The ICE Bomber and the Deafening Silence in Media
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 7:44 pm
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The bodycount of AntiFa is low, but it's not for lack of trying.
Escalation is getting worse. I worry civil conflict is inevitable.
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No there isn't. Your tribe dominates the media.Mecha82 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 7:56 pm To be fair there is also silence when ever there is right wing ultra religious terrorism but some how those need to be silent about while for some weird reason every other terrorism (mostly Islamic but also extreme left wing) are only ones that count. I think we can all agree that terrorism is wrong no matter who is responsible.
I don't think an abortion clinic has been blown up since the 80's.Mecha82 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 7:56 pm To be fair there is also silence when ever there is right wing ultra religious terrorism but some how those need to be silent about while for some weird reason every other terrorism (mostly Islamic but also extreme left wing) are only ones that count. I think we can all agree that terrorism is wrong no matter who is responsible.
CNN: "The motive behind the armed man's pre-dawn attack in unclear."LittleRaven wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:25 pm Eh? It was reported on CNN. And ABC. And Politico.
Also the Times, the Post...hell, I'm not sure where this WASN'T reported.
The Media has many flaws, but they aren't burying this.
They're clearly quoting Governor Jay Inslee with that statement, because....that's a thing he actually said.Antiboyscout wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:12 pmCNN: "The motive behind the armed man's pre-dawn attack in unclear."
Of course, that was on Saturday, when we still didn't know very much. But as we've learned more about Mr. Van Spronsen, the media is keeping up."We don't know the motivation," Gov. Jay Inslee told CNN Saturday. "I'm going to keep an open mind about this as the investigation proceeds and I hope that calm can be the order of the day."
What exactly do you think the media SHOULD be doing here?Court records show the man was arrested last year at a protest at the privately owned detention center, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement called the man an “anti-immigration-enforcement protester.”
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Van Spronsen was arrested at the Tacoma facility in June 2018, court documents show, amid what a prosecutor described as a noisy protest scene that included yelling, banging on pots and pans, megaphones and honking horns.
In that incident, Van Spronsen lunged at a police officer who was detaining a fellow protester at the center, according to a prosecutor’s written account. Van Spronsen wrapped his arms around the officer’s neck and shoulders to free the 17-year-old being held.
Van Spronsen was escorted away through dozens of screaming protesters, the prosecutor wrote. Officers took a baton and a folding knife the man had been carrying.
He pleaded guilty to obstructing a law enforcement officer, court records show.
Deb Bartley, who said she was a longtime friend of Van Spronsen’s, told the Seattle Times she believes he intended to die by attacking the detention center on Saturday.
“He was ready to end it,” she told the Times. “I think this was a suicide. But then he was able to kind of do it in a way that spoke to his political beliefs. . . . I know he went down there knowing he was going to die.”
Bartley said Van Spronsen left a “manifesto” that she did not share details of but thinks will be used by authorities. She and others got letters from Van Spronsen “saying goodbye,” she said.