.
Doctors were unable to revive Abe, who was taken to hospital in cardiopulmonary arrest and showing no vital signs. He was declared dead at 5:03 p.m. (0803 GMT), about five and a half hours after being shot.
He bled to death from deep wounds to the heart and the right side of his neck, despite receiving more than 100 units of blood in transfusions over four hours, Hidetada Fukushima, the professor in charge of emergency medicine at Nara Medical University Hospital, told a televised news conference.
Police said a 41-year-old man suspected of carrying out the shooting had been arrested. NHK quoted the suspect, identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, as telling police he was dissatisfied with Abe and wanted to kill him. The suspect told police he had made multiple handmade explosives and guns in the past, NHK said.
Abe was making a campaign speech outside a train station when two shots rang out. Security officials were then seen tackling a man in a grey T-shirt and beige trousers.
"There was a loud bang and then smoke," businessman Makoto Ichikawa, who was at the scene, told Reuters.
Abe had a special friendship with Washed Up 45.
"The first shot, no one knew what was going on, but after the second shot, what looked like special police tackled him."
Kyodo news service published a photograph of Abe lying face-up on the street by a guardrail, blood on his white shirt. People were crowded around him, one administering heart massage.
Later in the day, members of the public laid flowers near the spot where Abe fell.
Senior Japanese politicians are accompanied by armed security agents but often get close to the public, especially during political campaigns when they make roadside speeches and shake hands with passersby.
Political violence is rare in post-war Japan. In 2007, the mayor of Nagasaki was shot and killed by a yakuza gangster. The head of the Japan Socialist Party was assassinated during a speech in 1960 by a right-wing youth with a samurai short sword. A few other prominent politicians have been attacked but not injured.
Police said the suspected shooter was a resident of Nara. Media said he had served in Japan's military for three years until 2005.
Abe served two terms as prime minister, stepping down in 2020 citing ill health. But he remained a dominant presence over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), controlling one of its major factions.
Kishida, who came to power last year, had been hoping to use the election to emerge from Abe's shadow and define his premiership, analysts have said. Kishida suspended his election campaign after the shooting. All main political parties condemned the attack.
The end of the road for former reality television agitator.
The feds will serve the former reality television star a dozen years in federal time our after he admitted to federal enticement of underage children. The sexual predator is a former cheerleader who gain popularity for his flamboyant actions.
He had solicited numerous young boys for sex. In his plea, he admits that his actions were sparked by his own sexual abuse.
The prosecutors ignored that noise.
They believe that the sexual predator used his celebrity and fame to lure children to have them take inappropriate photos and sex.
While handing him the sentence, Judge Manish S Shah told the disgraced social media star and cheerleading champion to consider the it to be an “expression of the seriousness of your crimes, tempered with some hope that all is not lost for you or for your victims, and that in the future some healing can occur”.
The sexual predator appeared in court for the sentence, which lasted around seven hours.
Addressing his victims before receiving his sentence, he said: “I am deeply sorry for all the trauma my abuse has caused you.
“I pray deep down that your suffering comes to an end,” he said, adding, “I’m not an evil person. I’m still learning who I am and what my purpose is.”
The sexual predator remained in custody at a federal detention center since he was arrested in September 2020 on child pornography charges.
Prosecutors alleged at the time that he solicited videos and images from two 14-year-old brothers.
According to a complaint, federal prosecutors said that the sexual predator admitted to repeatedly asking a minor teen for pornographic videos and images between December 2018 and March 2020.
Tier III offender for LIFE.
In December 2020, he was indicted on more charges alleging misconduct in Illinois, Florida and Texas.
At a plea hearing in February this year, the sexual predator pleaded guilty to two of seven counts against him. These included persuading a 17-year-old to send him sexually explicit photographs for money.
The other count stemmed from a trip he took to Florida for the purpose of “engaging in illicit sexual conduct” with a 15-year-old.
Prosecutors agreed to drop the remaining five counts under a plea agreement.
A U.S. child pornography charge carries a sentence ranging from five to 20 years and a second charge carries a maximum sentence of 30 years.
A Chicago native, the sexual predator was the breakout star of Cheer. The Netflix series follows a cheerleading team from Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, on its pursuit of a national title.
The second season of Cheer addresses the investigation into the sexual predator, in an episode titled “Jerry”.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is stepping down. He had notified Queen Elizabeth II. World leaders react to the resignation. He is the latest "conservative" leader to bow out in disgrace. Out of 10 Downing Street for the embattled politician. He will be gone in October.
Theresa May and David Cameron were the last conservative leaders to resign after scandal.
Notice that conservatives are always ruining things.
Johnson before he became the Prime Minister of Great Britain was a polarizing mayor from London.
The soon-to-be prime minster lost trust among the Brits when he decided to host a party during the pandemic. Addressing the nation he thanked the Britons for the "immense privilege" that was bestowed upon him.
Now the Conservative Party UK will now have to find another scandal plagued leader.
During Queen Elizabeth II diamond jubilee in which she celebrates 70 years in royalty as well as being one of the country's longest serving monarchs, Johnson was promptly booed and heckled.
Johnson said he will support the Conservative Party's choice to replace him.
Earlier today, Johnson's decision was leaked to the press where Parliament member Tobias Ellwood said that the prime minister had "recognized the damaged that was being done, not just to the party brand but also our international stock," and decided to step down.
Nick Cannon ain't the only person who needs to wrap it up!
What do women see in these losers?
Oh, thry're rich!
He is the father of allegedly 15 children. 10 are confirmed. Of the ten, one with first wife Justine Wilson Musk had passed away from sudden infant death syndrome. She gave birth ton a set of twins and a set of triplets.
Billionaire douchebag Elon Musk has allegedly a set of twins from a woman who he sexually harassed. This is the guy Republicans envision as a leader of free speech.
I guess free speech and sex exploitation is what Republicans value. They sure enough value a man who literally is on the verge of being fired out the cannon by his board.
This certainly could put the Tesla and SpaceX CEO in serious trouble. He secretly fathered a set of twins with executive Shivon Zilis. He had children while he was dating Grimes who was pregnant with his son, X Æ A-12.
Allegedly he fathered a child with disgraced actress Amber Heard.
Court documents obtained by Business Insider on Wednesday showed that Musk and the children’s mother, Shivon Zilis, filed a petition to change the twins’ names in order to “have their father’s last name and contain their mother’s last name as part of their middle name.”
The order was then approved by a federal judge in May. Zilis purchased a home in the Austin, Texas, area in August, nearly three months before the twins were born, according to Business Insider. Musk also has a waterfront estate in the city.
The twins were born weeks before Musk and his then-girlfriend, the musician known as Grimes, gave birth to their second child via surrogate in December.
Musk slept with a top executive of his company. She gave birth to his children.
Zilis, 36, is director of operations and special projects for Neuralink, which is developing computer chips to implant in brains and where Musk is a co-CEO. A Yale University graduate, she began her career at companies including as IBM and Bloomberg Beta before joining Tesla in 2017 as a project director.
The Ontario, Canada, native, who was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2015, reportedly first met Musk that year through her work for his nonprofit OpenAI.
The 51-year-old CEO has been an outspoken advocate for more childbirth, expressing fear of a possible fertility crisis in the U.S. and touting his own success with childbirth.
“I mean, I’m doing my part haha,” Musk said in a follow-up tweet in the thread last month.
Musk has yet to close on his big to acquire social media platform Twitter, however Insider noted that Musk had Zilis on the short-list of individuals to run the company should the deal go through.
This idiot wants to buy Twitter and he offered $44 billion. Right now, he is trolling right now and the deal isn't finalized as of yet. But once it does, he will take it private and consider giving Washed Up 45 his Twitter account back.
This guy should be investigated for abuse of power. I don't understand what women see in this asshole?
The terrorist who killed Nipsey Hussle was served at his trial.
He could face either 15 to LIFE or the DEATH card.
The terrorist charged in the fatal shooting of Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle, was found guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday, CBS Los Angeles reported. The jury deliberated for about six hours before reaching its verdict.
The terrorist, 32, had also been charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder because two bystanders were hit by gunfire, according to The Associated Press — but the jury found him guilty of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter instead.
Hussle, born Ermias Asghedom, was fatally shot outside of his Los Angeles clothing store in March 2019. He was 33.
When the trial began last month, prosecutors said the terrorist's attack was calculated and premeditated. Deputy District Attorney John McKinney said there was "no doubt" the terrorist knew he'd kill Hussle, adding that the terrorist shot Hussle at least 10 times and kicked him in the head before running away, according to the AP.
That terrorist killed Nip and left actress Lauren London raising his son and daughter.
McKinney said there had been a dispute between the pair — Hussle had heard the terrorist was a snitch and wanted to "clear that up," the AP reported. The deputy district attorney said the pair, along with two of Hussle's friends, had a "cool conversation" with the terrorist prior to the attack, noting Hussle didn't have any security with him when he visited his store.
However, prosecutors had a hard time getting witnesses to testify. One police official attributed their reluctance to a fear of being seen as a snitch, according to the AP.
Meanwhile, the terrorist's attorney Aaron Jansen told the jury that Hussle's murder wasn't planned, and said Holder didn't mean to shoot the two bystanders. He pinned the attack on "heated passion," the AP reported.
Last week, the terrorist was attacked by "multiple individuals" while in a jail holding cell, Jansen told CBS News. He was allegedly cut by a razor and taken to the hospital, where he received an MRI and staples in the back of his head, Jansen said.
Nipsey Hussle leaves behind his fiance Lauren London, their son and his daughter from a previous relationship.
The washed up celebrity looks like a miserable old man. As Gretchen Carlson said it best, a predator who thinks he's still relevant. The white nationalist was once the most powerful name in news.
The O'Reilly guy was fired out the cannon in 2017 after revelations from Gabriel Sherman detailed a pattern of sexual harassment and threats of retaliation over at Fox. O'Reilly was forced out after it was revealed that he paid dozens of women millions to stay silent about sexual abuse.
What leaves women speechless is 2 accused predators interviewing each other on TV (& both still working) about another moron Tucker Carlson running for President? Wtf https://t.co/ow7hcUZj4z
— Gretchen Carlson (@GretchenCarlson) July 6, 2022
Bill O’Reilly loses his mind after IL Gov Pritzker’s press conference in Highlands Park after the shooting. “You won’t stop crime, drug crime, drug gangs, because they are minority gangs!” pic.twitter.com/82u7fUmYnb
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 6, 2022
His ex-wife and children even admit that he's a violent dude.
Before Tuckems, he was the No. 1 primetime agitator on Fox. He often labeled himself as a "culture warrior" and took on those who he perceived as a threat to "traditionists" values.
From Ludacris to a son of a 9/11 victim, O'Reilly would feud with them and call for boycotts.
I guess his boycott led to his cannon firing.
The far right goes after Chicago. More stupid scapegoating and culture wars.
After the revelations, advertising decreased on his program. He would end up taking a "vacation."
Fox was forced to do it.
Now along with a handful of ex-Fox hosts are now on Newsmax promoting more bullshit.
On No Spin News, the old fart rants about J.B. Pritzker's calls for an assault weapons ban.
The old fart blast the decision and decides to pivot to Chicago. He decided to place the blame on Democrats for "minority gangs" being allowed to kill unabated in Chicago.
"You [J.B Pritzker], are not going stop loons, and you won't stop crime, drug crime, drug gangs, because they're minority gangs! That's why you won't stop them! You phony! You aid and abet this murder in Chicago every blankin' day. You! Don't be sanctimonious with me!"
The misinformation is really bad in the United States. The far right and leftists are easily manipulated by the crap they see on the internet. They don't like researching facts.
When Washed Up 45 got his third Supreme Court pick, we knew it was gonna happen.
A 6-3 conservative majority on the Court was assured that decisions were going to favor the white nationalists.
They blamed Ruth Bader Ginsburg for not retiring earlier. They blame former president Barack Obama for not ramming through his agenda despite Republicans taking the House in 2011 and the Senate in 2015. The leftists depressed the vote in 2010. They allowed the Tea Party and Washed Up 45 make so much noise, it literally gave them a majority.
All we heard was "Where's the birth certificate?," Benghazi, Cash for Clunkers, socialism, Obamacare, repeal, Blue Lives Matter, and succeeding from the country. That's just a minor list of far-right noise.
Republicans blocked Obama's pick for the Supreme Court. That's politics. The Obstructionist leader Karen McConnell (R-KY) said he was happy to deny Obama his pick.
QAnon leader Karen McCarthy (R-CA) said all the investigations into Hillary Clinton were meant to drive her poll numbers down.
Washed Up 45 had called for Russia to interfere in the U.S. elections, twice.
The far left and many of the media agitators who identify as progressive are bashing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not fighting hard enough.
Oh they are fighting hard, you folks on the far left are not giving him the strength to take on the noise.
The "do something" agitators on CNN, MSNBC and Fox are claiming that Democrats are not being extremists and being more aggressive. Basically white leftists want to be violent and destructive like the white nationalists in the Republican Party.
They want Attorney General Merrick Garland to start prosecuting Washed Up 45 and his allies now.
I remember that Biden had said he wants to try to bring the temperature down. He said that being like the former guy is going to destroy democracy.
So I don't get why white leftists want the Democrats to like white nationalist Republicans?
They allowed it to happen by not voting for Hillary Clinton. They listened to the noise of far-left agitators who were teasing the notion that a former reality television star, business magnate with no political experience was a better choice than a woman who knew the world and understood that electing him would spell disaster.
I refuse to listen to the noise of Thom Hartmann, Mehdhi Hassan, The Young Turks, Marc Lamont Hill and other noise makers on the left. They are dangerous propagandists for white leftists.
The FDA has placed a temporary injunction on President Joe Biden's attempt to pull JUUL from store shelves. The Supreme Court's decisions really messed up society. The far right may be cheering now, but it will greatly affect them too.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday announced it had temporarily suspended its ban on sales of the popular e-cigarette maker Juul.
“On July 5, 2022, FDA administratively stayed the marketing denial order,” the agency’s Tobacco division wrote in a tweet. “The agency has determined that there are scientific issues unique to the JUUL application that warrant additional review.”
“This administrative stay temporarily suspends the marketing denial order during the additional review but does not rescind it,” the agency said in its Twitter thread.
“All electronic nicotine delivery systems, or ENDS products, including those made by JUUL, are required by law to have FDA authorization to be legally marketed,” the agency concluded. “The stay and the agency’s review does not constitute authorization to market, sell, or ship JUUL products.”
The health agency also said that the company is allowed to market its products in the U.S. for the time being.
Two weeks earlier, the health agency banned the sale of the e-cigarette maker, saying that the company did not prove to them that keeping their product on the market is the best for the “protection of public health”.
In a statement, FDA commissioner Robert Califf said that Juul has played a major role in the rise of vaping among U.S. youth.
“Today’s action is further progress on the FDA’s commitment to ensuring that all e-cigarette and electronic nicotine delivery system products currently being marketed to consumers meet our public health standards,” Califf said in his statement.
A federal appeals court a day later temporarily blocked the FDA ban on Juul, granting the e-cigarette maker’s request for a stay order, noting that its order will not reflect its ruling on the case.
A 27-year old sexual predator gets permission to see the child he bore with his rape victim.
The victim, 21 was then a 12 year old girl. She gave birth to her rapist's baby. The child now 8 years old.
The sexual predator lives in Michigan. It had triggered outrage and again it leads back to the Supreme Court and their stupid ass decisions.
The sexual predator at one time didn't want to burden the victim and the child. But of course, a state judge gave the sexual predator joint custody of her child.
The convicted rapist assaulted the girl about nine years ago and of course, she got pregnant.
The judge granted the sexual predator, parenting time and joint custody of the son after a paternity test found that he was legally the father.
Since the conviction, the sexual predator raped a child and got time in the iron college.
This is a travesty of justice and a danger to society.
Underage mothers.
I am for one not approving this decision. This sexual predator should never be around children let alone his own.
The Supreme Court allowed this nonsense to happen because of their culture war based decisions.
Like the 10-year old Ohio girl who got pregnant. She was six weeks and three days pregnant and the state has banned any terminations after six weeks. She had to travel to even more restrictive Indiana to have a term.
Roe v. Wade being overturned setback women's rights and patient/doctor's rights. Doctors who perform termination of fetuses and emergency pregnancies are now at risk of the iron college because of this.
The woman is also at risk. The unplanned pregnancy could lead to back alley abortions.
For those who believe they should carry to term and give it up for adoption. There are over 5 million children in the foster system and not many white parents want a Black, biracial, special needs or LGBTQ child.
She wore a press vest and the Israeli government still killed her.
The U.S. confirms that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by an Israeli sniper. The Palestinian American was covering the story of the Israeli government bulldozing homes in the West Bank when she was shot by a military sniper.
The finding, in a statement from State Department spokesman Ned Price, came after what the U.S. said were inconclusive tests under U.S. oversight of the bullet recovered from Abu Akleh’s body. It said “independent, third-party examiners” had conducted an “extremely detailed forensic analysis.”
“Ballistic experts determined the bullet was badly damaged, which prevented a clear conclusion” as to who fired the shot, Price said in the statement.
The Israeli government tried to blame it on West Bank gangs and Hamas.
Israel says she was killed during a complex battle with Palestinian militants and that only a forensic analysis of the bullet would confirm whether it was fired by an Israeli soldier or a Palestinian militant. It has strongly denied she was deliberately targeted, but says an Israeli soldier may have hit her by mistake during an exchange of fire with a militant.
U.S. security officials had examined the results of 0separate Palestinian and Israeli investigations and “concluded that gunfire from IDF positions was likely responsible for the death of Shireen Abu Akleh,” Price said.
The medical authorities had the bullets examined and it was determined that Israel had committed a war crime.
Doing her job covering the truth.
Oh, here we go again.
Criticism of Israel will always result in false claims of anti-semitism. These pro-Israeli folks are in support of a Christian-Fascist ethno state. They seriously forgo the notion that Israel is a non religious government. Jews are the prominent religion in the country but there are Christians, Muslims and other religions in the country.
They believe that Israel has a dull right to be a Jewish state. However, they don't support an Islamic state.
They successfully conned American lawmakers into supporting Israel regardless of unethical behavior of a foreign nation. They literally are killing Americans critical of their government and of course President Joe Biden won't do much to stop it. See they basically dismiss it as an accident.
The U.S. “found no reason to believe that this was intentional but rather the result of tragic circumstances during an IDF-led military operation against factions of Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” Price said.
Nor has Washed Up 45, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and five deceased president condemned Israel for its actions.
AIPAC had a strong grip on American politics. Its just as bad as the NRA.
The Palestinian Authority and Al Jazeera accused Israeli forces of deliberately targeting Abu Akleh within hours of her death.
An Associated Press reconstruction of her killing lent support to accounts by Palestinian eyewitnesses, including her crew, that she was killed by Israeli forces. Subsequent investigations by CNN, the New York Times and the Washington Post reached similar conclusions.
Fox, Newsmax, OANN and Real America Voice could lose a lot of money if Dominion and Smartmatic win their libel and defamation case.
After Washed Up 45 lost his bid for a second term, he amd his extremist base were fed a daily dose of conspiracy theories and baseless claims of voter fraud.
They made claims that Dominion machines were changing votes from Washed Up 45 to Joe Biden, the rightful winner.
It lead to death threats against workers and the company's reputation as a legitimate business was damaged.
The Murdochs knew that the election was over. But they allowed their primetime talent from Fox and its Business network to push misinformation.
Now a Delaware state judge has dismissed Fox's attempts to have the lawsuit dropped.
In the $1.6 billion lawsuit, Dominion accuses Fox Corp, and the Murdochs specifically, of allowing Fox to amplify false claims that the voting company had rigged the election for Joe Biden.
Fox Corp had attempted to have the suit dismissed, but a Delaware judge said Dominion had shown adequate evidence for the suit to proceed. Dominion is already suing Fox, as well as OAN and Newsmax. The other two could be wiped out if the lawsuit favors Dominion.
“These allegations support a reasonable inference that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch either knew Dominion had not manipulated the election or at least recklessly disregarded the truth when they allegedly caused Fox News to propagate its claims about Dominion,” Judge Eric Davis said.
Davis’s ruling is not a guarantee that Fox will be found liable. But the judge made it clear that this isn’t some frivolous attempt by Dominion – and media and legal experts think Fox could be in real trouble.
The Jan. 6 Committee have also considered having investigations into Fox personalities who had contact with Washed Up 45.
Many of the media personalities were forced to correct the record but the damage was done.
The feds named a person of interest in the deadly July 4th parade massacre in Highland Park, Illinois. By the way, the alleged shooter was captured without a bullet being fired.
Jayland Walker was killed by a hail of bullets after a traffic pursuit. This white terrorist was apprehended after a brief pursuit and caught by the North Chicago Police.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot, Highland Park mayor Nancy Rotering and the U.S. Representatives from Illinois were notified of the latest mass shooting.
On Monday, the city of Highland Park was celebrating its July 4th when the shooting occurred. The terrorist used a very high powered firearm and literally blew heads off of victims. The suspected terrorist climbed up a fire escape ladder and reached a rooftop.
The terrorist used the opportunity to do maximum carnage.
From what the junk food media is telling the public, the alleged terrorist was a rapper and a creepy dude. He literally fantasized about murdering people.
Compare that to a Black DoorDash driver who allegedly fire from a car but never hit a cop. Jayland Walker was shot over 90 times by Akron Police. The Ohio Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Justice Department are dealing with that.
The terrorist was arrested on U.S. Highway 41. Police ordered the terrorist out his vehicle and placed him in custody shortly after around 5pm (CST).
Victim was identified.
This alleged terrorist fired off 120 rounds, injured dozens and killed so far nearly 10 people was arrested without any gunfire from the Lake County sheriff's department, North Chicago Police and Highland Park Police.
Also, the "I never happens here" mantra. While Highland Park is considered a safe community, they took their eyes off the ball. They forgot an active shooter does not care what city, town or village they attack. They want maximum carnage.
The far right often obsess with Chicago. It's like their code for Black. These folks take their eyes off every community in the United States. They are prone to gun violence.
They want to scapegoat Chicago with "Black on whatever" violence, Democratic politicians, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, President Joe Biden, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Black Lives Matter and immigrants. They use Chicago in their culture wars.
Allegedly known as Awake the Rapper, no relation to Chance the Rapper, the terrorist is the son of a prominent businessman who runs a deli in the city.
The terrorist's most recent video posted to YouTube showed him in the aftermath of a school shooting. It ends with the terrorist draping himself in an American flag. Another music video showed a cartoon depiction of a man wearing a shirt with his YouTube channel’s logo on it, holding a long gun and being shot by police.
The YouTube account that hosted his videos, which had previously been accessible to the public, was unavailable Monday night.
The terrorist had his own Discord server, where fans and people who knew him would chat. The community featured a politics board filled with nihilistic political memes. The most recent post before the shooting, which was posted in March, was a picture of Budd Dwyer, the Pennsylvania state treasurer who shot and killed himself on live television in the late 1980s, along with the caption “I wish politicians still gave speeches like this.”
MAGA QAnon rapper turned mass shooter.
On Discord, fans would share posts that the terrorist had made of himself. One apparent selfie the terrorist took in March reads: “Cursed image screenshot and send to everyone or commit not alive anymore,” a reference to suicide.
After Monday’s shooting, 4chan trolls invaded the community, using it as a meeting point to laud the shooter and post memes about the attack. The Discord channel was shut down around 6 p.m. ET, just hours after the terrorist was named as a person of interest.
It appears that Robert E. Crimo III who's wanted for the shooting in Highland Park is a right-wing nut job who supports Trump pic.twitter.com/9w6ri7KcCn
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) July 4, 2022
Highland Park shooter Robert E. Crimo III cheers as Trump's motorcade passes by pic.twitter.com/CtJutqitQv
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) July 5, 2022
Highland Park shooter Robert E. Crimo III getting arrested in Lake Forest, Illinoispic.twitter.com/WDtiHXPVPD
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) July 5, 2022
The terrorist also posted frequently to a message board that discussed graphic depictions of murder, suicide and death. His most recent post to that message board came last week, when he posted a video of a beheading.
The terrorist didn’t frequently post about major political figures on his websites, except for two posts about Washed Up 45.
A video posted to the terrorist’s YouTube page on Jan. 2, 2021, appears to show him among a throng of protesters cheering for Washed Up 45’s presidential motorcade outside an airport. The terrorist flips the phone’s orientation to reveal his face at the end of the video.
Cornered,
The terrorist is also seen draped in a Washed Up 45 flag in a June 27, 2021, post on Twitter. The post is captioned with only the word “spam.”
Mark Heymann, 22, who said he went to Highland Park High School with the terrorist, said the terrorist was a rapper who released music when they were in school together.
Heymann said he doesn’t recall much about the terrorist. “He always seemed a little off, but I can’t describe it much beyond that,” he said.
The terrorist's father, who reportedly owned convenience stores, staged an unsuccessful run for mayor of Highland Park in 2019.
The Chicagoland area seen a rise in gun violence and the three recent mass shootings.
An active shooter doesn't care about the politics, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, your finances, your family, your plans that day, your successes, your failures, and most importantly, your life.
The shooter is motivated within seconds to take out as many people as he/she can.
What to do to protect your life.
Arrested without a bullet fired. They did not do it for Jayland Walker.
1. Run - If you hear sounds like firecrackers, popping sounds or suspicious activities around a large gathering (i.e. malls, stores, clubs, public gatherings), if you can flee, run away from the shooter. Do not run in a straight path of the sight. Move around and zig-zag if possible to keep yourself out the line of fire. It's best to not film a shooter commiting the act. If you are willing to risk your life for a viral video, more power to you but its best to stay out of the line of fire by running away.
2. Hide - If you are involved in an active shooting, you must barricade yourself in a room and keep doors locked, lights off, phones on silent. Do not go into restrooms, lockers and kitchens. Those are most likely places where shooters often go. If you can barricade a room to prevent a shooter from getting in, it eliminate the opportunity for the shooter to get through. Make sure you keep your voice low when you're involved in mass shooting. Call 9-1-1 if you can.
3. Fight - If you are willing to risk your life or willing to film the incident, you have no choice but to fight. Make sure you grab something that is powerful enough to disarm a shooter. Do not confront a shooter in the midst of sight. Make yourself not visible if you're trying to fight. Do not think being a "good guy with a gun" is going to stop a bad guy. The cops don't see good guys trying to stop bad guys. They see active shooters and they will shoot anyone who is armed regardless of the matter. If you're ready to fight, be prepared to die. It's best to not be easily seen if you're trying to stop a shooter. But if you are willing to go hero, you could die a hero or an idiot.
Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. Gun violence and COVID-19 will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how gun reform is taking away your rights to own firearms.
I don't want to hear that protesting against police killing people of color is hate on cops in general. I don't want to hear talk about the coronavirus being a myth.
When you hear folks say "gun rights," what they really mean is that its white privilege. This good guy with a gun nonsense has to end. The cops didn't do nothing when children were shot inside a school. A security guard was shot dead trying to protect shoppers. A cop accidentally shot his own. The good guy who tried to stop a bad guy is outgunned and a part of the rule #3. The "good guy with a gun" better be prepared to die if they want to stop a shooter.
I don't want to hear folks say masks and vaccine mandates impede their freedoms. It prevents a deadly outbreak from spreading. If you want to die from the coronavirus, that's on you. We lost over 1 million people from the coronavirus.
The police were outgunned again.
I don't want to hear the shit about guns saving lives. Cause a bullet does not have eyes and it's always likely gonna hit a target. These folks seem to not get it. These incidents are a tragic part of American history. Thoughts and prayers and your heart going out to the victims is not enough. It quite frankly is an insult. I am also tired of scapegoating Black on Black crime, Chicago, Baltimore and Democratic mayors for the nation's obsession to be numb to gun violence. You pretty much enable this nonsense by deflecting.
President Joe Biden is trying to curb gun violence. However, he has no support from Republicans. Most Democrats and America are for gun control measures. However the two Democrats in the Senate refuse to change the filibuster rules and its holding us back.
The National Rifle Association is always pushing against it. They will not relinquish from the narrative that guns are not saving lives. The Republicans aided by a fickle junk food media are openly encouraging anarchy and disruption in a desperate attempt for the Republicans to win back Congress and the White House. These agitators are calling for Biden to curb crime but will not help him. They want more guns on the street. It makes no sense.
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The call number to the U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official phone number, 202-224-3121. Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
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