The far left are turning once again to violence and murder and the media are – once again – doing everything they can to cover it up. The latest case in point is the killing of Samoan fashion designer Arthur “Afa” Ah Loo, at last weekend’s ‘No Kings’ anti-Trump protests.
To give the NZ Herald some credit, they’re focussing on the local angle and rightly promoting a Gofundme for the innocent victim of radical leftist violence. That’s as it should be. But when they – as briefly as they can get away with – describe the circumstances of the shooting, their reporting dissolves into a confusing mess.
Because they will do everything they can to obscure the facts when it comes to left-wing violence.
Yesterday the Salt Lake City Police Department said detectives believe Ah Loo was an innocent bystander. After the shooting Arturo Gamboa, 24, was arrested and booked into jail on a charge of murder.
Detectives allege he raised an AR-15-style rifle and ran toward the crowd, prompting a person to fire three rounds, one of which tragically struck Ah Loo.
If you’re wondering why Gamboa is charged with murder when someone else fired the shots – Gamboa did not in fact fire a single shot – you’re not alone.
The NZ Herald is also muddying the waters: “Detectives allege he raised an AR-15-style rifle and ran toward the crowd.” In fact, detectives are alleging no such thing. The problem is, at best, lazy journalism: Ferald reporters reading an X post and not following the link to the actual statement.
“Detectives allege he raised an AR-15-style rifle and ran toward the crowd, prompting a person to fire three rounds, one of which tragically struck Mr Ah Loo,” the Salt Lake City Police Department said.
This is quoting from an X post. But that post contains a link to the official statement, which is very different:
Witnesses reported Gamboa instead lifted the rifle and began running toward the crowd gathered on State Street, holding the weapon in a firing position.
(Emphasis added.)
Those are two distinctly different statements.
To clear up the confusion, here’s the relevant details from the actual police statement:
Around 8 pm, officers and detectives – including members of SLCPD’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team (VCAT) and Gang Unit – were flagged down near 102 South 200 East.
There, they found a man crouching among a group of people with a gunshot wound.
That man is identified as 24-year-old Arturo Gamboa, who was dressed in all black clothing and wearing a black mask.
As officers approached, community members pointed out a nearby firearm, which was described as an AR-15-style rifle.
Officers also located a gas mask, black clothing, and a backpack in close proximity. The items were collected and processed by the SLCPD Crime Lab.
Paramedics took Gamboa to the hospital. Detectives later booked Gamboa into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on a charge of murder.
Officers also detained two men who were wearing high-visibility neon green vests and carrying handguns.
These men were apparently part of the event’s peacekeeping team.
During interviews, detectives learned the two peacekeepers saw Gamboa move away from the crowd and move into a secluded area behind a wall – behavior they found suspicious.
One of the peacekeepers told detectives he saw Gamboa pull out an AR-15-style rifle from a backpack and begin manipulating it.
The peacekeepers drew their firearms and ordered Gamboa to drop the weapon.
Witnesses reported Gamboa instead lifted the rifle and began running toward the crowd gathered on State Street, holding the weapon in a firing position.
In response, one of the peacekeepers fired three rounds.
The so-called ‘peacekeeping team’ were, in fact, members of a far-left radical anti-Trump group calling itself the ‘50501 Movement’. Founded by a male transsexual, who describes himself as “resist[ing]” a “fascist system”.
Who is Arturo Gamboa?
So, were they merely defending protesters against a potentially violent far-right shooter? Here’s what the MSM don’t want you to know:
Gamboa is himself a far-left radical, who is also allied with the 50501 Movement that organised the protest. Social media photos show Gamboa wearing a beret from ‘Utah Against Police Brutality’, which is closely affiliated with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which is working closely with 50501. Gamboa also shared multiple X posts supporting Antifa and BLM.
So: far-left radical carries a rifle at a far-left protest, gets shot by multiple other far-left radicals, who also murder an innocent bystander. The far-left radical who didn’t fire a single shot is charged with murder. The far-left radicals who shot and killed a man are not charged with anything to date.
No wonder the media are making their ‘reporting’ as confusing as possible.
