If ever there was a story about “political violence,” it would be this one. Brandt allegedly killed Ellingson after a “political argument,” because, as he admitted to police, he thought that the teen was “part of a Republican extremist group.” As Mia mentioned in her report, though, “no evidence has surfaced corroborating his allegation” when it comes to Ellingson being part of any such a group.
Despite there being no such evidence, that was the narrative that the New York Daily News went with. A Google search of “New York Times Cayler Ellingson” shows coverage from other New York based outlets, because again, there are no stories The New York Times has published about the teen’s death.