A man shot through a window and broke into the Colorado Supreme Court building early Tuesday morning and caused “significant and extensive” damage in several areas of the building before surrendering to police, according to the Colorado State Patrol.
The man was involved in a crash about 1:15 a.m. near 13th Avenue and Lincoln Street a short time before he forced his way into the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center, which houses the Colorado Supreme Court, the Colorado Court of Appeals and several other state agencies, according to a Colorado State Patrol news release.
This comes two weeks to the day after the state Supreme Court ruled Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s primary ballot based on his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach and riot by his supporters.
Police were investigating threats made to the Supreme Court justices in the week after the ruling and increased patrols around their Denver homes following at least one “hoax report,” the Associated Press reported.
Republican take on this news: “Totally peaceful tourist visit. Also, let’s impeach Biden”
Terrorists. The whole MAGA cult is a bunch of terrorists.
Maga people said they would do this
Maga people called for things like this to happen
Maga people have been making threats that this sort of thing would be done
Maga cops can’t figure out why anyone would do this
It’s interesting how often in stories like this where someone is doing something extremely violent or antisocial (the clinical definition of the term, not “asocial”), it begins with a car crash.
It paints a picture of someone who’s being manic, impulsive, and has shut their mind off to long term consequences.
Disassociation is both blinders to their current actions and the consequences.
I’d just like to thank this deranged (and armed) madman for taking himself out of society, without killing random people (and himself) like an absolute coward. It warms my heart to know that another one of those folks is no longer a threat. Happy holidays.
Wait Denver Police DON’T have to aimlessly shoot at armed or unarmed people? But they said they HAD to when they shot a bunch of innocent people at a food truck a couple months ago!
“no affiliation” my fat white ass.
Other reports show this might be a road rage incident with a nut job. Dude got in a crash with someone, pulled out a gun, and ended up breaking into the nearest building to hide.
The guy is bonkers, but it looks attacking the court wasn’t the primary goal.
Don’t really know why you’re being downvoted. This very well could be the case. I’m a Democrat but some of the stuff I see on here is a bit disturbing with how assumptions immediately come into play with 0 evidence.
People on here that are Democrats scream the right is the reason for all the disinformation and everything they read and do is a lie and yet this entire thread is full of no proof and may be proven to be disinformation. It’s gross. Currently there is absolutely no evidence there is a link to the trump situation and yet assertions are being thrown around. Be better people. I fully expect to be downvoted into oblivion for speaking the truth because everyone wants to point at the opposite political party in every damn instance instead of it possibly being some geeked the fuck out person not having a damn clue what’s happening
“WeRe ThE pArTy Of EvIdEnCe” obviously not because there’s none to back up these claims. If it comes out this is due to the trump ruling then shit on them I don’t care but stop doing this shit it’s disgusting. You’re not being any better than the right
Yeah, this thread feels like a textbook example of internet-age confirmation bias.
Dude totally might be a MAGA nut job who wanted to break into that building that night, but this is a thing that started with a car crash and an argument where one of the parties pulled out a gun, and then fled. That seems like a really weird way to start an act of terrorism. And, the authorities are publicly saying there is no connection to the threats that that the court has received from MAGA nutters.
If I was a betting man, my money would be on someone doing nonsensical shit while being fueled by drugs or alcohol. But I’m someone who lives in a big metro area where tweakers and crackheads do shit like this on the reg. So maybe I have a bias to associate this with crime patterns that I often see around me.
Yup. It’s an incredibly bad look for everyone doing it
Yeah, or that was his plan all along to throw off suspicion once he realizes his targets don’t live there :tinfoil:
I was suspecting it might not be about the Supreme Court itself, if it was, why would he break in at 1AM, when no one’s there?
Doing this after the car crash is also really weird. Sure, maybe this was a domestic terrorist attack, but it kind of doesn’t really fit the mold.
Also, the authorities publicly said they don’t think it’s related to the threats on the court.
It’s just too easy to jump to a “he’s a anti democrat fascist freak” conclusion.
All the while he’s probably just a crack head with voices in his head lol
Every fucking stupid, terrible, thuggish, violent thing that a MAGAt does in Trump’s name should be done to Trump. Live streamed on all known outlets.
this is terrorism. the republican party is a state sponsor of terrorism.
How long until the right wing blames Antifa for this attack?
AROOOOOOO
Goodness! I am with child to know what end of the political spectrum this fellow most identified with?
Choice theory wise, this would make for a great strawman.
