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Accused shooter’s “politics” is not what government and media say

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[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don’t get that impression from all the bits and pieces, and especially not from this breakdown. I think he’s rather intelligent (probably the smartest guy in the room most of his life considering the demographics he was surrounded by) and he really thought he was going to get away with it.

Which if he hadn’t have cracked emotionally, been turned in by his own parents, and his lover wasn’t squealing like a pig, he might have. People really underestimate how incompetent cops are (although he arguably did a ton of dumb things like use his own vehicle, use a unique family heirloom rifle, etc.)

I don’t condone what he did, I just am appalled by the absolute lack of loyalty from the people surrounding him. Just horrid…Now he gets to live long enough to watch everyone he trusted throw him to the wolves to be torn to shreds and humiliated on a global stage. Which many will agree that in itself is justice served, having that knife in the back and twisted. Good social lesson for society. Loyalty to State and fear of authority above all else.

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

From what I've seen the thing that actually got him was telling his parents which then spread down the line to a pastor or smthn who was a mandated reporter. Honestly if it had just stayed on discord he might have been fine, but hard to know