Political Assassination in Minnesota

[Piano*Dad]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-minnesota-lawmakers-shot-targeted-incident-officials/story?id=122840751

Former speaker of the MN House of Representatives. State senator also shot. Perp impersonating a police officer. Had a list of more potential victims.

[Jodi]

No words.

[wtg]

List was pretty long, like 70 names. Other politicians, abortion providers, people in states other than MN.

edit:

From CNN:

Law enforcement found a hit list in the Minnesota suspect’s car that contained nearly 70 names, a law enforcement official briefed on the matter told CNN.

The names included abortion providers, pro-abortion rights advocates, and lawmakers in Minnesota and other states, the official added. Law enforcement also found a Father’s Day card addressed to the suspect in a bag full of ammunition, the official said.

A second official briefed on the case echoed the targeting of abortion providers to CNN’s Holmes Lybrand.

[Big_Al]

I can only hope they capture the perpetrator very quickly and identify any accomplices he may have had. I can't imagine that a list of over 70 names and addresses would be very easy for a lone actor to compile.

I still have fond memories of the time I spent working in Minnesota over 50 years ago.

Big Al

[wtg]

All the No Kings protests in Minnesota have been cancelled.

[Piano*Dad]

I guess that's how one quashes protest. Assassinate a Democrat and people go home ...

Yes, I get it, but sometimes you take a risk. These rallies will have police "protection." That's a euphemism, natch.

[Steve Miller]

[Piano*Dad]

Well, Tim Walz "encouraged" people to stay home, and the organizers cancelled. I would have preferred a different approach, but I don't live there.

[ShiroKuro]

@Big_Al said in Political Assassination in Minnesota:

I can only hope they capture the perpetrator very quickly and identify any accomplices he may have had.

This.

[Steve Miller]

@Piano-Dad

A very practical decision, as I would expect from Walz.

[pique]

At our No Kings rally in Helena, organizers barred protesters from standing on the capitol steps, behind the speaker's dias, because, they said, speakers were feeling vulnerable. Understandable, under the circumstances.

[Bernard]

I've seen a few pictures of No Kings protest in St. Paul, Minnesota and it looked big.

[rustyfingers]

I had heard that the organizers cancelled the protests in MN. But the people came anyway.

[Piano*Dad]

This is Mike Lee, Republican Senator from Utah. The GOP is full of very twisted and sick people.

https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1934262175582822629

[pique]

I don't understand why the charges are for second degree murder. Anyone? I mean, having a hit list--how much more do you need for first degree murder charges?

[Steve Miller]

@pique

Minnesota law. Only the grand jury can bring charges of first degree murder. Might take a few days.

With any luck he’ll be tried on state charges so he doesn’t get pardoned.

[wtg]

@Piano-Dad

Minnesota responds.

Salt Lake Tribune:

https://archive.is/XPKtj

[Steve Miller]

I think there may be more to this story than has come to light thus far.

Maybe not, but he seems to have spent a lot more money than you’d expect him to have as a clerk at 7-11 with a night job at a funeral home. Lots of travel, cars, guns, etc.

[Piano*Dad]

He also killed the Horton's Golden Retriever,

Maybe this will trigger some sorrow from our GOP friends....

Well, not from Noem.

https://www.4029tv.com/article/minnesota-lawmaker-family-dog-shooting/65089392

[wtg]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/walz-responds-to-trump-refusing-to-call-him-after-minnesota-shootings/ar-AA1GTUFt?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=e8bf5aa2e2264c998dc88a3e68afe298&ei=71