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Apr 18, 2021 9 tweets 3 min read Read on X
How many other 19 year old white boys with “suicide by cop” ideation are out there getting past red flag laws, ready to copy cat what just happened in Indianapolis?
Reading about the victims. Crying. Matthew Alexander, 32, was an enthusiastic sports fan who enjoyed driving around the Midwest attending baseball and hockey games and collecting baseball cards and bobblehead nytimes.com/live/2021/04/1…
Samaria Blackwell, 19, was the youngest of four siblings. She played soccer and basketball and was a lifeguard for the city parks. Image
Ms. Johal enjoyed watching Indian TV soap operas and visiting her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, often showering them with presents. She was known for her bean dip, which she made for all family gatherings. Image
Jasvinder Kaur
Ms. Kaur was supposed to make her renowned yogurt at a large family celebration for her granddaughter’s second birthday on Saturday, according to a relative, Rimpi Girn. Ms. Kaur is the mother of Ms. Girn’s sister-in-law.
Amarjit Sekhon . Ms. Girn said she had struggled to explain the loss to Ms. Sekhon’s youngest son.
“We can’t even think of what to tell him,” Ms. Girn said. “All of a sudden last night his mom went to work, and she never came back today.”
Mr. Singh had just started working at the FedEx facility this week and told everyone how excited he was to get his first paycheck. “He was a simple man,” Mr. Dillon said. “He used to pray and meditate a lot, and he did community service.” Image
Karli Smith, 19, loved music and sports and had graduated from high school just last year.
Her older brother, Brandon Smith, described her as bubbly and outgoing. “She was the kind of girl that if she saw someone having a bad day, she’d go out of her way to make them smile” Image
Mike Weisert remembered his father, John, as “somewhat of an introvert,” who had “kind of a goofy, cornball sense of humor about him.”
He liked to play country and western and bluegrass music on guitar and watch wrestling on TV. He also loved action movies and classic films. Image

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