Friday, February 16, 2007

Rush Limbaugh: don't rush to conclusions

Recently, Rush Limbaugh has made a push that the shooter in the Trolley Square Tragedy was a devout Muslim, whose actions were religiously motivated. First of all, this kind of jumping to conclusions does not help us here in Salt Lake. Second of all, there is no evidence the attacks were religiously motivated. The shooter, Sulejmen Talovic, had a history in Juvenile Court, and could have been traumatized from living in Bosnia during the Yugoslav wars. Rumor has also speculated that in the home video of the standoff, you can here Talovic shouting "Allah Acheim!" This, in fact, is the SLPD officers shouting "SLPD!"

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