"Suicide by Cop?"
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/byron-yorks-daily-memo-an-outrage-from-the-fbi
On June 14, 2017, a team of Republican lawmakers went to an athletic field in Alexandria, Virginia to practice for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. As they worked out, a man armed with a semi-automatic rifle and pistol approached and opened fire. Representative Steve Scalise, the House Republican whip, was gravely wounded. A lobbyist was also seriously hurt, and a congressional aide and Capitol Police officer were wounded, as well.
The shooter, James Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, was an active Bernie Sanders supporter who hated Republicans and particularly hated then-President Donald Trump. "Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co.," Hodgkinson posted on his Facebook page. He thought of himself as part of the Resistance. He joined Facebook groups like "Terminate The Republican Party" and "Join The Resistance Worldwide!!"
Hodgkinson came to the Washington area in 2017, living out of a van parked in Alexandria. He brought his guns and developed a plan to attack Republicans. He went to the baseball field with a list of several GOP members of Congress in his pocket, along with physical descriptions of some of them. Before the attack, he asked Republican Representative Jeff Duncan, who was leaving practice early, whether the players on the field were Republicans or Democrats. Duncan said it was the Republican team. A short time later, Hodgkinson opened fire. After a rampage of nearly ten minutes, he was killed by Capitol Police and Alexandria Police.
The attack was a clear act of violent, politically-motivated domestic terrorism. There was simply no doubt about that. And yet last week, Republican Representative Brad Wenstrup, who had been at the practice, revealed that the FBI concluded Hodgkinson was simply trying to commit "suicide by cop."
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@george-k said in "Suicide by Cop?":
rt of the Resistance. He joined Facebook groups like "Terminate The Republican Party" and "Join The Resistance Worldwide!!"
Hodgkinson came to theI encourage everyone to read the article.
If true, and I have no reason to doubt what is contained in the article, there really is something seriously wrong here. Suicide by cop? Really, FBI??
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@loki said in "Suicide by Cop?":
Is that one FBI agents conclusion or belief that is what others think or the FBI’s conclusion? As far as I can tell they never came to a conclusion.
Senator Paul thinks that's the FBI's conclusion:
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pushed back against the notion that the 2017 shooting at a congressional baseball practice was merely a case of "suicide by cop," after Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, revealed at a hearing this was exactly how the FBI characterized it at the time.
Paul was there at the time of the incident, during which Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., suffered a gunshot wound that resulted in serious injury and was nearly fatal. In a statement to Fox News, Paul rejected the idea that the attack was not politically motivated.
"I was present at the baseball practice where a Bernie Sanders supporter nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise," Paul said. "It would seem that his goal was to kill individual members of Congress since he had a list of targets in his pocket. He also was heard to yell, 'this is for healthcare!' To argue that this assassination attempt was suicide by cop is unsupported by the facts."
So does Rep. Scalise:
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