The man who went on a rampage with his SUV through a Chicago mall has now been charged with Terrorism. As The Daily Wire reports:
A suburban Chicago man who drove his black SUV through Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois, is facing terrorism charges, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
The Los Angeles Times reports that local police announced the charges, leveled against 22-year-old Palatine, Illinois resident, Javier Garcia on Sunday. Garcia was also charged with “felony criminal damage to property.”
The terrorism charge is local. The Federal government hasn’t yet announced if they will seek charges. They were on the scene, a week ago Friday, when Garcia plowed his Chevy Trailblazer through an entrance to the Sears department store, turned a hard right into the mall itself, and drove past several stores, plowing into kiosks, destroying a window display at Forever 21, and eventually hitting a pole near the mall’s center court.
For Illinois, though, the terrorism charge isn’t necessarily related to Garcia’s motive (though a motive has yet to be specified).
Even though he has been charged with terrorism we still don’t know exactly what or who was behind Garcia’s attack. What were his true motivations? Perhaps it’s nothing, or perhaps there is still much more that we aren’t being told.
Watching the Chicago Story with Laura Ingraham…Mayor did not want to appear…
amazing and not surprising. She is just another one in the long line of bad mayors
and bad actors that support “the Killing Fields” in Chicago. Look the other way,
let them gun down innocent children…all in the backyard of our fantastic
Former President who FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED AMERICA. NO ONE IS
SURPRISED!
I have one question regarding this fiasco, that will no doubt follow, at significant expense to the law abiding tax paying legal residents of this country. Why wasn’t this POS blown away?
Follow the evidence, then enforce the law to the fullest extent. In any case, massive restitution is due.
Dumb move- I say give the guy life in prison.
Dumb move- I say give the guy life in prison.
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Wasn’t this mall the mall that the Blues Brothers movie, or one of them back in the late 1970’s had Belushi and Ackroyd drive a car through, or into? I might be mistaken, but if I am correct, maybe this guy wanted to be just like John Belushi.? Who the hell knows, other than the fact that the world is really super crazy these days.
Whole lot of blood lust and blind rage on here. This guy is a U.S. Citizen who’s on psych meds, and people on this board are talking about deporting him, calling him a migrant, and saying he should be released in the hopes he kills liberals? After El Paso, there was a renewed cry for mental health care in this country, but I guess that’s over. Nope, let’s deport a citizen with mental health issues or let him go so he can kill some folks (which seems to be why he got in trouble in the first place – you know, driving his car into a mall being dangerous and all…). Lots of deep thinkers and good Christians on here.
Indict the Democrat mayor of Chicago for supporting domestic terrorism by not assisting ICE, when it comes to apprehending illegal aliens!
NEED MORE FACTS before ANY of us should EVER call it terrorism!!!
Waaaaay too loose and can legally place anyone in an odd position.
Grandma’s meds spin her head and she drives into a mall not knowing even where she is driving? senility? medicated? no malice or intent?
BE CAREFUL!! Grandma would need driving rights removed and perhaps looked after NOT sitting on death row!!
I guess driving through a mall intentionally isn’t really terrorizing anybody.
He probably forgot his wallet. (Just saying)
Arrest their ass and if can’t charge with Terrorism…reckless endangerment to the fullest extent of the law…reparations…psychiatric diagnosis…and just fines….make it public…and see what idiot wants to copycat that!!!!!
Stupid isn’t any excuse….
Chicago’s a Sanctuary City. The “terrorist” is a migrant. Release him to prey upon Chicago, again. Maybe, this time, he will get lucky and KILL some LIPs!
Oh, the dangers of turning 22.
Unless there’s more compelling evidence supporting that charge, it will be dismissed.
I wouldn’t say dismissed but, more facts and broad scale evalutation!
if it can be proven of his intent along with “other” factors….JAIL/PRISON/DEPORT!