I don’t care who the politician is, assassinations and political violence have absolute NO PLACE in American civil society.
The most important thing that makes America such a special place to live is that we pride ourselves on the ‘peaceful transition of power’. Now, America is still subject to the fault of humanity and our system has been and will continue to be the target of evil people looking to take advantage of our kindness, mistaking it for weakness. However, that is a different story for another day.
Today’s story is the attempted assassination of the would be next mayor of Louisville Kentucky …
Cristina Laila of The Gateway Pundit reported:
‘Kentucky – Craig Greenberg, a Democrat Louisville mayoral candidate, was shot at in his office Monday morning in an assassination attempt, police said.
Mr. Greenberg was unharmed, however a round hit his clothes.
An unidentified suspect has been taken into custody.
“My team and I are fortunately all safe. We are all with LMPD now. I will provide an update as soon as possible. Thank you for the outpouring of support.” Greenberg said in a tweet.’
My team and I are fortunately all safe. We are all with LMPD now. I will provide an update as soon as possible. Thank you for the outpouring of support.
— Craig Greenberg (@RunWithCraig) February 14, 2022
WLKY reported:
Police say a person has been detained who they believe walked into a mayoral candidate’s office and fired shots.
The situation unfolded just after 10 a.m. on Monday at Butchertown Market on Story Avenue.
This is where Louisville mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg has an office. Metro Council President David James told WLKY that someone went into Greenberg’s office and fired multiple shots at him.
Both James and Chief Erika Shields say they believe the democratic candidate was the target. James called it an assassination attempt.
Shields said no one was hurt, but that a round did hit Greenberg’s clothes.
“We consider ourselves very fortunate today,” Shields said.
Louisville Metro Police Chief Erika Shields gave an update on the shooting targeting Craig Greenberg:
If this was in fact an assassination attempt and the suspect is proven to have carried out the would be hit, beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law, I sure hope the judge throws the book at this man.
Are there times in history where political assassinations are warranted? The case could be made that assassinating Hitler in the 40’s would have been a noble thing to do, although others may disagree. Regardless, there is no possible excuse for making an attempt on the life of a mayoral candidate for the midsized town of Louisville.
