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2024-10-14 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Trump assassination attempt at Coachella Valley rally thwarted when man with weapons arrested, Riverside sheriff says — Press Enterprise

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Posted by Fred 2024-10-14 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11153 views ] Top

#1 Sheriff who stopped it will probably be prosecuted for some federal crime …

Posted by Glenmore 2024-10-14 00:37|| 2024-10-14 00:37|| Front Page Top

#2 So the incident, for me, raises a few deeper related questions.

It seems the only reason he was legally arrested, was the Fake VIP ID.

Because possessing a loaded firearm and high-capacity magazine, is NOT crime in NV, an Open Carry state?

See NV Gun Control Laws

Then being a UCLA Grad, a sovereign citizen and registered (R)?

Also, if he was such a threat, why was he released Saturday on just a $5,000 bail?

Posted by NN2N1 2024-10-14 05:06|| 2024-10-14 05:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Riverside is in CA

Posted by Frank G 2024-10-14 05:19|| 2024-10-14 05:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Opps pre-coffee typo.
But in my lame effort of a defense, there is a Riverside NV. 😇

Yes, California has a 10 rd. mag limit.
They expect a person to aim and hit the target, not spray it.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-10-14 06:14|| 2024-10-14 06:14|| Front Page Top

#5 A lot of questions still unanswered. 12 hrs in to the 48 hr rule.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2024-10-14 08:06|| 2024-10-14 08:06|| Front Page Top

#6
Reading in other articles, TRUMP is saying this was NOT an assassination attempt????

Yes, a lot of side streets on this one.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-10-14 08:11|| 2024-10-14 08:11|| Front Page Top

#7 ''above and beyond'' in their efforts to protect Trump

The memo said that protecting Trump is not a priority, right?

Posted by alanc 2024-10-14 09:24|| 2024-10-14 09:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Possibly why President Trump said there was no assassination attempt — from the Daily Beast:

The man Southern California authorities arrested outside a Donald Trump rally Sunday for allegedly carrying multiple unregistered firearms contradicted a local sheriff who said he was there to kill the former president, calling the idea “bulls--t” while claiming he is a staunch supporter of Trump.

Vem Miller, a 49-year-old resident of Las Vegas, told a reporter with the Southern California News Group that he was invited personally to Trump’s Coachella Valley rally by the head of Clark County’s Republican Party. He also claimed he was wearing a Trump shirt and a MAGA hat while entering the perimeter via a security checkpoint, when he told the officer working the gate that he had firearms in his car as a courtesy.

“These accusations are complete bull---t,” Miller said. “I’m an artist, I’m the last person that would cause any violence and harm to anybody.”

At a press conference following the arrest on Sunday, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said Miller passed an initial outer perimeter, but was stopped when a deputy noticed an “obviously fake license plate” as he tried to pass a second checkpoint. The sheriff also said it appeared likely that Miller was a “sovereign citizen”—part of a loosely organized anti-government movement.

He was quickly arrested and charged with possession of a loaded firearm and possession of a high-capacity magazine, the sheriff’s office said in a press release. The arrest happened before the former president arrived at the rally, and “did not impact the safety of former President Trump or attendees of the event,” the release added.

Miller’s license plate was “one that is homemade and indicative of a group of individuals that claim to be sovereign citizens,” Bianco said. The sheriff said the deputies noticed several other “irregularities” with Miller’s car—the interior was in “disarray,” and he was in possession of “multiple” fake passports and fake drivers’ licenses displaying other names.

Miller claimed to be a journalist with VIP access to the rally, Bianco said, but his press pass “didn’t necessarily materialize.”

Bianco also said that Miller’s car wasn’t registered, as sovereign citizens often don’t believe in registering their cars. “We had to go through VIN number,” the sheriff said. “It actually did belong to him, it just was not ever registered.”

Miller was also in possession of several unregistered firearms, including a shotgun and a loaded handgun, as well as a high caliber magazine, the sheriff’s office said. He was booked at the John J. Benoit Detention Center and released on his own recognizance.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-10-14 12:18|| 2024-10-14 12:18|| Front Page Top

#9 Sheriff calls out lax CA bail laws after armed Trump rally suspect released: 'Hard to believe'

Posted by Skidmark 2024-10-14 12:25|| 2024-10-14 12:25|| Front Page Top

#10 The weapons did not seem likely for a ranged assassination attempt. A close in attempt with a VIP ID would have been subject to security search of some sort.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-10-14 12:31|| 2024-10-14 12:31|| Front Page Top

#11 Maybe he just wanted to pull security detail for Trump?

Posted by Alpha2c 2024-10-14 14:18|| 2024-10-14 14:18|| Front Page Top

#12
Just tossing it out there.
WHAT IF, Trump now decides to go visit Mr. Miller?

Posted by NN2N1 2024-10-14 19:42|| 2024-10-14 19:42|| Front Page Top

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