Michael Moore slammed for saying Boulder ‘shooter’ Ahmad Alissa ‘truly assimilated into beloved American culture’
MICHAEL Moore has been slammed for saying that the suspected Boulder shooter "truly assimilated into beloved American culture."
The filmmaker made the comments in the wake of the Colorado grocery store shooting that left 10 people, including a cop, dead.
Following Moore's striking comments, social media users began to slam him, asking "did you really tweet this?"
"I’m an immigrant who made it here. No society is perfect. No country is. But we all flock to US because it is better than most/all. Stop bashing America."
He was later named as the alleged shooter by Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold during a press conference.
She said multiple agencies had investigated the massacre at the store where many people were getting their Covid-19 vaccines.
"We should also ban assault weapons in the process," he added, calling on Congress to act in the wake of such horrific gun violence and describing Talley as a "the definition of an American hero."
Special Agent Michael Schneider appealed to the public to come forward with any information they may have about the shooting, saying "no information is too small."
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"[This] includes identifying the subject's motives," he said. "It would be premature for us to draw any conclusions at this time."
Herold said that the suspect Alissa from Arvada suffered a "through and through" wound to his leg and officials confirmed that he was in hospital before being brought to jail.