Pirro Will Charge Lakanwal With Murder After Beckstrom Died
“There are certainly many more charges to come, but we are upgrading the initial charges of assault to murder in the first degree. “
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro told Fox News she will upgrade charges against Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, after U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died.
Lakanwal, an Afghan national, is accused of shooting two National Guardsmen from West Virginia on Wednesday.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe remains in critical condition.
First of all, our hearts go out and our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of beautiful 20 year old Sarah Beckstrom, who answered the call to serve her nation and she volunteered and she ended up being shot ambushed style on the cold streets of Washington, DC by an individual who will now be charged with murder in the first degree. There are certainly many more charges to come, but we are upgrading the initial charges of assault to murder in the first degree.
And we are hoping that the more information we can get, and the more investigation that is going on, 24/7 now, around the clock in Washington, the more we will find out about what actually happened in terms of this individual even being in this country and being in a position to ambush and shoot down an innocent young woman who was doing her duty to the people of this country.
Lakanwal originally faced three counts of assault with intent to kill while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence.
Pirro warned that if the guardsmen died she would pursue the death penalty.
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And, the trial and appeals will drag out for decades. He’ll be the 21st century Mumia. Will what remains of NPR give him a segment on All Things Considered?
That’s fur shure!
Fur SHURE! (mic drop)
/how many will get the reference?
That’s fur dang sure!
if he has a DC jury, he walks
Make it a federal rap for capital punishment.
I would like nothing better than to see this savage put to a painful death.
This tragedy brings something else to mind. It is especially painful because the deceased was a vibrant, young girl with her whole life before her.
This underscores that women do not belong in combat roles or street law enforcement. Women are not as strong, their male comrades are gallantly protective of them, and we mourn their loss more deeply. Even a disfiguring
wound on a young lady is far more tragic than that on a man.
Your point is correct and increasingly so as time goes by.
I once thought that women were too delicate to take on combat, but then I witnessed their return from war and gained knowledge. The women were subjected to the same conditions of men. They bunked with the men but maintained their modesty. In the field they shared the same conditions of the men. Our army would station a squad of personnel behind the Iraq army with the mission to make sure the Iraq’s did not lose the battle, one squad. Women were part of this, and the group would be in a shelter that was a single wall, all that was left of a house. Otherwise, it was open desert. They were in this area for weeks without relief. They held their own. If they are able to do this and keep up with the men, then all the power to them.
This killing was what Islam men do, they chose a small female to begin their attack. Same as what they do in their home. We don’t need Islam in our country.
A report I read said the killer used the woman’s handgun to continue his attack. That may be another reason she was chosen first, as most of the NG were carrying no arms.
This carrying of no arms is ridiculous. My base in Puerto Rico had a terrorist attack in 1979 in which several of my shipmates were killed and quite a few more were injured. So, the shore patrol started escorting the bus that took people out to the worksite. The local politicians complained, and so a compromise was reached. They had to travel with their weapons, unloaded, but with ammunition handy.
The army reserve used to use our base for some of their two weeks summer camps. They two had escorts back-and-forth from Fort Buchanan to our worksite. Their escorts traveled armed. When the local politicians objected, the local army general told him to get stuffed.
THRM to get stuffed.
Going back to the 80s in Germany. I saw soldiers “guarding” with M-16s and no magazines. It was a bad joke. It persists.
when I was on guard duty, they armed us with a shotgun and one unloaded shell, only to be chambered after getting permission from the Sgt of the Guard
There was a bonzai attack after Iwo Jima was declared secure. And the Marines had turned their ammo in. Apparently that is standard practice. The Fort Hood terror attack had a high body count because the soldiers had no guns or ammo.
A speedy trial and swift execution are called for. America must not forget.
When was the last time you saw one of those in America? You may as well look forward to your family’s holiday trip to the nearby state park to harvest a Christmas tree.
According to Grok, Gregg v. Georgia (1976) pretty much ended the era of timely capital punishment. Since then, the promptest were those of double-murderer Gary Gilmore, at about five months from indictment to execution, and Steven Judy, at around 10 months. Everybody else since clocks in at two years or more. Grok notes that “averages(!) today exceed 20 years, due to expanded habeas and SCOTUS reviews.”
We can expect that officially or otherwise the Democrat Party and/or its allies/subsidiaries will furnish the defense and likely find a way to make the taxpayer fund it.
Subotai Bahadur
If Democrats know what’s good for them they will put as much distance between them and this terrorist as possible.
Question is, can Democrats get out of their own way on this one? 🤔
No.
Reported: Four weeks ago Slotkin spoke at the Brookings Institute and stated that she anticipated “a bloody incident that spirals out of control” involving the National Guard…..which would happen in about two weeks….and give Trump inappropriate power. This infers a bloody attack against rather than by the NG. Couldn’t the “former” CIA operative and her buds get the timing down a little closer? Getting a little sloppy? Wait t too long and the colors fade a little on their revolution. Was the Sed-Six part of it? Coincidences don’t just happen.
This my remark elsewhere about the perp driving cross-country to do this in DC as not passing the smell test.
It shouts false flag.
He was living in a $2000 per month rental…has a wife and 5 kids. Works at a laundry. Yeah, definitely a smell test issue.
I would expect nothing else of Pirro. I would like the criminal to be fed bacon every day. There is no reason to be nice and follow his Religion.
Great idea. Offer him nothing but pork. Is he halal enough to starve to death?
That bacon should be fed to him by RuPaul.
It’s not a matter of being nice, it’s required by law.
Get him talking. He was a CIA asset in Afghanistan, was over here living in $2000 / month apartment. I am guessing he is still a CIA asset; have to bring in immigrants to do the job the CIA isn’t allowed to do (i.e. operate on US soil).
Meant to add….if he starts talking, we will likely get the speedy execution….
The stupid part is that it even had to be announced. Our justice in this country has become so warped that the response to this was not, “Duh. We all assumed that.” And not just the charges, but the death penalty, too.
Sadly, having the death penalty on the table will keep any DC jury from even convicting him. I think he should be tried as an illegal combatant, then taken to Guantanamo and hung. (I know no one would ever put a gallows up by the Washington Monument, as I really want.)
20 years of GWoT…and we didn’t convict or execute any terrorist sh*tbags. A total disgrace.
I realize this is my personal peeve, but a penalty is 10 yards and replay down. We are talking about capital punishment.
My question to Grok. Although I hold my own opinion based on three + decades of service beginning prior to, but all throughout {What is (if any) the procedure to try an unlawful enemy combatant in military court under the laws of land warfare? Specifically as applied to the killing of U.S. Army SPC4 Sarah Beckstrom? If the individual who killed her is deemed a foreign terrorist, it is my understanding she will be posthumously awarded The Purple Heart Medal. If this is true, civilian court is absolutely the incorrect venue, in my opinion. what do you say Grok?} We absolutely can not try this in a civilian venue.
{what is (if any) the procedure to try an unlawful enemy combatant in military court under the applicable U.S. laws and other potential laws of land warfare affecting U.S. military troops, whether active duty, reserve, or national guard (including emergency call-up and title 10 orders? specifically as applied to the killing of U.S. Army SPC4 Sarah Beckstrom? If the individual who killed her is deemed a foreign terrorist, it is my understanding she will be posthumously awarded The Purple Heart Medal. If this is true, civilian court is absolutely the incorrect venue, in my opinion. what say you, Grok?}
Between the brackets are the questions I posed to AI. After 30+ years in the US military before 9/11 and all of GWOT, I pretty much knew what Grok would say. Cut/paste the question for yourselves, don’t take my word for it. But civilian court would be a catastrophic mistake and potential miscarriage of justice the likes of which I can not fathom.
Active duty Guardsman murdered should be a military tribunal or a federal rap. That would shorten a trial and appeals process.