By Dave Workman
Editor-in-Chief
The man killed last week by Dallas, Texas police in a standoff allegedly impersonated a police officer, used an alias, reportedly was armed with a stolen firearm and had worked security for U.S. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, who the Giffords gun control group had hailed as “a champion who will always stand up to the corruption of the gun lobby.”
The New York Post is reporting that the man identified as Diamon-Mazairre Robinson, had used multiple aliases and was going by the name Mike King “to elude discovery of his criminal past and find work in Crockett’s office.”
Fox News is reporting that Robinson was driving a “replica undercover car with stolen U.S. government plates.” After he was killed by Dallas SWAT officers, investigators reportedly recovered 11 firearms “including the handgun he was holding during the shooting, which was reported stolen.”
Crockett, a Democrat who lost a recent effort to run for the U.S. Senate, said in a statement her office is “saddened and shocked” by revelations about Robinson. The statement also asserted her office “followed all protocols outlined by the House to contract additional security.”
“What we’re now learning about his past doesn’t fit the person we came to know as Mike King,” she stated.
Published reports say Robinson/King was being investigated for allegedly impersonating a police officer, including telling people he was a federal agent. He reportedly wore fake police uniforms and allegedly created a “fraudulent business” through which he apparently hired real cops for off-duty work.
Dallas police told reporters the agencies Robinson/King claimed to work for do not exist. The New York Post noted Robinson has been arrested several times between 2009 and 2012, had pleaded guilty to theft charges and had apparently been sentenced to 10 years of probation.
His association with Crockett’s office is filled with irony. A message on her website states, “Crockett is a supporter of banning assault weapons, as no one should wield a weapon of war in our civil society. Crockett is a firm believer in universal background checks, so that individuals flagged as dangerous are not afforded the opportunity to inflict further harm.”
Yet when her office apparently vetted Robinson/King for security work, his background was not discovered.
In its endorsement of Crockett’s Senate campaign, Giffords noted, “As a gun owner who is trained and licensed to carry a weapon herself, she knows that we must take a multipronged, commonsense approach to curbing America’s epidemic of gun violence.”
Yet the person hired for security work reportedly had a stolen gun.
