‘No Kings’ “assassination” in Minneapolis USA
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2025 5:07 pm
Will Joe Biden get the blame ?
Democracy in the USA now hangs by a thread, imho.
Extract from the Guardian today -
[A prominent Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota and her husband have been killed in a politically motivated shooting, and another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife were shot in the early hours of Saturday.
Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman has died, as has her husband, Mark, the state’s governor, Tim Walz, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday. He said the shooting “appears to be a politically motivated assassination”. Hortman was the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and the former speaker.
‘“No Kings” protests against the Trump administration are set for midday at the Minnesota state capitol and around the country.
The Minnesota state patrol and Walz asked the public to not attend planned demonstrations across Minnesota today “out of an abundance of caution”. The state patrol shared a photo of “No Kings” flyers, saying it was from inside the shooting suspect’s vehicle.
The gunman was still at large, law enforcement said on Saturday, and the city of Brooklyn Park still on a shelter-in-place order. The shooter was impersonating a police officer, dressed in a uniform that would appear to be real to most people, police said.
“They did drive a vehicle that looked exactly like an SUV squad car,” Brooklyn Park’s police chief, Mark Bruley, said at a press conference. “It was equipped with lights, emergency lights, that looked exactly like a police vehicle, and yes, they were wearing a vest with taser, other equipment, a badge very similar to mine, that, no question, if they were in this room, you would assume that they are a police officer.”]
Any comments or will this just be deleted by the tearful fearful ?
Democracy in the USA now hangs by a thread, imho.
Extract from the Guardian today -
[A prominent Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota and her husband have been killed in a politically motivated shooting, and another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife were shot in the early hours of Saturday.
Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman has died, as has her husband, Mark, the state’s governor, Tim Walz, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday. He said the shooting “appears to be a politically motivated assassination”. Hortman was the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and the former speaker.
‘“No Kings” protests against the Trump administration are set for midday at the Minnesota state capitol and around the country.
The Minnesota state patrol and Walz asked the public to not attend planned demonstrations across Minnesota today “out of an abundance of caution”. The state patrol shared a photo of “No Kings” flyers, saying it was from inside the shooting suspect’s vehicle.
The gunman was still at large, law enforcement said on Saturday, and the city of Brooklyn Park still on a shelter-in-place order. The shooter was impersonating a police officer, dressed in a uniform that would appear to be real to most people, police said.
“They did drive a vehicle that looked exactly like an SUV squad car,” Brooklyn Park’s police chief, Mark Bruley, said at a press conference. “It was equipped with lights, emergency lights, that looked exactly like a police vehicle, and yes, they were wearing a vest with taser, other equipment, a badge very similar to mine, that, no question, if they were in this room, you would assume that they are a police officer.”]
Any comments or will this just be deleted by the tearful fearful ?