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Vester Flanagan Threatened Colleagues, Played the Race Card for Years
Daily Beast ^ | 8/26/2015 | Katie Zavadski, Kate Briquelet

Posted on 08/27/2015 8:06:25 AM PDT by RightGeek

The cold-blooded Roanoke killer kept getting fired, kept threatening co-workers, and kept claiming he was the real victim.

Vester Lee Flanagan claimed in a suicide note Wednesday that June’s massacre of black parishioners at a South Carolina church was “the tipping point” that sent him on the path to murdering two journalists on live television Wednesday.

But in court papers and interviews with The Daily Beast, former colleagues describe Flanagan as a problematic employee, who was repeatedly reprimanded for his harsh treatment of coworkers, and complained racism was behind harsh evaluations of his work.

“He just had a history of playing the race card,” former WTWC anchor Dave Leval told The Daily Beast. “I know he did that in Tallahassee a couple of times…”

The day Flanagan was fired from a Virginia TV station in 2013, his bosses called 911 because of his volatile behavior—an incident captured on camera by Adam Ward, a man who would later become one of his victims.

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“The fact that he kept his job was because he was an African-American gay man. That’s pretty hard to say no to,” Sextro told The Daily Beast.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
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To: RightGeek

Anyone know what religion he was? There had to have been a reason for Obama to have terrorists on the mind while he blew off the reporters as insignificant.


61 posted on 08/27/2015 9:57:28 AM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: RightGeek

“The fact that he kept his job was because he was an African-American gay man. That’s pretty hard to say no to,” Sextro told The Daily Beast.

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How’s that diversity thing workin’ out for ya, corporate America?


62 posted on 08/27/2015 9:58:53 AM PDT by angryoldfatman
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To: precisionshootist
The station promoted where the reporter would be, including a plug on Twitter just a half hour before the shooting.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/64e4a92b1651489980b36c545e0baf8c/air-killings-gripped-millions-social-media-storm

63 posted on 08/27/2015 10:04:15 AM PDT by Ray54
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To: Spartan79

I was the only non-management person for years that had a schedu-All account in public TV land. It was great since I could scope out the productions such as stupid HS sports that I wanted nothing to do with. Idiot phb’s who took over later never realized I had it until several years later.


64 posted on 08/27/2015 10:05:24 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Spartan79

I was the only non-management person for years that had a schedu-All account in public TV land. It was great since I could scope out the productions such as stupid HS sports that I wanted nothing to do with. Idiot phb’s who took over later never realized I had it until several years later.


65 posted on 08/27/2015 10:05:57 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“Another crazy Obama supporter loses it.”

Other than being gay and supporting Obama there is no evidence this guy was mentally ill. He was full of white hatred and racial grievance ginned up by Obola, Holder and the racism industry.


66 posted on 08/27/2015 10:14:08 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: Spartan79

I was the only non-management person for years that had a schedu-All account in public TV land. It was great since I could scope out the productions such as stupid HS sports that I wanted nothing to do with. Idiot phb’s who took over later never realized I had it until several years.


67 posted on 08/27/2015 10:16:52 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Spartan79

I was the only non-management person for years that had a schedu-All account in public TV land. It was great since I could scope out the productions such as stupid HS sports that I wanted nothing to do with. Idiot phb’s who took over later never realized I had it until several years.


68 posted on 08/27/2015 10:18:17 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Spartan79

I was the only non-management person for years that had a schedu-All account in public TV land. It was great since I could scope out the productions such as stupid HS sports that I wanted nothing to do with. Idiot phb’s who took over later never realized I had it until several years.


69 posted on 08/27/2015 10:23:45 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: RightGeek

And 20/20 will tomorrow be doing a special on gays and blacks and how the Obama society is fostering a victocrat mentality among the less hinged Obama supporters.....

Just like they would have done a special on the unhinged right wing teabaggers if the guy had voted for Romney.


70 posted on 08/27/2015 10:32:39 AM PDT by Yaelle (The election isn't the main thing. Stopping the 2 party oligarchy and their media IS.)
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To: precisionshootist

I don’t know if I think it was what happened, but it seems like a more plausible possibility than co-ordination with some other insider. He knew the station’s routines. If he wanted to stalk the reporter he killed, knowing she often left the station on neighborhood color reports, it wouldn’t have been hard to follow the station’s media truck.


71 posted on 08/27/2015 11:44:54 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: massgopguy

You can pretty much say anything you want re: a reference request, but it is not advisable, because chances you and your employer will be sued. And then your employer can fire you for “cause,” and you can sue your employer!


72 posted on 08/27/2015 12:29:10 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: twister881
Black, gay, Obama supporter — the profile of a real Hater.


73 posted on 08/27/2015 5:25:24 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: twister881
Black, gay, Obama supporter — the profile of a real Hater.


74 posted on 08/27/2015 5:25:42 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The cold-blooded Roanoke killer kept getting fired, kept threatening co-workers, and kept claiming he was the real victim... former colleagues describe Flanagan as a problematic employee, who was repeatedly reprimanded for his harsh treatment of coworkers, and complained racism was behind harsh evaluations of his work. "He just had a history of playing the race card," former WTWC anchor Dave Leval told The Daily Beast. "I know he did that in Tallahassee a couple of times..." The day Flanagan was fired from a Virginia TV station in 2013, his bosses called 911 because of his volatile behavior -- an incident captured on camera by Adam Ward, a man who would later become one of his victims... "The fact that he kept his job was because he was an African-American gay man. That's pretty hard to say no to," Sextro told The Daily Beast.

75 posted on 08/28/2015 9:27:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: RightGeek
“He just had a history of playing the race card,” How is that any different from and other leftist?
76 posted on 08/28/2015 10:15:36 AM PDT by Torcert (Che is DEAD - Get Over it!)
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