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Governor Tim Walz condemns ‘politically motivated assassination’ as search continues for Vance Luther Boelter

A prominent Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota and her husband were killed and another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife were shot in the early hours of Saturday.

State representative Melissa Hortman died, as has her husband, Mark, the state’s governor, Tim Walz, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday. Walz said the shooting “appears to be a politically motivated assassination”. Hortman was the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and the former speaker. The Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were both shot multiple times and are out of surgery, and Walz said he was “cautiously optimistic” both will survive.

The suspect was still at large, police said on Saturday, and the suburb of Brooklyn Park was under a shelter-in-place order as checkpoints were set up through the town. Police lifted a shelter-in-place order in the afternoon, saying they had reason to believe the suspect was no longer in the area. The shooter was impersonating a police officer, and was dressed in a uniform that would appear to be real to most people, police said.

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[-] Soup@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

See, the thing is that everyone is capable of harbouring the same level of hate but oh my fucking god it’s really just the conservatives who only seem to have one response to it, which is brazen violence. Every single thing they do is always an unnuaced, scorched-earth piece of bullshit because they aren’t smart enough to fix anything or create a better alternative so they just throw it out while throwing a tantrum. Whether they’re killing people or departments or regulations, they always just assume things will be better if they let chaos take over because they are too moronic to make anything work no matter how clear the instructions are.

And all these death threats and acts of violence, attempts on the lives of politicians, screaming for deporting people they don’t like, they’re all great examples of how worthless these people are. No matter how worthless they are I’d still make sure they got healthcare in a better world while they’d keep wishing I was dead or mute until I said things they liked.

[-] Zagam@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

The right can't create. Nothing. No art, no music, no writing. It's all garbage. I think it's an empathy thing.

[-] narr1@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

"impersonating a police officer" uhhuh sure buddy

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

In this case, yes. Vance Boelteris the suspected murderer, an evangelical who also did private security (among other... Weird things).

The vehicle he drove was black with lights on top styled after the police, and had a plate that said "Police" on it.

He is not, however, a police officer, and never has been.

[-] narr1@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

so he was in all ways - except ~~physical~~ legal - a cop?

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

All the ways except actually being a cop?

Yes. He is not, was not, and has never been a cop.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

So, basically this guy did what ICE does all the time

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago
[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago
[-] GoobyMcMooby@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Stripper cops are ok though. In fact, the end goal is to disrobe such an oppressive uniform; A metamorphosis to molt an uncomfortable layer to reveal their true form.

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

Why isn't this guy getting the same level of heat that the Adjuster got?

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Also why is the media not labeling this what it was an assassination? They did for that garbage ceo.

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

They went even further and called it terrorism.

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago
[-] painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Are you telling me that they haven't captured the Minnesota terrorist?

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