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Moment 'highly erratic' ex-UCLA philosophy lecturer, 31, is arrested by Colorado SWAT team for threatening to commit mass shooting: Cops found 'alarmingly violent' 800-page manifesto
Daily Mail ^ | 1 February 2022 | Chris Jewers and Jennifer Smith

Posted on 02/01/2022 5:38:09 PM PST by Trillian

A former UCLA lecturer who threatened to carry out a mass shooting at the school was arrested in Colorado on Tuesday morning where he had also made threats against a different campus in an 'alarmingly' violent 800-page manifesto.

Matthew Harris, 31, was taken into custody near the University of Colorado Boulder campus on Tuesday by SWAT teams.

On Sunday, he posted 300 unhinged and threatening videos on YouTube, and then he sent emails to UCLA staff threatening a mass shooting. He included details of the manifesto, which also had references to Boulder in it.

UCLA banned in-person classes and told the authorities about the Boulder references. Harris had worked at UCLA until last year but was put on leave after complaints from students that he had sent some of them pornography.

On Tuesday, after learning of the threat, Boulder Police Department issued a shelter-in-place warning near the college. It also evacuated an elementary school nearby.

At around noon local time, Harris was arrested off-campus but nearby. Video showed him being led away in handcuffs by SWAT teams.

Boulder Police Chief Maris Harold said at a press conference afterwards that detectives were still working through the manifesto but that it was 'alarming' in its violence.

'This is 800 pages we're going through. The level of violence we saw in the manifesto was so alarming.'

She added that he'd tried to buy a gun in November last year but thankfully, was not sold one.

On Tuesday afternoon, UCLA school announced he had been arrested in Colorado.

'I am greatly relieved to share that law enforcement officers in Colorado have taken into custody the individual who made threats against some members of our UCLA community yesterday.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education
KEYWORDS: 202111; 202201; andagain; bidensfault; blacksupremacy; boulder; california; colorado; domesticterrorism; manifesto; massshooting; obamasfault; philosophy; porn; shooter; shooting; threats; ucla
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To: Trillian

Shouldn’t it be a personifesto?


21 posted on 02/01/2022 6:02:56 PM PST by P.O.E.
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To: Billthedrill
Harris taught a number of philosophy classes... as well as PHILOS 168: Philosophy of Race.

I'll bet that one was a doozy.

I wonder if CRT originated with him? 😀😊

22 posted on 02/01/2022 6:03:10 PM PST by Mark17 (USAF ATCer, Retired. Father of USAF pilot. ATCers & pilots, the quintessential elements of aviation)
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To: Billthedrill
Harris taught a number of philosophy classes... as well as PHILOS 168: Philosophy of Race.


Race is an expression of philosophy? How so? Someone had been humoring the highly erratic professor, but it didn't work.
23 posted on 02/01/2022 6:05:29 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ("Thank you, Mr. Epps", said Rep. Adam Kinzinger.)
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To: proxy_user

Two paragraphs? That’s less than one sentence for that windbag. I preferred Sartre. He was worthless but somewhat readable.


24 posted on 02/01/2022 6:05:59 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: proxy_user

They need Clark Wittgenstein, Police Philosopher.


25 posted on 02/01/2022 6:07:43 PM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: proxy_user
IMHO, too much has been made about so-called flaws in Descartes' "Proof of God's Existence", and not enough about the atheists he was addressing.

If I understand it correctly, the Christians were saying that proof of God's existence is evident by His creations, especially His special creation: us. To which the atheists' best response was, "Oh yeah. Well how do you even know we exist?" I mean, was that the best they had?

26 posted on 02/01/2022 6:10:53 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Trillian; george76

Typical Boulderite. What’s the problem?/s


27 posted on 02/01/2022 6:20:21 PM PST by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: Trillian

Schizophrenia.


28 posted on 02/01/2022 6:28:11 PM PST by buwaya
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To: Trillian

800 pages? Single spaced or double spaced?


29 posted on 02/01/2022 6:35:43 PM PST by moovova
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To: Trillian

Definitely voted for President Trump. MAGA all the way.


30 posted on 02/01/2022 6:39:22 PM PST by qaz123
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To: piasa

Same neighborhood as that kid in the supermarket, isn’t it?


31 posted on 02/01/2022 6:40:24 PM PST by qaz123
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To: piasa

I just searched for 10 minutes and couldn’t find 1.

Did YouTube pull them to stop the spread of radicalism or protect him? With BigTech one can’t be too sure.


32 posted on 02/01/2022 6:43:25 PM PST by Phoenix8
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To: AnthonySoprano

Thanks for posting his pic. I just knew he’d be a White Supremacist!


33 posted on 02/01/2022 6:48:18 PM PST by TigersEye (Ashli Babbitt was murdered)
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To: Phoenix8

These guys say they downloaded and archived what they could before YouTube yanked the videos:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ucla/comments/shpfyj/matthew_harris_youtube_archive/

There are links to the archives there if you want to have a look. I didn’t look at them myself.


34 posted on 02/01/2022 6:49:38 PM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: proxy_user

You won’t need two weeks for this gent’s writing.

Higher education isn’t what it use to be. Mr. Kitty shared it with me today, It would not have earned me a degree.


35 posted on 02/01/2022 7:01:51 PM PST by KosmicKitty (i am not responsible for gremlins attacking this tagline)
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To: Trillian

For all we know this guy is being set up and framed by EffBeeEye. Yes people, that seems outrageous. But it is no longer unbelievable.


36 posted on 02/01/2022 7:06:56 PM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: Rebelbase

That is some real edge-of-your-seat video.


37 posted on 02/01/2022 7:09:49 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Hang um till dead!


38 posted on 02/01/2022 7:12:51 PM PST by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: Rebelbase

Dramatic?????? LOL!!!


39 posted on 02/01/2022 7:15:09 PM PST by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: Trillian

Good news! Ted Kazinsky was moved out of Supermax to a prison hospital so they have Supermax cell all ready for him.


40 posted on 02/01/2022 7:26:12 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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