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Political Violence in America
A young man of 18 was killed after a political debate became heated. The accused killer has defended himself by saying the teen was a Republican extremist.
Brandt had a tough time understanding the charges against him in the killing of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson.
"I have a job, a life and a house and things I don't want to see go by the wayside—family that are very important to me," Brandt told a judge at his first court hearing. pic.twitter.com/UG9vc9PvTV
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) September 21, 2022
Brandt “stated that he struck the pedestrian because the pedestrian was threatening him. Brandt stated that the pedestrian called some people and Brandt was afraid they were coming to get him.”
The young man had called his mother to come get him, because someone was chasing him, and in retaliation for his call for help, he was killed.
The friends and family of Cayler Elingson have set up a GoFundMe, to help the family with funeral, legal and other expenses in this very difficult time for them.
Brandt has been charged, and released on $50 000 bail, pending trial.
Published in Policing
The fruit of Biden’s poisonous “Red Speech.”
The fruit of democratic rhetoric going back to 2015, if not 1944.
Someone cite the cases of right wing violence in America where the perpetrator’s politics was the motivation, and not mental illness. I’m sure there are examples, I’m just having trouble coming up with any.
J6 doesn’t count since the kids climbing and breaking windows were dressed in black and were indistinguishable from antifa. Also, the only people who died were MAGA.
Styxhexenhammer: (WARNING spicy language):
Tim Pool reports:
Civil war theories?
Jus’ sayin’, we have people among us who believe that, while over the top in its rhetoric, Biden’s Red Speech was essentially harmless.
It wasn’t.
And of course, we’ve been hearing the same eliminationist rhetoric from members of Congress and the media for several years now, including from The One himself.
Any surprise their crazies act on it?
You know if a Republican mowed down a Democrat we’d never hear the end of it. (And in fact, that’s already happened.)
So . . . never let them hear the end of this. Don’t let them send it down the memory hole.
This is on them. All of them. Anyone who voted for Biden.
What would make him think that kind of action was Ok . . .
I’m with you until the last sentence. Biden’s speech was awful and the type of rhetoric I’ve complained about on our side too. It’s worse because he’s the freaking President.
But we can’t blame all 81 million people who voted for him. That’s the same BS that the Left pulls with us all the time as if all 74 million Trump voters are an indistinguishable blob. That’s going to make the situation worse.
What this guy did was evil. Just like any other cold blooded murder.
Yes we can. They knew what they were getting.
Especially the Biden voters at Ricochet. They should have known quite well. We warned them over and over.
They didn’t listen because they styled themselves smart and we were the dummies who were voting the awful Orange Man.
Well, . . . better the Orange man than the one in the red suit, pointed tail and horns — which is who they got.
I know by your history here that you’ll never agree with me. I’m okay with that.
How about 1854.
Later on, after a stiff drink, I’m going to read the youtube comments to see how many sacks of used food support this killer. My conservative estimate is 40% of those who comment do.
I hope you are doing for research purposes. I am not sure any amount of stiff drinks could help process that number.
It’s a way of staying grounded. On the upside, maybe I’ll find that the real percentage is much lower, and youtube probably is not a representative sample of Americans.
If this happened in a blue city this ahrse hat would be acquitted at trial and given a TV talking head job as a driving expert at MSNBC.
Fortunately, a North Dakota jury can be expected to give murderers the appropriate prison term … although the MSNBC job is still on the table when he gets out.
I blame less than 81 million people. See how beneficent I am.
$50 per vote, or maybe $100.
Ha!
I doubt it was that high. These Ballot harvesters… Going all over the city collecting hundreds of ballots? $5 each…
This is a terrible situation, but is “Republican extremist” an oxymoron? Is a “Republican extremist” a GOP member that capitulates harder? Is the silence by the GOP on this hate crime proof they are not extremist? Is this an extension of Lefties adding “extremist” to all descriptors?
This Lefty cult needs deprogramming.
Ha!
How do kill someone before you confront them?
With a rifle, with a scope, from a mile away.
How much is that in pieces of silver?
I have seen a great many “cry harder” comments from leftists on Twitter responding to posts condemning this act of political violence.
The attitude of blaming every single Biden voter for this will lead to more violence. You can’t have it both ways on this. It’s wrong to blame all 74 million Trump voters for Jan. 6. It’s also wrong to blame all Biden voters for this violence.
If we continue to act that way, then we are making political opponents into enemies who want us all dead. That’s the same type of rhetoric that leads to what happened in ND or the Congressional baseball shooting. It makes violence more and more likely. You’re adopting the very same rhetoric that you are justifiably mad at Biden and the Left for. Dehumanizing your opponents is wrong regardless of who is doing it.
As with the shooting of the baseball practice and the Waukesha Christmas homicide, it will be dropped by corporate media as fast as you can say “Kermit Gosnell” – If it does not fit the narrative, it does not get repeated
Don’t care. I’m gonna blame them all anyway. Didn’t say I was going to kill them. (That’s what Democrats do.) But I’m sure as hell gonna blame them.
@MDHahn – they WANT us dead! They already made the choice of violence (POTUS Red Speech and everytime they open their mouths). I am with Drew, Don’t Care and there is a hell of lot we can do without resorting to violence.
You really think all 81 million want us dead? That’s nuts. What are our options short of violence? If they really want us dead, then they can’t be reasoned with, right?
That Biden got 81 million votes is nuts.
Right. You can’t reason someone out of a position that he didn’t arrive at by reason.
Don’t Drax (Guardian of the Galaxy) and take everything literally.