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Screed may be "nexus to a potential hate crime," El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said at a press conference: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i… by @oneunderscore__
@oneunderscore__ El Paso suspect's alleged essay feels similar to pamphlets spread by KKK during 70's, said James Cavanaugh, a former ATF special agent-in-charge.
“These guys can reach out to any soul on the internet and poison them,” he said. "It's digital hate."
“These guys can reach out to any soul on the internet and poison them,” he said. "It's digital hate."
@oneunderscore__ Don't take anything in these kinds of writing at face value, experts say, they're propaganda proximity mines left behind to trigger and validate hate and fear.
@oneunderscore__ Update: first attempt to post suspect's alleged writing was 10:15 am. First 911 call was 10:39 am, @PeteWilliamsNBC reports. Law enforcement was analyzing document and connected it to an author before the attack. But document didn't name target or location.
@oneunderscore__ @PeteWilliamsNBC The screed railed against immigrants in Texas and pushed talking points about preserving European identity in America.
It criticized both D's and R's and expressed anti-government & anti-corporate views. Author claimed to have developed those beliefs before Trump’s presidency.
It criticized both D's and R's and expressed anti-government & anti-corporate views. Author claimed to have developed those beliefs before Trump’s presidency.
@oneunderscore__ @PeteWilliamsNBC "What we see here is evidence of the only real innovation 8chan has brought to global terrorism: the gamification of mass violence." @bellingcat bellingcat.com/news/americas/…
@oneunderscore__ @PeteWilliamsNBC @bellingcat It's "cascading terrorism," says Clint Watts @selectedwisdom.
"At any time around the world there may be one or two extremists that are thinking about an attack. When they see someone in their ideology successfully conduct an attack, it inspires others."
"At any time around the world there may be one or two extremists that are thinking about an attack. When they see someone in their ideology successfully conduct an attack, it inspires others."
@oneunderscore__ @PeteWilliamsNBC @bellingcat @selectedwisdom Just this week we learned in May the FBI for first time labeled identity-based, anti-gov, and fringe political conspiracy theories as domestic terror threat that may drive people to commit violence, citing several specific theories which first grew online: nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
@oneunderscore__ @PeteWilliamsNBC @bellingcat @selectedwisdom FBI bulletin said these theories “very likely will emerge, spread, and evolve…over the near term.”
“Political developments, including this surrounding major election cycles such as the 2020 presidential election, likely will impact the direction of these conspiracy theories…”
“Political developments, including this surrounding major election cycles such as the 2020 presidential election, likely will impact the direction of these conspiracy theories…”
Read full FBI intelligence bulletin on conspiracy theory-driven domestic extremist crime and violence:
scribd.com/document/42037…
scribd.com/document/42037…
We also have no idea who might be sitting on these anonymous chan boards goading people on. They could be anywhere in the world, doing it for any reason.
