A shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, that left 3 dead was racially motivated, sheriff says
apnews.com
Jacksonville's sheriff says a gunman who killed three people at a Dollar General store was racially motivated and hated Black people. Sheriff T.K.

AP's tweet is the source my title and - as you can see - it's far better than the article's headline.

BREAKING: A white man fatally shot three Black people, then himself, at a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store in what officials described as a hate crime.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    according to The Independent the shooter's assault rifle and glock were covered in swastikas

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/dollar-general-active-shooter-jacksonville-b2400007.html

    • kristina [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      florida really is hell right now, jesus. really shows how much government sponsored hate speech can quickly lead to stochastic terrorism

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      the shooter's assault rifle and glock were covered in swastikas innocuous, non-racist, pro-Ukrainian, symbols.

    • commiespammer [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I swear, all this shit in America has just made me completely apathetic to anything that happens, and I hate it.

  • judgeholden
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    11 months ago

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  • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    I haven't checked, but how much y'all want to bet right wing commentators are probably already spinning the old "uhm akshully the Nazis are leftists" smuglord excuse right about now

    • Rom [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I'm sure he'll be written off as a "lone wolf" by the end of the week.

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Some humming and hawing about "mental health", followed by not doing a single thing for mental health.

    • Tachanka [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      national socialist, it's right there in the name!!!!! hypersus

      frothingfash Nobody has ever misused a word cynically ever!!!!!

  • Fuckass
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    11 months ago

    deleted by creator

  • BeamBrain [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    AND I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
    WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1819576527

        • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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          1 year ago

          If Edgar Allan Poe was alive to day and he saw your comment - he might write a story called Death Follows Me. And there would be no need for the supernatural or monsters or devils. Present day America has vile people, mass shooters, and terrorists as substitutes.

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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      1 year ago

      i mean cops pretty much never call anything a hate crime right off the bat unless it's undeniable. presumably he was dropping N-bombs while he was doing it.