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Multiple fatalities in apparent sniper attack at Dallas ICE facility, acting ICE director says (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Projectda@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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White male fired at ICE detainees in Dallas, killing and injuring at least a couple before shooting himself.

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[–] spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago (4 children)

my personal take on this is, its some rightwinger trying to get the troubles to pop off.

yeah...don't do this.

speculating without evidence about the identity/motivation of shooters is bad. it's bad when right-wingers do it and it's bad when people on the left do it.

just wait. wait for actual reliable evidence to come out. there's no prize for saying 5 minutes after the shooting "I bet it was someone who thought X" and having that turn out to be correct.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

There will be no actual reliable evidence with this administration.

[–] spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

sure, there will be misinformation from the White House, misinformation from the right-wing media, misinformation from the cops, misinformation from random assholes on Twitter, etc.

but that's not a good excuse to add to the misinformation. speculation based purely on vibes is never productive, no matter how correct the vibes feel.

and yeah, we'll never know 100% of what happened with 100% certainty. but there will be good, reliable reporting about parts of it. when that reliable reporting comes out, by all means shout it from the rooftops.

but in the meantime, don't fill the void with unreliable information. like I said, just wait. have a little patience.

[–] LassCalibur@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Reliable enough?

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-shooters-motive

Their accounts paint the picture of someone with a vaguely libertarian bent who despised both major parties and politicians generally (including Trump) but who didn’t engage with politics beyond that. He preferred edgy humor, video games and the message board 4chan, all of which he became increasingly steeped in as he withdrew from social life as well as their own friendships several years ago, they said.

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