Gee, I wonder if Officer Bill Gannon and Sergeant Joe Friday would be proud of ABC's detective work?
Posted on 08/14/2019 6:19:50 AM PDT by Magnatron
President Donald Trump has repeatedly refused to accept any responsibility for inciting violence in American communities, dismissing critics who have pointed to his rhetoric as a potential source of inspiration for some citizens acting on even long-held beliefs of bigotry and hate.
"I think my rhetoric brings people together," he said last week, four days after a 21-year-old allegedly posted an anti-immigrant screed online and then allegedly opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 22 and injuring dozens of others.
But a nationwide review conducted by ABC News has identified at least 36 criminal cases where Trump was invoked in direct connection with violent acts, threats of violence or allegations of assault.
In nine cases, perpetrators hailed Trump in the midst or immediate aftermath of physically attacking innocent victims. In another 10 cases, perpetrators cheered or defended Trump while taunting or threatening others. And in another 10 cases, Trump and his rhetoric were cited in court to explain a defendant's violent or threatening behavior.
Seven cases involved violent or threatening acts perpetrated in defiance of Trump, with many of them targeting Trump's allies in Congress. But the vast majority of the cases -- 29 of the 36 -- reflect someone echoing presidential rhetoric, not protesting it.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Wow, talk about cooking the books. Antifa protests alone dwarf these phony numbers.
This is like blaming the men storming Omaha beach for the Germans shooting at them.
It’s laughable.
ABC refuses to take responsibility for inciting violence through #FakeNews.
If the stopped putting all their resources into attacking Trump they might just have time to report some real news.
Deep down in his psyche Fredo must have succumbed to the magical power of Trump’s words.
in every instance, abc news can be just as liable for broadcasting such vitriolic rhetoric...
what dumb asses ABC news is.
ugh. when will we start marching on their towers
I found 36 cases where the mainstream media acted like enemies of the state and can go #### themselves.
Rap Sheet: ***639*** Acts of Media-Approved Violence and Harassment Against Trump Supporters
YOUTUBE Channel with videos of violence against Trump supporters ...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmZg6qu6U-0yYXxCtpPuOxNdO_Bw250uI
Gee, I wonder if Officer Bill Gannon and Sergeant Joe Friday would be proud of ABC's detective work?
Typical fascist tactic: establish a specious causal link and use it to villify a group you disagree with. Goebbels was a master of the art.
And yet “allahu akhbar”, when uttered during an attack, holds no meaning...
And this next enemedia article won’t incite violence....how??
1) Jussie Smolett attack
2) ......
Every time I see Joe Biden on tv, I want to wail on a wombat.
Threats have been made against the lives of whites, NRA members, conservatives and Trump supporters. Why is that okay?
36 “cases” going back to 2015. LOL. 10 of which are “taunts.”
OTOH, A week doesn’t guy buy without a report of Democrat violence. Just yesterday a Democrat shot up a federal government building.
Unbelievable. They are smearing POTUS by counting an assault on a MAGA hat wearing black man. This is gaslighting propaganda. Despicable, really.
April 13, 2019: 27-year-old Jovan Crawford, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, and 25-year-old Scott Roberson Washington, D.C., assaulted and robbed a black man wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat while walking through his suburban Maryland neighborhood. Before punching and kicking him, “The two suspects harassed [the victim] about the hat and asked why he was wearing it. [The victim] told them he has his own beliefs and views,” according to charging documents filed after their arrest by Montgomery County, Maryland, police. Crawford later received a text message noting that, “They jumped some trump supporter,” the charging documents said. Crawford and Roberson have since pleaded guilty to assault charges and are awaiting sentencing.
MEMO: In the event that the connection between reality and narrative is severed, it’s recommended you locate a deceased equine and mercilessly flog it. Repeat as necessary until the connection is restored or forgotten.
ABC News finds 36 cases invoking ‘Trump’ in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults.
True he said God bless America and MAGA....................
The things the media hates.
Still waiting for them to come out with the list of cases that were spurred by 0bama’s “rhetoric”.
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