Beer warehouse shooter long complained of racism (AP Spin Alert!)

Associated Press ^ | August 7, 2010 | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN

[Deo volente]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – To those closest to him, Omar Thornton was caring, quiet and soft-spoken. He was excited to land a well-paying job at a beer delivery company a few years ago and his longtime girlfriend says they talked of marrying and having children.

But underneath, Thornton seethed with a sense of racial injustice for years that culminated in a shooting rampage Tuesday in which the Connecticut man killed eight and wounded two others at his job at Hartford Distributors in Manchester before killing himself.

"I know what pushed him over the edge was all the racial stuff that was happening at work," said his girlfriend, Kristi Hannah.

[Amberdawn]

In one company where I worked, it was policy to escort the fired worker off the premises to make sure he or she left. Perhaps now, the ‘brass’ will have to hire an armed police officer as well.

[Maverick68]

the families of the dead should sue.
There is no proof that any of the victims were guilty of racism. It is simply slander to so...

[Errant]

That is a good policy to have. Management should have been prepared for this and probably would have been in a less PC world. This guy knew what was coming and he knew what he was going to do when he went in that morning.

[Jess Kitting]

The families must be in mourning right now, but when they are ready, I hope they speak out on behalf of their loved ones, who can no longer speak for themselves.

In the meantime, people who know the victims well (co-workers, friends, perhaps) needs to come forward to defend their characters, which have been defamed by this murderer-- who is appears to be getting all the sympathy and support.

[Jess Kitting]

Oops, typos. It should read:

In the meantime, people who know the victims well (co-workers, friends, perhaps) need to come forward to defend their characters, which have been defamed by this murderer--who appears to be getting all the sympathy and support.

[lightman]

So now he and his alleged tormenters get to experience the equality of the grave.

Ja vell, so gates.

[PghBaldy]

Agreed. It is a travesty that the media is playing into the hands of this killer and his family.

[jimt]

Last time I had to fire a guy I brought a little "friend" with me. The guy was nuts. He had been scaring the crap out of female co-workers talking about how he liked to "kill things".

Of course, had that "friend" been known by HR or management I would have been fired.