Thread by @mtracey

There has been no claim made that this individual fired on FBI agents, or even that he was armed at the time of the fatal altercation today. Apparently a giant squad of militarized personnel was incapable of apprehending a 75 year old man without gunning him down on his doorstep https://t.co/QZqM6VXiCN

https://twitter.com/Tom_Winter/status/1689345221539061760

A statement from the FBI's Salt Lake City field office also makes no mention of any agents being injured. "We have no further details to provide," the statement says. If this guy really did open fire on FBI agents, wouldn't that probably be the very first detail they'd "provide"?

This guy's offense was allegedly posting a bunch of demented memes on social media about political figures, which he apparently characterized merely as "dreams" of his. Either way, note the cheerful, credulous reaction to news of him being executed on sight in a surprise 6am raid

So, federal agents shot and killed an old man described as being "frail of health," who used a wooden cane... and the thing that's supposed to appall us about this incident is that he posted overwrought criticism of politicians on social media...?

This is who the FBI is claiming had the "ability to conduct sniper tactics" and was an imminent threat to kill Biden, after they barged into the elderly man's house at 6:00 in the morning, pumped him with bullets, and then left his dead body bleeding out on the sidewalk for hours

Every last person local Utah newspapers have interviewed about this man is mystified that the FBI could have possibly perceived him as a genuine threat