{"id":10943,"date":"2022-03-11T08:21:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T13:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idavox.com\/?p=10943"},"modified":"2022-03-11T12:34:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T17:34:50","slug":"the-rittenhouse-effect-charges-dropped-against-security-guard-accused-of-killing-pseudo-patriot-will-a-proud-boys-alleged-shooter-be-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idavox.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/11\/the-rittenhouse-effect-charges-dropped-against-security-guard-accused-of-killing-pseudo-patriot-will-a-proud-boys-alleged-shooter-be-next\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rittenhouse Effect: Charges dropped against security guard accused of killing pseudo-patriot; Will a Proud Boy\u2019s alleged shooter be next?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After Kyle Rittenhouse, we should have seen this coming and in fact insisted upon it. We still need to for Ben Varela who is accused of shooting Tiny Toese in Washington State.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

DENVER, CO – The District Attorney\u2019s office plans to drop second degree murder charges against Matthew Dolloff, the security guard who was accused of shooting and killing militia member Lee Keltner as he attacked Dolloff as he was protecting a journalist for a local news outlet during a so-called \u201cPatriot Muster\u201d that was greeted with an antifascist counter protest. With the DA\u2019s office citing self defense, the dismissal will come just over four months after the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse who shot and killed three persons during a rally in Kenosha, Wisconsin while he was with right wing militia groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn line with our ethical obligations, we cannot overcome the legal justifications of self-defense or defense of others. We are not able to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt,\u201d the District Attorney\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dolloff was working for 9News in Denver as a security guard protecting their journalist covering the \u201cPatriot Muster\u201d outside the Denver Art Museum organized by onetime Blackwater Security employee John \u201cTig\u201d Tiegen and a counterprotest called \u201cBLM-Antifa Soup Drive\u201d. Videos show Keltner, who was wearing an anti-Black Lives Matter shirt at the time, getting into arguments with others before turning to Dolloff, punching and pepper spraying him before being shot. Keltner died at the hospital an hour later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservative writers and media outlets immediately attempted to paint the shooting as an attack by anti fascists and Dolloff as antifa<\/a>, even though Denver police said there Doloff had no such affiliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Update: Further investigation has determined the suspect is a private security guard with no affiliation with Antifa. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.<\/p>— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) October 11, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>