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Police: Man with Rifle, ‘Incendiary Devices’ Attacked Migrant Detention Center Hours After ICE...
Breitbart ^ | 13 July 2019 | Bob Price

Posted on 07/13/2019 1:58:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

FULL TITLE: Police: Man with Rifle, ‘Incendiary Devices’ Attacked Migrant Detention Center Hours After ICE Protest

Police in Tacoma, Washington, say they shot and killed a man armed with a rifle and throwing flammable objects at a migrant detention center. The attack followed a rally outside the facility by several hours. The motivation of the attacker has not been released at this time. An employee at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma called police early Saturday morning to report a man with a rifle who was throwing “incendiary devices” and setting vehicles on fire, according to a report by QFox13.

The attack on the migrant detention center followed by several hours, a rally by migrant supporters outside the facility operated for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement by GEO Group.

It is unknown at this time if the individual was attacking the facility with anti-ICE motivations, anti-migrant motivations, or if it was unrelated to either motive; however, a statement from GEO Group, a Florida based company that operates the facility in Tacoma, attributed the attack to the anger resulting from misrepresentations in media.

The statement, published by QFox13 blamed a “factually inaccurate portrayal” of their detention centers for spurring “misplaced aggression and a dangerous environment for our employees.”

Tacoma police reported that officers responded to the call at about 4 a.m. on Saturday. The officers say the man wore a satchel and was holding flares, the Seattle Times reported. Spokeswoman Loretta Cool told reporters that officers reported, “shots fired.” The officers then fired at the suspect, she said. When officers approached the man, they determined he had been shot and killed.

“Police fired on the man in a parking lot across from the facility, striking him fatally,” QFox 13 reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: antifa; ice; obamasfault; whatshisduscreenname
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To: kabar
It was a Bernie supporter who attacked Scalise and other Reps at a baseball field.

Oh, that's right. And a union member too IIRC!

41 posted on 07/13/2019 2:35:14 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: bigbob
Are you triggered??

I have a trigger, too.

42 posted on 07/13/2019 2:38:09 PM PDT by null and void (The Left isn't banning "Hate Speech", they are banning speech they hate. BIG difference.)
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To: monkeyshine

You beat me by 32 seconds. Maybe due to my copying and pasting the posters comment.


43 posted on 07/13/2019 2:41:35 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again. Bring back ASA.)
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To: sheehan

“...story is being quickly buried by corrupt local media, identity not being released....”

Standard operating procedure for the RAT media. Always shoveling dirt over any reflection on the RATS.


44 posted on 07/13/2019 2:47:05 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: BenLurkin

Yep - almost certain it is antifa. Being communist, and using their favorite weapon - Molotov cocktail.

I’m glad this was in Tacoma and not Portland. Portland the mayor would have gone down and given him the keys to the facility.


45 posted on 07/13/2019 2:51:33 PM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Minitru needs to prepare the story that the deceased was a Trump supporting racist. A lot of stuff needs to go to the memory hole.


46 posted on 07/13/2019 2:52:50 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Steely Tom

He was obviously a hate-filled white Christian male, trying to kill illegal immigrants being housed at the facility. /sarc


47 posted on 07/13/2019 2:58:23 PM PDT by semaj (We are the People)
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To: Steely Tom

I’m sure it will be called “a protest” and he’ll get off with a small fine.

___________________

before or after his funeral?


48 posted on 07/13/2019 3:05:14 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Robert DeLong
"He was not attacking the detention center, he was attacking vehicles owned by those working at the detention center."

A subtle but significant point. "He hates these cans...!"

49 posted on 07/13/2019 3:08:34 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"The motivation of the attacker has not been released at this time."

Of course it wasn't. After all, he was probably just another "lone wolf."

50 posted on 07/13/2019 3:08:49 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

One news source referred to him as

“The Washington state man, who has not been publicly identified...”

So we know he is a “Washington state man.” How much more detail do you want?/sarc


51 posted on 07/13/2019 3:11:01 PM PDT by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well, that’s one less a$$hole.

Come on, AntiFa(gs), show us what ya got.


52 posted on 07/13/2019 3:11:46 PM PDT by dadgum (Overjoyed to be the Pariah.)
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To: Steely Tom

“So he was shot down simply for expressing his views in a political protest”

I guess they also violated his 1st amendment rights when they killed him for setting cars on fire and shooting at police.


53 posted on 07/13/2019 3:16:00 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (Sharia law, which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution - Judge Jeanie Pirro)
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To: Steely Tom

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54 posted on 07/13/2019 3:20:05 PM PDT by RCFlyer
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To: Steely Tom

He’s dead Jim.....


55 posted on 07/13/2019 3:26:26 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good guys 1
Antifa 0


56 posted on 07/13/2019 3:27:12 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: KittyKares

The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man killed at the Northwest Detention Center as Willem Van Spronsen, 69, of Vashon Island.

Police were called to the center at 4 a.m. Saturday after an employee at the facility spotted a man with a rifle. The center holds migrants waiting for hearings and deportations.

Read more here: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article232647262.html#storylink=cpy


57 posted on 07/13/2019 3:43:18 PM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
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To: Track9

He is not Pro ICE, he is on ice.


58 posted on 07/13/2019 3:47:07 PM PDT by Meatspace
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To: jonascord

I doubt he hates cans (your word for cars?), but he certainly opposes those who work in detention centers, because he certainly is not a right-winger. He’s a died in the wool leftist. That was my point.


59 posted on 07/13/2019 4:10:19 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Retired postal employee, or possibly retired college professor, possibly diagnosed with some terminal illness (other that lead poisoning) who figured he’d go out in a blaze of leftist glory?


60 posted on 07/13/2019 4:12:30 PM PDT by TruthBeforeAll
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