Trump supporter pulls gun on Democrat during road rage incident on busy Moorhead road

[BeyondGeography]

MOORHEAD — A West Fargo man is in jail after police say he threatened a woman with a handgun after getting into an argument on the road with her over her bumper sticker supporting Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren.

About noon Monday, Oct. 7, officers were sent to the area of 24th Avenue and Eighth Street South in Moorhead for a disturbance call, according to a news release from the Moorhead Police Department.

A woman told police she was driving south on Eighth Street when a man pulled up next to her and yelled at her saying he disliked her bumper sticker supporting Warren.

Moorhead police spokesman Capt. Deric Swenson later said the man’s vehicle had a pro-Donald Trump sticker on it.

Police said in a news release that the man then pointed to his own political bumper sticker and talked about his different political views. Swenson said the woman had “engaged” with the man for about eight blocks before he drove past the woman's vehicle and held up a handgun.

Officers were able to locate the suspect inside a restaurant in the Brookdale Shopping Center and found a loaded handgun in his vehicle's center console, according to the release. Police said the passenger in the suspect's vehicle confirmed what reportedly happened.

The driver was arrested and identified as Joseph Schumacher, 27, of West Fargo. He was booked into the Clay County Jail. Police have requested that prosecutors charge Schumacher with felony terroristic threats and having a loaded handgun inside a vehicle without a permit, which is a misdemeanor.

More at https://www.westfargopioneer.com/news/crime-and-courts/4710059-Police-Trump-supporter-pulls-gun-on-Democrat-during-road-rage-incident-on-busy-Moorhead-road

[rockfordfile]

1. I would lock him up for years.

I like saying that, but this is getting out of hand.

[trueblue2007]

12. throw him in the slammer..... 45 YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!

[Tipperary]

2. Glad they have him in custody.

So much for rump supporters being old, southern men. I have to admit that I can’t imagine why she “engaged” with him for eight blocks. It’s best to get the hell away from crazy asshats...as quickly as possible.

[TryLogic]

6. I'm sure there are Trump hooligans in a variety of locations.

[stopbush]

3. Another deplorable.

[lonely bird]

4. Man, I hope that he doesn't reproduce.

There are enough useless flesh bags walking around.

[secondwind]

22. Ha!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Ah, yes. Guns make us safer, right?

[blm]

7. These terrorists are emboldened in Trump's version of America

[BeyondGeography]

8. That's right

He’ll be egging them on all the way to next November. I’m afraid we’re just getting started.

[7wo7rees]

10. Gotta rebrand them

"Trump Terrorists"

Road rage is a lazy journo way to package the story, and sell papers. This is a national threat that needs high-beam coverage.

Prosecute the terrorism, ban him from weapons and pickup trucks for life, and make this un-American activity.

Pull this sonofabitch over right now.

[Celerity]

13. A truck with 'Trump 2020' bumper stickers was left at a bar overnight. Someone set it on fire.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/10/truck-with-trump-bumper-stickers-was-left-bar-overnight-someone-set-it-fire/

On Monday night, Johnny MacKay surveyed the parking lot of the Garage Bar and Grille in Vancouver, Wash.

He had had a few drinks and planned to take an Uber home, he told KOIN News, and he figured a spot directly under a street lamp would be the best place to leave his truck parked overnight.

Photos of the Nissan Titan pickup were mostly nondescript, save for two small stickers on the back bumper: One read “TRUMP 2020” and the other read “TRUMP: KEEP AMERICA GREAT! 2020”

Now MacKay thinks those stickers made him a target.

During the night, Randy Sanchagrin, who lives in a house adjacent to the bar, heard — and felt — an explosion, according to KOIN News. He ran outside and began filming, capturing MacKay’s truck as it was consumed by bright orange flames.

“By the time I ran back to the street, it was so bad there was no getting close to it,” Sanchagrin told the news station.

snip

Link to tweet

closeup of your truck pic

[quakerboy]

14. Fair chance he or his buddies started that fire

Thats how his sort do.

[TheRealNorth]

26. Or he wasn't too careful with his cigar/cigarette ashes

In all seriousness though, if someone lit it on fire I want them prosecuted, just as I want this this North Dakota jackass locked away. Otherwise, we will have these people intimidating people at the polling places in November.

[Sapient Donkey]

16. That is a truck I would stay away from if I saw it on the road.

I wonder if this guy would have had many of those bump stickers on his truck pre-Trump.

[Celerity]

20. probably not, Rump has really radicalised tens of millions, and has made it a-oki to let their white

power inner demons out and proudly displayed.

The damage his election/theft has done is immeasurable on a multiplicity of levels.

[ramen]

19. is this a real image??

i am without speech

[7wo7rees]

27. It is real, but not from this story

But it could be.

Whether they put the stickers on their truck or not, they are the thoughts of every supporter.
Any supporter that tells you he's different isn't able to pass a Dunning-Kruger test. Shame them.

When 9 people sit at the table with a Nazi, the table now has 10 Nazis at it.

Welcome to DU, ramen. Find some more speech!

[Lifelong Protester]

9. "Lock him up"

and toss out the key. Was he the good
guy with a gun?

[ck4829]

24. Lock him up

[Harker]

11. Another stable genius. n/t

[Sapient Donkey]

15. I can't imagine being compelled to pull a firearm on someone because

they have different political views than I do.

Also, way to prove that responsible gun owners are not a problem...until they are. I swear, far too many people lack the ability to think things through and behave in ways that are not counterproductive to their cause/beliefs/whatever.

[LittleGirl]

17. They are dangerous! eom

[ramen]

18. bUt teH leFT IncitEz Teh VIOLENz

it's almost as though there is a problem of presentation with regards to the actions of the far right in this nation..

[rusty quoin]

21. I worry about her because she is so close to the people like Bobby Kennedy.

It’s even worse today

[hlthe2b]

23. I assumed this was ND, but in clicking to be sure, I was struck with how many photos

on their front page were the stereotypical "mountain man" locals. Now, I am not anti-beard (though well-groomed beards would be my preference) but really... I've lived traveled all over the West and the prevalence wasn't overwhelming of guys that look like they came out of Deliverance or the Unibomber's cabin.

Well, one thing is for sure. I'd not engage with him. But, then I've never felt comfortable putting any kind of bumper sticker on my car. Too many nuts out there. The one time I had a car vandalized, it was because of a spare tire cover that had a small college sports team logo.

[ck4829]

25. K&R