Posted on 08/11/2023 9:57:11 PM PDT by NoLibZone
A clearer picture is emerging of the 75-year-old Utah man shot dead by the FBI after they tried to serve a search warrant hours before Joe Biden arrived in the state on a re-election campaign swing.
But questions are also being asked as to whether Craig Robertson was a “credible threat”, as the FBI claims, or as neighbors in Provo, Utah, have described to local media as a man harboring anti-government views who walked with a cane and liked to bluster and tell big stories, especially on social media.
Robertson had posted threats against the president, including asking whether Utah would become famous “as the place a sniper took out Biden the Marxist”. He’d also urged Utah residents to fire their guns into the air when Air Force One arrived, the Deseret News reported.
Late last month Robertson posted a message: “Hey FBI, you still monitoring my social media? Checking so I can be sure to have a loaded gun handy in case you drop by again.”
On 6 August, three days before Biden’s visit, according to a 37-page federal complaint, Robertson posted: “I hear Biden is coming to Utah. Digging out my old ghillie suit and cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle.”
The legal complaint alleged interstate threats, threats against the president, and influencing, impeding and retaliating against federal law enforcement officers by threat, Robertson represented a “willful true threat to kill or cause injury to President Biden”.
He had also made threats against a whole host of familiar liberal politicians and officials including California governor Gavin Newsom, US attorney general Merrick Garland, Vice-President Kamala Harris and New York’s progressive district attorney Alvin Bragg.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Craig was killed by the FBI for regime propaganda purposes.
“Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe said Wednesday on CNN’s “News Central” that former President Donald Trump’s “own rhetoric targeting” people “has an encouraging impact on people who are prone to violence.”
Discussing an armed Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden being killed by FBI agents”
Craig Robertson had a big mouth; writing checks his body could never cash. He was mentally ill. There are lots of people like that running around and when they make threats against politicians on social media, the FBI starts keeping track of them. So far, so good.
Robertson was also physically disabled and could never have gotten into position to make the shots he was threatening.
The FBI knew who he was and what he was capable of doing. Which was pretty much nothing. He made rabid posts on social media which certainly deserved attention. He got their attention. They had contacted him before and knew of his physical limitations.
A two-man surveillance team could have been sufficient to prevent any problems during the visit of President Biden. A 300-pound man who needs a cane to walk isn't going anywhere.
But no, the FBI set up a show with a 30-person combat team and a 6:00am raid on the house. Then they killed Robertson in a "dynamic entry" and dragged his bleeding corpse into the street for the neighbors to view for the next two hours.
We all got the message.
Nobody who made rabid threats against President Trump ever got that sort of treatment.
We all got that message too.
They will terrorize opponents by picking off easy targets with a big show. It will work for a while. Then it won't.
The people who will do things that the government officials really fear do not post on any social media.
And the very worst threats will come from ANTIFA (tm) franchises which escape control of their FBI handlers.
They’re likely monitoring this thread, too.
Everyone wave, “HI,” to the reading feds, FRiends!!
Unprosecuted felon Andy McCabe.
Was Kathy Griffin gunned down by the FBI?
👍👍👍👍👍
No, but it would be fun to watch.
Wonder if he was a FReeper?
I mean, you know, the way he bloviated online with respect to civil war 2 or violence, or posted about what kind of weapons he had… Keyboard warrior gravy navy stuff we see ‘kinda around here once in awhile… And are people here trying to claim him as our own or making up the T-shirts yet?
What she did was absolutely disgusting
Everyone wave, “HI,” to the reading feds, FRiends!!
The EVIL FEDS, are probably watching every single solitary post, on every signal solitary thread.
I read elsewhere that the Feds broke down the door, threw in an unloaded Saturday night special and a flash-bang, and then stormed in blasting away.
The after action report will state that the resident has a weapon at his disposal which justified the shoot.
I heard the left his body in the street—even worse.
NO, they weren’t there to *serve a warrant*.
They were there to provoke a gun fight so they’d have an excuse to send a message.
But the severed head of trump by Kathy griffin posted on all media across the board is ok
We need yo demand that this be changed
Baby steps.
Well said.
Sounds more like they went there specifically to execute him.
Wow. Doesn’t suprise me.
Indeed. I’ve known a few agents and other Zagency personnel. What a collection of egotistical, unbalanced, misfits. But they are a part of the DC mosaic that can be summed up as “Revenge of the Nerds”.
That, too.
They way they did it, in their minds, justifies their actions. And does send a message to anyone else thinking of stepping out of line.
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