Vance Boelter, the suspect in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers, is in custody (OC)

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[u/futuretimetraveller]

I am frankly kind of amazed he let himself be taken in alive.

[u/Spiritual-Matters → u/futuretimetraveller]

Maybe he’s hoping some corruption will save him

[u/looneysquash → u/Spiritual-Matters]

Part of me hopes the administration tries that, and openly enough that it destroys the administration. 

To be clear, assuming he is guilty, he should never see the light of day.

[u/TheExtremistModerate → u/[deleted]]

He committed a state crime. President can't pardon state crimes.

Edit: The fact so many people are responding to this with "Well he'll do it anyway and no one will stop him!" is proof that the educational system in this country is broken. Don't be as delusional as Trumpers, people.

[u/dickWithoutACause → u/TheExtremistModerate]

"People are saying I can. Many people are saying it. We'll have to get the lawyers on that"

-Trump in 6 mos probably.

Edit to respond to the top comment's edit:

My fake quote is almost verbatim what trump has already said about running for a third term, another blatantly unconstitutional act he wants to do so I'm not sure what he is talking about with the educational system.

Trump has a proven record of pushing established norms to seize more power for the executive or I'm sure in his mind just himself, nothing is stopping him from trying this and little is in the way to tell him no.

None of this is normal, the fact that this is even being discussed as a possibility is proof of how degraded and strained the system has become over the last ten years and that should be obvious to anyone who was over voting age before the age of Trump.

It's up to all of us to keep this time a strange and unexplainable chapter in the history books rather than a crossing of the Rubicon moment historians will shake their head over how obvious it all looks in hindsight.

Dont let people gaslight you, it was those same people that got trump reelected. Had things gone The other way trump would be standing trial for obstructing the election and attempting a coup. NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL.

[u/Jonatc87 → u/dickWithoutACause]

exactly. "He can't do x" until he does X. And people go along with it, because nobody stops it. The system is designed to question things with courts, but never considered what happens if they ignore the court or break too much too fast.

[u/faceplanted → u/Jonatc87]

I think the biggest thing to come out of Trump's tenure, assuming the US get him out of office and go back to some semblance of normal presidencies, is going to be that everyone in the world has just had a masterclass on how power actually works.

Decades of politicians and media building up the illusion that there's a system in place that means not having the power to do something is the same as there being physically no button to press or number to call and people standing around waiting to stop you if you try anyway. All washed away at once by a guy with a lifetime of experience ignoring rules and his billionaire friend sending FBI goons to just invade the building if they don't get what they want.

[u/StealthRUs → u/faceplanted]

I think the biggest thing to come out of Trump's tenure, assuming the US get him out of office and go back to some semblance of normal presidencies, is going to be that everyone in the world has just had a masterclass on how power actually works.

This exact comment could've been written back in 2019, yet people allowed Trump to become President again.

[u/nhlcyclesophist → u/StealthRUs]

The single most inuriating part of it being back in office.

[u/InquisitivelyADHD → u/TheExtremistModerate]

Presidents can't do a lot of things that this administration is doing so I wouldn't be so sure.

[u/rosiedoes → u/TheExtremistModerate]

When has the law ever stopped Trump? He does what he wants, SCOTUS enables it.

[u/NOFORPAIN → u/futuretimetraveller]

Too much of a pussy to shoot someone who knew its coming.

[u/BigDinkyDongDotCom → u/futuretimetraveller]

He’s betting on Trump to pardon his murdering ass.

[u/PolicyCommercial6392]

domestic terrorist

[u/PandaVike → u/PolicyCommercial6392]

And political assassin. Among other things I’d call him

[u/EscapeFacebook → u/PandaVike]

He had help.

[u/PandaVike → u/EscapeFacebook]

Oh for sure. His wife is shady as hell also with what was allegedly found with her last night.

The past 40 hours have felt like the longest week here since 2020. I’m just glad he was apprehended alive and didn’t get to take a cowards way out.

[u/heyitsthatguygoddamn → u/PandaVike]

I saw the letter he wrote to his friends, and it reeked of trying to keep the heat off of them. I bet if you went through their text messages it'd reveal this was a community effort

[u/YouMustBeJoking888 → u/heyitsthatguygoddamn]

I was stuck by how many times he said, 'And you had nothing to do with this'. Seemed like overkill.

[u/steven_quarterbrain → u/YouMustBeJoking888]

Overkill? Who? What? They don’t know nothin’ about any killin’.

[u/melinda2020 → u/YouMustBeJoking888]

If someone is on the run, they're not going to stop and write a long text like that. He didn't do this by himself.

[u/Handleton → u/melinda2020]

Being on the run doesn't mean that you're constantly running.

But yeah, he's either too dumb to realize that he's putting targets on people or he's misdirecting to the pawns.

[u/vergina_luntz → u/Handleton]

He does seem sorta dumb. And it is starting to look like all of that security work of his is wannabe bullshit.

[u/AdmirableDot906 → u/heyitsthatguygoddamn]

The founders of Vance’s church Jordan Family Church, Kenn and Laura Krause are to blame for Vance’s radicalization. Church released a statement to try to cover their asses (https://www.jordanfamilychurch.com). They are MAGA pro-lifers. Their members used to belong to Bethany Church in Bloomington and are alumni of Bethany Global University, both accused of being cults.

[u/DavidRinSE → u/AdmirableDot906]

What an unfortunate acronym for that church

[u/Quick-Bat-8500 → u/DavidRinSE]

JFC, lol

[u/Dat_Mawe3000 → u/heyitsthatguygoddamn]

The fact that he had an apt in the city with roommates where he stayed a couple nights a week screams terrorist cell.

[u/CoffeeMystery → u/Dat_Mawe3000]

To be fair, I had a job like that for a long time. I hope this guy burns in hell and I bet his friends knew something was going on but I don’t think the apartment itself is an indicator of radicalism.

[u/YouDontSeemRight → u/heyitsthatguygoddamn]

I'm out of the loop, what happened?

[u/heyitsthatguygoddamn → u/YouDontSeemRight]

I guess they were actually texts so maybe not texts

I feel like those friends are involved or knew. It feels like he's trying to pretend like they aren't

[u/GravidDusch → u/heyitsthatguygoddamn]

Hilariously bad attempt at trying to make them not look involved. So bad in fact that this text guarantees they will be investigated.

It's actually so bad that I'm wondering if his intention was to draw attention to them.

[u/Mindless_Figure6211 → u/GravidDusch]

"Because you guys don't know anything about this..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/thereluctantpoet → u/GravidDusch]

They're not exactly sending their best.

Thank fuck - incompetence and low IQ are the main reasons the USA hasn't already *totally fallen into a fascist dictatorship.

*Edit: clarity

[u/danten2010 → u/heyitsthatguygoddamn]

I agree, they may not have known to what extent he was going to go, but I find it hard to believe they didn't recognize the escalation of radical rhetoric that a beloved friend would probably hear once in a while at the least.

[u/bobbymcpresscot → u/PandaVike]

my kingdom to live in precedented times. I swear it's like every other day some goober does something gooberish.

[u/PandaVike → u/bobbymcpresscot]

I really don’t need to live through anymore once in a lifetime events. No más, por favor.

[u/Bored_Amalgamation → u/PandaVike]

No más, por favor.

Ooops. Thats a deportation /s

[u/PandaVike → u/Bored_Amalgamation]

I thought of that too. Thought it was a funny dry thing to throw in ha

[u/jackedup2018 → u/PandaVike]

What was she allegedly found with?

[u/Immersi0nn → u/jackedup2018]

Gun(s?), ammunition, cash, and passports. None of which are particularly illegal to travel with but in context is super sketchy.

[u/jackedup2018 → u/Immersi0nn]

I sure as hell don’t keep my passport in my car

[u/Immersi0nn → u/jackedup2018]

Yeah exactly, like on one hand I can certainly see why some people would especially now...but not these people. They don't...what was the terminology used? Oh right: "Fit the description".

[u/300Savage → u/Immersi0nn]

You need a passport to travel but you can't travel with firearms. Something doesn't add up - or maybe she's nuts?

[u/swagmcnugger → u/PandaVike]

I've seen 2 separate videos of conservatives at rallies go to pull out a pistol, and one where a man confiscated a rifle. There could have been 4 separate politically motivated multiple murders in the us within 48 hours. That is not a sign of a healthy democracy.

[u/JuneauWho → u/swagmcnugger]

And it's all from the side that 'won' the election. They are hateful no matter what, and the presidency only emboldened them.

[u/DRHORRIBLEHIMSELF → u/PolicyCommercial6392]

GOP spent more time trying to spread disinformation about him being a Democrat than they did offering condolences to the deceased.

[u/elpovo → u/DRHORRIBLEHIMSELF]

Now it has been established he voted for Trump watch them flick over to pardoning him real quick.

[u/DegaussedMixtape → u/elpovo]

Trump can’t pardon state crimes. It’s the same reason the Chauvin won’t see the light of day either. Walz will not be pardoning him and even if we end up with a republican gov in the future they won’t either. MN doesnt want absolutely insane leaders like half of this country.

[u/ChoBooBear → u/PolicyCommercial6392]

I haven’t seen this word enough. Hurting Tesla’s is terrorism but killing government officials isn’t as long as the victims are Dems.

[u/Friendly_Engineer_ → u/ChoBooBear]

If Pam Bondi could read she’d be furious for the hypocrisy you just pointed out

[u/c14rk0 → u/Friendly_Engineer_]

If Pam Bondi could read she still probably wouldn't know the definition of hypocrisy let alone have the mental capacity to recognize it

[u/alficles → u/Friendly_Engineer_]

Nah, she had the hypocrisy and shame centers of her brain surgically cauterized. It's actually how Trump picks staff.

[u/Phil_Coffins_666]

Surprised he didn't dispatch himself like most of those cowards do.

[u/Old_Row4977 → u/Phil_Coffins_666]

My theory is he was trying to get back to his house to kill himself. He left 5 firearms at the scene of the second shooting when he was confronted by police.

[u/[deleted] → u/Old_Row4977]

They picked up his wife in a car with other family members. Car had weapons, ammo and several passports in there. She was likely on her way to meet up with him to get them out of the country.

[u/Phil_Coffins_666 → u/[deleted]]

I was just reading about that on this post. Sounds like you're right.

[u/[deleted] → u/Phil_Coffins_666]

Maybe they were going for a vacation to El Salvador. I hear it is difficult for them to send back people to America from there

[u/innersanctum44 → u/[deleted]]

I have read in the mpls star tribune paper he has a background in security and operated (currently?) a company that would provide armed personnel and only armed personnel. En route to El Salvador to go work for Erik Prince of Blackwater infamy who now operates "security" and "consultancy" to the ES govt? I have no idea.

I'd like to know of the church that sponsored his Congolese "mission" trip. I have not read of church membership in several articles.

[u/8_guy → u/innersanctum44]

I think the most current information is he had a security company registered to his home address, and nobodies been able to find evidence he had any clients or did anything. From wikipedia

On Boelter's social media accounts, he claimed to have had military training and a career in private security, but in actuality he has "no history working in law enforcement, the military or private security."[25] A friend of his said Boelter made various claims about his life that were "fantasy."

He did some evangelizing in the Congo and then spun that into a story about some security company he had there as well, it sounds like.

[u/Hector_P_Catt → u/8_guy]

So, typical Meal Team Six cosplaying, then.

[u/SomethingToSay11 → u/8_guy]

What are the odds he got a fat PPP loan for his fake company?

[u/Southernguy9763 → u/SomethingToSay11]

My money is on fake security company to give easier access to certain firearms

[u/Darmok47 → u/innersanctum44]

The NYtimes website said they can't verify any of his supposed overseas security work.

[u/Problematic_Daily → u/innersanctum44]

He’s a pathological liar and that was his self created persona from what legit news sources are saying. Guy worked in a 7-11 or something after it sounds like he got canned from some food service industry job.

[u/simplegoatherder → u/innersanctum44]

Here's a video of him preaching in the Congo, around the 55:00 mark

https://www.youtube.com/live/fCA4uLkdnR0?si=KqntCNk4UfehDSxx

Pretty sure I found it in an r/TwinCities post and the comments had a really surprising amount of information on the guy.

[u/Leading_Mine_1106 → u/[deleted]]

Ouch

[u/ChromeGhost → u/Phil_Coffins_666]

I’m glad they captured him alive. We need to make sure there are no others involved. Looks like him and his wife but they should make sure

[u/slifm → u/[deleted]]

Are they gonna charge her?

[u/Chris__P_Bacon → u/slifm]

They better!

[u/Old_Row4977 → u/[deleted]]

She was two hours away up in cabin country as we call it. Not at all suspicious to have guns up there but the passports are the real suspicious part.

[u/Old_Row4977 → u/[deleted]]

I’m aware. I live about 5 miles from where they found him. Press conference coming in a few minutes from MN dept of public safety. We are are about to finally get some information.

[u/notdoingdrugs → u/Old_Row4977]

Any chance you mind updating your post summarizing the presser?

[u/Old_Row4977 → u/notdoingdrugs]

MN Department of Public Safety on YouTube.

[u/giggity_giggity → u/[deleted]]

One question I’d love to have seen answered is whose passports they were. Huge difference IMO whether he had a passport among the ones in the car or not.

[u/platinumarks → u/[deleted]]

What good would passports do them? As if his passport wasn't flagged within minutes of him being identified.

[u/phatelectribe → u/[deleted]]

This. Timothy McVeigh was caught on a traffic stop because he didn’t have plates on his car and the sheriff found a loaded gun in the car. They had him in jail and nearly released him after a court hearing by the time the FBI figured out who the bomber was. Ironically, the court was delayed in processing him because of the bombing.

If he hadn’t got popped for the plate he would have been long gone with a 24 hour headstart.

[u/jtr99 → u/phatelectribe]

Damn. Never break more than one law at a time, eh?

[u/BigOnLogn → u/Phil_Coffins_666]

It appears he can't pull the trigger unless he surprises someone in the middle of the night.

Fucking coward.

[u/skeptic38]

I wanna see the same perp walk that Luiggi got.

[u/SsooooOriginal → u/skeptic38]

That aren't even releasing the papers he left in his wannabecopmobile.

[u/vanda-schultz → u/SsooooOriginal]

and Faecesbook deleted his account very quickly

[u/OkTemporary8472 → u/vanda-schultz]

I am glad he is caught. The wife is complicit.

[u/mac2o2o → u/vanda-schultz]

They rould take it down to stop people accessing it... as its prob going to be part of sn investigation. This is fairly common

[u/Substantial_War3108 → u/SsooooOriginal]

His manifesto must not fit the narrative 

[u/Hrit33 → u/Substantial_War3108]

Isn't he under Minnesota PD and prosecutors jurisdiction? Why aren't they releasing the manifesto? People deserve to know

Edit- It seems he didn't have a manifesto, rather a list of names, scary!

[u/Glitch29 → u/Hrit33]

It's bad public policy to effectively reward killers by platforming their views.

Beyond satisfying people's morbid curiosity, there's nothing to be gained from sharing anything he has to say.

If you really want to see crackpot manifestos, I'm sure you can find them in some of the internet's more unsavory places. The truth is that whatever drivel this guy wrote had no public value before he shot four people, and those acts didn't magically change that fact.

[u/wbruce098 → u/Glitch29]

This. The murder just happened. There’s the prosecution to be made, and releasing such information before the verdict could also be said to influence the jury selection. It’ll likely be used in court as evidence if relevant.

And might be released to the public after his conviction. Or not. We don’t need to know.

[u/CherrytheRugger → u/Hrit33]

Because law enforcement doesn’t just dump all the evidence to the public at the drop of a hat. It’s still an ongoing criminal investigation.

[u/Draffut → u/skeptic38]

The entire way this shooting of TWO US POLITICIANS was handled vs ONE HEALTHCARE CEO is FUCKING INFURIATING.

[u/eeyore134 → u/Draffut]

Someone shooting at an empty Republican's house would be called an assassination attempt. But this? It's ridiculous.

[u/djgoodhousekeeping → u/eeyore134]

Go read what Republicans on the internet have been saying about this guy. Literally foaming at the mouth coming up with lie after lie for how he’s not one of theirs. Can’t even get them to admit the guy is some psycho, they literally cannot process reality in any way.

[u/Cranktique → u/djgoodhousekeeping]

The spin hasn’t been released yet. After a bad-look catastrophe, the first 48 hours are always wild because their leader hasn’t spoken yet. Now is the time of random people and bots throwing any bullshit they can think of at the wall and when something finally sticks their king will scrape it off the wall and feed it to the eager and willing serfs.

[u/IClosetheDealz → u/Cranktique]

So disgustingly true.

[u/mahnamahna27 → u/Draffut]

How so? They undertook a manhunt and caught the guy. What did you want?

[u/justin62001 → u/skeptic38]

I doubt he’ll get the same treatment, but that’s only because nobody else does perp walks like the NYPD does lol

[u/Aggravating_Call910]

He thinks he’s a martyr for a cause. In fact he’s just a moron and a betrayer of the religion he says he reveres.

[u/Khazzick → u/Aggravating_Call910]

Martyrs stand for something bigger. This was just standing in the way of progress.

[u/trowawaid → u/Khazzick]

This was just evil. Pure and simple, unmitigated, unapologetically evil.

[u/braumbles]

What has Pam Bondi said about this?

[u/revnobody → u/braumbles]

The "conservative" sub was trying to spin it saying he was a democrat handing out no king flyers prior to the shootings.

[u/WalterBishopMethod → u/revnobody]

Every local (WA state) comment on any article about him is how he's an democrat and the democrats are turning on each other because of votes blah blah he's a radical liberal and we're watching the dem corruption implode blah blah blah.

This is why it literally doesn't matter what happens, there is no line that's too far, because these people simply don't live in reality and you can't expect them to react like they do.

[u/LibrarianDreadnought → u/WalterBishopMethod]

Russian-style disinformation has really done a number on our society.

[u/ThePorkinsAwakens → u/LibrarianDreadnought]

Tribalism over facts, lies over neighbors, hate over everything.

No idea how you deprogram people on this scale

[u/ducklady92 → u/ThePorkinsAwakens]

This is actually the most terrifying notion. It’d be one thing if it were primarily the older generation behaving this way and we could go on knowing they won’t likely be around for too much longer. The amount of actual CHILDREN I’ve seen participating in this hateful ideology is so insane and so fucking scary

[u/AfterThought_DE → u/ThePorkinsAwakens]

I always ALWAYS go back to this essay by Orwell on nationalism:

All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets of facts. A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsistency.

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. For quite six years the English admirers of Hitler contrived not to learn of the existence of Dachau and Buchenwald. And those who are loudest in denouncing the German concentration camps are often quite unaware, or only very dimly aware, that there are also concentration camps in Russia. Huge events like the Ukraine famine of 1933, involving the deaths of millions of people, have actually escaped the attention of the majority of English russophiles. Many English people have heard almost nothing about the extermination of German and Polish Jews during the present war. Their own antisemitism has caused this vast crime to bounce off their consciousness.

https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/notes-on-nationalism/

It just fits like a glove for everything we see today, the tribes may have changed but the psychology behind it has not.

[u/southcookexplore → u/LibrarianDreadnought]

Right? Fuck Russia.

[u/WartimeHotTot → u/southcookexplore]

And fuck simpletons who are so unhygienic in their media consumption that they expose themselves completely to such blatant propaganda filth.

[u/Reasonable-Ad8862 → u/WartimeHotTot]

My man it’s not even that deep. Our country is fucking DUMB. Russian propaganda just really exposed the dumb ass people because they fell for it in droves.

[u/mhmilo24 → u/Reasonable-Ad8862]

I mean, Russia did play a role, but it’s still American capitalist media that is ultimately to blame.

[u/BlindWillieJohnson → u/LibrarianDreadnought]

We can stop blaming this entirely on Russia. These people weren’t tricked; they’ve chosen to live in an alternative reality because they prefer one that doesn’t challenge their views.

[u/kieranjackwilson → u/WalterBishopMethod]

In r/conservative, I saw someone make a list of the domestic terrorists over the past two years or so to (falsely) point out how they were all democrats that became conservatives just before they committed their act of violence.

I had no idea the prevailing belief in MAGA was that every domestic terrorist is a Democrat, and the ones that aren’t Democrats trying to frame Republicans. Keep in mind, these are the same people that hosted a “We Are All Donestic Terrorists” panel at CPAC and celebrated January 6th.

The level of delusion and double think of conservatives absolutely blows my mind. They do not exist in reality anymore, and I just don’t know how they can come back from that. This country has been irreparably damaged.

[u/Material-Surprise-72 → u/kieranjackwilson]

Actual research has shown domestic terrorists for the last few years are alt-right on a massive scale.

[u/Der_Krsto → u/Material-Surprise-72]

Don’t forget, the worst domestic terrorist of all time in this country (Timothy McVeigh) was a right winger

[u/erfman → u/Material-Surprise-72]

I’m sure that research is being DOGEd.

[u/SockeyeSTI → u/WalterBishopMethod]

I’m assuming eastern wa?

[u/a_cat_named_larry → u/SockeyeSTI]

Honestly, Sinclair broadcasting is poison. They’re the ones trying to make everyone afraid. KOMO 4 is bullshit.

[u/ChaseballBat → u/SockeyeSTI]

Sad thing is, eastern WA would scoff at the real Republican policies. They get so much subsidization from the Seattle area (no qualms against it). It grinds my gears these folks live in one of the most liberal states in the country, are prosperous through liberal policy, but still think they aren't reaching the potential of.... IDK what exactly. They just want to be seals.

[u/fdot1234 → u/SockeyeSTI]

Ugh. So glad to have left

[u/SHIDDandFARDDmyPANTS → u/WalterBishopMethod]

My favorite part is how the same party that led a violent insurrection, hunted lawmakers inside the capitol, and chanted "hang Mike Pence" which they were all PARDONED for, are trying to condemn this with "there's no place for political violence in this country" like they aren't completely OK with it as long as it's their side doing it.

[u/ihavahairyass → u/WalterBishopMethod]

I find it funny. He’s a democrat that was a Trump fan and voted for Trump, and was against many democrat views from what I’ve learned. How could one really convince themselves he’s a democrat? Like, other than the Walz appointment, what else is there? Lol

[u/Soggy-Beach1403 → u/ihavahairyass]

The Walz appointment was to a non-partisan board to promote business in MN. Dems, unlike the GOP, are willing to reach across the aisle if it helps Americans. The GOP only wants to foment hate.

[u/Gryjane → u/Soggy-Beach1403]

Dems, unlike the GOP, are willing to reach across the aisle

This wasn't even a case of reaching across the aisle as politics isn't even a consideration for appointment to the workforce development board. It consists of dozens of non-political people from the business, labor and employment, training and/or education communities nominated by many different groups or individuals for review and potential appointment by the governor and are required to be representative of different communities throughout the state. Here's the governing statute: https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr803/BILLS-113hr803enr.pdf

[u/Prestigious-Wolf8039 → u/ihavahairyass]

Yes. I know tons of Democrats who are evangelical Christian nationalist anti abortion pro gun nut jobs. /s

[u/dingatremel → u/WalterBishopMethod]

Bravo

[u/Arctica23 → u/revnobody]

"Actually he was a Democrat" is their biggest tell for whatever is happening is too horrible even for them to justify. They did the same thing with that crazy right wing kid that shot at Trump

[u/OkFineIllUseTheApp → u/Arctica23]

And Jan 6 was ANTIFA, until they got pardons, then Trump pardoned real loyal patriots.

Honestly there's no point arguing with them. Call them a liar and move on, because they don't believe it either.

[u/Arctica23 → u/OkFineIllUseTheApp]

The sheer hopelessness I feel some days at how nothing actually matters to these people is crushing

[u/AmberDuke05 → u/revnobody]

Those clowns are in another reality. They are also saying that Trump’s parade was a huge success and media is trying to twist narrative when we have eyes and can see how many people were there.

[u/coachcheat → u/AmberDuke05]

500 million Americans

[u/-Clayburn → u/revnobody]

Did you see the photos? He literally just wrote "No Kings" on a paper himself and photocopied it. No other info or anything. Such shitty cosplay.

[u/MortgageRegular2509 → u/-Clayburn]

But did he Photoshop “MS-13” on a picture of a guy’s hand??? /s

[u/karlverkade → u/MortgageRegular2509]

That was the final straw of faith in humanity for me. Like it wasn’t even photoshopped. It was annotated. Someone typed notes on the photo. We’ve been doing this since 1988. It wasn’t even meant to look real. When I saw that exchange I knew humans were done for.

[u/uresmane → u/revnobody]

This is 100% deliberate misinformation, the workforce board that the Democratic governor appointed him to is a bipartisan board that has nothing to do with party affiliation... This is so disgusting. Literally all of them have convinced themselves. He's a Democrat and there's nothing you can do to change their opinion of it even though his literal best friend and former roommate said he was a maga supporter. Someone's trying to tell me the fact he had no King's poster means 100%, he's a radical liberal Democrat. I hate this f****** timeline

[u/Kenkenken1313 → u/uresmane]

And when you mention the best friend they’ll state that they can’t trust what he says and all the research they did shows the guy was a Democrat.

[u/Donquers → u/revnobody]

I think it's endlessly funny how these terrorists are SO willing to kill and die for the approval of their fascist leaders, and yet any time they do all they get for it is being called "democrats" by their own side.

[u/zztop610 → u/revnobody]

I swear the crowd there is nuts.

[u/[deleted] → u/braumbles]

something about dangerous strawberry pickers and how they destroy the very fabric of society?

[u/CocoScruff → u/braumbles]

Weren't these the types of people she so adamantly insisted receive the death penalty? .... can't wait to hear their reasoning why this pos doesn't deserve it

[u/DannyDOH → u/braumbles]

And were her hands on the table?

[u/e_dan_k]

Weird, doesn't look like he got punched in the face at all.

[u/Lt_Cochese → u/e_dan_k]

He looks quite fine. Maybe they'll stop and get him fast food.

[u/SunsetDreams1111 → u/e_dan_k]

As a side note, what uniform is that with the people who caught him? Is that military or special forces or police? I can't read the patch

Edit: thanks everyone. Minnesota State Patrol's Special Response Team (SRT) aka SWAT.

[u/Brady721 → u/SunsetDreams1111]

The patch has the state of Minnesota on it so I’d wager it was State Patrol that is in the picture.

[u/IamjustanElk → u/e_dan_k]

It’s funny how they can arrest these guys peacefully but regularly hospitalize people peacefully protesting.

[u/slifm → u/e_dan_k]

In fact , he’s quite prepped for a photo shoot.

[u/DoggystyleFTW]

It's not a shooting bro, it's an act of terrorism. Wtf people.

[u/DreamOfTheEndless_ → u/DoggystyleFTW]

Terrorism, political assassination, fuck we could even call it a hate crime. It’s a lot of terrible things, calling it a shooting is the shitty media downplaying it.

[u/fvalt05]

Fuckin terrorist

[u/Fancy-Dig1863]

FYI, as soon as it came out that he is a Trump voter, every right leaning media outlet immediately stopped covering the story. It is now nothing more than a footnote mention in their coverage. The right leaning subs are deleting every post about this piece of shit.

The party of terrorism is functioning like a well oiled machine.

[u/UnknownExo → u/Fancy-Dig1863]

If the guy voted once in a democratic primary Fox News would paint him as a domestic terrorist that hates America

If the guy is a MAGAt then he's a lone wolf with mental health issues and we shouldn't paint the MAGA movement with a broad brush

[u/RadiantZote → u/UnknownExo]

He's just an anti abortion conservative, but even they don't believe in violence 🥺 they just wanna call you a wh*re for visiting planned parenthood while screaming in your face about how evil you are 🥺👉👈

[u/[deleted] → u/UnknownExo]

Honestly it’s not just Fox News.

CNN seems to LOVE maga. Even msnbc phrases things the fox way. I genuinely don’t believe liberal media exists anymore. It’s all just various colors of maga

[u/MimiNiTraveler → u/Fancy-Dig1863]

I made 1 post (a reply) in the Republican sub and I received a permanent ban for it (still can't believe it, lol). Literally, this was my exact post:

"On his hit list were abortion clinics and pro-choice people.

This guy wasn't a liberal. He doesn't seem to identify with a party, but certainly doesn't appear to hold leftist views."

I got perm banned for that, no warning, because they claimed that I was posting anti-republican and leftist ideology.

Anti-Republican bc I was posting facts 🤣. Snowflakes

[u/AccessCompetitive → u/MimiNiTraveler]

That’s how the entire sub runs, 24-7. Actually just perma banning anything that isn’t an echo chamber of agreement and propaganda. Been that way for years and years now

[u/Weekly_Victory1166 → u/MimiNiTraveler]

Getting banned from a conservative sub should be a badge of honor.

[u/becausenope → u/Fancy-Dig1863]

So another day that ends in y.

Sigh.

[u/WandererViking → u/Fancy-Dig1863]

It has been the only thing on Fox News for the last hour or so. I was flipping between networks trying to find some coverage on Israel and Iran.

[u/ckershaw99]

The domestic terror* suspect…

[u/Red_Wing-GrimThug]

I thought the biggest threat to democracy were immigrants who were eating people’s pets

[u/notahouseflipper → u/Red_Wing-GrimThug]

That was sooo 2024.

[u/NaiveBid9359]

Alex Jones said he would be found dead in a barn and that this is a big false flag effort to incriminate a Trump supporter. This must be one of those rare times when Jones was wrong in his opinion...

[u/helpimlockedout- → u/NaiveBid9359]

"Coincidentally" Boelter is apparently an Infowars fan according to his friends. More blood for Alex's hands. Bet his narrative changes real quick.

[u/Smgth]

Hope they throw his wife in jail, too.

[u/dogteal]

It’s hilarious (as long as that word means moronic), how twitter insists this guy is a democrat. 🤦‍♂️

[u/roseandbobamilktea → u/dogteal]

Yeah, middle aged white evangelical men is our core demographic. 

[u/Trust_No_Won → u/dogteal]

They have to believe a lot of untrue things, what’s one more to their dissonant brains?

[u/Buddy_Glass_PA → u/dogteal]

It’s not funny because they’ll actually believe that.

[u/arihudat]

Damn bro ugly on the outside too

[u/nbcnews]

Photo via Ramsey County Sheriff's Office

Latest updates: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/minnesota-lawmaker-shootings-manhunt-live-updates-rcna213130

[u/emanresuasihtsi]

Will we get Vance Boelter in his cell looking like he wet himself or is that honor unlocked only when you kill a CEO?

[u/gottahavemyPOPPs]

Good. Fuck this dude and fuck r/conservatives for martyring this guy

[u/Freya_gleamingstar → u/gottahavemyPOPPs]

They've taken down all mention of the killings on the sub LOL

What a bunch of alpha male winners! Lololol

[u/darthvadercock → u/Freya_gleamingstar]

holy shit you’re right lmaooo

[u/Interesting_Day4734 → u/gottahavemyPOPPs]

Conservatives are morons

[u/needledick666]

The Christian nationalist preacher and staunch Trump supporter. Yeah that’s him

[u/Squidandpickles]

Why second degree murder charges? Surely dressing up as a cop shows premeditation.

[u/NekoNina → u/Squidandpickles]

From what I read, 1st degree murder charges require a grand jury indictment, which they haven’t had time for yet. So 2nd degree murder charges for now, which will probably be elevated to 1st degree in the near future.

[u/PublicAdmin_1]

Friends say Minnesota shooting suspect was deeply religious and conservative - AP

No surprise there...they are the violent ones.

[u/PicoGalaxy]

Rot in jail 

[u/bigtuuuna]

May he rot in a cell and rest in piss.

[u/reggiedoo]

If he married JD Vance, he’d be Vance Vance.

[u/AcceptableCult → u/reggiedoo]

Vance Vance Revolution

[u/VT800 → u/reggiedoo]

Vance Vance, Vance refrigeration

[u/Professional_Echo907]

FoxNews.com only had 2 lines in their story tonight about the killer’s politics:

Officials said Boelter had signs in his vehicle that read "No Kings." Cities across the United States had "No Kings" protests — expressing disapproval of the Trump administration's ICE raids — scheduled for Saturday afternoon.

Fuck them.

[u/ZoeperJ]

Will he get a similar perp walk like the guy who shot a health care insurance CEO?

If not, you know what is most important in the country.

[u/Aggravating-Break-83]

Notice how peacably they detained him. Not a scratch on him.

[u/Lower-Engineering365]

Imagine killing people and throwing the entirety of your life away because you believed things DONALD TRUMP of all fucking people said

[u/Flastro2]

How do they always manage to bring in white terrorists unharmed?

[u/bhorvic]

So police CAN bring violent criminals into custody without killing them. Who thought?

[u/CulturalAddress6709]

aint nutin more christian than multiple murders

[u/seKer82]

Zero chance he is labeled as the terrorist he is by the media.

[u/False_Ad_5372]

Rot in prison, MAGA scum. 

[u/Narkus]

Remember what we are all fighting for. Habeus Corpus is incredibly important. Just as someone shouldn’t be deported for being a different skin color without trial. The worst of the worst deserve this right to. That’s how it works.