© Via FacebookLance Scarsella
Allen Scarsella, 23, who prosecutors said in a complaint had admitted to shooting five protesters, was charged with one count of second-degree riot while armed and five counts of second-degree assault. Joseph Backman, 27; Nathan Gustavsson, 21; and Daniel Macey, 26, were each charged with second-degree riot in the Nov. 23 late night shooting that left five demonstrators with wounds that were not life-threatening.
All four men had been in custody since last week in the shooting near the protest camp that sprung up after the fatal shooting by police of Jamar Clark, 24, two weeks ago. Hennepin County jail records indicate that Scarsella's bail has been set at $500,000 and the others at $250,000 each. All are scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday afternoon.
Scarsella, Gustavsson and Backman are white, while Macey is Asian, police said.
The criminal complaint said Scarsella told a friend who is a police officer in another jurisdiction that he had gotten into an altercation and shot protesters.
(Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
Source: Reuters
"Please don't 'light me up, Bro?!"
Those on the powerful side have ALWAYS a way to steal even expressions from their oppressed - 'dissed,' 'he lit the mf up!', zap, - or even (eventually) benign things ("bungalow") - whatever. [I guarantee there are etymological papers about these thefts, dating back to x and up to now.]
Once again, the Gestapo-Flunkie's use of that phrase - "light you up" - is reflective on the lack of original, creative thought on the part of both the PTB and their authoritarian flunkies.
R.C.