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Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. – Ayn Rand	added by Normando 5 months ago
After an exhaustive investigation, there is only one person who had the motive, who had the means, who had the opportunity to commit these crimes, and also whose guilty conduct after these crimes betrays him, this defendant is the one person who was living a lie, the defendant is the person on which a storm was descending, and the defendant was a person where his own storm would actually mean consequences for Maggie and Paul and consequences for those who trusted him. – Prosecutor Creighton Waters	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We currently don’t have a clear motive for why a 16 year old would want to shoot and kill other kids. – Chicago Police superintendent David Brown	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He will be meeting the investigators but as of now we do not know the motive of the crime, we have six kids that have been transported into different hospitals in Montreal and Laval, but unfortunately we have two other kids that died as a result of the accident. – Erika Landry	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In this case, since the identity of the perpetrator is a critical element that must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, evidence of motive may be used in an attempt to meet that burden. – Clifton Newman	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The incident was definitely targeted, it was not random. There’s nothing random about this. It was certainly a targeted incident. But as far as getting motive, that is something that we are going to try and figure out. – Police Sgt. Paul Parizek	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Thank God Speaker Pelosi’s husband Paul is safe after being attacked in their home by an assailant, while the motive is still unknown we know where this kind of violence is sanctioned and modeled. – Jackie Speier	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Their plan is to be a wrench in the gears of democracy, that's their motive. Whatever lipstick or qualifying words they put on this pig, that's what they intend to do, to cause chaos as the 2022 election unfolds, as a dress rehearsal for the even bigger election in 2024. – Jeff Timmer	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I mean, realistically, this doesn't have a matter of political opinion. What my father did is far from politics. This is completely off the rails violence. Whether it had a political motive at this point doesn't matter. It's more about what he does and who he did it for. – Guy Reffitt	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There is a big distance between having resentment toward our association and killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, we struggle to understand why this happened. We will cooperate fully with the police to reveal his motive. – Tomihiro Tanaka	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They were planning to, actually, shoot up our Fourth of July celebration, we know what their intent is but we don't have their motive, we do know that they lived at the same location. – Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith	Found on CNN 1 year ago
You have to understand that the cartels in Mexico can produce these fentanyl tablets for pennies on the dollar, there’s a huge profit motive for the cartels. – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
You’re trying to figure out what the individual’s motive is, you’re not necessarily going to report on the motive. But you want to understand why they would leak this information and if they have motive to distort the information. – Kelly McBride	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
At this time, we do not know what the motive is or exactly what happened, we will find out exactly what happened. We will find out who's all involved, and they should be held accountable and responsible for this very reckless incident. – Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones	Found on CNN 2 years ago
To spare people from this suffering, from this genocide -- this is the main reason, motive and purpose of the military operation that we launched in the Donbas [ an eastern Ukrainian region ] and Ukraine. – Vladimir Putin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If the motive of the crime is property, it’s generally best to give them what they want because that’s why they’re there. – Jeff Zisner	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Someone of her stature has to be extremely careful to use the proper language and not to perpetuate false narratives, i'm extremely disappointed in her for making such a stupid comment. I do n’t know the motive for why she said it, but the damage has been done. – Sami Steigmann	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The underlying motive of the administration is to mainstream as many of these condemned murderers as possible, our objective was to speed up the process. – Michael Rushford	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I do not believe in the privatization of justice, there is a profit motive behind private prisons that is anathema to the core of who we are as Americans. – Stacey Abrams	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I still have not figured out a motive for why he did, why this had to even happen, he was a star. – Andre Hope	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I definitely think the motive was a sexual encounter. – Russell County	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We do not have a motive in this case, and I would best describe it as an innocent child victim having a chance encounter with a very violent criminal. – Ryan Rogers	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We don't have a motive at this point in time, we are still investigating that. – Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I don’t like ‘hate crimes’ charges because they overcomplicate violent crime prosecutions, sometimes incurably so, that is because they shift the emphasis from what the defendant did to what his motive was for doing it. That can be a trap, especially with a defendant who is likely to raise his mental capacity as a defense. – Andy McCarthy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago

Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive.

– Ayn Rand

added by Normando
5 months ago

After an exhaustive investigation, there is only one person who had the motive, who had the means, who had the opportunity to commit these crimes, and also whose guilty conduct after these crimes betrays him, this defendant is the one person who was living a lie, the defendant is the person on which a storm was descending, and the defendant was a person where his own storm would actually mean consequences for Maggie and Paul and consequences for those who trusted him.

– Prosecutor Creighton Waters

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We currently don’t have a clear motive for why a 16 year old would want to shoot and kill other kids.

– Chicago Police superintendent David Brown

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He will be meeting the investigators but as of now we do not know the motive of the crime, we have six kids that have been transported into different hospitals in Montreal and Laval, but unfortunately we have two other kids that died as a result of the accident.

– Erika Landry

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In this case, since the identity of the perpetrator is a critical element that must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, evidence of motive may be used in an attempt to meet that burden.

– Clifton Newman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The incident was definitely targeted, it was not random. There’s nothing random about this. It was certainly a targeted incident. But as far as getting motive, that is something that we are going to try and figure out.

– Police Sgt. Paul Parizek

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Thank God Speaker Pelosi’s husband Paul is safe after being attacked in their home by an assailant, while the motive is still unknown we know where this kind of violence is sanctioned and modeled.

– Jackie Speier

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Their plan is to be a wrench in the gears of democracy, that's their motive. Whatever lipstick or qualifying words they put on this pig, that's what they intend to do, to cause chaos as the 2022 election unfolds, as a dress rehearsal for the even bigger election in 2024.

– Jeff Timmer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I mean, realistically, this doesn't have a matter of political opinion. What my father did is far from politics. This is completely off the rails violence. Whether it had a political motive at this point doesn't matter. It's more about what he does and who he did it for.

– Guy Reffitt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is a big distance between having resentment toward our association and killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, we struggle to understand why this happened. We will cooperate fully with the police to reveal his motive.

– Tomihiro Tanaka

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They were planning to, actually, shoot up our Fourth of July celebration, we know what their intent is but we don't have their motive, we do know that they lived at the same location.

– Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You have to understand that the cartels in Mexico can produce these fentanyl tablets for pennies on the dollar, there’s a huge profit motive for the cartels.

– Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

You’re trying to figure out what the individual’s motive is, you’re not necessarily going to report on the motive. But you want to understand why they would leak this information and if they have motive to distort the information.

– Kelly McBride

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

At this time, we do not know what the motive is or exactly what happened, we will find out exactly what happened. We will find out who's all involved, and they should be held accountable and responsible for this very reckless incident.

– Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones

Found on CNN
2 years ago

To spare people from this suffering, from this genocide -- this is the main reason, motive and purpose of the military operation that we launched in the Donbas [ an eastern Ukrainian region ] and Ukraine.

– Vladimir Putin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If the motive of the crime is property, it’s generally best to give them what they want because that’s why they’re there.

– Jeff Zisner

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Someone of her stature has to be extremely careful to use the proper language and not to perpetuate false narratives, i'm extremely disappointed in her for making such a stupid comment. I do n’t know the motive for why she said it, but the damage has been done.

– Sami Steigmann

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The underlying motive of the administration is to mainstream as many of these condemned murderers as possible, our objective was to speed up the process.

– Michael Rushford

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I do not believe in the privatization of justice, there is a profit motive behind private prisons that is anathema to the core of who we are as Americans.

– Stacey Abrams

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I still have not figured out a motive for why he did, why this had to even happen, he was a star.

– Andre Hope

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I definitely think the motive was a sexual encounter.

– Russell County

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We do not have a motive in this case, and I would best describe it as an innocent child victim having a chance encounter with a very violent criminal.

– Ryan Rogers

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We don't have a motive at this point in time, we are still investigating that.

– Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I don’t like ‘hate crimes’ charges because they overcomplicate violent crime prosecutions, sometimes incurably so, that is because they shift the emphasis from what the defendant did to what his motive was for doing it. That can be a trap, especially with a defendant who is likely to raise his mental capacity as a defense.

– Andy McCarthy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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