Charlie Kirk murder

This post is an explanation for what was actually the assassin's motive, which I expect will eventually be shown, unless he gets a lawyer who tells him to deny and denounce.  But, we'll go in chronological order...

Suspect in custody.

If this is correct, it looks like the pastor turned him in.

I was struck yesterday by the sight of Republican policymakers holding Kirk up as a champion of free speech while at the same time using his death to call for state crackdowns on the speech of others. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau called for Americans to report “foreigners” who were “praising, rationalizing, or making light of” Kirk’s assassination to the State Department, presumably for visa cancellation and deportation. Not to be outdone, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) declared political war on the “evil, sick animals” who “belittled” Kirk’s assassination: “I’m . . . going after their business licenses and permitting, their businesses will be blacklisted aggressively, they should be kicked from every school, and their drivers licenses should be revoked.” Any bill to this effect would obviously be unconstitutional, but we’ll wait and see whether Higgins actually tries to write one, or whether threatening to do so is just a particularly unfortunate way for certain people to grieve.

  The Bulwark

I don't think that's grieving. That's making political hay.

The suspect who allegedly killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk targeted him for "spreading hate," police said while announcing the arrest Friday.

  Axios

Well, that's rich.

Authorities named Tyler Robinson as the alleged shooter. Investigators believe he acted alone and did not have information that would lead to additional arrests as of Friday morning.

So, what were those previous arrests that were subsequently turned loose about?

"I hope he gets the death penalty," Trump said earlier Friday when he shared that the suspect was in custody.

[...]

Trump's decision to share the development preempted law enforcement's timeline for publicizing the news, a senior administration official told Axios.

"We've been at this since 1 a.m.," a senior administration official said. "We have someone in custody. We're 95% sure this is the killer."

"This is the president's administration, so he has the right to say what he wants when he wants about it. And this is so personal to him. But yeah, we would've preferred a little more time before announcing. But it doesn't matter anyway. We're sure this is the guy."

[...]

While administration officials won't second-guess Trump's early announcement, the same can't be said about FBI director Kash Patel. On Thursday, he announced that a different potential suspect was in custody, only to then backtrack and admit the person had to be released.

"It might make the prosecution more difficult of the guy we have now," the official said.

It seems the governor could use a little moral clarity himself...

This guy picked the wrong day if he wanted to get publicity.

Just another day in American gun fetishism.

UPDATE 03:22 pm:

Of course, the WSJ wasn't the only source of that information.

  Welcome to Hell World

 

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And, here's they key to the murder: Groypers think Charlie Kirk was not right wing enough.

UPDATE 09/13/2025:

UPDATE 09/13/2025:  Unlike many families of black victims of police brutality, there's no forgiving here. Kirk's wife is calling forth legions of would-be vengeance seekers.

(TPUSA is Charlie Kirk's organization.)

Wall Street Journal after the fact.  Why you never go with the first reports.

UPDATE 09/16/2025:

UPDATE 02/24/2026:

But wait.  There's more.