There are a couple things that strike me about the shooting at the Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility today (September 24) that killed at least two of three detainees. First, detainees were shot, not their white supremacist gangster guards.[1] Second, I am increasingly suspicious of these messages—in this case, “anti-ICE,”—found on shell casings,[2] and I’m thinking specifically of one of the favorite accusations right-wing terrorists make when they’re the ones being accused of violence, that this was a “false flag” operation, meant to cast suspicion on them, when in, their suspicions, it was really left-wing provocateurs behind the dastardly deed.
Again, detainees, people who may or may not have been in the U.S. legally, were shot, not their guards. And a message left behind by a suicidal shooter, apparently Joshua Jahn,[3] is the message they chose to leave behind, not necessarily a reflection of their true beliefs. Yeah, I’m thinking “false flag.”
Famously, in crime investigations, one looks for motive and opportunity. A violent leftist radical (these are pretty rare[4])would have motive to shoot guards not detainees. A violent right-wing radical (these are much more common[5]) would have motive to shoot detainees not guards.
Yet again, detainees were shot, not guards.
[1] Bethany Irvine, “Shooting at Dallas ICE facility kills 2, injures another,” Politico, September 24, 2025, https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2025/09/24/shooting-at-dallas-ice-facility-kills-2-injures-another-00578736
[2] Kash Patel, “This morning just before 7am local time . . . ,” X, September 24, 2025, https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1970877754221498599
[3] Bethany Irvine, “Shooting at Dallas ICE facility kills 2, injures another,” Politico, September 24, 2025, https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2025/09/24/shooting-at-dallas-ice-facility-kills-2-injures-another-00578736
[4] Alex Nowrasteh, “Politically Motivated Violence is Rare in the United States, Laissez-Faire, Laissez-Passer w/ Alex Nowrasteh & David Bier, September 11, 2025, https://www.alexnowrasteh.com/p/politically-motivated-violence-is
[5] Alex Nowrasteh, “Politically Motivated Violence is Rare in the United States, Laissez-Faire, Laissez-Passer w/ Alex Nowrasteh & David Bier, September 11, 2025, https://www.alexnowrasteh.com/p/politically-motivated-violence-is
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