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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoise mall shooter was a far-right gun-rights extremist who stalked local antifascists at rally
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Boise mall shooter who killed two and injured five was a far-right gun-rights extremist who stalked local antifascists at rally
Boise mall shooter was a far-right gun-rights extremist who stalked local antifascists at rally
The man who opened fire at a mall in Boise, Idaho, on Monday, killing two people and injuring five others before being fatally wounded by police, was a far-right gun extremist who had expressed an ...
dailykos.com
3:39 AM · Oct 29, 2021
Anti-Fascism & Far Right 🥤
@FFRAFAction
Boise mall shooter who killed two and injured five was a far-right gun-rights extremist who stalked local antifascists at rally
Boise mall shooter was a far-right gun-rights extremist who stalked local antifascists at rally
The man who opened fire at a mall in Boise, Idaho, on Monday, killing two people and injuring five others before being fatally wounded by police, was a far-right gun extremist who had expressed an ...
dailykos.com
3:39 AM · Oct 29, 2021
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/10/28/2060867/-Boise-mall-shooter-was-a-far-right-gun-rights-extremist-who-stalked-local-antifascists-at-rally
Jacob Bergquist, 27, was a convicted felon who had moved to Idaho a few years ago and had apparently developed an obsession with establishing his right to carry a firearm under Idaho law, a review of his social media posts indicates. He died Monday at a Boise hospital after being shot during the culmination of a shooting rampage inside Boise Towne Square, the states largest shopping mall.
Bergquist shot and killed a security guard, Jo Acker, 26, of Caldwell, and a Latino man, Roberto Padilla Arguelles, 49, who lived in Rupert. (Acker was transgender; the family of Arguelles, an immigrant from Mexico, is holding a fundraiser so that his remains can be returned home.) Bergquist also wounded two women inside a store in the mall, then proceeded outside where he exchanged gunfire with police; a woman inside a nearby car was wounded, as was one of the police officers.
Police have not yet determined a motive for the shooting rampage but this had not been their first encounter with Bergquist.
On April 2, Bergquist entered the office of Idaho Gov. Brad Little in the Statehouse in Boise and asked for an interview, saying he wanted to query the governor about his thoughts on convicted felons like himself being able to carry guns. A state trooper who observed the interaction and then sought guidance from the Ada County prosecutors office was advised that Bergquist was within his rights to do so under Idaho law.
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Boise mall shooter was a far-right gun-rights extremist who stalked local antifascists at rally (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Oct 2021
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Gee these gun laws are gonna come back and bite the hands that made them so lax to begin with!
MagickMuffin
Oct 2021
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MagickMuffin
(15,933 posts)1. Gee these gun laws are gonna come back and bite the hands that made them so lax to begin with!
We're looking at you Texas.
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)2. gofundme
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-robertos-family-with-funeral-burial-costs
Now at 49,100 after my small donation.
The family should have much more than this for the loss of income.
I chalk this one up to Trump for inciting this sort of hatred.
Now at 49,100 after my small donation.
The family should have much more than this for the loss of income.
I chalk this one up to Trump for inciting this sort of hatred.