Setting a narrative for a lynching.
A man was shot at a protest aimed at toppling a conquistador statue in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Monday amid clashes between demonstrators and an armed militia group, reports said.
One person, who is believed to be the gunshot victim, was taken to the hospital in critical condition after the gunman opened fire on a group of demonstrators attempting to remove a statue of Spanish conquerer Juan de Oñate, according to NBC News.
The shooting took place as a group of six heavily-armed members of a militia group called the New Mexico Civil Guard began to clash with protesters, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
Man shot as protesters clash with ‘vigilantes’ in New Mexico
And then we have this.
“Although we are still learning more about the situation, I am horrified and disgusted beyond words by the reports of violence at a protest Monday night in Albuquerque,” [Governor -D] Lujan Grisham said late Monday in a statement. “The heavily armed individuals who flaunted themselves at the protest, calling themselves a ‘civil guard,’ were there for one reason: To menace protesters, to present an unsanctioned show of unregulated force. To menace the people of New Mexico with weaponry — with an implicit threat of violence — is on its face unacceptable; that violence did indeed occur is unspeakable.”
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“Mayor Tim Keller [D] reacted swiftly following the shooting, tweeting that the city would be “removing the statue until the appropriate civic institutions can determine next steps” in order to contain the public safety risk.
The shooting tonight was a tragic, outrageous and unacceptable act of violence and it has no place in our city,” the mayor wrote in a statement. “Our diverse community will not be deterred by acts meant to divide or silence us. Our hearts go out the victim, his family and witnesses whose lives were needlessly threatened tonight.”
‘Horrified and disgusted beyond words’
So if you just take what the media and the politicians said, a gang of heavily armed Militia guys shot without provocation at a group of people “peacefully” demonstrating against a racist that has been dead for centuries.
And then, there are the facts captured in a video.
(IANAL warning)
He was attacked by a deadly weapon (skateboard to the head) he decided to withdraw, walk away, to retreat, as we are told so many time. But he was chased, attacked, pushed/knocked to the ground by three individuals (disparity of force) and being told he was going to be killed. Only then he used his sidearm in self-defense.
But he is the disgusting party in this event.
I imagine Andrew Branca may have something to say in his website later on the week. In my amateur opinion, this is a clear case of self-defense being twisted to be used to impose more gun control regulations buy elected Democrats.
