Fatal shooting of Samoan fashion designer Afa Ah Loo at the anti-Trump rally has left community in shock

[GJGCA]

Source: MSN.com

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Mr Ah Loo participated at one of the hundreds of anti-Trump marches held across United States that day, events which drew crowds in the tens of thousands.

The Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD) said he was hit by gunfire on Saturday night local time despite being an "innocent bystander".

It happened as a "peacekeeper" fired their gun at a man who witnesses say was running towards the crowd with a rifle, police said.

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Killed by an incompetent "good guy with a gun". On the other hand, good guy with NO gun took away the rifle

Video posted on DU showed a guy taking away backpack with rifle away from perpetrator and calling him out so he was immediately arrested.

The real good guy had no gun when he took away the backpack.

[pecosbob]

2. So, who the fuck are these 'peacekeepers'?

Who authorized non-LEOs to carry weapons? This guys family should sue everyone involved.

[IronLionZion]

3. Which is why it's a problem for "good guys with guns" to just be shooting in a crowd

Well intentioned people miss or get it wrong all the time. They don't know who is an innocent bystander. Cops might think that "peacekeeper" was the shooter since he shot someone.

[Kid Berwyn]

4. Peace keeper using a killing machine.

On the public, with impunity.

That is NAZI.

[Clouds Passing]

5. Afa Ah Loo

[GJGCA]

6. More from NBCnews.com

Officials said that two men who were part of the event’s “peacekeeping team” were detained Saturday after one of the “peacekeepers” allegedly fired the shot that fatally injured Ah Loo. Arturo Gamboa, 24, was also arrested and booked into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on a murder charge.

The “peacekeepers” told police that they saw Gamboa move away from the crowd and begin manipulating an AR-15-style rifle. It prompted them to draw their guns and order him to drop the weapon, police said. However, Gamboa ran into the crowd, holding his gun in a “firing position,” leading one of the "peacekeepers" to fire three shots. One of the shots struck Gamboa while the other hit Ah Loo, police said.



https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/man-killed-no-kings-protest-salt-lake-city-designer-ah-loo-rcna213296

[Picaro]

7. Seriously, who were these "peacekeepers"

I keep reading different versions of the story. Who is the man who fired the shot? Why was he authorized to have a gun and use it?

As others have commented—this is the problem with a “good “ guy with a gun. Firing at someone in a crowd means those bullets that miss the bad guy will hit someone else.

If this person was such an imminent danger how was he disarmed so easily by an unarmed bystander?

The story doesn’t answer any of the basic questions.

[Dr. Strange]

8. Good questions.

It sounds like the peacekeepers may have been hired by (or volunteers for) the Utah 50501 group that organized the protest.

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/peacekeepers-under-investigation-for-role-in-salt-lake-city-protest-shooting