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thread on what law enforcement officials had to say about the assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and the attempted assassination of Sen. John Hoffman

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

law enforcement officials say they made a proactive check at Rep. Hortman's home after a lawmaker who lived nearby was shot and found a "police vehicle in the driveway with emergency lights and what appeared to be a police officer at the door coming out of the house." He was actually the gunman.

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You have his driver's license. Where is your ALL-POINTS bulletin? Where is Patel assigning the FBI to follow your leads? By now, you should have every piece of detail since this suspect was born. BTW - this doesn't sound like a lone gunman to me. Lots of aiding and abetting going on.

A fake “officer” murdered MN Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and gunned down Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. When anybody can buy a badge and gun—like knock-off ICE wannabes—how are we supposed to tell real from rogue? This costume privilege is going to keep getting people killed.

The victims are also at their mercy because of the protective military garb and equipment that protects the perpetrators from gunfire and other acts of defense.

Lights are easy to buy and install. Slap them on a dark colored SUV, order badges, body armor, and police attire online, and you have a convincing kit. The general public has access to all of these resources. Don't kid yourselves. It's important to know that these days.

This impersonation casts suspicion on ALL our law enforcement now and totally destroys trust. We can't let this happen. Your political beliefs are insignificant at this point. ANYONE...ANY BELIEF....could be targeted in this crazy country. EVERYONE....use caution! 😢

How can he claim that it was NOT a police officer? You would have to know the suspect in order to verify that assertion. I'm certainly prepared to accept that it was an imposter, but that isn't the only outcome consistent with the current evidence (squad car, badge, uniform, weaponry, taser).

I have questions... when confronted the assassin shot at the cops and retreated back into the house. So he's on foot? Ran out the back door? How do they not have this guy in custody? Or do they? Keeping him under wraps to use as a reason people need to stay home and not protest?

My understanding is that it was one officer on the scene who the guy shot at. Guy escaped before backup arrived. If he’s still cosplaying as a cop, people might not be inclined to be suspicious of him if he was, say, looking like he was patrolling a neighborhood.

It's so amazing that none of this was covered on the news this morning,how sad has our country really become,it's time folks to take America back and start rounding up the true criminals,the ones in the white house and heretic house of evil

When cops/ICE refuse to ID themselves, cover their faces and wear a mishmash of uniforms this is what can happen. From now on- in any state- do not open the door for cops/ICE. Call 911 to verify them. (As per law enforcement in another article).

@atrupar thanks for using the word assassination, keep doing it. I've been seeing the local media stations continue to use murder and shooting. This was a political and ideological assassination and assassination attempts

These officers allowed? the gunman to escape? WTF? Willful incompetence or woefully unprepared as a professional police officers? Yes, this is where we are…the mistrust…the observed collusion/PARDONS… “the you throw a brick, we KILL you, deliver you in a body bag to your family (Florida)”rhetoric

Yeh... considering that we have DOMESTIC TERRORISTS passing as law enforcement, it's completely fair that we demand all law enforcement wear badges, IDs, and name tags, and KEEP THEIR FACES VISIBLE. The #1 mission of law enforcement is supposed to be PUBLIC SAFETY, right? --- So let's have it.

They saw the man “impersonating a police officer” and somehow he escaped? They did a precautionary check? How do we know that they are not working together and the “check” wasn’t really the killer’s backup? Think like a criminal to catch a criminal

Definitely not QAnon. He escaped. So how accurate were the shooters? Did they intentionally not shoot him? 13 yrs in a 911 center makes me question law enforcement bc I have seen the corruption and violence. There are good officers, but there are some who should never have a badge

You can buy the lights, vehicle decals. Put on a white SUV. All the gear, uniform can be purchased. Hard to tell the difference, esp in the middle of the night.

Unfortunately it is possible to equip a car with (maybe not exact) but very similar emergency vehicle lights. As to the badge and uniform, idk about badges but uniforms aren’t too tough to acquire and anyone just needs a shield patch like some security guards have. OR this person is actually an LEO

Online. It’s easily accessible. That’s why so many of us have been screaming about ICE agents being masked and unidentified. Because literally anyone can dress up like this if the pay for the gear.

reporting is that he showed up as police officer in uniform and vehicle? how confusing for the community and nation? posing as law enforcement ....fucking shit Proud boys..KKK...oath keepers? and now crazy lunatic DR. PHIL and Corey Lewandowski since when did this become the day. FL SAME SHIT

Pretty sure that was a setup for further violence. People will trust police now even less, and violence will be inevitable, and that's exactly what Trump wants, so that he can send the army everywhere.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to find somebody with the only description being "he's dressed like a cop, he's violent and unhinged and murderous"? He could be literally anybody that is a cop. He could be that guy in the video standing next to the flag and nobody would notice.

He and his wife owned a security firm. There SUV’s looked like cop cars which I feel needs to be changed along with their uniforms. You can get fake uniforms from amazon.

It was someone impersonating a law officer who was the shooter. He shot at police officers who arrived to check on Rep Hortman, went back into the home & exited out a back door. Is still on the run. Police found a manifesto in the shooters vehicle.

Police Chief Bruley: A 911 call was made at about 2 a.m. Police found that Sen. Hoffman and his wife had been shot. Brooklyn Park police then "proactively" went to the home of Rep. Hortman. There they encountered the suspect, who immediately opened fire on officers, and was able to escape.

DJT DJT admin and entire GOP senate and house have been working toward this for years. It’s been their goal to have gun violence a daily part of their political agenda. While this is 💔 I don’t find it shocking. It’s shocking it hasn’t happened earlier. ✨🙏🏻✨ for these two families.

just curious how this alleged “impersonator” was able to get both a full uniform and a police vehicle. Those things just disappear and the police don’t know about it? 🤔

Lawmakers need to unite and say that all ICE officers need to stop covering up their faces and hiding their identities. Badges need to be shown; otherwise, people have the right to defend themselves and shoot. How do we know they aren't going to kill us?

He shot the senator's dog, guaranteed he's a real fucking cop. Plus he got away when anyone that the cops didn't recognize exiting that house would have been shot a dozen times & handcuffed while he bled out.

In light of this terrible tragedy it would be the right thing to do for the MORON in the WH to cancel his EGO Parade. This blood is on his hands. He's has allowed GOONS to run around the Country dressed as LEOs to terrorize people, this unspeakable crime is a direct result of that. Horrific!

This is why some guy with military gear and a mask on stopping you and asking for ID and refusing to provide his or grabbing you is so concerning. Still people won’t get it even with these murders

And these masked, not uniformed, abusive and aggressive stops are going to cause escalation with power drunk police because people are going to begin to refuse to stop or comply out of fear as has been the case throughout U.S. history for black Americans.

As a European, I cannot ignore the fact that the shootings in Minnesota remind me of the radicalisation of certain religious groups in Europe. Constant and perpetual nastiness and religious and political extremism always lead to loss of life. It's time for the MAGA extreme right to tone it down!

And those assholes expect us to listen to jan6 traitors dressed up as soldiers. They aren’t cops either, they are Nazis that work for a traitor.