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Direct Headline: Republicans Are Furious a Driver Was Released After Killing ‘Extremist’ Teen
The man who admitted to hitting an 18-year-old with his car said the teen was a “Republican extremist.” Authorities have found no evidence of that.
by Mack Lamoureux September 27, 2022, 12:03pm
A man who killed a teenager who he believed was a “Republican extremist” has been released on bail, and the case is quickly becoming a flash point for the GOP....Eighteen-year-old Cayler Ellingson was intentionally hit with a car by 41-year-old Shannon Brandt in the early morning hours of Sept. 18 in McHenry, North Dakota. The teen later died of his injuries at the hospital. Brandt admitted to hitting Ellingson and has been charged with DUI-related vehicular homicide as well as leaving the scene of a crime....Brandt initially left the scene then returned and called 911, when he admitted to hitting the teen. In the call, Brandt stated that the two had a political argument and that he believed Ellingson was part of a “Republican extremist group” and was calling friends to attack him......Captain Bryan Niewind of the North Dakota Highway Patrol told VICE News that their “investigation has not found any evidence to support the claim Shannon Brandt made on the 911 call that Cayler Ellingson is a ‘Republican extremist.’”
...In a probable cause affidavit, published by Law and Crime, Ellingson called his parents before being run over to ask if they knew Brandt—Ellingson’s parents did know Brandt but their son did not. He called back shortly after that to say Brandt was chasing him....Brandt was later arrested at his home where he was breathalyzed and found to be over the legal limit. Brandt has since been released on $50,000 bail. ...Ellingson’s death came just weeks after U.S. President Joe Biden gave a fiery speech about fighting the current iteration of the Republican Party. “Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,” Biden said, adding that it’s citizens’ duty to “confront extremists.”
...Even former President Trump mentioned Ellingson in a recent speech that railed against the perceived lack of media coverage. ....“Think of it the other way,” Trump said. “Think of it the other way. Supposing a mad person ran down somebody on the other side, it would be the biggest story you've ever seen. It's a disgrace....."..... “Brandt did what Joe Biden instructed all of his supporters,” posted the person with a Twitter account with over 113,000 followers....Ellingson was described as having a big heart and a kindness about him. He was just about to go to school to train to be an ultrasound technician. Outcryings of support have come in for the family .... and his high school recently held a moment of silence for the slain teen.....
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k8evg/cayler-ellingson-death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF5-csKADBU
By Adam Sabes & Stephanie Pagones September 30, 2022
....He was released from jail Sept. 20 after posting a $50,000, and while he was not placed on house arrest or curfew, but could not leave North Dakota or drink. ...A probable cause affidavit for the new charges states that Brandt asked the 911 operator if he was going to prison....“I just wanna ask you a question, am I going to prison?,” Brandt asked the 911 operator, according to the document....During the 911 call, Brandt “made comments regarding the incident being intentional and not an accident,”...According to the affidavit, when the 911 operator asked “he wouldn’t let your vehicle go then what happened,” and Brandt responded “yes I…I just tried to take of en , he..he wasn’t going to let me go, I I hit him I didn’t mean to and and he’s subdued I was scared to death but he’s subdued, he can’t do anything to me now so, so this is why I’m calling you.....I mean I…I almost oh god, I almost just runaway but I thought jeez obviously if it was a total accident I wouldn’t be scared but I know it was more than that,” .....
Ellingson called his mother before Brandt admitted to using an SUV to hit him, according to an affidavit, and told her that “‘he’ or ‘they’ were chasing him.” The mother told her son that she was “on her way to get him” prior to that call, the affidavit stated....According to the affidavit, during the time period between 2:00 a.m. and 2:42 a.m., Ellingson only placed and received phone calls to his mother and father....
An autopsy performed on Ellingson indicated that his injuries were caused by being “ran over” by the SUV, and not by being struck by the front of the car..... Court documents say during the Highway Patrol’s accident investigation, there were no acceleration marks or skid marks in the gravel where Ellingson was found. An autopsy of Ellingson found that he was on the ground when he received his injuries. Dr. Kevin Maley says that means Ellingson’s injuries weren’t caused from being hit by Shannon Brandt’s vehicle and were caused by being run over.
...Ellingson’s last call with his mother was at 2:42 a.m., when he stated “something to the effect of they are after me or he is after me,” and the call dropped, according to the affidavit.
....During a court hearing on Sept. 19, Brandt disagreed with the proposed bail amount, stating that he is not a flight risk and has a life that he needs to get back to....“I have a job, a life and a house and things that I don’t exactly want to see go by the wayside — family that are very important to me,” ....
https://nypost.com/2022/09/30/shann...ly-fatally-hitting-cayler-ellingson-with-suv/
https://www.kfyrtv.com/2022/09/30/charges-upgraded-murder-fatal-hit-and-run-crash/
Direct Headline: MSNBC Leads Media in Ignoring Politically Motivated Killing of 18-Year-Old Republican
By Jackson RichmanSep 22nd, 2022, 10:14 am
....An 18-year-old was run over and killed in North Dakota over the weekend. The alleged killer told police the attack followed a “political argument.” He was charged with vehicular homicide, DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. By Tuesday, he was released from jail after posting $50,000 bond....Yet, MSNBC didn’t cover this tragic act of political violence, despite the network’s (and the media’s) years-long obsession with political violence.
Why? It’s hard to come to any other conclusion than the fact that the victim was (allegedly) a Republican....The news is both straightforward and well-documented. It’s also dead center of the topic of political violence in the country, which media has purported to care a great deal about....
.....There is just zero question that, if the roles had been reversed, CNN, MSNBC, and other mainstream and left-wing media would have been all over the story. More than all over it, they would draw conclusions from it, assign blame for it, and ask every Republican to answer for it. While MSNBC hasn’t covered the story at all, CNN published one story on the killing on Thursday....The New York Times, NBC News, NPR? Nothing, according to searches of each site at the time of posting....The Washington Post, ABC News and CBS News? The syndicated Associated Press story.
There is no excuse for major, national news outlets ignoring the story of the politically-motivated alleged killing of (an alleged) Republican in any political climate....The media has an obligation to consistently report the news, to commit to facts over ideology, and most of all not to commit propaganda by omission. This almost-blackout is just another instance of malpractice.....
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/ms...-motivated-killing-of-18-year-old-republican/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b6gtO6a82A
The man who admitted to hitting an 18-year-old with his car said the teen was a “Republican extremist.” Authorities have found no evidence of that.
by Mack Lamoureux September 27, 2022, 12:03pm
A man who killed a teenager who he believed was a “Republican extremist” has been released on bail, and the case is quickly becoming a flash point for the GOP....Eighteen-year-old Cayler Ellingson was intentionally hit with a car by 41-year-old Shannon Brandt in the early morning hours of Sept. 18 in McHenry, North Dakota. The teen later died of his injuries at the hospital. Brandt admitted to hitting Ellingson and has been charged with DUI-related vehicular homicide as well as leaving the scene of a crime....Brandt initially left the scene then returned and called 911, when he admitted to hitting the teen. In the call, Brandt stated that the two had a political argument and that he believed Ellingson was part of a “Republican extremist group” and was calling friends to attack him......Captain Bryan Niewind of the North Dakota Highway Patrol told VICE News that their “investigation has not found any evidence to support the claim Shannon Brandt made on the 911 call that Cayler Ellingson is a ‘Republican extremist.’”
...In a probable cause affidavit, published by Law and Crime, Ellingson called his parents before being run over to ask if they knew Brandt—Ellingson’s parents did know Brandt but their son did not. He called back shortly after that to say Brandt was chasing him....Brandt was later arrested at his home where he was breathalyzed and found to be over the legal limit. Brandt has since been released on $50,000 bail. ...Ellingson’s death came just weeks after U.S. President Joe Biden gave a fiery speech about fighting the current iteration of the Republican Party. “Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,” Biden said, adding that it’s citizens’ duty to “confront extremists.”
...Even former President Trump mentioned Ellingson in a recent speech that railed against the perceived lack of media coverage. ....“Think of it the other way,” Trump said. “Think of it the other way. Supposing a mad person ran down somebody on the other side, it would be the biggest story you've ever seen. It's a disgrace....."..... “Brandt did what Joe Biden instructed all of his supporters,” posted the person with a Twitter account with over 113,000 followers....Ellingson was described as having a big heart and a kindness about him. He was just about to go to school to train to be an ultrasound technician. Outcryings of support have come in for the family .... and his high school recently held a moment of silence for the slain teen.....
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k8evg/cayler-ellingson-death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF5-csKADBU
Direct Headline: Shannon Brandt charged with murder after allegedly fatally hitting Cayler Ellingson with SUVBy Adam Sabes & Stephanie Pagones September 30, 2022
....He was released from jail Sept. 20 after posting a $50,000, and while he was not placed on house arrest or curfew, but could not leave North Dakota or drink. ...A probable cause affidavit for the new charges states that Brandt asked the 911 operator if he was going to prison....“I just wanna ask you a question, am I going to prison?,” Brandt asked the 911 operator, according to the document....During the 911 call, Brandt “made comments regarding the incident being intentional and not an accident,”...According to the affidavit, when the 911 operator asked “he wouldn’t let your vehicle go then what happened,” and Brandt responded “yes I…I just tried to take of en , he..he wasn’t going to let me go, I I hit him I didn’t mean to and and he’s subdued I was scared to death but he’s subdued, he can’t do anything to me now so, so this is why I’m calling you.....I mean I…I almost oh god, I almost just runaway but I thought jeez obviously if it was a total accident I wouldn’t be scared but I know it was more than that,” .....
Ellingson called his mother before Brandt admitted to using an SUV to hit him, according to an affidavit, and told her that “‘he’ or ‘they’ were chasing him.” The mother told her son that she was “on her way to get him” prior to that call, the affidavit stated....According to the affidavit, during the time period between 2:00 a.m. and 2:42 a.m., Ellingson only placed and received phone calls to his mother and father....
An autopsy performed on Ellingson indicated that his injuries were caused by being “ran over” by the SUV, and not by being struck by the front of the car..... Court documents say during the Highway Patrol’s accident investigation, there were no acceleration marks or skid marks in the gravel where Ellingson was found. An autopsy of Ellingson found that he was on the ground when he received his injuries. Dr. Kevin Maley says that means Ellingson’s injuries weren’t caused from being hit by Shannon Brandt’s vehicle and were caused by being run over.
...Ellingson’s last call with his mother was at 2:42 a.m., when he stated “something to the effect of they are after me or he is after me,” and the call dropped, according to the affidavit.
....During a court hearing on Sept. 19, Brandt disagreed with the proposed bail amount, stating that he is not a flight risk and has a life that he needs to get back to....“I have a job, a life and a house and things that I don’t exactly want to see go by the wayside — family that are very important to me,” ....
https://nypost.com/2022/09/30/shann...ly-fatally-hitting-cayler-ellingson-with-suv/
https://www.kfyrtv.com/2022/09/30/charges-upgraded-murder-fatal-hit-and-run-crash/
Direct Headline: MSNBC Leads Media in Ignoring Politically Motivated Killing of 18-Year-Old Republican
By Jackson RichmanSep 22nd, 2022, 10:14 am
....An 18-year-old was run over and killed in North Dakota over the weekend. The alleged killer told police the attack followed a “political argument.” He was charged with vehicular homicide, DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. By Tuesday, he was released from jail after posting $50,000 bond....Yet, MSNBC didn’t cover this tragic act of political violence, despite the network’s (and the media’s) years-long obsession with political violence.
Why? It’s hard to come to any other conclusion than the fact that the victim was (allegedly) a Republican....The news is both straightforward and well-documented. It’s also dead center of the topic of political violence in the country, which media has purported to care a great deal about....
.....There is just zero question that, if the roles had been reversed, CNN, MSNBC, and other mainstream and left-wing media would have been all over the story. More than all over it, they would draw conclusions from it, assign blame for it, and ask every Republican to answer for it. While MSNBC hasn’t covered the story at all, CNN published one story on the killing on Thursday....The New York Times, NBC News, NPR? Nothing, according to searches of each site at the time of posting....The Washington Post, ABC News and CBS News? The syndicated Associated Press story.
There is no excuse for major, national news outlets ignoring the story of the politically-motivated alleged killing of (an alleged) Republican in any political climate....The media has an obligation to consistently report the news, to commit to facts over ideology, and most of all not to commit propaganda by omission. This almost-blackout is just another instance of malpractice.....
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/ms...-motivated-killing-of-18-year-old-republican/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b6gtO6a82A