James Thomas Hodgkinson
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James Thomas Hodgkinson is an American best known for trying to assassinate members of the United States Congress.[1][2] He was killed by members of the Congressional Police, on June 14, 2017, who were protecting Steve Scalise, the House Majority Whip.
Main article: 2017 Congressional baseball shooting
Following the attack there was an intense effort on the part of the press to understand Hodgkinson's motivation, and whether there were any warning, that might have prevented the attack, if they hadn't been ignored.[1][2]
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Political activity
Prolific writer of letters to the editor
After the attack Hodgkinson's home-town paper, the Belleville News Democrat published thirty letters to the editor that he had written, from March 6, 2008, to September 12, 2012.[3]
Social media activity
Helped campaign for Presidential aspiratn Bernie Sanders, in 2016
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Law enforcement officials identify shooter at Congressional ballgame as Illinois man". Washington Post. 2017-06-14. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/law-enforcement-officials-identify-shooter-at-congressional-ballgame-as-illinois-man/2017/06/14/ba6439f4-510f-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html?utm_term=.bd4dca6f83b4. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tessa Stuart (2017-06-14). "Everything We Know About Alexandria Shooter James T. Hodgkinson: Sixty-six-year-old Illinois home inspector was a Bernie Sanders campaign volunteer and vocal Trump critic". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/alexandria-shooter-james-t-hodgkinson-everything-we-know-w488026. Retrieved 2017-07-14. "Back in Illinois' St. Clair County, he had a criminal history that dated back almost 30 years – mostly minor offenses, like failing to obtain an electrical contractor's license in 2009, with five more serious charges, including domestic battery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, all dismissed, in 2006."
- ↑ "Hodgkinson letters: ‘I have never said life sucks, only the policies of the Republicans’". Belleville News Democrat. 2017-07-14. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article156092134.html. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
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