A man who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City shot at a person who was brandishing a rifle at demonstrators, striking both the rifleman and a bystander who later died at the hospital, authorities said Sunday.
Police took the alleged rifleman, Arturo Gamboa, 24, into custody Saturday evening on a murder charge, Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said at a Sunday news conference. The bystander was Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, a fashion designer from Samoa.
Detectives don’t yet know why Gamboa pulled out a rifle or ran from the peacekeepers, but they accused him of creating the dangerous situation that led to Ah Loo’s death. The Associated Press did not immediately find an attorney listed for Gamboa or contact information for his family in public records.
This article is literally about someone being shot at
& killedbefore they could attack a big group of people who are “doing something about it.”Update on this, the guy being shot at was a punk activist who had open carried at other protests. He probably wasn’t an active threat.
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/murder-suspect-described-as-a-punk-rocker-who-often-open-carries-a-firearm-at-protests
The person who was killed was not the potential attacker.
My bad. I even read the article twice and still my brain got muddled. I’ve corrected my comment.
Protests without violence are just manifesting. They’re empty of consequences and meaningful change.
You guys are posturing and cosplaying as protesters lmao.
Statistically, that’s not necessarily true….
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.