13 shots fired at Indianapolis councilman's home after backing $500 million data center

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A hot potato: Illustrating the high emotions surrounding the building of the facilities, an Indianapolis city councilman says more than a dozen bullets were fired at his home and a letter reading "no Data Centers" was left on his doorstep this week.

Indianapolis City-County Council member Ron Gibson, a Democrat who has held his position since 2023, recently expressed support for rezoning related to a proposed $500 million data center project. Two large buildings, from Los Angeles-based startup Metrobloks, will be built on a 14-acre site located in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood of the municipal district that Gibson represents.

Gibson's spokesperson told IndyStar that he woke up around 12:45 a.m. to a series of gunshots fired at his home as he was sleeping. He said 13 shots were fired at his house, where his eight-year-old son was present at the time. They added that a note in a Ziploc bag was tucked under the doormat around the shattered glass. It read "No Data Centers."

The Indianapolis metropolitan police department said, "We believe this was an isolated, targeted incident." It confirmed that no injuries were reported and that the FBI and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security were assisting with the investigation.

"Just steps from where those bullets struck is our dining room table, where my son had been playing with his Legos the day before. That reality is deeply unsettling. This was not just an attack on my home, but endangered my child and disrupted the safety of our entire neighborhood," Gibson said in a statement.

"I understand that public service can bring strong opinions and disagreement, but violence is never the answer, especially when it puts families at risk."

The Metropolitan Development Commission approved rezoning for the 75MW data center project by a 6-2 vote less than a week ago. Gibson supported its construction at the public hearing, saying the lot had sat idle for years and did little for economic development in the neighborhood.

The campus would span roughly 168,000 square feet and include 36 electrical generators.

There have been months of protests and rallies from residents opposing the construction of the data center. WTHR reported that they filled the hearing room for the vote with posters in opposition.

A January Pew Research Center survey of 8,512 US adults found that more respondents viewed data centers negatively in terms of environmental impact and energy costs than positively. At the same time, the biggest share believed data centers would benefit jobs and tax revenue, while many were still uncertain about their impact on the environment, energy, employment, and taxes.

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13 shots fired at Indianapolis councilman's home after backing $500 million data center

 

[Megalomaniac]

This level of terrorism should never be tolerated.
The data centers are coming - regardless.
This is part of the reason I don't to be associated with public office. Too many people out there willing to attack you personally - physically. Many people wonder why Trump's sycophants don't go against him - it's no different than Germany 1942 - you'll be targeted and people will try to attack you.


Personally, I keep my 2nd Amendment on me, ready, next to the door, in the closet, etc - no one should have to deal with this insanity.

 

[Endymio]

Many people wonder why Trump's sycophants don't go against him - it's no different than Germany 1942 -

You're confused. Germany's National Socialist party had far-Left roots, roots it retained until it gained total power. It's clear where the violence is coming from In just one year, Trump had more assassination attempts against him than our last eight Democrat presidents all combined, and when Charlie Kirk was assassinated, millions of liberals literally cheered and danced in the streets.

 

[pnntmp]

Probably one of the idi-ots that believe Skynet is coming.
To some extent, the drastic reduction of climate hysteria levels is due to the fact many hysterical hypochondriacs now believe AI is more dangerous than the weather and will kill us first.

 

[NumberNine]

Wow, that'll really show that house who the boss is around here.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Passing legislation that only benefits you and your crony bros is a guaranteed way to generate hatred, and after over half a century of this BS people who have no job and nothing to live for are hitting critical mass.

It's within the power of politicians to fix this......

 

[DukeJukem]

This level of terrorism should never be tolerated.
The data centers are coming - regardless.
This is part of the reason I don't to be associated with public office. Too many people out there willing to attack you personally - physically. Many people wonder why Trump's sycophants don't go against him - it's no different than Germany 1942 - you'll be targeted and people will try to attack you.


Personally, I keep my 2nd Amendment on me, ready, next to the door, in the closet, etc - no one should have to deal with this insanity.

You're a confusing person. So you live in a country that allows you to possess an object that can eliminate overpowered/dangerous people in a country where a vote supposedly matters, yet when a vote either doesn't happen at all, or the majority "nay" votes are ignored anyway and people do whatever they want and screw citizens over anyway, shooting them is terrorism to you? I'd argue doing what the majority of the people you represent don't want, is terrorism.

What else do you suggest? Voting again?

"Personally, I keep my 2nd Amendment on me, ready, next to the door, in the closet, etc - no one should have to deal with this insanity."

What does that last part even mean, the level of insanity part? It sounds like you're saying you'd have protection to shoot people who came to your house if you were a politician that made garbage policies that ruined things for everyone else. To me that sounds like you're purposely putting your family at risk. "I'll do what I want, I have a gun inside." Still putting your family at risk for a payout, which is insanely selfish lol.

Absolutely, you're a politician and you're supposed to be doing things for the good of ALL CITIZENS. If you royaly screw that up on purpose while accepting money for it, get shot.

Ironically, all of the figures in history that strove for peace were shot no problem. The rest of these animals roam free though. It's weird.

 

[ScottSoapbox]

Well that was dumb.

Leaving a note on the councilman's door sends a strong (and legal) message.

Shooting at his house will just get you arrested with nothing to show for it.

 

[axiomatic13]

You're confused. Germany's National Socialist party had far-Left roots, roots it retained until it gained total power. It's clear where the violence is coming from In just one year, Trump had more assassination attempts against him than our last eight Democrat presidents all combined, and when Charlie Kirk was assassinated, millions of liberals literally cheered and danced in the streets.

*Far right, stop lying about history.
While the Nazi party (NSDAP) used the term "socialist" and sometimes employed anti-capitalist rhetoric to appeal to workers in its early days, historians widely classify Nazism as a far-right, anti-Marxist ideology. The party used left-wing terminology to attract followers but, under Hitler, formed alliances with wealthy industrialists, suppressed unions, and violently targeted left-wing opponents, ensuring the party was not socialist in the traditional economic sense. -Britannica.

 

[Endymio]

historians widely classify Nazism as a far-right, anti-Marxist ideology.

The rise of National Socialism was initially cheered by Leftists in the US and Europe. It wasn't until their atrocities came to light that "historians" began rewriting history to call it "right wing", despite the Nazis sharing literally nothing in common with conservative ideology.

The party used left-wing terminology to attract followers...

Glad you admit I was right. And they did more than "use terminology" ... they enacted dozens of far-Left policies and platforms. Would you like a list?

... under Hitler, formed alliances with wealthy industrialists, suppressed unions

Oops! The Nazis promoted the powers and special privileges of unions. When they gained ultimate power, they did what all authoritarian Leftists do -- replaced the free independent labor unions with one controlled by the Nazis -- the German Labor Front.

As for "wealthy industrialists", After the Nazis took power, private businesses became merely public entities, and industrialists who resisted the Nazi commissars and their policies were removed from their positions and their businesses seized. For example, Prof. Junkers of the Junkers airplane factory refused to follow the government’s bidding in 1934. The Nazis thereupon deposed him and took over the plant.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

*Far right, stop lying about history.
While the Nazi party (NSDAP) used the term "socialist" and sometimes employed anti-capitalist rhetoric to appeal to workers in its early days, historians widely classify Nazism as a far-right, anti-Marxist ideology. The party used left-wing terminology to attract followers but, under Hitler, formed alliances with wealthy industrialists, suppressed unions, and violently targeted left-wing opponents, ensuring the party was not socialist in the traditional economic sense. -Britannica.

So everything every communist country ever does.

No matter how many word salads you toss up, you can't escape from reality: those horrible tyrannical dictatorships all shared in socialist ideology, calling them far right doesn't change that.

 

[godrilla]

You're confused. Germany's National Socialist party had far-Left roots, roots it retained until it gained total power. It's clear where the violence is coming from In just one year, Trump had more assassination attempts against him than our last eight Democrat presidents all combined, and when Charlie Kirk was assassinated, millions of liberals literally cheered and danced in the streets.

Let's not forget the Reichstag fire that Democrats used via January 6th to smear Maga, and Jesse Smolet fake hate crime to smear Maga. Extreme left and right are the same via horshoe theory. Leftist are just clueless on this. Maga is officially the extreme center!

 

[axiomatic13]

The rise of National Socialism was initially cheered by Leftists in the US and Europe. It wasn't until their atrocities came to light that "historians" began rewriting history to call it "right wing", despite the Nazis sharing literally nothing in common with conservative ideology.


Glad you admit I was right. And they did more than "use terminology" ... they enacted dozens of far-Left policies and platforms. Would you like a list?


Oops! The Nazis promoted the powers and special privileges of unions. When they gained ultimate power, they did what all authoritarian Leftists do -- replaced the free independent labor unions with one controlled by the Nazis -- the German Labor Front.

As for "wealthy industrialists", After the Nazis took power, private businesses became merely public entities, and industrialists who resisted the Nazi commissars and their policies were removed from their positions and their businesses seized. For example, Prof. Junkers of the Junkers airplane factory refused to follow the government’s bidding in 1934. The Nazis thereupon deposed him and took over the plant.

Go argue with Britannica. IDGAF.

 

[Plutoisaplanet]

Not a single comment here was about technology, and neither was the article. Why even publish this?

 

[TooQik]

Well that was dumb.

Leaving a note on the councilman's door sends a strong (and legal) message.

Shooting at his house will just get you arrested with nothing to show for it.

It's possible that the note and the shooting were done by two separate parties, but that would be quite a coincidence given the timing.

 

[lonetac]

*Far right, stop lying about history.
While the Nazi party (NSDAP) used the term "socialist" and sometimes employed anti-capitalist rhetoric to appeal to workers in its early days, historians widely classify Nazism as a far-right, anti-Marxist ideology. The party used left-wing terminology to attract followers but, under Hitler, formed alliances with wealthy industrialists, suppressed unions, and violently targeted left-wing opponents, ensuring the party was not socialist in the traditional economic sense. -Britannica.

100%.

Most people have blocked that person because he doesnt engage in good faith.

Nazi's were 100% far right. Anyone claiming anything else doesnt know history and needs to go read a book. They tricked and duped people into thinking they were socialists by putting it in the name and then proceeded to arrest and execute all capitalists and socialists.

 

[Freddie159]

You're confused. Germany's National Socialist party had far-Left roots, roots it retained until it gained total power. It's clear where the violence is coming from In just one year, Trump had more assassination attempts against him than our last eight Democrat presidents all combined, and when Charlie Kirk was assassinated, millions of liberals literally cheered and danced in the streets.

The attempts against Trump and the death of Kirk I think are related to their very vocal opinions in a time where people in Office, not just Trump, have felt free to speak over and loudly proclaim that there was is the only way and that is where the discussion ends with them. MOST politicians can speak fairly intelligently and will change their opinion if enough credible evidence is provided to them. A conversation is what is missing with these attempts and deaths, the people committing those crimes are unwilling or unable to even try to have a conversation with someone, or they have given up. The problem is if Trump had died as Kirk did, nothing would have changed, the person replacing Trump often thinks the same way and our opinion doesn't matter.

 

[Megalomaniac]

100%.

Most people have blocked that person because he doesnt engage in good faith.

Nazi's were 100% far right. Anyone claiming anything else doesnt know history and needs to go read a book. They tricked and duped people into thinking they were socialists by putting it in the name and then proceeded to arrest and execute all capitalists and socialists.

They don't teach history in America anymore. It's all revisionist history designed to help people suffering cognitive dissonance over slavery, racism and segregation.

They do teach history in Europe and that's why they are intolerant of racism coming from America.

 

[lonetac]

The attempts against Trump and the death of Kirk I think are related to their very vocal opinions in a time where people in Office, not just Trump, have felt free to speak over and loudly proclaim that there was is the only way and that is where the discussion ends with them. MOST politicians can speak fairly intelligently and will change their opinion if enough credible evidence is provided to them. A conversation is what is missing with these attempts and deaths, the people committing those crimes are unwilling or unable to even try to have a conversation with someone, or they have given up. The problem is if Trump had died as Kirk did, nothing would have changed, the person replacing Trump often thinks the same way and our opinion doesn't matter.

Not a single lefitst politician cheered Kirk's death. Go ahead, show it. Im not talking random *****s on the internet. Im talking leftist leaders. There was not literal dancing in the streets to his death, its complete hyperbole and revisionist history. Dude literally doesnt even know what literal means.

The right cheered as the MN electorates were executed by MAGA. Right wing political leaders and their supporters cheered as Goode and Pretti were murdered in cold blood by a modern day gestapo running around unchecked. Yes, I can provide proof of right wing leaders cheering at the deaths of liberals.

The revisionist from that individual is astonishing. Always the victim always rewriting actual history.

What he also failed to acknowledge, it wasnt crazy leftists that tried to assassinate trump either. Or Kirk.

I do disagree on politicians though. Most have their head dug into the ground and are doing exactly as their donors tell them regardless how much evidence suggests otherwise. Our opinion means nothing. Post truth world means nothing. Follow the money, thats it.

Until money is out of politics, its all for not.

 

[ScottSoapbox]

100%.

Most people have blocked that person because he doesnt engage in good faith.

Nazi's were 100% far right. Anyone claiming anything else doesnt know history and needs to go read a book. They tricked and duped people into thinking they were socialists by putting it in the name and then proceeded to arrest and execute all capitalists and socialists.

The problem with arguing left / right is that if fails to capture enough nuance. While still somewhat simplified a two-axis model — typically economic freedom (left-right) on one axis and social/civil liberty (authoritarian-libertarian) on the other — is a far better representation.

The Nazis land firmly in the authoritarian quadrant, and that's the axis that matters most for understanding them.

Modern examples:

 

[lonetac]

The problem with arguing left / right is that if fails to capture enough nuance. While still somewhat simplified a two-axis model — typically economic freedom (left-right) on one axis and social/civil liberty (authoritarian-libertarian) on the other — is a far better representation.

The Nazis land firmly in the authoritarian quadrant, and that's the axis that matters most for understanding them.

Modern examples:

Oh I agree. I am countering an ignorant argument made in this thread. I dont even use fascist anymore, the word authoritarian is appropriate.

To say leftists were cheering for Kirks when he died and dancing in the streets. I belong to progressive groups and circles. This was not the case. And not a single lefitst leader cheered. Random folks on the internet dont count.

And im not a democrat supporter. Im just talking reality.

 

[Endymio]

Nazi's were 100% far right

Nonsense. From their early origins through their infamous 25-point plan up to the point Hitler eliminated all opposition, they were a far Left political party that not only espoused Leftist ideology but implemented it. Germany's National Socialists stood for a powerful central government, high taxes on the wealthy, extra rights for labor, a high minimum wage and expanded social safety net, strong regulation of corporations, laws against "unfair profits", government control of major industries, expanded access to abortion, free higher education for college students, and -- most of all -- a slavish desire to categorize people by race, not as individuals. These are all Leftist ideals, not conservative.

 

[Endymio]

The right cheered as the MN electorates were executed by MAGA.

Talk about revisionist history!

Here's a real fact for you:

22% of Americans Under 30 Say Killing Charlie Kirk Was Justified
by Noam Fischman, PhD

"...Among Democrats, 20% thought that the killing was justified, and among Democrats under 30, nearly one-third (32%) said that the killing was justified. These results point to an undercurrent of support for political violence among younger adults. ..."

22% of Americans Under 30 Say Killing Charlie Kirk Was Justified

CloudResearch's AI-powered Engage platform surveyed Americans after Charlie Kirk's murder. Most expressed sympathy, yet others justified it, revealing generatio...

www.cloudresearch.com

 

[lonetac]

Talk about revisionist history!

Here's a real fact for you:

22% of Americans Under 30 Say Killing Charlie Kirk Was Justified
by Noam Fischman, PhD

"...Among Democrats, 20% thought that the killing was justified, and among Democrats under 30, nearly one-third (32%) said that the killing was justified. These results point to an undercurrent of support for political violence among younger adults. ..."

22% of Americans Under 30 Say Killing Charlie Kirk Was Justified

CloudResearch's AI-powered Engage platform surveyed Americans after Charlie Kirk's murder. Most expressed sympathy, yet others justified it, revealing generatio...

www.cloudresearch.com

So you cant name one leftist leader who cheered and was dancing on the streets as you stated? Shall I quote you? Ill take this as you conceding since you have failed to answer the question. Such a laughable defense and massive backpeddle. Like thats any sort of gotchya. Even 7% of repubs thought it was justified. Oops, you left that out. 32% is not that kind of gotchya you think it is. Its actually just proving you wrong.

Go flip those stats and look up Renee Good and Pretti, how many repubs thought it was justified?

You take random guys off the internet and say "look at what the left is doing" while all the leadership denounced it, yet when lefitsts are murdered by Maga, the right leadership actually does cheer it on including the president.

"Were the Nazis socialists? No, not in any meaningful way, and certainly not after 1934."

Were the Nazis Socialists?

What’s the difference between National Socialists and every other kind of socialist?

www.britannica.com

Nazism, formally named National Socialism (NS), is the far-right totalitarian ideology associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During Hitler's rise to power, it was frequently called Hitlerism.

In no world were Nazi's ever leftists. My parents lived through the holocaust and my mom was in Poland during it. My grandfather was in a Nazi concentration camp.

It was a good try though, come again. Back to the block list, your responses continue to be the same insanely incorrect takes they always have been.

 

[Endymio]

"Were the Nazis socialists? No, not in any meaningful way, and certainly not after 1934."

The excuse that Germany's National Socialists were just "pretending" is common among historical revisionists. It fails to pass muster. Firstly, like today's parties, their followers believed they were Socialist, and supported them only for that reason. Secondly, the Nazis did much more than just pretend.

You quoted a Leftist of today, ashamed of his past. Allow me to quote the Nazis directly. From their original party platform, their "25 Point Plan"

"-- We demand that the state [provide] the opportunity for a livelihood and way of life for the citizens...
-- All citizens must have equal rights and obligations...
-- We demand abolition of unearned incomes. Breaking of rent-slavery...
-- We demand the total confiscation of all war profits.

• -- We demand the nationalization of all associated industries (trusts).
• -- We demand a division of profits of all heavy industries.
• -- We demand an expansion on a large scale of old age welfare.
• -- We demand the creation of a healthy middle class and its conservation, immediate communalization of the great warehouses...
• -- We demand a land reform suitable to our needs, provision of a law for the free expropriation of land for the purposes of public utility, abolition of taxes on land and prevention of all speculation in land.
• -- The state is to be responsible for a fundamental reconstruction of our whole national education program, to enable every capable and industrious German to obtain higher education. We demand education at the expense of the State....

This is straight-up Socialism. Period. End of argument.

To further show how absurd your article is, the author calls National Socialism "right wing" because Hitler "allied himself with conservatives like von Hindenberg". I literally laughed aloud at this. Here's the actual background:

"President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, due to intense political pressure, the failure of previous conservative governments, and a fatal miscalculation by elite advisors. By late 1932, the Nazis were the largest party in the Reichstag, and their immense public popularity could no longer be ignored. [His advisors] believed they could control Hitler, utilizing his mass popularity to stabilize a chaotic, economically depressed Germany...their goal was for Hitler to be a "puppet chancellor", while they filled the cabinet with moderates. Instead, Hitler quickly seized total power."

Even AFTER the Nazi's success in the '32 elections, Von Hindenburg tried to appoint two other Chancellors...both governments quickly collapsed, leaving him with no choice but Hitler.