I have a trigger, too.
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.
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Oh, that's right. And a union member too IIRC!
You beat me by 32 seconds. Maybe due to my copying and pasting the posters comment.
“...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.
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.
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.
He was obviously a hate-filled white Christian male, trying to kill illegal immigrants being housed at the facility. /sarc
I’m sure it will be called “a protest” and he’ll get off with a small fine.
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before or after his funeral?
A subtle but significant point. "He hates these cans...!"
Of course it wasn't. After all, he was probably just another "lone wolf."
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
Well, that’s one less a$$hole.
Come on, AntiFa(gs), show us what ya got.
“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.
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He’s dead Jim.....
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Antifa 0
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
He is not Pro ICE, he is on ice.
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.
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?
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