If ever there were an example of the perils of the Democrat approach to crime and social disorder, it is Minneapolis, ground zero of the George Floyd/defund-the-police movement that roiled the country five years ago, and a “sanctuary transgender state.”
If ever there were an example of the perils of the Democrat approach to crime and social disorder, it is Minneapolis, ground zero of the George Floyd/defund-the-police movement that roiled the country five years ago, and a “sanctuary transgender state.”
The deadly mass shooting of small children at Mass at Annunciation Catholic School Wednesday brings home the tragic cost of a disordered society, where evil rampages unchecked and those who would protect the vulnerable are handcuffed and pushed away.
It’s too early to say exactly how, or even if, the tragedy could have been prevented. Yet Minnesota Democrats already have reached for their lazy gun-control mantra, in a state that has among the strictest gun laws in the country.
Of course, they remain silent about the anti-Christian radical gender ideology that appears to have driven the latest spate of school shootings, from the murders at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn., in November 2023, and at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., in December 2024, to Wednesday’s rampage.
At least we now have an FBI that tells the truth about the motivating hatreds so that we can try to understand the pathology and stop its spread.
“The FBI is investigating this shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement on X after the Annunciation murders Wednesday, adding that the killer has been identified as “Robin Westman, a male born as Robert Westman.”Name change
Robin Westman, 23, had his mother apply to the Minnesota District Court to legally change his name from Robert in January 2020.
“Minor child identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification,” says the court order “Granting Name Change of a Minor.”
There is no indication of what medications Westman was taking, but mental illness combined with hormone treatment and antidepressants are a recipe for rage. A YouTube “manifesto” speaks of depression and suicidal thoughts, as well as anti-Christian, anti-Jewish demonic ravings adorned with pride flags. He wrote “Kill Trump” along with anti-Israel racist messages and the names of other mass killers on his weapons and ammunition.
The increasingly violent rhetoric of the trans movement has been embraced by Minnesota’s politicians.
