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An Arizona police officer is dead after a suspect fatally shot him during a routine traffic stop. What are the details?
According to a Friday report from the Daily Caller , White Mountain Apache Police Officer Adrian Lopez, 35, was in the process of pulling over a vehicle in Whiteriver when an altercation took place between the officer and the suspect, who was later identified as 25-year-old Kevin Dwight Nashio of Whiteriver.
In a statement, the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office said that during the altercation, the officer was fatally shot.
“The suspect took the officer’s police vehicle and fled the scene,” the statement continued. Responding officers then were said to chase the suspect to “very remote areas of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation to the Hawley Lake area” where officers cornered him and a gunfight ensued.
During the crossfire, a second officer — identified as 29-year-old Sergeant Lonnie Thompson — was shot, and the suspect was fatally wounded. The officer was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
In a statement on the disturbing incident, Sheriff David Clouse said, “The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office would like to express our deepest sympathy for the loss of the White Mountain Apache Police Officer and the Officer that was injured serving their community today.
In a statement, the White Mountain Apache Tribe said, “The Tribe is indebted to our Police Department and EMS for their prompt and courageous response, and grateful for the assistance rendered by our neighboring jurisdictions. Our prayers, tonight, are with the families of those officers involved, and with all of our first responders.”
ABC News reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is set to lead the investigation into the shootings.FBI spokesman Kevin Smith told ABC News that no additional information about the shootings was immediately available at the time of publication.
Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker