It didn’t take long for Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action to blame the NRA’s agenda of “guns anywhere, anytime, for anyone” for the fatal shooting of Kentucky State Trooper Joseph Ponder. Suspect Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, 25, was reportedly killed by police during a subsequent manhunt in a wooded area close to Interstate 24.
Rather than pointing fingers at the NRA, Watts and others might want to look into the #BlackLivesMatter movement. According to the New York Daily News, photos posted to Johnson-Shanks’ Facebook page show him not only at several protests over the death of Michael Brown, but at Brown’s funeral as well. Other photos show him with his arms raised along with the caption, “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot.”
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/643440616819585024
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/643456146326556672
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/643459663401455616
25 cops shot dead so far in 2015… http://t.co/E9vBBGPY9d
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) September 14, 2015
A war on cops?
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/643565811580465152
The Daily News also reports that two women and two children were in the car with Johnson-Shanks when he shot Ponder. Johnson-Shanks’ 18-year-old niece was arrested and charged with first-degree hindering prosecution or apprehension.
I'm watching live newser on @kmov at 4 re: #Kentucky Trooper killed. It sounds like suspect allegedly killed Trooper in front of 2 kids
— Laura Hettiger (@LauraKHettiger) September 14, 2015
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