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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   In article , nowomr@protonmail.com wrote:   
      
   >Y'all gonna say it's a hoax 'cause CNN reported it?   
      
   Strawman noted.   
   Projection noted.   
      
   >Three people were killed Saturday in a racially motivated attack after a   
   >gunman targeted Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville,   
   >Florida, in one of several weekend shootings that again shocked Americans   
   >in public places – from stores to football games to parades.   
   >   
   >“This shooting was racially motivated and he hated Black people,”   
   >Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said at a news conference early Saturday   
   >evening.   
   >   
   >Waters said the shooter, who he described as a White man in his 20s, shot   
   >and killed himself after the attack. The suspect left behind what the   
   >sheriff described as three manifestos outlining his “disgusting ideology   
   >of hate” and his motive in the attack.   
   >   
   >All three victims, two men and one woman, were Black.   
   >   
   >Waters said the shooter lived in Clay County, Florida, south of   
   >Jacksonville, with his parents. Jacksonville is located in northeast   
   >Florida, about 35 miles south of the Georgia border.   
   >   
   >Waters said the shooter told his father by text to “check his computer.”   
   >The father found documents described by Waters as manifestos and called   
   >authorities.   
   >   
   >But Waters said by the time authorities were alerted about the manifestos,   
   >the gunman had already started the attack in the Dollar General.   
   >   
   >The shooting started shortly after 1 p.m. ET, blocks away from Edward   
   >Waters University, a historically Black school where students living on   
   >campus were told to stay in their residence halls. Waters said the gunman   
   >was seen on the school’s campus before heading to the Dollar General. No   
   >one was injured on the campus.   
   >   
   >“He took that opportunity to put his bulletproof vest on outside and to   
   >put his mask on outside and then proceed to the store where he committed   
   >this horrible act,” Waters told CNN’s Jim Acosta.   
   >   
   >Edward Waters University officials said the shooter was turned away from   
   >its campus after refusing to identify himself.   
   >   
   >“The individual returned to their car and left campus without incident.   
   >The encounter was reported to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office by EWU   
   >security,” according to a university news release. 01 boston shooting   
   >082623 GRAB   
   >   
   >At least 7 people hurt in shooting that halted Boston parade, police say   
   >   
   >Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan said the gunman barricaded himself inside   
   >the store after the attack. It was not immediately clear if victims were   
   >shot inside or outside the store.   
   >   
   >The sheriff said investigators believe the gunman acted alone and wore   
   >both a tactical vest and mask during the attack. He was armed with an   
   >AR-15 style rifle and a handgun.   
   >   
   >Waters showed photos of the weapons during a news conference, which showed   
   >swastikas were drawn on one of the guns with white paint.   
   >   
   >“We have opened a federal civil rights investigation, and we will pursue   
   >this incident as a hate crime,” said Sherri Onks, special agent in charge   
   >of the FBI’s Jacksonville office.   
      
   What is the upper/lower on leftist hoplophobes attempting to politicize this?   
      
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