What does Cole Tomas Allen’s manifesto contain, which he sent mainly to his close ones? According to Donald Trump, questioned on the Fox News channel, the suspect in the shooting on Saturday night at the press gala in Washington had written a “very anti-Christian” text. But according to information from the New York Post, the 31-year-old assailant specified that his “targets” were “officials of the Trump administration.” “I am no longer willing to let a pedophile, rapist, and traitor cover my hands with his crimes,” he adds, referring to the American president. “To minimize losses, I will also use lead instead of bullets (less penetration in the walls).”
Cole Tomas Allen references his Christian faith several times in the document, listing “irrefutable” objections to his imaginary actions. He touches on sensitive political subjects such as the Trump administration’s strikes against presumed drug trafficker boats and the detention of illegal migrants.
A disconcerting ease
Furthermore, he expresses amazement at how easily he penetrated the building. “I expected security cameras at every street corner, hotel rooms bugged, armed agents every three meters, metal detectors everywhere. Not the slightest security. Neither in transportation, nor in the hotel, nor during the event,” he says. He notes, “I enter with multiple weapons” at the Washington Hilton, “and not a single person considers the possibility that I might be a threat.”
In the document, sent 10 minutes before the attack, the engineer and part-time teacher also apologized to his students. Cole Tomas Allen also stated in his letter that he is part of a progressive collective called “The Wide Awakes,” a group that traces its roots to abolitionists of the Civil War and advocates for non-violence. This network of activists dedicated to social justice draws inspiration from the organization formed in the 19th century by anti-slavery supporters of President Abraham Lincoln.
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