re: Was Esteban Santiago acting on behalf of radical Islam?

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I WILL SAY THIS (with my tinfoil hat on)

the fact that the media isn't doing their usual frenzy about gun control makes me think that there may be a "radical islamic terror" angle, so they're dumping the whole story before anyone really looks into it so it will die

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I think this is it. ABC news reporting his ties to ISIS yet it is not in the headlines, Streep is...

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According to a federal affidavit, he was charged with murder and performing an act of violence in an airport serving international civil aviation, for which he could get the death penalty. He was also charged with using his service gun during a crime of violence.

Magistrate Judge Alicia O. Valle found the US military vet indigent and ordered he be represented by a public defender.

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wtf is this used his "service" gun crap? And how does a judge determine he is indigent? Does this happen automatically if he says he can't afford a lawyer?