Killer of Kentucky state trooper was an Obama, Michael Brown fan

It will be difficult to spin the death of Trooper Ponder on Donald Trump and the evil Republicans. Ponder’s death is a direct result of the current war on police that is taking place throughout the country


As Canada Free Press reported yesterday, Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder, 31, was shot and killed Sunday night after the driver of a car he had stopped took off and a high speed pursuit began. The driver of the car, identified as Joseph Thompson Johnson-Shanks, 25, fired several shots into the officer’s car. Ponder was taken to hospital where he died shortly after arrival. A manhunt began and around 7 am Monday morning, police confronted Johnson-Shanks in the woods. The 25-year-old pointed his gun at police, refused commands to drop his weapon and was shot. He died in the same hospital Ponder had been taken to.

Johnson-Shanks was involved in Black Lives Matters

It has now been revealed that Johnson-Shanks had three passengers in his vehicle at the time he was stopped by Ponder; a female adult and two small children. Johnson-Shanks had been driving on a suspended license and Ponder was in the process of making arrangements for the transport of the woman and children when the driver took off. The woman, Johnson-Shank’s niece, Ambrea Shanks, 18, was arrested and taken to jail on Monday. She faces a charge of first-degree hindering of prosecution or apprehension. Thugs have been killing or attempting to kill cops long before anyone ever heard of Barack Obama, Ferguson, Missouri, or Michael Brown. It cannot be assumed that all killings of police officers can be related to the current climate put in place by Obama and the Black Lives Matter crowd. But this one was. Breitbart reports Johnson-Shanks was from Florissant, Missouri, which is fairly close to Ferguson. On his Facebook page (the page has since been taken down) he had posted pictures of Michael Brown that included the gentle giant’s funeral. Johnson-Shanks was involved in Black Lives Matters and he had posted articles related to police brutality as well as pictures of people performing the “hands up, don’t shoot” routine, so popular with Black Lives Movement supporters and some CNN talking heads. Perhaps the most poignant picture Johnson-Shanks posted was one of Obama dressed as Superman. It will be difficult to spin the death of Trooper Ponder on Donald Trump and the evil Republicans. Ponder’s death is a direct result of the current war on police that is taking place throughout the country.

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Arthur Weinreb——

Arthur Weinreb is an author, columnist and Associate Editor of Canada Free Press. Arthur’s latest book, Ford Nation: Why hundreds of thousands of Torontonians supported their conservative crack-smoking mayor is available at Amazon. Racism and the Death of Trayvon Martin is also available at Smashwords. His work has appeared on Newsmax.com,  Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.

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