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Much More than Murder in Highland Park
American Thinker ^ | July 6, AD 2022 | John F Di Leo

Posted on 07/06/2022 5:47:00 PM PDT by jfd1776

At 10:14 a.m. on July 4, 2022, a young man named Robert Crimo III allegedly aimed his rifle into the crowd at his hometown’s Independence Day parade and opened fire.

Within moments, the Chicago suburban town of Highland Park was a scene of terrible carnage. Seven innocent people killed, more than 40 injured, at this writing. The alleged killer escaped the scene, but was caught that afternoon (we say “alleged,” because, while he has not yet been convicted, all sources agree that he was the perpetrator, without question).

Compliments to the many law enforcement and medical professionals who dealt with this unexpected nightmare, on what should have been one of our nation’s longest-running celebrations, the anniversary of the signing of our Declaration of Independence.

Within minutes, we heard politicians and newspeople, responding to the attack, getting everything wrong – making assumptions, using euphemisms, avoiding key truths.

No, it was not senseless.

No, it was not random.

No, it was not a tragedy.

Words Matter.

“Senseless,” “random,” “tragedy.” These are terms we use for accidents, or in the theatre, for the unavoidable “bad things that sometimes happen to good people.” A tragedy is when one was in the wrong place at the wrong time, or one made a sad mistake that unintentionally compounded. If anyone is to blame for a tragedy – as we know from Shakespeare’s work - it was the otherworldly spirits known as the Fates.

And such plotlines are fiction.

No, it was not a tragedy.

...Continued in the American Thinker, here: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/07/much_more_than_murder_in_highland_park.html

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: crimewave; crimo; freedomofassembly; highlandpark; illinois; independenceday; lorilightfoot; massshooting; socialist
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News reports concentrated on the body count. That's how the news media works. The horrible toll of human life makes the news.

But this nightmare had a broader impact on our society, far beyond the paradegoers in Highland Park.

1 posted on 07/06/2022 5:47:00 PM PDT by jfd1776
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To: jfd1776

The July 4th sniper was quite possible inspired by someone who should have been urging respect for the law but instead roused hatred against it:

Specifically, “President” Biden who railed:

“It was three justices named by one President — Donald Trump — who were the core of today’s decision to upend the scales of justice...

“It’s a realization of an extreme ideology...”


2 posted on 07/06/2022 5:51:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: jfd1776

Has a motive for this demonic act been revealed?


3 posted on 07/06/2022 5:51:42 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: jonrick46

He dabbled in the Occult. Is that enough motive? He serves The Great Evil. The Father of Lies. Satan Himself.


4 posted on 07/06/2022 5:58:12 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: jonrick46

Something akin to this, I suspect: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/arizona-democrats-plan-4th-event-mourn-supreme-court-abortion-decision


5 posted on 07/06/2022 5:59:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: jfd1776

July 4 was not the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.It was officially adopted by the 56 signers, most of whom signed it on Aug 2, 1776.


6 posted on 07/06/2022 6:06:09 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: jfd1776

All of the vile, hate-filled “F#$k the Fourth” actions across the country show how we are losing our beloved country. This guy’s attack on the innocents watching the Independence Day parade is just part of the bigger Fifth Column attack to destroy the USA.


7 posted on 07/06/2022 6:12:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“...see whether we in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”)
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To: jonrick46

Has a motive for this demonic act been revealed?

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Anyone who has been listening to the dnc trash since Obama knows exactly who motivated this .


8 posted on 07/06/2022 6:12:48 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: BenLurkin
The shooting as a response to the repeal of Roe V Wade was the first thing I thought. I wonder how much Robert Crimo's liberal mother influenced him? His mother right after the massacre:


9 posted on 07/06/2022 6:13:56 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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I don’t care one bit what his motive was. He set out just like all the 2020 anarchists and antifa/BLM mobs to destroy the USA, its culture, its traditions, white people, God-fearing people, and our sacred family values.

Who will feel safe at any future Independence Day celebration with these people on the loose? Our statues are gone, our cities destroyed, our history ruined, our churches burned. You can’t eat at a restaurant without the vile racists accosting you. Now our sacred holidays are ruined.

Obama, Soros, and Biden have unleashed demonic forces upon us.


10 posted on 07/06/2022 6:16:33 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“...see whether we in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”)
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To: jonrick46

What do you suppose she was shopping for at Target? I mean, what does someone feel the need to run out and buy after her son commits a mass murder?


11 posted on 07/06/2022 6:17:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

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12 posted on 07/06/2022 6:27:23 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: BenLurkin

With the Target on the bags, she knows what her son likes. Perhaps it is a reward for doing a good job on those “deplorables” for celebrating the U.S.A.’s Birthday. We can only speculate.


13 posted on 07/06/2022 6:37:21 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: jfd1776

Just think of his poor FBI handler and what he was thinking when his prodigy managed to escape and not get killed in a standoff with police at the scene of the mission, I mean crime.


14 posted on 07/06/2022 7:05:58 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: jfd1776

In September, 2020, shortly after his return to the streets, Crimo and five of his little friends staged a photo op. They showed up at a Trump rally, and posed as Trump supporters. Crimo participated in this charade in order to buy a rifle and murder and maim July 4th revelers in 2022. Crimo knew that his leftist accomplices in the mainstream media would use the incident to blame his crime on law abiding gun owners. These media hacks should be charged as accomplices to murder.


15 posted on 07/06/2022 7:47:34 PM PDT by nagant
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To: jonrick46

Is that a “Smart Car” behind Crimo’s mother?


16 posted on 07/06/2022 7:50:51 PM PDT by nagant
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To: jfd1776

It’s a tragedy when one dies from a natural disaster, an accidental fire, or some other form of accident.

This was an atrocity.


17 posted on 07/06/2022 8:50:20 PM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Well, okay. The document is dated July 4, 1776, so there’s that.


18 posted on 07/06/2022 8:54:34 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: jfd1776

He’s got the smug Snoop Dog look.


19 posted on 07/06/2022 8:56:09 PM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: jfd1776

This is a brilliant piece. It lays out clearly why the only moral choice is to execute this waste of skin as soon as legally possible.

Now, ask yourselves why this obvious act of political mass murder isn’t already being prosecuted by the Feds? Why hasn’t the FBI descended on his house at 4:30 am?

L


20 posted on 07/06/2022 9:14:50 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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