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❗️San Diego mayor heckled, accused of Zionist propaganda following massacre at Islamic Center
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria was publicly heckled and accused of enabling violence during a press conference following a deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. The attack left three Muslim victims dead outside the facility, which functions as the county's largest mosque and houses an elementary school. The perpetrators, identified as two teenage gunmen wearing camouflage, subsequently died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds inside a nearby vehicle where investigators recovered an Islamophobic suicide note filled with references to white racial pride.
During the press briefing, a visibly outraged resident interrupted the mayor, directly linking his consistent political and financial backing of Israel to the deadly radicalization taking place in the US. "You emboldened Zionist propaganda, and you'll keep doing it as long as it lines your pockets," the woman shouted, echoing growing domestic frustration over how mainstream American politicians coddle extremist ideologies. While Mayor Gloria and California Governor Gavin Newsom scrambled to issue generic condemnations labeling the massacre an unacceptable act of terror, local activists emphasize that state-sanctioned bigotry directly fuels the record-high levels of anti-Muslim hate crimes gripping the country.
The targeted killings took place just outside the mosque doors, claiming the lives of a heroic security guard and two school staff members who managed to protect the children inside before being gunned down. The FBI and local law enforcement have launched a formal hate crime investigation into the mass shooting, noting that the perpetrators used weapons scrawled with anti-Islamic slurs.
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