Monday, December 14, 2020

Surmise ill intent?

 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-shooting-cathedral/gunman-shot-and-wounded-by-police-outside-nyc-church-after-outdoor-concert-idUSKBN28N0TO

Police spokesman said “I think we can all surmise the ill intentions of the proceeds of this bag,”

Other than the grammatically poor sentence construction, I tend to agree with him.  But wasn't it not too long ago that we weren't allowed to surmise any ill intent from Antifa members wandering around miles from home in suburban neighborhoods with full gas cans and books of matches during an extremely busy fire season?

It will be interesting to see if any motive can be ascertained from social media, whatever, because a guy whose goal is to kill people doesn't generally stand there screaming "kill me" until they do.  I wonder if he intended to kill anyone at all.

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