Police officer killed in US Capitol attack

[Dirk Diggler]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-56620242

Sad to see, and will be interesting to see who's behind this.

• Capitol Police say a suspect "rammed a vehicle" into officers at a vehicle access point to the Capitol complex in Washington
• The suspect then got out of the vehicle holding a knife and ran towards officers
• One officer has died of their injuries, another is hurt. The suspect died after being shot by police
• Capitol police say the incident "does not appear to be terrorism-related"

 

[Sui]

Judging by 'does not appear to be terrorism-related' I'm guessing a white dude, because apparently they can't be terrorists.

Time will tell!

 

[Somnambulist]

He wasn’t white, there’s video on Twitter of him being loaded into an ambulance although he looked pretty dead at that point.

 

[VincentHanna]

It does sound like the exact sort of thing a terrorist would do.

Unless it's mental health related?

 

[StriderX]

It's always mental health related, no stable person just decides to murder people.

 

[uber soldat]

Hmmm not terrorist related, but dead guy has links to the Nation of Islam......riiiight

 

[Hades]

RIP to a guy just trying to do his job.

 

[mmj_uk]

CNN making out he was anti-government so I guess anyone who criticises government is potentially a danger now.

 

[NoobCannon]

Car of peace?

 

[deuse]

RIP Officer William Evans

As for the Islam Nation thing. I am glad it's dead.

 

[deuse]

It's always mental health related, no stable person just decides to murder people.

Don't talk rubbish.

 

[Allnamestaken]

Sad, RIP to the Capital Officer.

 

[PlacidCasual]

Judging by 'does not appear to be terrorism-related' I'm guessing a white dude, because apparently they can't be terrorists.

Time will tell!

Haven't you had the memo. New administration, now anyone who for a moment could be mistaken as white or at first glance with no effort as having had a racist motive is a "far right" or " white supremacist" terrrorist.

Kill some people because you've got a mental condition and have an issue with sex workers - white supremacist
Kill some people in a supermarket and you're a Syrian 1st Gen immigrant but can be mistaken for white amercian from a distance by a camera crew - white supremacist
Kill a copper with your car - white supremacist..... until it turns out your black......... but then they find out you're into Nation of Islam *sigh - relax* now you're an easy to categorise islamist terrorist.

Except of course none of those are really true.

 

[neil_g]

Hmmm not terrorist related, but dead guy has links to the Nation of Islam......riiiight

The two aren't mutually exclusive, no matter what GD default view or speculation is.. Example If I posted some things online about Christianity then went and ran 2 policemen over, would that automatically make it a Christian terrorist attack?

 

[Nasher]

Obviously it is a terrorist attack, which is exactly like the attacks in London.

Guy was a member of basically a religious cult.

 

[mmj_uk]

I guess we need new wars in the Middle East after four years of relative peace. Orange man bad though.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

This has gone on far too long.