US Capitol under lockdown

cnocbui

Sounds like someone in a car rammed a couple of police officers and tried to breach a barrier. Three people have been taken to hospital.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/02/politics/us-capitol-incident/index.html

Wanderer78

thoughts and prayers, moving on....................

biko

Was it a Coup......... DeVille?

elperello

Driver of car armed with knife shot by police - Sky News

Wanderer78

elperello wrote: »

Driver of car armed with knife shot by police - Sky News

brought a knife to a gun fight, poor chap!

suicide_circus

Suspect dead

Atlantic Dawn

Press briefing at 7.45pm.

Donald Trump

Fake news

0lddog

OP, how would you feel about editing the thread title to

US Capitol under lockdown - again

?

hotmail.com

An insurrection, an attack on democracy.. American media goes nuts. Same old story.

Jimbob1977

The modus operandi would not point to white supremacists.

Time will tell.

It won't be too difficult to identify the suspect.

Atlantic Dawn

Press conference on now...
1 police officer also dead.

Rjd2

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

The modus operandi would not point to white supremacists.

Time will tell.

It won't be too difficult to identify the suspect.

We know the rules by now...

If its some white supremist loon, some will be delirious , while if its a Islamist /Isis type the other side will be along with hot takes.

Culture wars are a cancer.

punisher5112

It was trump

Quantum Erasure

0lddog wrote: »

OP, how would you feel about editing the thread title to

US Capitol under lockdown - again

?

electric boogaloo boys, part 2

y0ssar1an22

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

The modus operandi would not point to white supremacists.

Time will tell.

It won't be too difficult to identify the suspect.

i would guess a far right wing loon alright

KeepItLight

I've heard the news describe it as "not terror-related", so money on it not being a white or middle-eastern man.

Jimbob1977

Deceased suspect is 25 year-old black male from Virginia named Noah Green.

A member of the Nation of Islam.

terryduff12

y0ssar1an22 wrote: »

i would guess a far right wing loon alright

guess again

y0ssar1an22

terryduff12 wrote: »

guess again

i figured someone on that side had gotten sick of of the fence and drove into it.

who was the person do we know? and how are the casualties?

explains my own bias anyway :pac:

Jimbob1977

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

The modus operandi would not point to white supremacists.

Time will tell.

It won't be too difficult to identify the suspect.

Ear is ringing from that dogwhistle.

Racist say what?

AMKC

One of the police officers confirmed dead, the other still in hospital. Suspect dead too. You would have to wonder what the hell he thought he was going to accomplish doing this. All he done is get himself killed. This will be forgotten by next week.

osarusan

The city's acting police chief has said the attack does not appear to be terrorism-related. An investigation has been opened.
...

Two law enforcement sources involved in the investigation told BBC partner CBS News that the suspect in the attack was 25-year-old Noah Greene from Indiana.

They added that no prior information about him had been found on any police databases, and that he did not appear to have any ties to the military.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56620113

Real Donald Trump

KeepItLight wrote: »

I've heard the news describe it as "not terror-related", so money on it not being a white or middle-eastern man.

CNN must be gutted

AllForIt

Could we still say he was far-right anyway?

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1378078156096147457

Real Donald Trump

AllForIt wrote: »

Could we still say he was far-right anyway?

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1378078156096147457

Nozebleed

black far right white supremacist..shot dead.

MisterAnarchy

Real Donald Trump wrote: »

CNN must be gutted

CNN is the most trusted name in news I will have you know.

BanditLuke

Blue lives matter

Atlantic Dawn

Choosing to end your days in a Nissan Altima makes you look like an arsehole.

suicide_circus

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_of_Islam

"it maintains that the current Allah will soon return aboard a spaceship, the "Mother Plane" or "Mother Ship," to wipe out the white race and inaugurate a black utopia"

Sounds reasonable

Kivaro

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

CNN is the most trusted name in news I will have you know.

Very odd watching CNN's portrayal of the incident this morning with their repeated showing of the last Capitol Hill incident, constantly showing Trump flags, as if it was the reason for this Nation of Islam attack.

After hearing the sequence of events of the man ramming a barrier, tried to run down police officers with his car, and then getting out of the car with a knife and stabbing and murdering an armed white policeman, the question has to be asked on whether the police officers held back from firing on the knife-wielding man because of previous incidents with black men. With the ongoing high profile trial of a former police officer and the constant threat of BLM protests/riots, did the police make a mistake by not following protocol and shooting the armed and obviously dangerous man due to his race? Did a police officer lose his life because of this? American society really need an honest debate on the issue.

Quantum Erasure

Do these boys go in for the whole Allahu Akbar thing, or...?

suicide_circus

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

Do these boys go in for the whole Allahu Akbar thing, or...?

No, it only uses Islam as a very vague starting point and then goes off on a mad tangent. White people were invented by an evil scientist to torment black people, god is going to return on a spaceship, that kind of thing. Not too fond of jews or gays so there's that.

BanditLuke

Kivaro wrote: »

Very odd watching CNN's portrayal of the incident this morning with their repeated showing of the last Capitol Hill incident, constantly showing Trump flags, as if it was the reason for this Nation of Islam attack.

After hearing the sequence of events of the man ramming a barrier, tried to run down police officers with his car, and then getting out of the car with a knife and stabbing and murdering an armed white policeman, the question has to be asked on whether the police officers held back from firing on the knife-wielding man because of previous incidents with black men. With the ongoing high profile trial of a former police officer and the constant threat of BLM protests/riots, did the police make a mistake by not following protocol and shooting the armed and obviously dangerous man due to his race? Did a police officer lose his life because of this? American society really need an honest debate on the issue.

It's a desperate "news" network, absolutely desperate.

BanditLuke

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

Do these boys go in for the whole Allahu Akbar thing, or...?

It's basically the KKK for black people tbh.

AllForIt

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Choosing to end your days in a Nissan Altima makes you look like an arsehole.

And he couldn't even get himself a gun in the easiest country in the world to get a gun.

Rodin

Another black man dead at the hands of the cops... when will it ever end ?

biko

In 5 days this thread didn't even see 40 posts..
That's what you get sometimes when a person that doesn't fit the narrative tries and manages to kill a cop in the US Capitol.

The cop was Billy Evans, a father of two, grew up in North Adams, Massachusetts a close-knit town of about 13,000 in the northwest part of the state.

Lawmakers issued a wave of statements offering their condolences and gratitude to Evans after the attack. Capitol Hill aides and members of the press corps that cover Capitol Hill also weighed in, recalling him as friendly and professional.

Jason LaForest knew Evans for more than 30 years and said Evans never wanted to be known as a hero.

“He wanted to serve his country as a Capitol police officer and looked forward to seeing lawmakers and visitors who came to the Capitol every day, many of whom became friends of Billy’s in large part because of his good-natured sense of humor,” LaForest said. "And, unfortunately, Billy paid the ultimate price defending his country.”

RIP.

WrenBoy

Should we now be concerned about the rise of Black Supremacy !?

Dyr

biko wrote: »

In 5 days this thread didn't even see 40 posts..
That's what you get sometimes when a person that doesn't fit the narrative tries and manages to kill a cop in the US Capitol.

What you have to understand is that the posters on here who are so animated about US politics, like the current police trial, receive all their cues from mainstream US media. They basically regurgitate whatever CNN put forward. Black extremist attacks Capitol and stabs cop to death is filed under white supremacy and they move onto the next white supremecy headline. Like voting ID laws that have existed in Ireland for my entire life without anyone batting an eyelind


It's a bit like watching a shoal of guppies.