Posted on 02/16/2022 7:54:22 AM PST by TigerClaws
A terrifying incident in Louisville, Ky., this week revealed the dangers of the talk coming from the right about civil war and political violence.
Early Monday, mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg and his staff were busy at work in Greenberg’s campaign office when a man walked in and started firing a 9-mm handgun in what police described as an attempted assassination.
“When we greeted him, he pulled out a gun aimed directly at me, and began shooting,” Greenberg, a Democrat, said during a media conference after he and his staff were evacuated from the office.
Amazingly, no one was hurt. A bullet went through Greenberg’s sweater, but a staff member was able to slam an office door on the gunman and prevent any bloodshed.
The alleged shooter, a 21-year-old political activist, was arrested near the scene and later charged with attempted murder along with four counts of wanton endangerment.
While there’s been no indication yet that the activist had ties to any right-wing organizations, the shooting comes amid a rise in threats against politicians fueled by increasingly violent rhetoric coming from extremist Republicans.
The New York Times documented this trend in a story last week based on a review of more than 75 indictments related to threats against lawmakers since 2016.
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What an amazing piece of misleading garbage.
Facts do not matter to the media.
Oh, heck, blame right-wing organizations anyway. Why not? It's not like Truth matters ...
A leftist trying to kill another leftist and they blame it on the right?
BLM finally got Helter Skelter going in the diseased minds of too many young blacks.
If their lips are moving Democrats are outright lying, working some subtle deception or misleading through omission of details.
Yep. This is right up there with blaming the increase in anti Asian assaults on “white supremacists,” when not one case of “white supremacists” attacking Asians has even been brought forward.
The shooter was with Burning Looting Mobs, a left wing organization.
The Ministry of Propaganda is despicable.
We have the government-media complex calling white people, especially conservatives, racists and terrorists. We have blacks physically attacking whites, including Jews and Asians. NONE of this is the fault of the right or Trump, except for not sticking up for white people.
At least they sort of admit their entire column is based on fiction.
Wow! What a load.
Fake News …. If I type anything else I’ll be in trouble
-usually a bunch of two-day old NYT and WaPo editorials-
There are two Democrats competing against Greenberg that were active in the race riots where they may have networked with the activist shooter.
Tomorrow’s Sun editorial: “Why short-skirted woman deserved to be raped”.
“While there’s been no indication yet that the activist had ties to any right-wing organizations”
That did not take long, did it?
I guess the black shooter is really a camouflaged White Supremist. There seems to be a lot of that these days.
Maybe congress should investigate.
More than misleading, deliberate misinformation and propaganda.
“While there’s been no indication yet that the activist had ties to any right-wing organizations...”
He had also been an editorial intern at the Courier Journal. Would be interesting to see some of the columns.
This crap piece sounds like hateful rhetoric?
It’s a big lie if nothing else. And the writer(s) must suffer from biden syndrome (puppet dementia)?
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