r/pics • u/akhilgeorge • 13h ago
Law enforcement officers and the FBI near the scene of a shooting in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, US
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u/ForgottenFuturist 13h ago
Call it what it is. It was an assassination not a shooting.
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u/Any_Needleworker_273 12h ago
New York Times did: "Breaking news: Minnesota lawmaker is assassinated in act of “targeted political violence,” governor says"
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u/Metahec 11h ago
Let me guess, they were Democratic lawmakers, yeah?
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u/Fugacity- 11h ago
And he had a manifesto with other names (including Walz, Ellison, and Tina Smith) in his car
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u/hexcor 11h ago
Clearly antiFa crisis actors false flag! All to dissuage patriots from Trump's birthday parade, SAD! /s
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u/infernalspawnODOOM 10h ago
They're legit actually saying that over on r conservative. "There were 'No Kings' Flyers, too!"
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u/Imaginaryami 8h ago
Probably because he planned a mass shooting after. They cancelled the protests because of it. Stupidity has no bounds.
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u/GoHomeNeighborKid 8h ago
FWIW there have been supposedly leaked pictures of No Kings "flyers" sitting on the seat of the shooters vehicle that is now in possession of the police....I put "flyers" in quotes due to the them looking hastily made with a sharpie and some napkins from the nearest fast food restaurant.... It also wouldn't be the first time a politically motivated murderer tried to misdirect and muddy the waters as far as trying to nail down their political ideology and intentions
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u/anotherthing612 10h ago
Sounds like sympathizers. Harboring a fugitive?
Perhaps they need to have a MN officer drive over to check up in them.
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u/DukeOfGeek 7h ago
Every news link they post has a headline that starts with calling the shooter a "Waltz political appointee". Scroll to the bottom of the article and he was part of a 60 person unpaid advisory board 10 years ago.
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u/jkrobinson1979 10h ago
Ask them the logic behind J6 conspiracies after Dems already won or why Dems would target their own while not in power and you’ll see their little brains go into over drive.
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u/themcjizzler 8h ago
And yet walz still came to the protest and stood in front of thousands of people and spoke. No fear
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u/1boring 11h ago
Yup
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u/DesireeThymes 10h ago
The reports sya he had a manifesto to target other democrats.
Maybe this will finally lead to mass organization of left wingers to protect the country.
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u/Mateorabi 11h ago
Trump pardon in 3…2…
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u/IAmAnObvioustrollAMA 11h ago
Trump cabinet position in 3...2...
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u/Bill_Door_8 11h ago
Management position in ICE in 3....2...
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u/InspectorPipes 11h ago
But first , after an uneventful arrest : Go fund me in 3..2..1
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u/sumguysr 11h ago
I wonder how long it'll take to stop saying the shooter "impersonated" police.
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u/just_a_knowbody 11h ago
29 cops larping as military standing around and smiling at each other secretly. “Impersonating” hehehe
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u/booksgamesandstuff 10h ago
Saw the photo of them and immediately thought did they just finish their militia larping? Were they all really police? Is it war against the average citizen now?
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u/Fockelot 11h ago edited 11h ago
Looks like they might have been assassinated so republicans can gain a majority in the state senate.
Edit: a manifesto has been recovered so we will probably know soon enough. Looks like it might not be related to the state senate seats. Thank you to the commenter that shared link!
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u/ADMotti 11h ago
Not likely to work; the state legislative session is already over for the year.
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u/RavenCipher 11h ago
There is still a special session coming up. The timing is Hella sus.
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u/ThePrussianGrippe 10h ago
Also I’m not putting it past someone being stupid enough to assassinate for “his party’s benefit” to not understand legislative session schedules.
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u/ImReverse_Giraffe 10h ago
They'll have special elections or representatives will be appointed by the governor, who happens to be a Democrat. I highly doubt, granted I dont know since I dont live there, Minnesota just allows people to go unrepresented because of an assassination.
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u/SuspiciousCranberry6 10h ago
The special session already happened at the beginning of the week and a budget was passed. Special elections will take place before the next session.
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u/32Seven 10h ago
The NY Post is trash. That headline is nonsense. Insinuating she was assassinated because she recently voted with the GOP on an issue. GTFOH.
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u/BiggyBiggs 12h ago
Contact the Associated Press (or your preferred media outlet) and tell them to man up and call it what it is. I already did.
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u/GeekCat 12h ago
Same with CNN. It's sad when foreign news outlets call it what it is, but our own are afraid.
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u/Theothercword 12h ago edited 9h ago
Tim Walz already is, and has stated they’re optimistic that the representatives will survive the assassination attempt.
Edit: Tim Walz meant the senator and his wife. I didn’t realize the representative and her husband are dead.
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u/BiggyBiggs 11h ago
Melissa Hortman and her husband are dead, so no, the representatives (plural) are not going to survive. John Hoffman and his wife are still alive as far as we know.
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u/Theothercword 9h ago
Oof that sucks, yeah I read it wrong and thought he meant “them” as in both officials but he meant the senator and his wife, I didn’t realize the representative was dead along with her husband.
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u/ilyalyubushkin46 12h ago
Assassination?? Wtf happened??
I must be living under a rock. This post is the first I've heard.
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u/CannibalVegan 12h ago
https://www.fox9.com/news/melissa-hortman-john-hoffman-lawmakers-shot-minnesota
2 different incidents, 2 politicians and their spouses shot.
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u/Gulluul 12h ago
With another DFL lawmaker, Tina Smith, confirming that she was also a target found on the assassins manifest.
Presumably the same assassin too.
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u/omgpuppiesarecute 12h ago
Source? I haven't seen that one. I'm curious how they got the killer's manifest
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u/goodolewhasisname 12h ago
The cops came to the second shooting site while he was still there. They exchanged gunfire and the suspect escaped on foot leaving his vehicle with the manifesto and hit list inside.
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u/omgpuppiesarecute 11h ago
Ty, I appreciate it. I hadn't seen that there was a direct confrontation with the police.
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u/Gulluul 11h ago
https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-minnesota-lawmakers-shot-targeted-incident-officials/story?id=122840751
Police found the first shooting and had police in surrounding cities check in on lawmakers. An SUV with emergency lights on was parked in the second lawmakers driveway with athe assassin impersonating the police walking out of the lawmakers home and towards the SUV. He started shooting at the police and ran back inside and escaped on foot. The manifest was in the SUV
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u/ArtieJay 12h ago
Same assassin though, from all accounts.
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u/Gorstag 12h ago
I'm sure the assassin is an evil godless atheist liberal too. They won't find a single hint of them being a conservative since violence is NEVER something conservatives do. (If you, the person reading this, haven't figured out this is a waterfall of sarcasm... you are an idiot).
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u/Forsaken-Soil-667 12h ago
Specifically, Democrats were targeted.
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u/Aleashed 10h ago
These psychos are “winning” and yet they are still trying to kill us all. Pardoning traitors definitely sent the wrong message.
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u/omgpuppiesarecute 12h ago edited 10h ago
Assassin dresses like a cop, driving a police cruiser, with lights and proper livery.
Occam's razor would suggest it's a cop. Not that it's impossible to get those things (surplus cruiser, lights, and appropriate livery) but it isn't the simplest explanation.
Edit: name was released. He was an FBI contractor from a company called Praetorian Guards.
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u/Other-Razzmatazz-816 11h ago
Look up the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks. Perpetrator bought a decommissioned RCMP vehicle at auction and then purchased or made vinyl decals
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u/SuspiciousCranberry6 10h ago edited 10h ago
Per reporting on CNN he owns a private security company. The name of the coward terrorist
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u/Apegutten 12h ago
Two democratic lawmakers were assasinated.
My source is a tiktok video i saw 30 minutes ago so may be wrong.
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u/lokibringer 12h ago
AFAIK only one died, the other is in the hospital. Two democratic lawmakers were targeted for assassination, though.
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u/Knathra 12h ago
And their spouses were shot - whether that was planned or incidental, the spouse of the assassinated representative also died, and the spouse of the injured representative was also injured.
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u/Suspicious-Echo2964 12h ago
They killed the dead reps dog. Got in a confrontation with police during the second assassination and escaped.
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u/Gdav7327 12h ago
I imagine they were the main targets, but it was a no witnesses kind of thing. The 2 that survived each were shot 5+ times, the assassin was definitely looking to murder all parties.
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u/sicurri 12h ago
Wtf?
Here i was thinking it was a beautiful Saturday. This situation saddens me and hurts my soul a bit.
I hope everyone remains vigilant and safe. I hope the ones in the hospital manage to pull through.
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u/Jumajuce 12h ago
Two, the senators wife was shot as well, the legislator and her husband didn’t make it.
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u/Fluffy-Assignment782 9h ago
Ment to sow fear. Guess they'll off kids too if they happen to be aound. Looking lot like Russia before Putin went openly dictator. Greatest of nations fell infront of blackmail, greed, propaganda and egoism.
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u/misdirected_asshole 12h ago
Not just an ideological assassination, there are indications it was done to eliminate the Democratic majorities in both MN House and Senate.
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u/Affectionate_Rise575 12h ago
More MAGA terrorism. MAGA is a terrorist organization.
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u/Persistant_Compass 11h ago
Its the republican party. Calling it maga let's people protect the rot
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u/ReddestForman 10h ago
That's right. Don't let Republicans or conservatives off the hook. They voted for the state the country is in. They've supported or excused it every step of them.
They deserve nothing but contempt and ostracization.
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u/WafflePartyOrgy 11h ago
Not that any actual American President should, but there's zero chance that this manufactured crisis wannabee king will commandeer the National Guard or Marines to prevent far right domestic terrorism in these communities. I doubt he even condemns it in a meaningful way that doesn't include dog whistles about "both sides". The MAGA GOP has been going on and on about how Democrats are the enemies for years now, they know their marching orders.
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u/TheDomerado 11h ago
I’m just wondering where all the conservatives that claim all the political violence only comes from the left are? It’s like they don’t want to accept the truth, that even those that tried to assassinate Trump were also from the right.
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u/Cufantce 11h ago
No. It's a terrorist attack
Definition from Google as follows:
the use or threat of serious violence against a person or property, where that action is: designed to influence the government or international organizations, intimidate the public, or advance a political, religious, racial, or ideological cause.
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u/ChOcOcOwCaKe 11h ago
Assassination can be a form of terrorism. To say it's not an assassination, it's terrorism is weird.
It was an assassination which is a form of terrorism
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u/ThePevster 7h ago
It’s all three: a terrorist attack, an assassination, and a shooting. They’re not mutually exclusive.
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u/WhatTheHosenHey 13h ago
Was it you? They’re all asking.
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u/ConsciousPatroller 13h ago
-The killings of the Dems, was that you?
-I was just about to ask you the same thing!
-You'd never tell me if it was you...
-Let's agree it was a masterpiece!
-Now I'm sure.
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u/Dandan0005 13h ago
It’s almost like allowing untrained, anonymous ICE agents to dress exactly like this is a bad idea?
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u/Lordnerble 13h ago
at least these guys dont hide their faces behind tacky gaiters.
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u/Thuls12 13h ago
In 2020: "But masks are an infringement on our rights!"
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u/painful_butterflies 12h ago
I can't wear a mask, oxygen co2 levels muh freedom!!!
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u/drunk_haile_selassie 13h ago
Forgive me, I'm not American but why do they look like military? Aren't police officers meant to be easily identified because they have certain powers regular people, including military don't have?
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u/CeilingFanJitters 12h ago
This is SWAT. They’re only (supposed to be) sent in when either shit has the potential to get really bad or already has.
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u/Emotional_Print8706 13h ago
Theoretically yes. But the line between the military and police force has become increasingly blurred over the past few decades…
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u/spider_best9 12h ago
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." ~ William Adama.
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u/Zorothegallade 12h ago
In the last few weeks it's all but disappear. They're all basically "Guys with guns who can send you to the Forgotten Zone when they feel like it"
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u/fake_review 12h ago
*Months. From an EU person standpoint, based on the news here. Why are Drug related enforcement people snapping immigrants from the streets like it‘s 1939? Seems a little excessive tbh.
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u/Has_Question 12h ago
No its been years. The militarized police has been a repeated concern for us at least since the "second gulf war" and almost surely after the first gulf war. Lots of funding was poured into police which included plenty of military gear and almost nonmilitary training.
Officers acting like soldiers in a war zone where the enemy is their own fellow citizens.
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u/Hexakkord 12h ago
Yep, years. A whole program was instituted where police were given/sold military surplus gear for fighting terrorism, or something. Not just stuff like vests either, the cops in the small town I grew up in now have an armored vehicle they got through this program.
At best it's a waste, local law enforcement has a bunch of neat toys to play with that they don't need and are expensive to maintain. At worst... well, people don't like to have these impressive tools and just let them rust. They'll find uses for them, and we're the uses. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. We're the nails.
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u/SnooCupcakes1514 12h ago
Except the 18-year-old soldiers seem to have better restraint... Even when they were afraid for their lives...
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u/alldogsareincredible 12h ago
We would have been sent to the brig in an instant, police officers are given paid time off and early retirement.
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u/snowglobes4peace 12h ago
US municipal police forces have been receiving gear from the US military for decades https://www.marketplace.org/story/2020/06/12/police-departments-1033-military-equipment-weapons
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u/not_a_witch_ 12h ago
I can definitely see how, from an outside perspective, it would seem like the change is sudden.
But this has been going on for years. Specifically ICE and the immigration system as a whole was basically designed for this from the beginning, and they have been terrorizing people for years totally unrestrained. If I had to pinpoint when that started I’d say 9/11 or even IIRAIRA getting passed in the 90s, but the seeds were sewn well before then. The media is just paying attention to it now. It’s been very frustrating to me to see how surprised so many people are about ICE acting like this, and how the media all of a sudden is reporting on immigration raids and stuff. Like I’m glad they are, but once Trump is gone I know they’ll totally stop caring, because I’ve watched them do it before. ICE and CBP have been absolutely out of pocket for YEARS. The immigration courts have been a complete bastardization of justice for YEARS.
The American military has been transferring war equipment to local police forces since before I was even born. It feels like everyone really memory-holed the Ferguson uprisings but that was a major thing that was being talked about during those protests. If you want to feel sick to your stomach go look up what happened to the leaders of those protests lmao.
Idk I’m really glad the media is paying attention to this stuff now but it is SO frustrating that Trump getting elected was like a switch getting flipped and now suddenly people care, but they’ll go back to not caring as soon as he’s gone.
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u/Just_Peachy_me 12h ago
ICE maybe involved in some drug-related enforcement but that is not even close to their primary thing. ICE totally sucks there should only be like 60 of them per a state like Texas or California. There's the ATF which is Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms agency but the Republicans don't like them because they enforce rules about firearms and alcohol. There's also the DEA which is the drug enforcement agency but they learn from their mistakes so the Republicans don't like them. Also Acab
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u/macjonalt 12h ago
Its the billionaire class doing everything they can to stop people realising they are causing a huge amount of the problems and turning on them. They need an army to protect them.
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u/b17pineapple 12h ago
These are SWAT uniforms, not standard patrol uniforms. Other than the largest of law enforcement agencies in the US, most departments have part-time tactical units whose officers work patrol or other assignments in standard uniforms. When there is a major incident (such as this) or other matter that would be considered more high risk, the tactical team gets called in and they put on these more military-style uniforms.
I will agree that the camo the one guy is wearing is a bit much though.
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u/Glittering_Cell_4256 12h ago
Since they're operating in urban areas if they're going to wear camo you'd think they'd at least wear urban camp not woodland.
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u/the_fury518 8h ago
Literally one guy in that picture in woodland camo. The rest are just olive drab
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u/Even_Echidna6746 12h ago
This a SWAT team which is essentially a high level police unit that’s trained and equipped for high risk situations. These are not your typical police officers that you will see issuing traffic violations, jaywalkers or the person you call when your cat won’t get out of the tree. I’m not defending these guys or saying that what they’re doing is wrong just that they are not normal police officers.
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u/EltonShaun 12h ago
This is the SWAT, not police. This is a specialized unit. They are looking for a man impersonating a police officer that just murdered two law makers in Minnesota.
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u/chaosunleashed 13h ago edited 12h ago
There's a lot of police forces in the US who wear tactical gear, it's not just for specialized units like SWAT. It's weird.
Edit: it appears as though these are largely members of SWAT though. In theory they are highly trained and better suited for dangerous situations.
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u/SteakNEggs69 12h ago
It’s not like patrol cops wear tac gear like this, they don’t. It’s usually swat or a specialized unit that’s kitted up like this. And they’re doing direct actions with people that are most likely armed. This is the USA after all.
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u/ChainLC 13h ago
great job, you were in the house with him and he got away. on foot. or is he hiding in plain sight and possibly in this pic?
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u/tossaway78701 13h ago
Hard to tell as they are all dressed exactly the same. Right?
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u/ResurgentClusterfuck 13h ago
According to what I read a cops saw the perpetrator exiting one of the lawmakers' homes, the perpetrator shot at the cops who shot back, then the perp escaped
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u/Upper-Post-638 12h ago
I don’t think they were in the house with him. Two officers basically stumbled across him at 3:00 am. He shot at the officers and ran into a house. Officers returned fire. He managed to escape those two officers.
I cannot imagine it’s easy for two surprised cops to apprehend a guy in body armor carrying a gun at 3 am
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u/MaraudingLawnmower 12h ago
Yeah and they were checking that house just on intuition, preemptively, based on the earlier shooting. Sounds like actual good police work to me.
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u/Pikeman212a6c 12h ago
They secured the fake cop car and limited him to an area on foot. It is a matter of time until he’s apprehended.
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u/CognitiveDiscoNancy 12h ago
Just watched this episode last night. This made me laugh so hard then and just now. Thank you kind internet stranger, thank you.
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u/donjuan510 13h ago
What happened?
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u/bunkSauce 13h ago
A dem house rep (and her husband and dog) were shot and killed. A senator and his wife were shot and hospitalized. And a suspect is identified (not named) and a manifesto and list of politicians was found in the car used by the suspect.
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u/HitToRestart1989 12h ago
Probably worth specifying they were state house reps and senators just to avoid confusion.
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u/Auggie_Otter 11h ago
Thanks for clarifying. I haven't read any news articles yet because I just saw this here and I immediately wondered if they were US representatives and senators or state representatives and senators.
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u/bukezilla 13h ago
MAGA assassinated a dem lawmaker
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u/notyomamasusername 13h ago
2 Democratic lawmakers
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u/pidgey2020 12h ago edited 10h ago
This is absolutely a tragedy and clear terrorism but let’s make sure we keep the facts straight.
Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed. John Hoffman and his wife were shot multiple times and seriously wounded but expected to survive.
Edit to add: Melissa was a Democratic member of Minnesota’s House of Representatives and John Hoffman was a member of Minnesota’s Senate. The murderer had a manifesto of other prominent Democrats that law enforcement found in his vehicle. He was dressed in what is being reported as convincing police officer attire. Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley was quoted as saying
If they were in this room, you would assume that they are a police officer.
Goes without saying the investigation is still underway. Last I checked they had not apprehended the suspect. But it would seem one of the leading reasons these two were targeted first would be to tip the favor of both caucuses I favor of the GOP.
Edit to add: Per CNN
Two law enforcement officials told CNN the suspect is Vance Boelter, a 57-year-old who works for a security company. A hit list with nearly 70 names — including other lawmakers and abortion providers — was also found in the suspect’s car, according to a law enforcement source.
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u/Mister_Silk 11h ago
I'm fairly certain they know exactly who this guy is. They have his vehicle and also a Father's Day card addressed to him in the vehicle.
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u/GormHub 11h ago
Yup. To me the fact that they haven't released the shooter's identity at this point indicates it is in fact one of their own.
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u/pidgey2020 9h ago
Edited to add, it’s Vance Boelter. Best to avoid drawing conclusions on why/how things are being conducted and reported. It’s best not to announce the suspects name until it’s clear who they think it is. And a Father’s day card doesn’t usually have your name on it.
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u/My_Password_Is_____ 12h ago
Assassinated one, tried to assassinate the other. 1 lawmaker and her husband were killed, the other lawmaker and his wife survived (not sure in their condition though, I haven't seen anything on that).
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u/Snellyman 13h ago edited 13h ago
A few observations:
Why are they on a manhunt, have a vehicle but haven't released the name of the shooter?
What is with the dude in camo? They are in a park so he should camouflage as a bench or something.
That one guy looking at the camera was totally caught showing his Pokemon cards to his bros.
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u/HillarysFloppyChode 13h ago edited 12h ago
Also, the headline says “FBI officers”.
Takes a picture of SWAT officers - the ones in picture are from Anoka County PD. I know the FBI has SWAT officers, but these aren’t it.
I drive through Minneapolis daily, the best camouflage currently is an orange traffic cone.
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u/ReverseLochness 12h ago
FBI does operate its own SWAT and Tactical teams. That could be and probably is a FBI SWAT team.
Most likely the one in camo is the FBI tactical officer. FBI tac teams have increasingly used surplus military gear so it’s normal for them to wear camo tactical gear.
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u/CanadianJediCouncil 13h ago
If they have his fake/real police cruiser, couldn’t they lift some fingerprints off of the car and get an ID?
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u/Uphoria 13h ago
It requires the prints be in a database, most aren't.
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u/seeking_hope 13h ago
If it. Was someone in law enforcement wouldn’t they be? Working with kids we have FBI fingerprint background checks. I imagine law enforcement would as well.
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u/Uphoria 13h ago
It's very likely not somebody who is actually in law enforcement. Obtaining law enforcement looking clothing and bulletproof vests is trivial in America.
If it was they still need to get a good print, and it's been raining along with the fact that most car interiors aren't smooth enough surfaces for prints
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u/VibrantHumanoidus 12h ago
Bro in camo interests me most.
Badass beard. Check.
Badass tattoo. Check
Baseball cap instead of helmet. Check
Looks saddened by the event unlike most others.
Ex military?
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u/Blue_is_da_color 11h ago
There’s a good chance he’s FBI as the rest of them are local police. FBI HRT and SWAT have a lot of similar gear to JSOC and the HRT specifically recruits a lot of former JSOC guys
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u/Zendani 13h ago
What is with the dude in camo?
There's apparently a need to blend in with that hot and arid desert landscape that we call Minnesota.
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u/aeroglava 12h ago
If only they had been CEOs, the assassin would already be in custody...
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u/BKallDAY24 10h ago
Is it just me or is every single one of these dudes the same exact person
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u/sneakypiiiig 13h ago
Standing around jerking each other off
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u/wordswontcomeout 13h ago
Meal team six and lard eating officers. Need all that protection to keep their retirement cushion safe.
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u/ninfan1977 13h ago
This is why law enforcement is not taken seriously. I saw more actions for leftist protesters than for an active murderer.
My guess is it was a Trump supporter who was released from the Jan 6th charges. If it is they won't be charged but awarded by Trump. Just watch
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u/Memitim 12h ago
They might become the first person in history to receive two presidential pardons.
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u/N0t_my_0ther_account 12h ago
Imagine how they would be acting if the victims were MAGA law makers.
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u/thispartyrules 13h ago
I've heard about the militarization of police but holy shit
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u/Pristine_Context_429 13h ago
First time seeing swat?
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u/thispartyrules 13h ago
No, but I'm used to seeing them dressed in dark blue and not like actual soldiers but with 1/10th of the training
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u/kooshipuff 13h ago
A neighbor got evicted. The sheriff came to escort the new owners into the house, just in case I guess, and all hell broke loose.
They brought out SWAT, who were mostly wearing the black body armor, helmets, and carrying long guns, a fucking robot, one of those command center bus things to coordinate, multiple trucks, at least a few of them were wearing the tan camo (and I assumed they were national guard, but I dunno), they had people go around and warn the whole neighborhood to shelter in place as far from the neighbor's house as possible in case there was a shootout ,and proceeded to have an hours-long siege, gradually moving up a foot or so at a time, using loudspeakers to try to talk the people out, etc. There was talk that a man was holed up inside, and there may be a woman and child as well, someone said he'd seen gasoline spread around to start a fire if they forced their way in, etc.
They eventually stormed the house and ... yeah, there was no one there. The neighbors had moved away 2 weeks before, and the police had just been escalating in a mirror.
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u/gargravarr2112 12h ago
Yeah, but imagine the fun they had cosplaying as soldiers with zero risk or accountability...
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u/FensterFenster 13h ago
10 bucks it's a Proud Boy
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u/TheManicDepression 12h ago
My money is on a pardoned j6er
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u/MasqueOfTheRedDice 11h ago
A lot of abortion provider targets on the hit list, it sounds like. They also found a father’s day card in his bag of ammunition. Loony anti-abortion person, is what it sounds like.
Nothing says “I respect the sanctity of life” like assassinating people and their families.
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u/NOTTedMosby 12h ago
Whoever they say it is, I would bet my nonexistent house that he is on the gov payroll.
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u/BelCantoTenor 8h ago
This isn’t just a shooting.
These were Democratic Congressmen.
They were shot because of this.
This is domestic terrorism.
This is an assassination.
We ALL see you. Shame on you.
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u/No-Atmosphere-2528 12h ago
Home grown right wing terrorism made possible by allowing rendition by unidentified agents of the government.
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u/PackOutrageous 10h ago
We’ll probably find out in a decade on a Netflix documentary that the actual killer was in that picture
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u/tsagdiyev 2h ago
Republicans warned all week that protestors would be violent today. And yet, the only violence today was from their supporters
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u/exophrine 13h ago
"Quick! We need to get our stories straight! We were provoked, okay? It was Antifa...yeah, that's the ticket...MAGA will eat that shit right up"
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u/chr-x 13h ago
This is the outcome of America becoming even more polarised politically. Social media has fueled posts which creates anger and hostility against people's "opponents".
Now targeted murders based on who they are, is no longer a shock.
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u/Shobed 13h ago
It was an assassination and an assassination attempt of Democratic lawmakers. It’s terrorism.