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Home Front: Culture Wars
Antifa Member Shot To Death After Drawing Down on Eugene, OR Cops in School
2019-01-30
[HT Knuckledraggers - Truth About Guns] Charlie Landeros, aged old enough to know better, loved his far-left activism. He belonged to an armed Antifa group we’ve covered, training "oppressed peoples" in armed self-defense. And now he’s no longer with us after drawing down on two Eugene, Oregon police officers who attempted to arrest him at a Eugene middle school there.

Police believe the radical Antifa activist showed up at his daughter’s school on January 11 intending to pick her up. Cascade Middle School administrators, however, knew that he had recently lost custody of his child and called police to remove him from school property. What they didn’t know was Charlie had a gun on his hip along with a backpack full of loaded magazines and more 9mm ammunition.

When police arrived, Landeros claimed they had no jurisdiction at the school. The Eugene officers had a different take. And when Landeros failed to peacefully leave, things went south quickly for Mr. Antifa firearms instructor.

The Eugene Police Department has released video of the shooting:
Video at Link
Landeros belonged to the Civil Liberties Defense Center, a group that, according to its website:

...supports movements that seek to dismantle the political and economic structures at the root of social inequality and environmental destruction. We provide litigation, education, legal and strategic resources to strengthen and embolden their success."

According to the Daily Emerald, Landeros also belonged to Community Armed Self-Defense (web site not active, Facebook page unavailable). They describe themselves as a "new liberatory and inclusive space for all oppressed peoples to learn about armed self-defense."

Apparently their training in armed self-defense fell way short. After all, when Landeros accepted the room temperature challenge and drew down on the police, they dealt with his threat exactly as you’d expect. Landeros died at the scene.
Posted by:Frank G

#9  Isn’t the middle school a gun free zone?
Posted by: Airandee   2019-01-30 20:54  

#8  Had to watch the video again to see the draw. These guys were on it; wonder if dude was local famous and dispatch sent the right tool.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-01-30 18:10  

#7  And, news tip. Unless you have a drop on the cops, don't draw on them. They are way, way, way better at it than you are and will win a wild west type gunfight.

Unless you are in NYC. Seem to recall a hail of bullets hitting bystanders but not the perp. Shortly there after a Texas cop, holding the reins of his horse, dropped a couple of muzzies out to disrupt a 1st Amendment meeting.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-01-30 16:04  

#6  I love stories with happy endings.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2019-01-30 11:52  

#5  Good riddance.

And, news tip. Unless you have a drop on the cops, don't draw on them. They are way, way, way better at it than you are and will win a wild west type gunfight.

In fact, save the trouble and the expense and just shoot yourself instead if you are planning this. Makes things way easier.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-01-30 10:17  

#4  Antifa!

Smash the state by raising taxes!
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-01-30 06:08  

#3  DA: FBI received tip about Landeros 'posting violent anti-government messages' in 2018
"In 2018, the FBI received information on a tip line that Charles Landeros was posting violent anti-government messages on social media," according to the DA. "The information was referred to the local FBI office, who concluded there was insufficient information to substantiate that a crime had been committed."

On January 9, two days before the deadly shooting outside the school, police in nearby Springfield received a screenshot of a Facebook comment on a story about a man shot and killed by police in Portland.

A comment posted by "Charlie Landeros" read, "Time to start killing pigs," investigators wrote.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2019-01-30 05:02  

#2  This would have been a lot different in Baltimore wherePolic3 are allowed to carry guns inside schools.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2019-01-30 01:14  

#1  ...supports movements that seek to dismantle the political and economic structures at the root of social inequality and environmental destruction. We provide litigation, education, legal and strategic resources to strengthen and embolden their success."

It's not nice to draw on the cops. Makes 'em twitchy.
Personally, I would have shot him for those two sentences.

Posted by: SteveS   2019-01-30 00:19  

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