The young Brit that tried to kill Trump the other day
I can't help but wonder if he thought he was stopping another Hitler. That led me to think about how easy it is to make momentous theoretical decisions based on hindsight and how difficult it is to make actual decisions in real time.
Authorities: UK man arrested at rally planned to kill Trump
A British man arrested at a weekend Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas tried to grab a police officer's gun so he could kill the presidential candidate after planning an assassination for about a year, according to authorities.
U.S. Secret Service agents said Michael Steven Sandford approached a Las Vegas police officer at the campaign stop to say he wanted Trump's autograph, but that he then tried to take the weapon.
A complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Nevada charges Sandford, 20, with an act of violence on restricted grounds. He was denied bail during a court appearance later in the day. His court-appointed attorney said he was living out of his car and in the country illegally after overstaying a visa.
Sanford has not entered a plea.
The arrest happened relatively quietly at a campaign stop seen as peaceful compared to the mayhem at the presumptive Republican nominee's recent events in San Jose, California, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRUMP_ATTEMPTED_ATTACK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-06-20-16-01-59
From finn:
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American President Stalked by Gunman
Horrible and inexcusable, but that doesn't mean it was unpredictable.
Right-wing governments in the US have promoted multi-cultural acceptance of immigrants who have no desire to assimilate and make every effort they can manage to steer the culture of their new homeland towards what they left.
Did anyone really believe that the tolerant people of the US were going to sit back and watch their heritage consumed by RW ass-hattery?
Left-wing reactions were inevitable
Blame the people who created the untenable situation."