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© Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Man kills himself after ramming U.S. Capitol barrier
By MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Blacklabel
This guy wasn’t a “trump supporte” either. This one was memory-holed super quick.
The Avenger
Well, he sure showed them!
Bob Fosse
At least he didn’t hurt anyone else.
sunfunbun
Connect the dots. Insurrection. Mar-a-Lago. Cincinnati. Capitol. Typically stupid attack...no plan, no brains just drive thru a barrier and kill yourself (look Donald, look what I did for you. I support you forever!).
The Trump cult of crazy strikes again.
sunfunbun
There's a breakdown of late of Trump supporters doing self harm as shown in Cincinnati and this incident. I fear the latest proof of the FBI investigation taking top classified documents and all actions against a very wrong Donald Trump is breeding hopelessness to those ardent supporters.
It was and is a matter of time before the frustrations of realizing Trump's words are wrong, laden with lies and evil, leading to those who are waking up and smelling the roses of the total demise of Trump power.
They backed the wrong horse and some cannot handle it. Like the coward Trump is, they are doing cowardly deeds to 'prove themselves' and their loyalty to Donald by poorly constructed protests with the easy way out is to do a suicidal type act as in Cincinnati and Washington.
Truly a pathetic lot, Trump supporters.
lincolnman
Expect more MAGA-violence - the pro-Trump armed Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and Three Percenters are already forming up outside FBI offices...
https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/armed-trump-supporters-protest-outside-fbi-office-in-phoenix-following-mar-a-lago-raid-reports/articleshow/93556066.cms
Will Trump tell them to "stand-down and stand-by" or "fight like hell for your country?"
The answer to that is pretty obvious...
And today we find out why the "obstruction of justice" charge was included on the search warrant - Trump's attorney provided a written affidavit in June that said clearly "there is no more classified information at Mar-A-Lago". Yet half a dozen of Trump's insiders at Mar-A-Lago were telling the FBI it was still there.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-lawyer-told-justice-dept-141854929.html
What will this lawyer say now that he's caught directly in his own lie and facing an obstruction of justice charge? Who told him to make that statement? His client?
Given the number of Trump toadies that knew about this and stayed silent, they're going to need to build a new MAGA-wing at Rikers Island...
Blacklabel
“We don’t have any information that would indicate his motivation at this point,” Manger said.
Blacklabel
we went through all this speculation on the last guy who rammed into the Capitol.
"Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said the group is mourning its “brother” who died assaulting Capitol cops last week — saying the cop killer could have been a future “star” for the movement."
sunfunbun
.1 % chance a non Trump follower does this to 'frame' Trump supporters, or someone outside his cult.
99.9% chance it's a Trump follower.
stormcrow
Washington D.C. has become a dangerous place to visit thanks to the GOP.
Blacklabel
no, the politicization of the DOJ and FBI along with a two tiered justice system "did this".
Dems dont need BLM and Antifa doing their bidding anymore when they can have the courts, FBI and DOJ instead.
Blacklabel
it was last time.
Despite the other guy claiming only 0.1% chance of it being such.
So, Trump supporters have no reason to be angry? they dont get the right of "mostly peaceful" protest too?
Bob Fosse
“Might wanna look up the word “speculation”.”
Randy Johnson
It looks like the suspect, richard a. york III, is a career loser.
Most likely drugs and or alcohol were involved.
Manger said: 'The subject has a criminal history over the past 10 years or so, but nothing that, at this point, would link him to anything here at the Capitol.'
In February 2017, York was charged with burglarizing a pharmacy in Hellerton, Pennsylvania. He was accused of stealing several controlled substances in the crime.
York was charged with burglary (first-degree felony), criminal trespassing (second-degree felony), theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, criminal mischief, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia
In January 2020, York viciously assaulted a co-worker while the two were in the victim's home in Pennsylvania.
York accused his colleague of contacting the suspect's mother and proceeded to beat him, split his TV in half and force him to run from his own home in shorts and a t-shirt in 39 degree weather, reported WFMZ at the time.