{"id":1998735,"date":"2023-08-12T12:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T16:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-fbi-fatal-shooting-happened-day-before-utah-currently-under-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T12:05:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T16:05:55","slug":"another-fbi-fatal-shooting-happened-day-before-utah-currently-under-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-fbi-fatal-shooting-happened-day-before-utah-currently-under-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI investigates another fatal shooting in Utah, day after previous incident."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanother-fbi-fatal-shooting-happened-day-before-utah-currently-under-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>In the Mountain West, \u2062a pre-dawn FBI raid\u200b has left one man dead and many questions unanswered.<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019m not \u200ctalking about the \u200cWednesday forced\u200d entry that \u2063killed a Provo, Utah, man who allegedly threatened \u200cPresident \u2062Joe \u2062Biden and other \u2062elected officials, including progressive Manhattan District \u200cAttorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alvin-braggs-office-suffers-big-loss-case-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alvin Bragg<\/a>. I\u2019m talking about a separate, unrelated shooting in Albuquerque, New Mexico,\u200c which the\u200b bureau is hardly releasing <em>any<\/em> details about \u2014 including where \u200dit \u2064happened.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200b for \u2062the Provo incident,\u2063 you\u2019ve doubtlessly heard about that one: According \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/09\/us\/politics\/fbi-shooting-utah-biden-threats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York \u2062Times<\/a>, 75-year-old Craig\u200d D. Robertson was \u200bfatally shot by agents after a\u2063 6:15 a.m. raid on his home. Court documents accuse him of\u2064 threatening both elected and law \u200benforcement officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bank-of-america-is-without-the-knowledge-or-the-consent-of-customers-sharing-private-info-with-feds-tucker-carlson-reports\/\" title=\"Bank Of America \u2018Is Without The Knowledge Or The Consent\u2019 Of Customers \u2018Sharing Private\u2019 Info With Feds, Tucker Carlson Reports\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">federal law enforcement<\/a> official<\/a>, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss \u200cthe shooting, \u200bsaid that Mr. Robertson\u200d was armed at the time. Officials offered few other details,\u201d the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA White House official\u2062 said that Mr. Biden had been briefed on\u2063 the matter, and a woman who was listed in public records as Mr. Robertson\u2019s \u200cdaughter declined to comment\u200b when\u200c reached by phone,\u201d\u200d the report continued.<\/p>\n<p>According to the court\u2063 filing, Mr. Robertson owned numerous\u2062 firearms, including a\u200c sniper rifle. \u2063The \u2063complaint also laid out \u200bhis history of threats on social media, where he referred to his guns as Democratic \u200ceradicators. In one post last\u200c year, he photographed three rifles and said he was \u2018getting ready for the 2024 election cycle.\u2019 He repeatedly \u200btaunted the agents \u2063investigating him, saying they came close to \u2018violent eradication.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, this does\u200b not indeed sound like a\u200c charming gentleman \u2064\u2014 although it\u2019s worth noting that, as we know, this is just the FBI\u2019s side of the story and it\u2019s somewhat difficult to believe the we\u2019re getting just the facts out of an \u2062FBI that\u2019s becoming increasingly\u200c weaponized and \u2062unnervingly unaccountable. (For their \u2064part, \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/family-man-killed-fbi-allegedly-threatening-biden-speaks-loved-country-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robertson\u2019s \u200cfamily<\/a> \u200b gives a markedly\u200d different account of the man \u2014 as did his\u2064 neighbors, who called him a \u201cteddy bear\u201d and expressed fury that\u200c agents reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/neighbors-furious-fbi-shooting-teddy-bear-utah-man-displaying-body-afterward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left his dead \u2062body visible<\/a> for hours after the shooting.)<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the Times\u2019 narrative is\u200c that by even <em>mentioning<\/em> the obvious \u200bweaponization of federal law enforcement, conservatives are \u200bpotentially breeding more \u200bCraig D. Robertsons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shooting \u200ccomes at \u2063a moment \u2063of intense polarization in \u200dAmerican politics,\u201d wrote the Times\u2019 Adam \u200dGoldman and Jesus \u2064Jim\u00e9nez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe three indictments of former President Donald J. Trump have \u2062offered fodder for supporters and allies, who have seized on \u2062his mounting legal peril\u200c to \u200dfan\u2062 a narrative of a \u2064Justice Department weaponized against him\u200c and\u2063 bent on derailing the Republican\u200d front-runner\u2019s campaign\u200d to\u200c retake the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, just because that\u2019s\u200b true doesn\u2019t \u2062give one the license to make\u200b threats against public officials \u2014 but that also doesn\u2019t negate\u200c the \u2062fact that the FBI and other\u200d organs of the \u2063Department of \u200cJustice have\u2064 been weaponized against peaceful political opposition to \u2064the Biden administration, including the front-runner for the 2024\u2063 Republican presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>And \u2064it also doesn\u2019t necessarily mean \u200dthat the FBI is being transparent about the necessity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-justice-must-be-administered-equally-republican-senators-demand-answers-for-2020-riots-capitol-riot-from-doj\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: \u2018Justice Must Be Administered Equally\u2019 \u2014 Republican Senators Demand Answers For 2020 Riots, Capitol Riot From DOJ\">pre-dawn raids<\/a>. For a case in point, one needs only \u2064to look to what happened \u200cin Albuquerque, 550 miles to the\u200d southeast \u2062of Provo, one day \u2064before the\u200d Robertson raid.<\/p>\n<p>This is the\u200b entirety of \u2062the writeup in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/news\/fbi-releases-few-details-after-killing-person-in-albuquerque\/article_45cd8d14-3611-11ee-98db-e7c59b41ace3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Albuquerque Journal<\/a>, for instance:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cThe\u2062 FBI\u200d shot and killed a person Tuesday \u2062morning\u2063 in Albuquerque but released few \u2064details about the incident, including where it took place.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe agency\u2019s Public Affairs Office said in a news release that the shooting occurred\u200b around\u200d 6 a.m.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s some transparency, all right.<\/p>\n<p>Nor \u200dhas there been much apparent follow-up\u200c on this, either. The Journal seems to have \u200bfocused mostly on reporting the shooting in Provo, with few additional details to the local shooting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.krqe.com\/news\/albuquerque-metro\/one-person-dead-following-shooting-with-fbi-agents-in-albuquerque\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KRQE-TV<\/a> reported that no agents were harmed and\u2063 that the shooting was subject to an ongoing review \u2064by the FBI\u2019s Inspection Division. \u200bThey also noted their news crews \u201ccaptured a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-for-j6-rally-in-d-c-concludes-peacefully-amid-ramped-up-capitol-police-presence\/\" title=\"\u2018Justice for J6\u2019 Rally In D.C. Concludes Peacefully Amid Ramped Up Capitol Police Presence\">heavy law enforcement presence<\/a> near Chelwood Park Blvd. and Mountain Rd.,\u201d but their reporting including no confirmation that\u2019s where\u2063 the shooting and\/or raid occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Even social\u2064 media users noted the lack of details that had come out about the New Mexico FBI shooting:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Y\u2019all probably\u2064 missed this \u200done\u2026 not hearing anything \u2062about it. Probably justified and it\u200b leads to questions about \u200cwhy the FBI still hits doors at \u200b0600.\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xe2jDBYtwk\">https:\/\/t.co\/xe2jDBYtwk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle\u200b Seraphin (@KyleSeraphin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleSeraphin\/status\/1690126658341122048?\">August 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, was it \u2063justified?\u2063 Was the Robertson shooting justified?\u200c Could either have been done in a \u200bmanner that didn\u2019t involve a pre-dawn raid, where the fog \u2062of the moment is\u200c more likely to lead \u200cto a shootout and innocent lives being taken along with any potentially guilty individuals? Those are \u2063questions that\u2063 need to be answered.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives\u200c have good enough reason for not trusting the \u2062FBI dating\u2062 back to the bureau\u2019s bogus \u2064FISA warrants against members of the Trump campaign and \u2064the subsequent\u2064 Russiagate hoax. Between James Comey,\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-fed-prosecutor-needs-2-minutes-destroy-peter-strzoks-1st-amendment-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Strzok<\/a>, \u2064Lisa Page, Merrick Garland and the Christophers \u2014\u2062 Steele and Wray \u2014 a \u200dwide swath of America has every reason to distrust the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-fbi-fatal-shooting-happened-day-before-utah-currently-under-investigation\/\" title=\"FBI investigates another fatal shooting in Utah, day after previous incident.\">federal\u200b law enforcement apparatus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, we no \u2063longer live in a time where \u2062the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-truth-social-tipped-off-fbi-75-year-old-man-later-killed-raid-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has our trust<\/a> and can hide behind vague details \u2014 particularly when politics enter \u2062into the mix.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/another-fbi-fatal-shooting-happened-day-utah-currently-investigation\/\">Another FBI Fatal Shooting Happened Day Before Utah, \u2064Currently Under Investigation<\/a> \u200dappeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Mountain West, an early morning FBI raid resulted in the death of a man, leaving numerous unanswered questions. This incident is distinct from the Wednesday forced entry that claimed the life of a Provo resident, accused of threatening President Joe Biden and other officials, including progressive Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The separate shooting remains unconnected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":1998736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}