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Did the FBI do the right thing? Analyzing the raid that killed a man who threatened President Biden.
Deseret News ^ | 8/10/2023 | Dennis Romboy, Katie McKellar

Posted on 08/11/2023 7:33:57 AM PDT by LiberalismDestroys

Criticism of the FBI’s killing of a Utah man who had made death threats against President Joe Biden on social media quickly made its way through far-right circles with some calling it an “assassination.” But law enforcement and legal experts say based on the information available the FBI’s actions were likely appropriate and justified given the man’s access to guns and the violent specificity of his threats, which went well beyond the bounds of free speech protections.“The First Amendment only goes so far. Not all speech is protected, and he crossed a line,” said Karl Schmae, a retired FBI supervisor and special agent who worked in the FBI’s Salt Lake City division for much of his 22 years of service, including as a supervisor of the domestic terrorism squad and 10 years on the SWAT team.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: assassination; backshooters; banglist; biden; craig; deeleuwrobertson; fbi; filthbi; friendssofbideninc; itwasanassassination; karlschmae
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Yup


21 posted on 08/11/2023 7:54:18 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: LiberalismDestroys

I’ll wait for the FBI’s account and maybe bodycam video. The guy was likely following his deranged convictions and got himself killed.


22 posted on 08/11/2023 7:54:32 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Big Red Badger

Unbreathable air indoors, maybe?


23 posted on 08/11/2023 7:55:41 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: LiberalismDestroys

FBI employees don’t owe their allegiance to the Democrat party.

They owe their allegiance to the American citizens.

This stinks of the Clinton massacre at Waco.

FBI goons…..goons.


24 posted on 08/11/2023 7:55:55 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: LiberalismDestroys

From the picture they had of the guy here this morning, the FBI ****ed up again. That guy was a walking heart attack. He couldn’t hit a bull in the ass with a bass fiddle.


25 posted on 08/11/2023 7:56:30 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("There's no cryin' in baseball and there's no ethics in politics!" )
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To: ConservativeInPA
"The FBI needs to be defunding. The FBI needs to be shuttered. Every agent on the Robertson raid needs to be charged with murder. Tried. Found guilty. And receive the death penalty."

Kind of like with the martyrdom of St. Floyd Of The Fentanyl?

26 posted on 08/11/2023 7:58:17 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: FlingWingFlyer

This was a contract killing.


27 posted on 08/11/2023 7:58:44 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: Big Red Badger

They left him on the sidewalk, covered in a blood-soaked sheet, for over two hours. Don’t think for a second that that wasn’t a message to mere citizens questioning our rulers.


28 posted on 08/11/2023 8:00:13 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: LiberalismDestroys

Don’t you dare cross that 1st amendment line, the man will come and shoot you down!

Sounds vaguely familiar from the 60’s and here it is today.


29 posted on 08/11/2023 8:00:55 AM PDT by Colo9250 ( All aboard the Trump Train!)
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To: one guy in new jersey

You just asked the key question. Add to that the fact the guy weighted 300 lbs and couldn’t walk far without a cane and it looks even worse for the FIB.


30 posted on 08/11/2023 8:02:58 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: one guy in new jersey

“If he crossed the line with speech, does that give the Feds a free hand to bust in on his home”


I want to know who on social media was winding him up into foolish threats, and were any of them Feds ?


31 posted on 08/11/2023 8:05:13 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: LiberalismDestroys

“Authorities said he pointed his weapon at agents and did not respond to their commands.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/utah-man-killed-fbi-pointed-gun-agents-fatal-shooting-rcna99326


32 posted on 08/11/2023 8:05:22 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Article II, Section 2: "The President...may require the opinion, in writing,...upon any subject...")
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To: LiberalismDestroys
“The First Amendment only goes so far. Not all speech is protected, and he crossed a line. SO WE KILLED HIIM...er, eliminated the threat."
33 posted on 08/11/2023 8:05:23 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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To: brownsfan

I would like to see an independent investigation by the LOCAL Police. The FBI cannot be trusted to investigate themselves.


34 posted on 08/11/2023 8:06:12 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: LiberalismDestroys

“The shooting occurred at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday....in an entryway”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/utah-man-killed-fbi-pointed-gun-agents-fatal-shooting-rcna99326


35 posted on 08/11/2023 8:07:26 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Article II, Section 2: "The President...may require the opinion, in writing,...upon any subject...")
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To: glorgau

My thought also. He was handicapped and 300 lbs. Their ‘shock and awe’ technique might not have allowed him the time to get to the door at 6:00 a.m.


36 posted on 08/11/2023 8:07:27 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: sport

You would have loved the thread the other night from one who posted a snide disgusting post.

It just confirmed many people on this site that this place has become infested with hacks that will turn anyone on here in.


37 posted on 08/11/2023 8:08:44 AM PDT by crz
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To: LiberalismDestroys

Lavoy Finicum.

This is standard protocol now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgnA90EVW7Y


38 posted on 08/11/2023 8:08:49 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: ConservativeInPA

“They left Robertson’s body to bleed out in the street for two hours to send a message.” Totally Romanesque. Why not just construct a cross and crucify him for a day or two? It has been done before. But they definitely sent a message out. They want MAGAs to keep their mouths shut and do what the State tells them to do (and like it).


39 posted on 08/11/2023 8:11:27 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: Bonemaker

As Biden said, he has F-16s....


40 posted on 08/11/2023 8:13:31 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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