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In Chapel Hill Shooting of 3 Muslims, a Question of Motive
NY TIMES ^ | 2/12/15

Posted on 02/12/2015 5:42:23 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

.... two women called 911 to report multiple gunshots and screams...near the University of North Carolina....

... three people were dead...Muslims of Arab descent...

The victims’ families described it as a hate crime. The police said that the shooting appeared to have been motivated by “an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking,”....

In the afternoon, Ripley Rand, the United States attorney for the region, said the shooting appeared to have been “an isolated incident” and “not part of a targeted campaign against Muslims.”

(Excerpt) Read more at mobile.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: chapelhill; crime; hype; media; muslims; parking; peogressiveatheist; shooting
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Last year a Muslim beheaded a Christian woman in Oklahoma. Did the New York Times call this a hate crime?
1 posted on 02/12/2015 5:42:23 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Local media in Miami is pimping the “hate crime” meme, as this crap filters through the leftist press.


2 posted on 02/12/2015 5:44:07 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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From the NYT(!):

“Mr. Hicks appeared to have a deep dislike of all religion. On his Facebook page, nearly all of his posts expressed support for atheism, criticism of Christian conservatives or both.”

“His wife also pointed out his support for gay rights and the right to abortion.”


3 posted on 02/12/2015 5:50:00 AM PST by hlmencken3 (“I paid for an argument, but you’re just contradicting!”)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Here in Calif the media are popping a throbbing Hate Hard-on for this shooting.

Wide eyes, grinning and fidgety, rapid, shallow breathing...

NARRATIVE PARADISE...!!!


4 posted on 02/12/2015 5:50:12 AM PST by gaijin
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To: SoFloFreeper

Typical New York Slimes article. Use the first 10 paragraphs to strongly insinuate that the killer is a Christian conservative motivated by anti-muzzle hate, then near the end of the article when most aren’t reading anymore, slip in just a hint of the actual truth.....that he is a radical atheist / leftist.


5 posted on 02/12/2015 5:51:17 AM PST by crusader71
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To: SoFloFreeper

Very good point.


6 posted on 02/12/2015 5:52:28 AM PST by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: hlmencken3; SoFloFreeper
On his Facebook page, nearly all of his posts expressed support for atheism, criticism of Christian conservatives or both.”
“His wife also pointed out his support for gay rights and the right to abortion.”

I got a $10 bill that says the little hipster was also an Anonymous window-licker.

7 posted on 02/12/2015 5:56:17 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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In Chapel Hill Shooting of 3 Muslims, a Question of Politics

Fixed in the interest of journalistic accuracy.

8 posted on 02/12/2015 5:57:02 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: SoFloFreeper

In a few decades, they might not call it “Chapel Hill”, it might be “Mosque Hill”.


9 posted on 02/12/2015 5:59:13 AM PST by baltimorepoet
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To: SoFloFreeper

“an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking,”....

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If so what I don’t understand why the complex had not dealth with the issue.
It may be that there aren’t assigned parking spaces and it’s first come.


10 posted on 02/12/2015 5:59:35 AM PST by deport
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To: SoFloFreeper

Just random folks......


11 posted on 02/12/2015 6:00:05 AM PST by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Jews are leaving France in droves after a random shooting at a kosher market and increasing anti-semitism. While I don’t think thios was an anti-muslim crime, I hear a lot about islamic hate on the rise. Maybe the muzzies hear should considder moving out. I’d trade muzzies for Jews.


12 posted on 02/12/2015 6:11:12 AM PST by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Generally people don’t go up to an apartment and kill the 3 people in it over a “parking dispute”


13 posted on 02/12/2015 6:11:39 AM PST by MadIsh32 (In order to be pro-market, sometimes you must be anti-big business)
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To: baltimorepoet

“In a few decades, they might not call it “Chapel Hill”, it might be “Mosque Hill”.”

Well, there are reports that UNC-CH is jealous because Duke thought of broadcasting the muslim call to prayer on their campus first. The suggestion has been made, now that Dean Smith has passed, that Dean Smith Arena be filled with sand and Bedouin style tents be erected for Middle Eastern students to use as dorms and class rooms.

/s


14 posted on 02/12/2015 6:11:55 AM PST by moovova
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To: deport

It’s hard to imagine that a guy would get this stressed out over a parking spot. But the other element to this is that he shot the three with head shots....so he was fairly close and determined. It would be curious if he’s on any medication but I doubt the cops were smart enough to take him for a drug testing session.


15 posted on 02/12/2015 6:14:40 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: SoFloFreeper

Self defense.


16 posted on 02/12/2015 6:20:03 AM PST by null and void (Our goal is language that is gender-, ethnic- and age-neutral, while celebrating our diversity!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

17 posted on 02/12/2015 6:25:42 AM PST by MadIsh32 (In order to be pro-market, sometimes you must be anti-big business)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Muzzies, and Libs, don’t like it when the shoe is on the other foot.


18 posted on 02/12/2015 6:31:43 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I’m not a big fan of hate crime laws. It’s very difficult to read the perpetrator’s mind to determine his motivation. And how much does it really matter, at the end of the day, what the reason is for the crime?

If the killer shouted: “You muzzie bastards!” when he murdered them, how much worse is that then if he had shouted: “You sons of bitches parked in my spot!”?


19 posted on 02/12/2015 6:40:16 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Islamists are excused from their crimes because of The Crusades. Moral equivalence in action.)
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To: pepsionice

Still a lot we don’t know. If it was a revolver then he had to reload at least once.

From the article:

.....One 911 caller, at 5:11 p.m. Tuesday, said she had heard five to 10 shots and
“kids screaming.” Another, calling a minute later, said she had heard about eight shots
and multiple people screaming, then a pause, and then three more shots.

The victims were shot inside an apartment, according to one of the calls, and family
members said the police told them they had been shot in the head.

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20 posted on 02/12/2015 6:48:18 AM PST by deport
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