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sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 01:31 PM Jun 2020

US attorney announces the gunman who killed two cops in California was part of Boogaloo




US attorney announces the gunman who allegedly killed two law enforcement officers in California was associated with the right-wing Boogaloo movement. A patch bearing the group’s symbol was found in the van used by the shooter in Oakland and Santa Cruz killings

FBI: The gunman, an Air Force sergeant, and an accomplice went to Oakland "to take advantage” of BLM protests at the courthouse and open fire on officers. The pair were not associated with the protests.

The gun used in the shooting of federal security officers was an AR-15 style rifle, US attorney says.

“They came to Oakland to kill cops,” FBI special agent says.
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US attorney announces the gunman who killed two cops in California was part of Boogaloo (Original Post) sunonmars Jun 2020 OP
IMO this is a very big story. Hope it doesn't get lost in the Mike 03 Jun 2020 #1
Can we get Boogaloo banned now then? Terrorist organisation. sunonmars Jun 2020 #2
Yep, soon as we get a real United States Attorney General Auggie Jun 2020 #7
not only them, the kkk and other militia type orgs . and add nazi facisim too. AllaN01Bear Jun 2020 #18
The investigation has only just begun RVN VET71 Jun 2020 #23
But Antifa is the REAL threat. n/t Crunchy Frog Jun 2020 #3
Only the ones over 75. I can't wait until I am old enough. Two years and a couple of months. n/t rzemanfl Jun 2020 #5
Thin ranks, I'm afraid. The WWII vets are mostly no longer with us. Hortensis Jun 2020 #21
So you consider GHWB and countless Southern segregationists to represent Antifa? Crunchy Frog Jun 2020 #24
In WWII we successfully fought off fascism here in our nation, Hortensis Jun 2020 #25
Must be the Antifa wing... orwell Jun 2020 #4
"The Boogaloo"..."Helter Skelter"... LudwigPastorius Jun 2020 #6
I guess we can count on trump/Barr to single out this right wing group like they did Antifa mnmoderatedem Jun 2020 #8
OMG, THIS WILL BE ALL OVER THE NEWS TONIGHT! jayfish Jun 2020 #9
Definitely not Fox Noise Catherine Vincent Jun 2020 #19
Definitely Not Anywhere. jayfish Jun 2020 #27
Makes you wonder if the same coordination underlies 5 black men who were hung or Ford_Prefect Jun 2020 #10
And Vlad Putin was no doubt feeding this idiot . Botany Jun 2020 #11
Maybe the cops should start focusing on these assholes instead of people with signs CanonRay Jun 2020 #12
There's your terriost group. n/t Ellipsis Jun 2020 #13
The only organized 'Antifa' seems to be Trump supporters showing up with their spray paint, Molotov keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Pepsidog Jun 2020 #15
Fine people, no doubt... Thunderbeast Jun 2020 #16
Some of them matt819 Jun 2020 #17
Does CA apply the death penalty for murderers of Ilsa Jun 2020 #20
Cops response: " ... but its black people we need to beat the crap out of and shoot in the back!" uponit7771 Jun 2020 #22
Fake News. ANTIFA!!! budkin Jun 2020 #26

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
1. IMO this is a very big story. Hope it doesn't get lost in the
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 01:35 PM
Jun 2020

avalanche of news. That was a bizarre crime spree and it's reassuring to get some clarity.

Thanks for posting.

RVN VET71

(2,697 posts)
23. The investigation has only just begun
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 04:11 PM
Jun 2020

And our current Attorney General will want to make sure that he leaves no rhetorical stone unturned to distance this murderous asshole from the precious Right and White Wing of the Real American political spectrum.

"Well, the mere presence of allegedly "Boogaloo" symbols on a van he allegedly used when he allegedly drove to Oakland with what has been alleged to be an AR-15 does not in and of itself prove any of the alleged allegations made against this young male, or the patriotic but allegedly exclusive and Euro-focused organization of which he is alleged to be a member or hanger-on but which, for all we know, is an accusation baselessly alleged."

(Hmmm, maybe that should read:"Our current alleged Attorney General . . . &quot

Crunchy Frog

(26,611 posts)
24. So you consider GHWB and countless Southern segregationists to represent Antifa?
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 06:07 PM
Jun 2020

I shouldn't post anything like that last post, knowing that it's likely to lead to a stupid debate about semantics. Forget I posted anything.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
25. In WWII we successfully fought off fascism here in our nation,
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 06:26 PM
Jun 2020

and then our soldiers fought and rescued the people of nations that had fallen to it overseas. Antifascists in the genuine, great sense.

LudwigPastorius

(9,164 posts)
6. "The Boogaloo"..."Helter Skelter"...
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 02:03 PM
Jun 2020

Whatever they want to call their race war fantasy, they should be locked up for life, just like Manson's followers.

jayfish

(10,039 posts)
27. Definitely Not Anywhere.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 07:07 PM
Jun 2020

No mention of the shooting in ABQ either. Oh well, maybe we can get another weekend of wall-to-wall coverage of CHAZ.

Ford_Prefect

(7,917 posts)
10. Makes you wonder if the same coordination underlies 5 black men who were hung or
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 02:17 PM
Jun 2020

allegedly were suicides by hanging in different cities during the last few weeks.

Botany

(70,559 posts)
11. And Vlad Putin was no doubt feeding this idiot .
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 02:32 PM
Jun 2020

... information about starting a race war in order to help Trump.

keithbvadu2

(36,874 posts)
14. The only organized 'Antifa' seems to be Trump supporters showing up with their spray paint, Molotov
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 03:14 PM
Jun 2020

The only organized 'Antifa' seems to be Trump supporters showing up with their spray paint, Molotov cocktails, or guns, pretending to be protesters.

Response to sunonmars (Original post)

matt819

(10,749 posts)
17. Some of them
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 03:27 PM
Jun 2020

Are very fine people.

Or, as we in the reality-based universe put it, domestic terrorists.

Ilsa

(61,697 posts)
20. Does CA apply the death penalty for murderers of
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 04:01 PM
Jun 2020

"Federal security officers"? Can or will Barr seek it?

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