In 1,052 words, Cole Allen details who the targets are, the order in which they should be neutralized, who should be spared and, for anyone “who is curious to know what it’s like to do something like that”, he explains: “It’s horrible.”
That 1,052-word message was the anti-Trump manifesto he sent to several family members about 10 minutes before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Hilton hotel in Washington on Saturday night.
The document was released by the newspaper, which does not identify the sources that provided the text, which describes the “rules” for the shooting and in which Cole says he believes it was his duty to shoot Trump administration officials.
Cole Allen’s full manifesto:
Hello everybody!
It’s possible that I surprised a lot of people today. Let me start by apologizing to all those whose trust I abused.
I apologize to my parents for saying that I had an interview without specifying that it was for the program “Most Wanted” [o mais procurado, tradução].
I apologize to my colleagues and students for saying that I had a personal emergency (by the time anyone reads this, I will probably need to go to the emergency room, but I can hardly say that it is not a situation that I caused myself).
I apologize to everyone I traveled with, to every employee who handled my luggage, and to every other innocent person I put in danger simply by being near them at the hotel.
I apologize to all those who were mistreated and/or murdered before this, to all those who suffered before I was able to attempt this, to all those who may still suffer afterwards, regardless of my success or failure.
I don’t expect forgiveness, but if I had seen another way to get so close, I would have chosen it. Once again, I sincerely apologize.
As for why I did all this:
I am a citizen of the United States of America.
What my representatives do reflects on me.
And I am no longer willing to allow a pedophile, rapist and cheater to stain my hands with his crimes.
(Well, to be completely honest, I haven’t been willing for a long time, but this is the first real chance I’ve had to do something about it).
While I’m on the subject, I’m also going to review my anticipated rules of combat (probably in a bad format, but I’m not in the military, so tough luck).
Administration employees (excluding Mr. Patel): are targets, ranked in order of priority, from highest to lowest.
Secret Service: They are targets only if necessary, and should be neutralized non-lethally if possible (i.e., I hope they are wearing bulletproof vests, because a shot to the center of the body with shotguns leaves people *not* wearing them in bad shape).
Hotel security: not targets if possible (that is, unless they shoot at me).
Capitol Police: Same as hotel security.
National Guard: same as hotel security.
Hotel employees: not targets at all.
Guests: are not targets in any way.
To minimize the number of casualties, I will also use lead cartridges instead of bullets (less penetration into walls).
If it were absolutely necessary, I would still go through almost everyone here to get to the targets (assuming that most people *chose* to watch a speech by a pedophile, rapist and cheater and are therefore complicit), but I sincerely hope it doesn’t come to that.
Responses to objections:
Objection 1: As a Christian, you must turn the other cheek.
Counter-argument: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I am not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I am not a student killed in an explosion, nor a starving child, nor a teenager abused by the many criminals of this administration.
Turning the other cheek when *another person* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; It is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.
Objection 2: This is not the most opportune time to do this.
Counter-argument: I need anyone who thinks like this to stop for a few minutes and realize that the world doesn’t revolve around them. Do you think that when I see someone being raped, murdered or mistreated, I should ignore the situation because it would be “inconvenient” for people who are not the victim?
This was the best moment and the best opportunity for success that I could find.
Objection 3: You didn’t catch them all.
Counter-argument: You have to start somewhere.
Objection 4: As a half-black, half-white person, you shouldn’t be the one doing this.
Counter-argument: I don’t see anyone else taking on this responsibility.
Objection 5: Give Caesar what is Caesar’s.
Counter-argument: The United States of America is governed by the law, not by one or more people. To the extent that representatives and judges do not comply with the law, no one is obliged to hand over anything illegally ordered to them.
I would also like to express my gratitude to many people, as I probably won’t have the opportunity to talk to them again (unless the Secret Service is *incredibly* incompetent).
Thank you to my family, both personal and church, for their love over these 31 years.
Thank you to my friends, for your company over so many years.
Thank you to my colleagues from so many jobs, for your positivity and professionalism.
Thank you to my students for your enthusiasm and love of learning.
Thank you to everyone I met, in person and online, for their brief interactions and lasting relationships, their perspectives and inspiration.
Thank you everyone for everything.
Yours sincerely,
Cole “coldForce” “Friendly Federal Assassin” Allen
PS: Okay, now that all the sentimental stuff is over, what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, I’m going to vent a little here and leave the formal tone aside.
I expected security cameras on every corner, hotel rooms bugged, armed officers every ten feet, metal detectors everywhere.
What I found (who knows, maybe they’re playing a trick on me!) is nothing.
No security.
Not even in transport.
No hotel.
Not even at the event.
The first thing I noticed as soon as I entered the hotel was the feeling of arrogance.
I enter with several weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat.
Event security is all outside, focused on the protesters and those arriving, because apparently no one thought about what would happen if someone checked in the day before.
This level of incompetence is crazy, and I sincerely hope it is corrected until this country returns to truly competent leadership.
Like, if I was an Iranian agent instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce [metralhadora pesada de calibre 50] here and no one would have noticed anything.
It’s really crazy.
Oh, and if anyone is curious to know what it’s like to do something like that: it’s horrible. I feel like vomiting; I feel like crying for all the things I wanted to do and will never do, for all the people whose trust it betrays; I feel angry thinking about everything this administration has done.
I really can’t recommend it! Stay in school, kids.
