The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at an event in Minneapolis, according to court papers made public Thursday.
The man arrested for Tuesday’s attack, Anthony Kazmierczak, faces a charge of forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding and intimidating Omar, according to a complaint filed in federal court.
Authorities determined that the substance was water and apple cider vinegar, according to an affidavit. After Kazmierczak sprayed Omar with the liquid, he appeared to say, “She’s not resigning. You’re splitting Minnesotans apart,” the affidavit says. Authorities also say that Kazmierczak told a close associate several years ago that “somebody should kill” Omar, court documents say.
Kazmierczak has a criminal history and has made online posts supportive of Donald Trump, a Republican.
While technically correct, I vehemently disagree. I’m on the opposite side of the political spectrum to this man, but if it had been a left-wing supporter going at Noem or Miller, then the left response would be “it’s only a food product, it’s just to make a point - look at what the Trump Administration is doing killing people”. I think it’s fair to let someone off with a warning if it’s something innocuous.
If it was an egg or roten fruit sure - something easily identifiable as harmless - but when you spritz something from a syringe - that does cross a line to me - you could see and hear the panic in the room of people understanding omar was not directly harmed but could be poisoned - that fear, the fear which interrupted and shortened her speech is what is criminal, just shy of terrorism, in my view
If its not illegal, then we’re going to go down a slippery slope of “im not touching you” style games, a line has tk be drawn and i place it here, somewhere between throwing a milkshale at someone as being a basic assult and spritzing someone with an unidentifiable fluid as being more than just assault
Literally terrorism not just shy. It was done to induce terror/fear/anxiety whatever else. Terrorism plain and simple.
Terrorism requires real violence. That term has been so watered down is essentially meaningless.
Remember the cop who got hit by the sandwich? He could’ve thought that was something more dangerous as well, even though it was innocuous.
Kim Jong Un’s brother was killed by squirt guns filled with poison.
The shooters thought they were pranking him. Some guy gave them plastic squirt guns and said “squirt that man we are gonna film it for the internet.”
The real assassin was never caught.
Lots of women have been scarred for life by a splash of strong acid, primarily in the Muslim world.
Squirting someone with a liquid is a terror attack.
The key factor is “poison”.
Well I also don’t believe in Carceral punishment so take that as you will.
No if it were one of them, I’d say “fuck them” because they’re they’re fascists. It’s not the same thing.