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Man shot before alt-right journalist Milo Yiannopoulos' speaking event is in critical condition
Los Angeles Times ^ | January 21, 2017 | Rick Anderson

Posted on 01/22/2017 10:08:05 AM PST by artichokegrower

Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos’ divisive speaking tour, provoking shouting matches and fistfights among college-age fans and foes, has now degenerated to the level of gunfire. A man was in critical condition Saturday after being shot outside a University of Washington hall prior to the controversial far-right commentator’s speech there Friday night.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: fake; fakenews; milo; shooting
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A police official told the Seattle Times late Saturday that the man who fired the gun said he had fired in self-defense and that the man he shot was "some type of white supremacist.” The suspect was released without charges pending further investigation.


WTF! Can I shoot a Black Lives Matter supporter at a crowded rally, with a concealed handgun and get released without charges?

1 posted on 01/22/2017 10:08:05 AM PST by artichokegrower
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LOL — I think that is exactly what happened and self defense was involved.


2 posted on 01/22/2017 10:09:21 AM PST by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: artichokegrower

Apparently if you are triggered by a “ supremacist’ , deadly force is justified


3 posted on 01/22/2017 10:10:22 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: artichokegrower

The “divisive” tour here apparently divided leftist from leftist. Apparently the man who was shot was actually a Bernie supporter mistaken for a “white supremacist” because of his ANTI-Nazi tattoo.


4 posted on 01/22/2017 10:13:01 AM PST by madprof98
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To: silverleaf

“Apparently if you are triggered by a “ supremacist’ , deadly force is justified”
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Wow, I see that the Los Angele Times Fake News (actually slanted misleading news) article is effectively causing even FReepers to misunderstand what happened.


5 posted on 01/22/2017 10:13:39 AM PST by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: artichokegrower

‘Breitbart News Editor Milo Yiannopoulos DIVISIVE speaking tour’.

When an article starts out like this, I don’t believe anything else that’s in the article.


6 posted on 01/22/2017 10:15:29 AM PST by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: silverleaf

What are the carry laws in Washington? In Maryland, my Maryland, this man would be incarcerated for simply having a gun in his possession at the scene even if he had a carry permit.


7 posted on 01/22/2017 10:15:36 AM PST by HARRY TUTTLE (Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less. R. E. Lee)
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To: artichokegrower

Whatever the outcome this will probably not be good for future engagements for Milo.


8 posted on 01/22/2017 10:16:22 AM PST by xp38
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To: madprof98

The shooter (man in the yellow hat) was being assaulted by the “victim” and shot in self-defense. The “victim” was part of the left-wing mob randomly attacking Milo/Trump supporters.

https://vid.me/V3JL/shooting-at-uw


9 posted on 01/22/2017 10:16:49 AM PST by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: artichokegrower

How convenient. The LA police believed this crap? I write this as a person who fully supports “Stand Your Ground” laws.

I hope I am not the only one that noticed the “Times” slant that somehow Milo and the event were to blame for this since the tour provokes people.


10 posted on 01/22/2017 10:22:04 AM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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11 posted on 01/22/2017 10:30:21 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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Yiannopoulos uses a derogatory term for gays in the title of his speaking tour, and his speeches intentionally push the envelope.

... and the LATimes fails to mention Milo is gay. Being provocative in his speech is the whole point. He is fighting against the stifling of free-speech thru the ever increasing restrictions of PC languange.

12 posted on 01/22/2017 10:35:30 AM PST by Flick Lives (Les Deplorables Triumphant)
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To: lastchance; artichokegrower

Shoot, I had my anti-Milo riots confused. I should have written “Seattle” police. Mea culpa.


13 posted on 01/22/2017 10:39:58 AM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Flick Lives

But not the right kind of gay.


14 posted on 01/22/2017 10:40:55 AM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: lastchance

The LAPD has been completely neutered. Pretty much all they’re allowed to do these days is take reports.

I’m sure their public information officers lean left.


15 posted on 01/22/2017 10:44:30 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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In Maryland, my Maryland, this man would be incarcerated for simply having a gun in his possession

In my Texas, the perp would have been incarcerated in a wooden box six feet under

16 posted on 01/22/2017 10:45:37 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: House Atreides

If I hadn’t seen the story tweeted locally last night, and all I had to go by was the Slimes, I might have come to the same conclusion.

As it was the tweets were incredibly imprecise and misleading, and often inferred the same upside-down conclusion.

Fortunately I have my official Ronald Reagan “Trust But Verify” decoder ring ;’}


17 posted on 01/22/2017 10:50:58 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: artichokegrower

Fake news coverage tilted to fit the narrative.

Just report what happened without bias, please, if you know how.


18 posted on 01/22/2017 10:51:20 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( Agenda driven news is fake news.)
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To: artichokegrower

Milo Yannopolous (sp) reports on the alt right. He does not describe himself as alt right.


19 posted on 01/22/2017 10:52:15 AM PST by Stepan12 (go)
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To: artichokegrower

We can all have laugh at the idiocy, but we should offer prayers and wish a speedy recovery to the victim.


20 posted on 01/22/2017 10:53:06 AM PST by AndyJackson
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