Robert Card is now officially a suspect.
Liam Kent, a Maine resident who is familiar with Robert Card, the person of interest in the Lewiston shootings, said that Card and his family are “gun fanatics.” He also went on to claim that people around town knew to “stay away” from the family.
From the video - Card and his associates (family, too?) are described as “right-wing militia.” Local law enforcement had to have already been aware of them. That police were all “We have no idea who did this” is absolute bullshit. The moment the first call came in, they had to know immediately who they needed to go find and talk to.
Devil’s advocate: it’s likely there are other militia members in the area, and that many of them are also middle-aged white guys.
And law enforcement officers.
That police were all “We have no idea who did this” is absolute bullshit.
If there is an active incident in progress, do you really think it’s a good idea for the police to show all their cards immediately?
They have to assume the shooter has access to the same news we do, and if the police can give him a false sense of security during the initial hunt, maybe he’ll get overconfident and be easier to find quicker?
As I mentioned elsewhere, when there is an active shooter at large, and a shelter in place order, your immediate duty is to address the concerns of the public. Communicating that you have person(s) of interest that you are seeking to talk to - without identifying those persons - serves that purpose.
“Your immediate duty” – ok so we know the cops aren’t doing the rest of what you described
At this stage I doubt he’ll be taken in alive but I really hope he gets a chance to publicly profess his support for trump and Q.
I reckon 50/50 he says trump appeared to him in a dream and told him to do it.
Canadian Border Patrol is on the lookout for him as well. Here’s hoping somebody finds him soon.
I’ve heard that he’d recently lost a job and a girlfriend. The two locations were places they would go together. He may have been looking for her, just lashing out, or both. So it’s entirely possible that his primary motivations were not political.
Clearly, being mentally unstable can cause you to believe very weird things. When those weird things are even tacitly approved of by people, it’s a lot easier to start believing them, and slide down that rabbit hole. Extremist politics is one of those kind of things.
Nah he will keep himself safe before he sees a camera.
Hope they’ve got sharpshooters around Liam’s house.
Maine is largely unpopulated forest. bunches of places someone could disappear to for months at a time.
The Maine Hermit disappeared into the Maine woods for 27 years: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Thomas_Knight
With them 'brows? I can see it.
