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Ahmad Al-Issa has been named by multiple sources as the suspect in the shooting that killed 10 in Boulder, Colorado yesterday.
A motive hasn’t been identified yet, but we’ll update this story as we get information.
Ahmad Al-Issa’s purported Facebook page, which has now been removed, included a lot of anti-Trump messaging, as well as pro-Islam messages.
He also appeared to be a reader of PBS, The Intercept, and The Washington Post.
Like clockwork, the narrative is already shifting to “mental illness,” with Al-Issa’s brother calling him “very anti-social” and paranoid, adding that, in high school, he would describe “being chased, someone is behind him, someone is looking for him.”
https://thenationalpulse.com/news/boulder-shooter-ahmad-al-issa-posted-anti-trump-messages/
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A big drop-off in driving early in the coronavirus pandemic didn’t lead to a reduction in U.S. pedestrian deaths, a nonprofit safety group said, citing speeding as a likely factor and saying the finding is another sign of heightened roadway dangers in the Covid-19 era.
In the first half of 2020, 2,957 pedestrians were killed in motor-vehicle crashes, six more than in the same stretch of 2019, according to a report from the Governors Highway Safety Association, which represents state highway-safety offices that supplied the preliminary data.
That is despite the fact that Americans drove 16.5% fewer miles than in the first half of 2019. As a result, the report said, the nationwide pedestrian death rate jumped about 20% on a mileage-driven basis—to 2.2 deaths per billion vehicle miles traveled from 1.8 in the corresponding period of 2019.