Motive Unclear
May 23, 2026 — Bill Glahn
From the New York Post, Gunman who believed he was Jesus Christ opened fire on White House checkpoint, neutralized by Secret Service. Given the result, his belief was mistaken. These incidents occur with such frequency that they hardly even produce a ripple. Nasire Best, 21, fired at a checkpoint at about 6:10 p.m. after being seen pacing in a strange manner up and down 17th St. Northwest, sources told The
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May 16, 2026 — Bill Glahn
I could easily make this into a weekly series. The horrific incident. The carnage covered in euphemisms. All immediately forgotten. Today’s entry from the U.K. Guardian, Seven people injured after man drives car into pedestrians in northern Italy. What? Eight people were injured, two seriously, on Saturday after a car rammed into a group of pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena. Police said the driver, in his 30s,
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March 12, 2026 — Bill Glahn
John covers the basics of the two (2) terrorist attacks that took place today in America: one at a Michigan synagogue/school and the second at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. I do want to make one point about alleged motive. We all know what the motive was. The New York Post headline on the Michigan attack, Would-be Michigan car bomber rammed explosives-laden truck into Temple Israel preschool — before
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March 1, 2026 — Bill Glahn
From The Hill newspaper, ‘Indicators’ of possible terrorism in deadly Austin mass shooting: FBI. That thing that never happens happened again, this time down in super-liberal Austin, Texas. The Hill reports, The FBI says there are “indicators” suggesting a possible terrorism connection in a shooting near a popular bar in Austin, Texas, that left two people dead and at least 14 others injured. The suspected gunman is also dead, according
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November 1, 2025 — Bill Glahn
From SkyNews UK, Two men have been arrested by armed officers after multiple people were stabbed on a train. The train was stopped at Huntingdon station, in Cambridgeshire, after police were called at around 7.40pm on Saturday. British Transport Police said 10 people have been taken to hospital, while Cambridgeshire Police said a “large-scale response” was deployed by the East of England Ambulance Service. “Large-scale” in this instance must not
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October 2, 2025 — Bill Glahn
A terrorist attack occurred in Manchester, England, this morning against a local synagogue. Here is a widely shared photo of the perpetrator, From the U.K. Daily Mail, referring to the above photo, This is the terrorist with a suspected suicide belt who killed at least two people outside a Manchester synagogue before being shot by police. A car was driven into a crowd and a man stabbed at 9.31am on
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September 25, 2025 — Bill Glahn
Here we go again. From The Hill newspaper, Motive sought in Dallas ICE facility shooting. They report, Federal and local authorities are still working to determine a motive after a gunman opened fire on an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas on Wednesday. One detainee was killed and two others were critically injured in the incident. The suspected shooter, identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, died by a self-inflicted
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September 21, 2025 — Bill Glahn
By which I mean the motive is blindingly obvious. ABC 10 (Sacramento) confirms what we always knew was true, Facebook and ‘X’ accounts matching the suspect’s name and picture posted frequently, criticizing the Trump administration. In the past week, posts on X were daily. A post on X in July, read in part, quote: “The authoritarian oligarchy is now complete…” and “Rules don’t apply if election was stolen. FIGHT!” The
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June 22, 2025 — Bill Glahn
The “why” is always the trickiest of the five “W”s of journalism. We are more than a week downrange of the horrific crimes that Vance Boelter has been accused of in Minnesota. And we have little insight into his motivation(s), beyond the obvious killing of Democratic politicians. Since the first hours after the crime spree, reports of a “manifesto” left behind by the killer have circulated. Late Friday, bits of
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