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MissMillie

(38,557 posts)
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 07:31 PM Jan 2022

Man arrested on charges of attacking vaccination clinic, injuring staffers he called 'murderers'

Source: Washington Post via MSN

A Southern California man was arrested after he recently attacked workers at a coronavirus vaccination clinic, allegedly calling them “murderers” and falsely accusing the staffers of causing the covid pandemic, according to police and clinic officials.

Two staff members with Families Together of Orange County were injured in a Dec. 30 attack on the group’s mobile clinic in Tustin, Calif., the organization said in a news release Wednesday. Families Together said one of the members “sustained serious injuries and was sent to the hospital in an ambulance” but that both workers “are expected to make a full recovery within a few days.”

“We are thankful for our team’s bravery, strength and resilience,” the group wrote. “Despite the violent nature of the assault, Families Together kept offering vaccines and boosters to patients that day and the team was fully back at work the following week.”

Thomas Apollo, 43, entered the clinic maskless last week and accused workers of being “murderers” who are “making people sick” before he started throwing punches at staffers, Parsia Jahanbani, mobile operations manager for Families Together, told the Orange County Register. Jahanbani recounted to the Los Angeles Times that it took multiple people at the clinic to pry Apollo away from a medical assistant he was beating up and that seven police officers were needed to restrain the man over about 15 minutes.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/man-arrested-on-charges-of-attacking-vaccination-clinic-injuring-staffers-he-called-murderers/ar-AASsGaB?li=BBnb7Kz

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Man arrested on charges of attacking vaccination clinic, injuring staffers he called 'murderers' (Original Post) MissMillie Jan 2022 OP
He meets my definition of "anti-socialist". OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #1
He's obviously a student of RW media. hadEnuf Jan 2022 #4
insane llashram Jan 2022 #2
He needs a mental assessment. sakabatou Jan 2022 #3
He also needs a vaccination whether he wants one or not jmowreader Jan 2022 #5
TFG, his base, and the rethuglicon followers are hoping these type of crazies bluestarone Jan 2022 #6
we had a nut yell at us when I got my booster proud patriot Jan 2022 #7
Ther are many people with mental health issues DBoon Jan 2022 #8
That sounds spot on. Evolve Dammit Jan 2022 #9
Thanks to FAUX News, Newmax, OANN or whatever they are called... DemocraticPatriot Jan 2022 #10

OAITW r.2.0

(24,499 posts)
1. He meets my definition of "anti-socialist".
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 07:36 PM
Jan 2022

Serious, the guy is mentally ill. Did he get this way listening to RW media?

hadEnuf

(2,190 posts)
4. He's obviously a student of RW media.
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 07:58 PM
Jan 2022

RW media intentionally works hard to set people like this guy off in the hope that they will become violent and even start shooting people. Then they vindicate themselves by using the excuse "Well, he was nuts".



llashram

(6,265 posts)
2. insane
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 07:44 PM
Jan 2022

deluded by RW ex-POTUS trump, RW media and social forums. SENTENCED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF LAW.
damn him!

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
5. He also needs a vaccination whether he wants one or not
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 08:07 PM
Jan 2022

In the civil suit that’s one of the things I’d ask for.

bluestarone

(16,940 posts)
6. TFG, his base, and the rethuglicon followers are hoping these type of crazies
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 08:07 PM
Jan 2022

DO JUST what they are doing! Then they sit back and wait for the next crazy to do the same thing. The LEADERS need to be CHARGED with inciting this anger!

proud patriot

(100,705 posts)
7. we had a nut yell at us when I got my booster
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 08:15 PM
Jan 2022

the store owner came out and ripped him a new one .

he left .

DBoon

(22,366 posts)
8. Ther are many people with mental health issues
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 09:10 PM
Jan 2022

It takes a coordinated and well funded right wing media machine to incite those people to this type of violence

DemocraticPatriot

(4,366 posts)
10. Thanks to FAUX News, Newmax, OANN or whatever they are called...
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 02:50 AM
Jan 2022

Rightwing lie networks are radicalizing their viewers and driving them insane.


There should be more lawsuits... or maybe the issue could be settled 'out of court'...





The guy who set fire to the Faux News Christmas tree had a misunderstanding about 'appropriate targets'.

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