Highland Park Fourth of July parade disrupted by gunfire, multiple people feared shot

[IsailedawayfromFR]

 
Aiden McCarthy, 2, survived the hail of bullets Monday after his father, Kevin McCarthy, shielded him with his own body.

If the Uvalde school police were present, that father would have been arrested and his son allowed to be killed.

[GtHawk]

I thought I read the father was Italian.  Doesn't mean the mom isn't Jewish though.

"The Italian Jewish community is one of the oldest in Europe." I guess there is no reason to assume all Italians that immigrated to America were Catholic.

[GtHawk]

Illinois doesn't have the death penalty.

Be a damn shame if someone who lost family to this psycho sniped him during a jail transfer.

[Hoodat]

Aiden McCarthy, 2, survived the hail of bullets Monday after his father, Kevin McCarthy, shielded him with his own body.

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

John 15:13

[Idiot]

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

John 15:13

[txradioguy]

Several of the murdered were Jewish....don't know if they can prove a hate crime though.

90% of Highland park is if I remember correctly.

If ever there was a case for a hate crime charge...

[sneakypete]

90% of Highland park is if I remember correctly.

If ever there was a case for a hate crime charge...

@txradioguy

They are only hate crimes when it benefits the left.

BTW,someone correct me if I am wrong,but isn't someone of ANY ethnicity considered to be Jewish if he or she follows Jewish religious beliefs?

Not counting the Old Testament,of course.

I think the "New and Improved Testament" might be "Jewish-Free".

Other than "The Big Guy",of course.

[Smokin Joe]

Whatever, chief.

That way, if it doesn't work, the locals can blame the Feds, and the Feds can blame the locals, and nobody will be responsible.

[sneakypete]

That way, if it doesn't work, the locals can blame the Feds, and the Feds can blame the locals, and nobody will be responsible.

@Smokin Joe

I do believe that is the sort of political "compromise" that all politicians work hard to accomplish.

[Kamaji]

Highland Park Suspect's Video Further Shoots Down Idea of Him Being a Trump Supporter

By Nick Arama
Jul 07, 2022

I think we put paid to the claims from the left that Robert Crimo III — the man arrested in the Highland Park mass shooting — was a Trump supporter.

We saw Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) train wreck all over that claim, and even curse out a man for simply asking what Swalwell’s evidence was that the suspect was a Trump supporter.

As we noted, one of Crimo’s friends said that the reason Crimo was at a Trump rally was that Crimo was trying to mock the Trump supporters. It was a goof; Crimo was not in any way a Trump supporter. He was dressed like “Waldo,” which is a joke started by Jimmy Kimmel against President Donald Trump. We’ve also reported how Crimo’s likes on his Twitter accounts were for talking points of the left, and the people he followed included Joe Biden and Kamala Harris–not to mention, that Trump supporters are not generally shooting up Fourth of July parades.

But there’s more information from the Daily Mail that indicates he wasn’t a Trump supporter.

They found a video in which he was building a shed to live in next to his father’s home. He also was painting a shooter on the side of the home, with a smiley face emoji on it. He commonly wore a shirt with that smiley face on it. In the video, he says to his followers, “What’s up, communists?” He also says “Death to America” — two things you’re likely not going to hear from a Trump supporter. So, if anyone needed more, there you go, that’s more that militates against that claim.

Crimo shows his car that has a “47” on it. People have wondered what 47 means, speculating that it might be a reversal of the day of the attack, and another indication that he had been planning it for a while. That might be, but since he also dressed like Agent 47 in the “Hitman” video game series, that’s likely the primary motivation for that obsession.

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Source:  https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/07/07/highland-park-suspects-video-further-shoots-down-idea-of-him-being-a-trump-supporter-n590348

[mystery-ak]

 Crimo dad washes hands of guilt but talked with son about a mass shooting night before Highland Park massacre
By Haley Brown and
Gabrielle Fonrouge   
July 6, 2022 7:07pm

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – The dad of the accused Fourth of July parade killer told The Post on Wednesday that his son talked about a mass shooting in Denmark the night before allegedly launching his own massacre — and the dad washed his hands of any guilt over how the suspect got his gun.

The father, Robert Crimo Jr. — who has tapped one of R. Kelly’s lawyers to battle claims that he helped his mentally disturbed kid buy guns — said that the night before Monday’s shooting, he and son Robert Crimo III discussed the 22-year-old Danish man who shot and killed three people at a mall outside Copenhagen on Sunday.

“He goes, ‘Yeah, that guy is an idiot.’ That’s what he said!” the dad recalled his son saying of the Denmark shooter.

The father said his son added, “People like that … [commit mass shootings] to amp up the people that want to ban all guns.”

“I talked to him 13 hours before [Monday’s massacre]. That’s why I guess I’m in such shock. … Like, did he have a psychiatric break or something?” the father said of his son.

On Tuesday, Steven Greenberg, who previously represented R. Kelly in the fallen singing superstar’s federal sex-trafficking case out of Brooklyn, announced that Crimo Jr. and his estranged wife, Denise, had retained him in the wake of their son’s arrest.

The father, a onetime local mayoral candidate who used to run a neighborhood sandwich shop, has faced a wave of criticism for sponsoring his son’s gun license application, which allowed Crimo III to buy four guns, including his alleged slay weapon, before age 21.

The dad sponsored the application three months after his son was labeled

more
https://nypost.com/2022/07/06/highland-park-shooter-robert-crimo-father-speaks-about-son/

[Sighlass]

Dad was an enabler that didn't want to do the tough job of being a father that says "you have not proven yourself worthy of trust" in these areas... No gun for you, you are not mature enough to be a safe person with the responsibility of one (and may never be).

I am sure the lawyer is a coach on how to try to deflect blame.

[Cyber Liberty]

Dad was an enabler that didn't want to do the tough job of being a father that says "you have not proven yourself worthy of trust" in these areas... No gun for you, you are not mature enough to be a safe person with the responsibility of one (and may never be).

I am sure the lawyer is a coach on how to try to deflect blame.

That proud Papa is in some pretty deep trouble.  He's admitting he was an accessory to a mass murder every time he opens his yap.  Meanwhile, there's a town full of people ready to kill him themselves if he doesn't face justice for this.

[240B]

When the Dad bought the kid a rifle, what could he have possibly thought was going to happen?
Was the son an active hunter? Did the face tattoo guy have a hunting license? Was he a competitive target shooter?
What did the father think the son was going to do with the guns, especially since he had already threatened to kill his family and himself.

[Kamaji]

When the Dad bought the kid a rifle, what could he have possibly thought was going to happen?
Was the son an active hunter? Did the face tattoo guy have a hunting license? Was he a competitive target shooter?
What did the father think the son was going to do with the guns, especially since he had already threatened to kill his family and himself.

Exactly. 

[Idiot]

When the Dad bought the kid a rifle, what could he have possibly thought was going to happen?
Was the son an active hunter? Did the face tattoo guy have a hunting license? Was he a competitive target shooter?
What did the father think the son was going to do with the guns, especially since he had already threatened to kill his family and himself.

Yup....dad's in deep dodo.  He never should have opened his mouth.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Yup....dad's in deep dodo.  He never should have opened his mouth.

Why?  Aren't we all glad a poor parent has been exposed?

[Kamaji]

Charges not ruled out for Highland Park suspect’s father

By Joshua Rhett Miller
July 8, 2022

Authorities have not ruled out criminal charges against the father of alleged Highland Park gunman Robert Crimo III – as his parents retained a new attorney late Thursday.

State Police Director Brendan Kelly told reporters that the accused gunman’s father, Robert Crimo Jr., faces potential civil liability as the criminal investigation continues into the Fourth of July shooting that slaughtered seven people in the Chicago suburb.

“There’s probably going to be civil litigation. There is ongoing criminal prosecution and criminal investigation,” he said Wednesday, NBC reported.

“Issues of culpability, liability, who may have responsibility in certain circumstances, are all part and parcel of that process. Making a conclusionary statement, the Illinois State Police, weighing in on that, is not appropriate,” he said, adding that the matter would ultimately be decided in court.

Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said he didn’t want to comment on the prospect Wednesday when asked if investigators are mulling possible criminal charges against Crimo’s family.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/highland-park-suspects-father-could-face-charges/

[Cyber Liberty]

Charges not ruled out for Highland Park suspect’s father

By Joshua Rhett Miller
July 8, 2022
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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/highland-park-suspects-father-could-face-charges/

He had the right to remain silent, but lacked the ability.

[Right_in_Virginia]

 

"Therapist says people don’t become mass shooters because of mental illness. Rather, it’s the patriarchy’s fault"  (Video)

https://mobile.twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1545212383986999302

[GtHawk]

Charges not ruled out for Highland Park suspect’s father

By Joshua Rhett Miller
July 8, 2022

Authorities have not ruled out criminal charges against the father of alleged Highland Park gunman Robert Crimo III – as his parents retained a new attorney late Thursday.

State Police Director Brendan Kelly told reporters that the accused gunman’s father, Robert Crimo Jr., faces potential civil liability as the criminal investigation continues into the Fourth of July shooting that slaughtered seven people in the Chicago suburb.

“There’s probably going to be civil litigation. There is ongoing criminal prosecution and criminal investigation,” he said Wednesday, NBC reported.

“Issues of culpability, liability, who may have responsibility in certain circumstances, are all part and parcel of that process. Making a conclusionary statement, the Illinois State Police, weighing in on that, is not appropriate,” he said, adding that the matter would ultimately be decided in court.

Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said he didn’t want to comment on the prospect Wednesday when asked if investigators are mulling possible criminal charges against Crimo’s family.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/highland-park-suspects-father-could-face-charges/

Why is mommy dearest left out, she went along with not pressing charges when the kid was threatening to kill his family, she knew he had guns and she knew he was a stick of dynamite with a short fuse and just sat back waiting for a tragedy to happen. As far as I'm concerned both parents are culpable.

[Kamaji]

Why is mommy dearest left out, she went along with not pressing charges when the kid was threatening to kill his family, she knew he had guns and she knew he was a stick of dynamite with a short fuse and just sat back waiting for a tragedy to happen. As far as I'm concerned both parents are culpable.

The article doesn't say they have ruled out either parent.

[GtHawk]

"Therapist says people don’t become mass shooters because of mental illness. Rather, it’s the patriarchy’s fault"  (Video)

https://mobile.twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1545212383986999302

This guy, who no doubt is talking about mental health not being the problem when he presents himself as mentally ill? He blames the patriarchy, why because daddy didn't accept him being gay?
Ooh, he's a 'therapist', what does that mean? Is he a MFT or just some low level hack that works in a rehab facility or helps alpahabetsoupers to accept their mental illness? What is is profound experience with severe mental illness? And my questions don't even take into account the fact that most MFT's and Psychologists are mentally ill to one degree or another. I was wondering how long until the same kind of 'experts' that declared Trump mentally incompetent without ever being in the same room with him would start expounding on these mass killers...on TikTok no less.

[Hoodat]

Why is mommy dearest left out, she went along with not pressing charges when the kid was threatening to kill his family, she knew he had guns and she knew he was a stick of dynamite with a short fuse and just sat back waiting for a tragedy to happen. As far as I'm concerned both parents are culpable.

Here's some UK tabloid-style info on the parents:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10989057/Mother-Highland-Park-shooter-seen-unloading-Target-bags-hours-son-appeared-court.html

[Cyber Liberty]

Here's some UK tabloid-style info on the parents:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10989057/Mother-Highland-Park-shooter-seen-unloading-Target-bags-hours-son-appeared-court.html

So Bobby III has a younger brother?  Swell.