Why was an American politician shot in Tucson?
Saturday, January 8, the morning started as usual for me: jogging, practice, showers. At breakfast, as always, I turned on the radio to hear the news. What I heard shocked me: “Tucson, Rep. Gabriel Giffords. People had a lot of shots in a meeting.”
What happened?
On January 7, 2011, in Tucson, Arizona, near a supermarket north of the city, Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords and her party were scheduled to meet with voters. During this event, people put their representatives in Congress to ask questions. This time, some young men started firing at people in the almost empty space, approaching the line. The first target was G. Geffords. He was shot in the head. As a result of direct executions, six people were killed, and 13 were injured.
The people around were very brave. There was no panic. Some arrest a killer trying to flee the scene. Others immediately started calling 911 and calling for emergency assistance for the injured. Many such calls have come from mobile phones. Police arrived at the scene very quickly, including several medical helicopters and an ambulance. Yes. Giffords was airlifted to University Medical Hospital, where he was already lying on the operating table 40 minutes later. Gabriel was operated on and is now in the intensive care unit. Even 48 hours after the operation, doctors said the injured man’s condition had stabilized. His chances of survival were slim. And the fact that he regained consciousness Began to respond to the doctor’s request is very encouraging. It was too early to make predictions for the future. However, his attending physician said that recovery could take months to years as the “speech zone” of the brain was affected.
The American media reported that the dead included 633-year-old Federal Judge J. Roll, 76-year-old Pastor D’Stadard, 76-year-old De Murray, 769-year-old F. Shek, and nine-year-old K. Green. G. Zimmerman, a 30-year-old director of social assistance programs, also died. Two other senator assistants have been injured: R. Barbar and P. Simon.
All of the injured were taken to various Tucson hospitals, where they received emergency treatment and under physicians and medical staff.
I want to say a few words about the girl who was killed – Christine Green. On September 11, 2001, he was born on the day of the US National Tragedy, when the country was invaded by terrorists and killed by robbers.
Who is the killer?
The killer was arrested almost immediately after the crime. His name is Jared Lafner, and he is 22 years old. For some time, he studied in college. Several interviews with the arrested ex-classmate were shown on television. They all described him not as aggressive but as a friendly young man who showed certain signs of mental balance at school. According to one of them, Jay Lafner always had his own opinion and did not think about the perceptions of others.
Lafner bought a Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol with a 9mm caliber and a magazine for 17 rounds at a specialty store for the crime he planned. It should be noted that the purchase of firearms in the United States does not require special permission. If there is no criminal record, anyone between the ages of 21 and older can own the weapon of their choice.
The future killer had been planning to do something for a long time so that they could talk about him. He was an active participant in various social networks where his accounts and posts were found. FBI agents are now carefully studying the materials as well as the videos posted on YouTube for him. For example, on his MySpace page, a young man often reflects illiteracy among Tucson’s colleagues and residents. And in YouTube messages, the “Arizona shooter” accuses the government of “brainwashing” and calls for the abandonment of the “no gold and silver supply” currency. Among Lafner’s hobbies were books like Hitler’s Maine Kampf.
US police released a photo of a second suspect in the assassination attempt on U.S. Gabriel Giffords. An external surveillance camera caught the suspect near the scene of the attempted murder: a 40- to 50-year-old brunette, wearing blue jeans and a navy blue jacket. But the next day, the man was officially declared not involved in the crime.
US law enforcement agencies and their affiliates have not yet established the “Arizona Shooter” criminal motives. However, the accident happened where Pyma County Sheriff K. Dupnick said the shooter was “intelligent, but not mentally healthy.” As it turned out, the arrested person already had a “criminal past.”
The American media covered the Tucson genocide and the federal legislature. Giffords saw a socio-political background to the assassination attempt, although they noted the ambiguity of the shooter’s political views. Many observers believe that the crime may have stirred up the American people due to the tense political climate that has developed in the country and may reflect the inconsistent views of Republicans and Democrats on fundamental issues facing the country.
Sarah Palin is ahead of the rest.
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was at the center of another scandal related to the Tucson tragedy. In March 2010, he posted a map of the United States on his Facebook page, with the states on which, according to him, Republicans had promised to “annihilate” Democrats in the form of targets. “Among such goals” was G. Geffords.
Sarah Palin added the following remarks to her map: “We are paying close attention to the members of the House of Representatives who supported Barack Obama’s health care reform and to the constituencies that supported me and Senator John McCain during the 2008 election campaign.”
After the shooting in Tucson, the neglected map was urgently removed from Sarah Palin’s page. He g. A statement from Giffords’ efforts said: “I extend my deepest condolences to the families of the rapist Gabriel Giffords and other victims of the Arizona tragedy. My entire family prays for peace and justice for the victims and their families.”
The statement did not deter many readers of Palin’s page from commenting on the allegations of inciting violence.
Some more facts
Healthcare reform was due to be reconsidered by congressmen again next week after Giffords helped blacklist Sarah Palin, many of whom are pushing for it to be withdrawn. However, consideration of the matter will be postponed after an attempt at Giffords. There is another strange coincidence: Giffords himself is known for the fact that he was a strong champion of the American right to bear arms throughout his political career. He repeatedly said that he owned it. And so it turned out that he almost died from a weapon in the hands of an “insufficient shooter.”
Gabriel Giffords is one of the few members of the Democratic Party to be elected to the House of Representatives three times among the most conservative states. She is an active champion of US power transformation in renewable and environmentally friendly sources, defending women’s rights to abortion.
It could be that Gabriel Giffords, a US standard politician who knows how to draw his line in the US Parliament, is constantly communicating with his voters. They have become a “stumbling block” that they want to get off the road.