I sat and tried to make sense out of this Louisville, Kentucky shooting. There was one version, and then when the 'smoke' cleared....we had an entirely different version.
Factual data....some folks got shot. One is dead. Cops reacted....firing no rounds, and captured the 'white supremacist'. We were told this over and over via social media and various news networks.
So around 24 hours later, the 'white supremacist' story has virtually disappeared.
The shooter? A homeless guy named Steven Lopez (yeah a Latino). From what the police say....he'd already been kicked out of the camping area for the protest crowd.
Naturally, you'd ask why?
Back on 17 June, same area of town....he was with 17 other protesters. That morning....the police came and put Steven up for several charges....disorderly conduct, harassment, possession of drug paraphernalia, and inciting a riot. The court folks kinda ordered Steven to move along. My guess is that they were hoping that he'd hop a bus, leave town, and the charges would just dwindle down to not exist.
Well....Lopez stayed on. Local newspaper (the Journal) says he was a regular at the protest.
The gun? No one says much over where it came from. It would be interesting to have Lopez to tell the story, but with murder charges....this might not be something he'd want to share.
A Latino guy, drug-user, and probably to be diagnosed with schizophrenia later? It just doesn't sell the white supremacist thing well.
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