The suspected terrorist busted for fatally
shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers has ties to a radical left-wing group that spearheaded Black Lives Matter protests and fiercely advocates on behalf of Palestinians.
Elias Rodriguez, 31, allegedly confessed to gunning down the couple outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, late Wednesday, when he was heard chanting, “Free, free Palestine,” cops said.
As investigators probed a
motive behind the horrific antisemitic bloodshed, details were beginning to emerge about the anti-Israel agitator.
Rodriguez was once linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation — a far-left group that regularly posts anti-Israel rhetoric on social media.
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In a since-deleted article on the group’s Liberation news outlet, Rodriguez was described as a member who participated in a 2017 Black Lives Matter protest outside the home of then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The protest was held on the anniversary of the death of 17-year-old black teen Laquan McDonald, who was gunned down by a Chicago cop.
Rodriguez railed against Amazon during the protest, accusing the company of not sharing its wealth with black residents.
“[Amazon’s] whitening of Seattle is structurally racist and a direct danger to all workers who live in that city,” he was quoted as saying.
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[Rodriguez' manifesto], which was dated May 20 — a day before the slayings — appeared to suggest the killings were an act of political protest ignited by the war in Gaza.
Rodriguez, a Chicago native, is accused of gunning down the couple — Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim — as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum late Wednesday.
