The first indication I got that a brutal attack with sharp weapons in Clinton, Montana, was the result of an argument over the assassination of Charlie Kirk came from someone who just happened to be in the ER on September 16th when the father of the alleged attacker, Kira Raider, was brought in with life-threatening wounds. The overheard conversation directly implicated an argument over Charlie Kirk being the factor that sent Kira Raider into a rage so violent “he” attacked “his” sister and even the dog, a Corgi.
For more context, here’s KGVO providing “further details” in an article that sticks closely to the pronouns that indicates a son is standing accused of nearly murdering “his” own father:
The callers reported that after the stabbing, Raider was locked out of the residence and was currently attempting to force entry back in by breaking down the door. Before the deputies arrived, Dispatch was advised that Raider had returned to their portion of the residence, the second floor.
A deputy was the first to arrive on scene and was shortly followed by a sergeant and a corporal. The corporal observed that the entry to the second floor flew open, and Raider exited the second-level residence. The corporal could see that Raider had blood all over their hands and was holding an axe. The corporal told Raider to drop the axe. Raider complied with the commands and was placed in handcuffs at the bottom of the stairs.
The deputies placed Raider into the back seat of a patrol vehicle and observed lacerations to both of Raider’s hands, indicating to the deputies that Raider had tried to cut their fingers off. Accordingly, Raider was transported to St. Patrick’s Hospital to receive treatment and medical clearance.
During the transportation of Kira Raider to St. Pats hospital some fairly incriminating admissions were allegedly made, including admitting to the harming of the family dog:
During the ride and throughout the interaction with law enforcement, Raider made multiple audible statements of his own volition. According to court documents, those statements included admissions to stabbing Doe, and that Raider attempted to stab his sister and kill her dog.
When the sergeant entered the residence, he immediately went to check on Doe. The sergeant observed that Doe had suffered multiple stab wounds to his abdomen, and the people inside the residence were holding pressure on his wounds. EMTs ultimately arrived and took Doe into their care.
When local media first reported this attack, no name was used, so I found the name in the jail roster, and my first thought was skepticism that a biological male would be named “Kira”. When I consulted Facebook I wasn’t the only one thinking these kinds of thoughts:
A few comments down, someone claiming to be a high school peer of Kira’s makes the following the claim:
While the criminal justice system now has the task of determining what happened in this particular case, legally speaking, the role of the media is something I’m going to be watching very closely.
The reason I’m watching local media around this case is because of how poorly local media has performed with reporting basic facts when it comes to the movement of trans-politics in Montana, led by Missoula State Representative, Zooey Zephyr.
For example, in February of 2024, I took particular issue with the failure of Montana’s entire media landscape when they collectively failed to report that Zephyr’s supporters threw bloody gloves at law makers from the balcony of the capitol building in Helena, a fact an Idaho news outlet had no problem reporting on:
Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, stood at her seat in the Montana House Chamber with her microphone in the air, while the other representatives evacuated the floor as shouts of “Let her speak!” echoed from protesters in the House gallery above.
Protesters threw gloves covered in fake blood on the House floor Monday as police with batons and helmets made arrests and cleared the House Gallery and dissenters continued to shout.
Zephyr, the first transgender woman elected to the Montana Statehouse, had punched in to speak, and Minority Leader Kim Abbott, D-Helena, stood up, along with fellow Democrats, to say Speaker Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, had not recognized Zephyr.
Missoula was also the location of a recent senseless murder of a neighbor by a clearly troubled trans-shooter, Joan Eikens, who will be spending five decades at Montana’s State Hospital.
This local article makes no mention of the killer’s confused gender status, but it DOES include some statements about those in the neighborhood who KNEW “Joan” was fucked up and dangerous, said something about it, but nothing happened:
The state’s last statement was made by Yearboro’s daughter, Marianna Yearboro.
“In the early hours, I was woken up by the police saying that my dad was no longer with us. I was told that he died from a gunshot wound,” “I woke up later that morning and prayed that it had just been a nightmare. But it wasn’t,” she said. “The man who had spent his life protecting me, there he was just like trash on the ground, no child should have to see their parent that way.” “It has now been over a year since my dad’s murder, yet the pain is just as strong. Some moments become unbearable, like seeing a father and daughter in the grocery store together. I have attended two weddings since then, and seeing the father daughter dance brings me to tears every time.”
Tom Yearboro’s brother also made a statement, speaking about his brother. “Many people complained about the person who shot my brother, and nothing was done. I’d like to say to the court that putting a person in for a couple of years is disturbing. This person needs to be put away permanently.”
While all four victim impact statements were read, Eikens showed no emotion, occasionally sipping coffee brought to her by her defense team.
Of course nothing was done, why would anything be done preemptively in a retarded town like Missoula where our local leaders love playing the victim card for anyone who checks enough boxes to have the victim profile of a possible Democrat voter?
Publishing this post in this current climate as someone who is highly visible around town and already getting targeted by someone who has yelled at me several times about the trans issue is not a risk I take lightly, but I don’t see other local media outlets rushing to point out the connection between violent propaganda, chemically altered brains, and a pattern of violent actions clearly happening across the country.
Reporting that omits facts to protect a movement isn’t news, it’s propaganda, and media outlets that downplay what’s happening risk fueling a backlash that’s now, thanks to Kirk’s assassination, already gaining momentum toward enacting some kind of legislative abomination just like the Patriot Act was ready to do to our civil liberties after 9/11
Will we ever fucking learn?
Thanks for reading.