Shooting at Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas

Got two terrorists killed AND stood up for free speech.

 

That makes her presidential material.

 

The terrorists got themselves killed.

 

Exactly.

 

Federal investigators learned several hours before a provocative cartoon contest in Texas that a man under investigation for extremist activities might show up and alerted local authorities there, but had no indication that he planned to attack the event, FBI Director James Comey said Thursday.

The information about Elton Simpson was developed about three hours before the contest, which the FBI had already identified as a potential target for violence because it involved cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Simpson and his roommate, both from Phoenix, opened fire outside the Garland, Texas, cultural center but were shot dead before they were able to kill anyone.

Simpson, previously convicted as part of a terrorism-related investigation, had come under new federal scrutiny in recent months related to alarming online statements about the Islamic State. When the FBI learned that he could be heading toward the event, the agency sent an intelligence bulletin to police in Garland, including a picture and other information, "even though we didn't have reason to believe that he was going to attack the event. In fact, we didn't have reason to believe that he had left Phoenix."

Comey, making his first public comments on the Sunday shooting, did not disclose steps that he said the FBI could have taken to prevent the attack and said those questions were still being evaluated.

FBI sent out bulletin about gunman hours before Texas attack - Chicago Tribune

 

So what you're saying is law enforcement did a fantastic job and should be commended.

 

Let's see ... two dead terrorists, no dead good guys: Why does AP think she should have any regrets?

 

Because she put people's lives at risk? Because they were lucky that this time it was a couple of idiots who didn't know what they were doing rather than better-trained terrorists?

 

She staged a protest. The terrorists put people's lives at risk.

 

No question, the primary blame belongs on the terrorists. That doesn't mean she didn't help create a volatile situation that ended in violence.

 

So have many, many others who are celebrated.