Who Are The Wide Awakes? What We Know About Group Tied to Cole Allen
Violence In America,Political Violence,Trump Assassination Attempts,Polarization,Criminal Justice,Political Polarization
Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect arrested in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner, has been linked to a political group called The Wide Awakes, the New York Post first reported and is believed to have attended a "No Kings" protest in California, where he attended college and worked as a teacher.
Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, faces charges of two counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence and one count of assault on an officer using a dangerous weapon after breaching security at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night and shooting a law enforcement agent who was not seriously injured...
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