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AP: Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant

apnews.com Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant

An armed Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents hours before the president landed in the state Wednesday, authorities say.

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I wonder how many MAGA Republicans come to his defense saying, “The police did not need to kill him, he wasn’t a threat. He was in his own home,” while they never gave two shits about Breonna Taylor, and possibly even said that she deserved it because she was possibly involved in crime. Well, here we are, you feel part of what the Black population felt, and so what can we change? Is it the guns, is it the law enforcement? Or is it the people at the top (same people, for both sides), who made this happen?
- Was there any indication Breonna Taylor was involved in crime?
  
  Just excuses
  
  She used to date a person involved in crime, and went to his house a number of times, but she was not with him at the time. That’s all, but she was being followed in relation to him.
Tomorrow I expect to see Scott Adams retweet his "Republicans will be hunted" post from a couple years ago.
While I don't celebrate the man's death, I am thankful that the FBI acted to stop him before he hurt anyone else.

I fully believe in free speech and open political discourse, but deadly threats of violence need to be taken seriously and acted upon quickly.

If you threaten to kill someone, you're denying their right to free speech. There's no free speech when you're dead. It's my belief that a person should not be protected under the same rights that they deny to others.
- It's my belief that a person should not be protected under the same rights that they deny to others.
  
  Me too, but it sounds like a pipe dream at this point. 😢
  
  It's not. Remember that's what all oppressors want you to think. All that evil requires to exist is for good people to do nothing, which is why those who would do evil do all they can to convince you that your efforts against them mean naught.
Another conspiracy theorist wacko?
- No, a PATRIOT who was MURDERED by the GOVERNMENT. I’m going to EMPHASIZE words by CAPITALIZING them and occasionally bolding them like a fifth grade POWERPOINT presentation, because my AUDIENCE has the attention span of a GUPPY suffering from COCAINE WITHDRAWAL. SAD
Fuck around meets find out.
There had to be a way to resolve this without someone dying, not that the FBI gives a damn, of course.
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