Democratic Minnesota politician fatally shot, another injured in 'politically motivated assassination'
www.nbcnews.com
The assailant, who is still at large, was identified as 57-year-old Vance Boelter by the state's public safety commissioner.

How is this not bigger news?

  • 13igTyme@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    “impersonating” a police officer. Yup, on the largest protest day ever. No need to think more about it. Surely it wouldn’t be an actual cop using a scapegoat, nope .

      • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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        2 months ago

        Well they found the vehicle and it was a non-police vehicle disguised as police. So while this doesn’t 100% rule out it being police, it seems a reasonable inference.

        • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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          2 months ago

          Suuuuuure. And next you will tell me no authoritarian government uses fake emergency vehicles.

      • UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 months ago

        He was only dressed fully as a cop with full gear and had a car that looked like a cop car with lights and all.

        Clearly an ANTIFA shenanigan /s

    • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      Police say suspect dressed as law enforcement and shot at responding officers before escaping

      I’m just gonna say. Might the suspect have been a police officer? I wouldn’t trust the police to disclose that.

      I mean if they are wearing a uniform and emerged from a cop car as eyewitness accounts suggest…

      The gunman was still at large, law enforcement said on Saturday, and the city of Brooklyn Park was still under 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.”

      Hmmmmmmmm