Posted on 10/02/2015 8:52:31 AM PDT by Starman417
"Let me be very clear: I will not name the shooter." Sheriff John Hanlin said during a Thursday night briefing at a fire station near the Roseburg campus. "I will not give him credit for this horrific act of cowardice."He encouraged the news media and community to "avoid using it, repeating it, or engaging in any glorification and sensationalization of him.
"He in no way deserves it," he said. "Focus your attention on the victims and their families and helping them to recover."
Chris Mintz is the name we should know about. Not the other guy.
Giving so much sensationalist media attention and naming the killer is exactly what encouraged this attention-seeking loser to become a killer and glory-hound:
“On an interesting note, I have noticed that so many people like him are all alone and unknown, yet when they spill a little blood, the whole world knows who they are,” he wrote.“A man who was known by no one, is now known by everyone. His face splashed across every screen, his name across the lips of every person on the planet, all in the course of one day. Seems the more people you kill, the more you're in the limelight."
Same with the previous loser he referenced:
(CNN)When a gunman opened fire Wednesday on two Virginia journalists and the woman they were interviewing on live TV, he was influenced by a long history of public mass killings throughout the country. Shooter ------ --- -------- II said he admired mass shooters like those at Columbine High School in 1999 and Virginia Tech in 2007, and that he put down a deposit for a gun two days after the Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting in June.
This is what's bringing out more such copycat mass shootings in recent times. While President Obama was quick on the draw to put down for more gun control, it should be noted that it was also guns that brought yesterday's killing spree to a stop. Or more accurately, the white hats who used them to save lives.
So are guns the issue?
More from the CNN link, which was posted late August:
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
But his initials are chris mentz.
Let's not reverse engineer ourselves into discovering we are being attacked again and again by Satanic influences, not the least of which eminate from the white mosque.
Yes, but we'll name the Puppetmaster:
Chris is the man who tried to stop the shooter, and was shot 7 times.
Here's an interest article about the effect, written back in the 90's:
WOW! Really bad on me. And, I knew it too. Guess I need to put myself on restiction. Prayers up for Mr. Mintz. My deepest apologies for that one.
Not entirely your fault. I had to read that part of the article twice.
My bet is the sheriff got ‘the word’ from ‘above,’ and the name is an Arabic one.
Mrs. Esopman
Don’t be sorry. It happens. We all have knee jerk reactions. Just need to do in moderation.
Listen to the accent
We should know about both. I find all of this very odd. We are now seeing stories in the MSM that we should not disclose the names of the perpetrators or give them any publicity. The police and politicians are echoing it. Yet, in the case of the church shootings in SC, there was no such compunction.
Something very strange is happening with the coverage of the shooter in this case. Is it because Chris Harper-Mercer is black or that there is a Muslim connection or both?
Lat I knew the shooter was white. Supposedly he asked his victims to state their religion before shooting them. Not clear if their was a right or wrong answer to that question.
The shooter described himself as mixed race.
No, we know who the shooter is and that is not the case.
Sounds Welsh to me.
Anyone notice there are never mass murders at gun shows?
Mom is black, dad is white.
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