News Item:
An armed supporter of President Donald Trump and Republican Senator Ted Cruz was detained by police Wednesday outside a migrant community center in El Paso, according to Dallas News. [snip]
Police spokesman Robert Gomez said Thursday that a 21-year-old “suspicious subject” was “detained and interviewed” before being released. He was reportedly armed with a gun and knife.
He was spotted lurking outside the Casa Carmelita shelter.
“He was sitting in his truck wearing blue latex gloves, and brandishing a knife. Police recovered a loaded gun, ammo, and a bag of white powder from his person,” Casa Carmelita wrote in a Facebook post.
"Released." That's nice.
You'll note the truck is plastered with Trump and Cruz advertising and, in a nod to an ancient conspiracy theory of far right- wingers still pushed by fever swamps like Infowars, a "flouride" bumper sticker:
JFC, these people are nuts. And they're not chastened, they're emboldened.
And, of course, it's TX. Which is why he wasn't even questioned.
ReplyDeleteJimbo -- We're surprised they didn't give him a gift of some additional ammo when they released him.
ReplyDeleteHad he been a darker hue, they would have shot him where he sat.
ReplyDeletedonnah -- true!
ReplyDeleteWhat was the white powder? Baking soda? The story came and went quickly.
ReplyDeleteanon -- too quickly, like it's just another day in America (which it is). He'll be back in the news again, no doubt, when it's too late.
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