re: #259 Targetpractice

Yeah, this guy seems to fit the profile of the “random loony” to latches onto a cause in order to justify his violence, but because he’s black he can’t be a “lone wolf,” he’s definitely got to acting upon the “hostile criticism” directed towards police.

And he wasn’t reacting to hostile criticism of the police as his Instagram post make clear.

“Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, wrote on his Instagram account: “I’m putting wings on pigs today. They take 1 of ours, let’s take 2 of theirs,” hours before the killings, two city officials with direct knowledge of the case confirmed for The Associated Press.”

His own words make it clear he supposedly wanted revenge for the deaths of Brown and Gardner at the hands of the police and he shot those two cops for being cops. Race had nothing to do with it.