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Eugene

(61,899 posts)
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 07:43 AM Dec 2018

Suspect in California shooting in U.S. illegally, prompting Trump tweet

Source: Reuters

U.S. DECEMBER 27, 2018 / 6:22 PM / UPDATED 12 HOURS AGO

Suspect in California shooting in U.S. illegally, prompting Trump tweet

Alex Dobuzinskis
3 MIN READ

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A suspect wanted in the shooting death of a California police officer was believed to be in the United States illegally, a county sheriff said on Thursday as President Donald Trump cited the manhunt in his push for a wall on the border with Mexico.

Trump tweeted about the shooting on the sixth day of a shutdown of the federal government, which was triggered by his $5 billion demand, largely opposed by Democrats and some lawmakers in Trump’s own Republican party, for the wall he wants to build.

A police officer for the city of Newman, a small Northern California town, was shot and killed there on Wednesday, after pulling over a suspect on suspicion of driving under the influence, authorities said.

The suspect, whose name has not been released, exchanged gunfire with the officer before fleeing, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson told reporters. The officer, identified as 33-year-old Ronil Singh, was struck by gunfire and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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Suspect in California shooting in U.S. illegally, prompting Trump tweet (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2018 OP
Because they aren't posting the suspects name, I'm guessing he may be European. marble falls Dec 2018 #1
And where are the daily tweets Sunsky Dec 2018 #2
It's not much news when a husband or wife shoots the other. Igel Dec 2018 #5
Well Sunsky Dec 2018 #6
Of course, no native born person has ever killed a cop. sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #3
And his tweet calling himself out for covering up Kashoggi's murder? Roland99 Dec 2018 #4
Lots of immigrant communities in Northern California are not hispanic. haele Dec 2018 #7
The officer was an immigrant sarisataka Dec 2018 #9
I just read another article on they profiled the officer - thanks haele Dec 2018 #10
The cop he killed was also an malaise Dec 2018 #8

Sunsky

(1,737 posts)
2. And where are the daily tweets
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 08:12 AM
Dec 2018

about those being murdered by people who are here legally/ citizens? The buffoonery needs to stop. Bad people do bad things, no matter where's their country of origin.

Igel

(35,311 posts)
5. It's not much news when a husband or wife shoots the other.
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 12:56 PM
Dec 2018

It happens, and it's bad, but it's not Big and Scary. It's only serious news if it's somebody Important, like maybe a celebrity. You know, somebody better than regular folk because lots of people see them in the media.

But if there's an intruder who shoots the husband or wife after coming in through a window or picking the lock, it's bigger news because there are two crimes--illegal entry and then the *real* crime. If you stopped one, the other wouldn't happen, so people put up, oh, walls to keep people out and even put grates over their windows.

Harder to stop the first, but even then there are restraining orders and such.

Sunsky

(1,737 posts)
6. Well
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:37 PM
Dec 2018

not one of those other "newsworthy" act were worthy enough for a tweet from this POS. I am tired of the focus being placed on criminal acts by non-citizens, because our mob boss White house resident tweets about them.
There are murders being committed daily and some are due to reasons other than domestic violence. They are all important because a life or lives are lost.

haele

(12,657 posts)
7. Lots of immigrant communities in Northern California are not hispanic.
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:45 PM
Dec 2018

I doubt the suspect would be Sikh (I suspect from the officer's name he was Sikh or Pakistani/Kashmiri); but there's just as great a chance he might be Eastern European, East Asian, or West Asian as there is he might be Hispanic.

Haele

haele

(12,657 posts)
10. I just read another article on they profiled the officer - thanks
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 04:08 PM
Dec 2018

I knew a couple Singhs - they were all either Sikhs or from the Kashmir region.

Haele

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