Posted on 11/08/2023 8:17:36 PM PST by Morgana
An American retired lawyer and university professor was caught on camera on Tuesday shooting dead two climate change protesters in Panama.
Kenneth Darlington, 77, appeared before a judge in the town of La Espiga on Wednesday afternoon, and after a two-hour hearing was remanded in custody.
Eliécer Plicett, a lawyer for the two victims, both of them teachers, said Darlington was being charged with murder and illegal possession of a gun, TVN Noticias reported.
Darlington was seen on Tuesday, in front of a large number of photographers and television crews, walking up to a road block on a section of the Pan-American Highway in the Chame district, about 55 miles west of the capital, Panama City.
The protesters have for three weeks been campaigning against the Panamanian government's agreement with a Canadian firm to run Central America's biggest open-pit copper mine for at least another 20 years. The mine is in an environmentally sensitive area.
Darlington, who lived in the exclusive Paitilla district of Panama City, reportedly told other passengers in the car, as he got out: 'This ends today.'
The Panamanian-born U.S. citizen, who local media said has a previous conviction for illegal possession of a firearm, is seen arguing with the protesters.
He takes a handgun out of his pocket and then begins clearing the barricade on the motorway, still arguing. One of the demonstrators can be heard saying: 'Why don't you shoot?'
Darlington is then seen opening fire.
The first victim fell to the ground immediately. A second can be seen holding his shoulder, grimacing in pain.
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It’s a start.
Don't pick a fight with Tuco.
It’s a finish
I’ll bet the rest of them cleared their asses out of that street real quick.
I can’t believe what I just watched. Man pulls out a gun and they just stand there and look at him. Do they really think they are impervious to bullets? What is with people these days?
A horrifying moment. Yeah. Sure.
For the climate change idiots.
I don’t condone this, but at some point I would let them know that the traffic will be coming through whether they move or not.
Let them make the decision.
The Left seems completely committed to ensuring this type of thing occurs.
Blood is on their hands.
I bet they won’t do that again.
They report this like is a bad thing. Killing rats, cockroaches and other vermin isn’t bad; why is killing climate protestor vermin bad?
Ken, I'll take Famous Last Words for a thousand.
Couple more of these and they’ll change their behavior.
So?
As I’ve said in a recent post, the people promoting this stuff are going to end up getting some people killed. Apparently and unfortunately I am correct.
And this is bad because...?
Liberal virtue isn’t bulletproof.
“I’m shocked it took this long for something like this to happen. ”
Yeah me too. I believe that people have finally had enough of these fools.
I don’t think an American is going to do well in a South American prison.
The Left wants this type of thing to happen in the U.S., because it will help bolster their argument to disarm us
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