Crime Leftist journalist who downplayed violent crime gunned down in his Philly home - Kruger called a man an "idiot" for suggesting one would die of a gunshot in Philly rather than Covid

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Josh Kruger, a leftist journalist and activist who was based in Philadelphia, was shot and killed inside his home on Monday. Kruger had a long history of downplaying violent crime in the city, often openly mocking those who expressed concerns about homicides in Philadelphia.
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"Look, it's that lawless land of liberals in Philly where shootings are...dropping to levels not seen in years," read a past post by Kruger.

"Some idiot just said you're more likely to get shot and killed than die of COVID in Philly to make some insensitive rhetorical point for 'his side.' Folks, four times as many Philadelphians have died of COVID than gun shots this year. I understand math is hard but do better," stated another.

The 39-year-old Kruger was shot seven times at a residence in the 2300 block of Watkins Street around 1:30 am Monday, reports 6 ABC.
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No arrests have been made in connection to the shooting.

Kruger was known for being openly far-left in his views, as was vehemently against political views that did not align with his own.
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In a video he posted to X in August, Kruger ranted against "straight people," along with a caption that called for them to "unclasp your goddamn hands for a second so your opposite direction sidewalk neighbors can traverse the highway without being tossed by your beastly partner into the gutter."

"Share the road, straights," he said.
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"I'm f*ckin done with it, straight people," Kruger complained. "They should have never given you people the right to marry."

Kruger had a history of being against the police; the leftist journalist brought up Philadelphia's shootings unit and homicide detectives in the context of if one "want to talk about doing nothing."
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He was also viciously against former President Donald Trump. Kruger claimed that "racism" is the only reason Trump had ever become president, and that it is "the only through line in the frenetic ideology of Trumpism."
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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner described Kruger as an "openly queer writer who wrote about his own journey surviving substance use disorder and homelessness."

He was also recognized by the LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee, who called him a "comrade" who "never stopped advocating for queer Philadelphians living on the margins of society."

"His struggles mirrored so many of ours - from community rejection, to homelessness, to addiction, to living with HIV, to poverty - and his recovery, survival, and successes showed what's possible when politicians and elected leaders reject bigotry and work affirmatively to uplift all people," the Committee said of Kruger.
 
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A Philadelphia journalist was shot and killed inside his Point Breeze home overnight in what detectives believe may have been a domestic-related killing.
Just before 1:30 a.m., police responded to reports of gunshots and screams on the 2300 block of Watkins Street. Outside, officers found Josh Kruger shot multiple times and collapsed on the sidewalk, said Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore.
Officers rushed Kruger, 39, to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, but his injuries were severe. He died just before 2:15 a.m.
Detectives believe someone entered Kruger’s home, then shot him at the base of his stairs, Vanore said. The shooter fled, he said, and Kruger ran outside seeking help from neighbors.

No arrests have been made, he said, and there were no signs of forced entry into the home. Police are reviewing surveillance footage outside the home, he said.
“Either the door was open, or the offender knew how to get the door open,” he said. “We just don’t know yet.”

Detectives believe his death may have been the result of a domestic dispute or may have been drug-related, according to three law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case. The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said police investigators recovered troubling text messages between Kruger and a former partner. Investigators also recovered methamphetamine inside Kruger’s bedroom, the sources said.
Kruger had overcome a number of struggles in his life, including bouts of homelessness and addiction, and had written on social media about a variety of alarming incidents at his home in recent months.

In April, he posted that an ex-partner had broken into his home. “The door was locked, so he had somehow obtained a copy of my keys,” he wrote. He had allowed the man, whom he’d known for years “before his troubles,” to stay at his house briefly after a being released from jail. He said he was able to deescalate the situation and the man eventually left, and he changed his locks.
In August, someone threw a rock through his home window, he said. Then, about two weeks ago, he wrote on Facebook that someone came to his house searching for their boyfriend — “a man I’ve never met once in my entire life.” The person called themselves “Lady Diabla, the She-Devil of the Streets” and threatened him, he wrote.

Kruger was a journalist and former city spokesperson who advocated for more support for some of the city’s most vulnerable residents, including the homeless, people in addiction, and LGBTQ community.
He worked for the City of Philadelphia for about five years, overseeing the mayor’s social media platforms and policy campaigns, and acting as communications director and spokesperson for the city’s Office of Homeless Services.

Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement that he was “shocked and saddened” by Kruger’s death.
“Josh cared deeply about our city and its residents, which was evident both in his public service and in his writing,” Kenney said. “His intelligence, creativity, passion, and wit shone bright in everything that he did — and his light was dimmed much too soon.”
In 2021, he returned to journalism and wrote freelance articles about the LGBTQ community, city and state politics, and other issues for outlets including The Inquirer, the Philadelphia Citizen, LGBTQ Nation, and Billy Penn.

He was proudly queer and openly HIV-positive, and used his status to advocate for others living with the virus. He spoke often of the experiences he’d overcome in his life, and how they shaped his identity and work as a writer and activist.

For a period of time, he was homeless and experienced a crystal meth addiction, he wrote, and relied on sex work, his Christian faith, and the kindness of others to survive.

“Make no mistake: I would not be alive today and living the life I have were it not for the charity and good works of human beings,” he wrote in 2017. “Yet, I am convinced with absolute certainty that there were also invisible forces around, behind, and within me, too.”

The charity others showed him during times of hardship influenced how he treated people — and pets — in his life. He often took in older, hard-to-adopt cats, including those with FIV, the feline version of HIV. His current companion and “best friend” was a one-toothed senior cat named Mason.

As of Monday afternoon, Kruger’s family and friends were working to find Mason a new home.
District Attorney Larry Krasner said in a statement that his office is working closely with police on the investigation.

“Josh Kruger lifted up the most vulnerable and stigmatized people in our communities — particularly unhoused people living with addiction,” Krasner said. “Josh deserved to write the ending of his personal story.”
Outside of work, he was an avid bicyclist, Anglo-Catholic Episcopalian, and parishioner of St. Mark’s Church in Rittenhouse.
Unsurprisingly he was gay, HIV positive, meth was found in his bedroom, and there were no signs of forced entry by the gunman. What are the odds on drug deal gone bad?

I'd say we've got another Matthew Shepard over here but alas, the facts are already out so nobody can lionize him as a martyr.
 
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I was already on "and this is a good thing" purely on it being a journo. But seeing how his takes were pure npc I can only laugh and laugh and laugh. Come on niggers, bump those numbers up!

Agamemnon Busmalis said:
lol, get fucked. A fine case for jury nullification if they ever find the perpetrator.
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No need or nullification, it's very likely that a nigger killed them and those are immune to the law on philly.
 
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kadoink said:
7 shots means it was personal. Means they're dealing with someone who knew him, or someone whose extra crazy. Neither is good and Kruger was an idiot all the same.
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I am going to say that this is a combination of a Drug Deal and Gay sex trade gone wrong when the Nigger Faggot he was fucking for drugs found out he was HIV positive.
 
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LikeAStone 2.0 said:
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“Obviously, if you own a gun, someone might break in and shoot you 7 times!”
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Holy shit this is a anti-gun take so retarded even anti-gun people would struggle with it. A basic bitch demand and plataform of anti-gun people is stuff like gun safes and "better security" on gun stores to make it harder to get them. It's hard to overstate how retarded this dude was.
 
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