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Oregon pastor says shooting survivor got flash drive, had to watch slayings
StarTribune.com ^ | 10/4/15 | Associated Press writer Tami Abdollah

Posted on 10/04/2015 6:57:35 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

An Oregon pastor says a student who was spared by a gunman during a deadly rampage on a college campus received an envelope with a flash drive from the shooter and had to watch as his classmates were killed.

Randy Scroggins, whose daughter also survived Thursday's shooting at Umpqua Community College, spoke at his church Sunday as his daughter and the other student, 18-year-old Mathew Downing, sat together in the congregation. Scroggins' daughter Lacey had told him gunman Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer gave an envelope to another student in the class and told him to give it to police.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: luckyone; oregon; shooter; umpqua
Still no verification if the manifesto was on the flash drive or not.
1 posted on 10/04/2015 6:57:35 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Manifesto? Like it would be coherent.

Nothing else in this guy’s life made sense, it is unlikely his reason will.


2 posted on 10/04/2015 7:16:51 PM PDT by rey
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Did it go to the sheriff, or the FBI?


3 posted on 10/04/2015 7:27:52 PM PDT by wrench
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To: wrench

I’m sure the FBI has it.


4 posted on 10/04/2015 7:29:49 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (I want my country back!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“I’m sure the FBI has it.”

So, it was disappeared, then.


5 posted on 10/04/2015 7:35:05 PM PDT by wrench
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To: wrench

They probably gave it to Homeland, just to be sure.


6 posted on 10/04/2015 7:39:59 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (I want my country back!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

NEVER publicize a “manifesto” from these jerks.

Break the cycle- MSM is complicit in recruiting these losers.


7 posted on 10/04/2015 7:48:11 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow

If they didn’t, they would be out of business.

What a pleasant thought..


8 posted on 10/04/2015 7:57:51 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Plea$e $upport Free Republic.)
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To: rey
Are you saying a guy who knows so little about politics that he confuses the IRA (Irish Republican Army) with the NRA might not have a cogent argument?

Or that 'a Republican' who hates Christians might be a tad confused?

This is a guy the LA Times described as a 'white supremacists'... who's as black as Obama (one white parent - one black parent) ...

I'm guessing someone else wrote the screed for him... well, if it makes even mild sense.

9 posted on 10/04/2015 7:58:13 PM PDT by GOPJ (Dems want gun legislation? Fine. Pass a Bill outlawing 'gun free' zones.)
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To: GOPJ

Did he confuse the NRA with the IRA or was it some idiot who altered the site to make him a conservative Republican who doesn’t understand that the IRA or Irish Republican Army is not the same brand of republicanism?


10 posted on 10/04/2015 8:16:54 PM PDT by rey
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To: rey

My understanding is it was altered by the 4chan folks.


11 posted on 10/04/2015 8:24:18 PM PDT by wrench
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Dead guy copied a phone video and then mailed it to someone he didn’t know?


12 posted on 10/04/2015 8:28:35 PM PDT by GingisK
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Did he confuse the NRA with the IRA or was it some idiot who altered the site to make him a conservative Republican who doesn’t understand that the IRA or Irish Republican Army is not the same brand of republicanism?

"Despite identifying himself as a conservative, on his MySpace page, Harper-Mercer posted numerous photos of the Irish Republican Army’s provisional incarnation. That group was openly fighting for a Socialist Irish republic, which would be at odds with Harper-Mercer’s conservative leanings."

http://heavy.com/news/2015/10/chris-harper-mercer-politics-motive-conservative-republican-dating-profile/

13 posted on 10/05/2015 1:18:43 AM PDT by ETL (So many idiots, not enough time)
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To: rey; GOPJ

"Mercer forced his victims to identify their religion and shot the Christians in the head".

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/10/breaking-internet-trolls-altered-chris-harper-mercers-online-profile-today-now-says-hes-conservative/


14 posted on 10/05/2015 1:19:30 AM PDT by ETL (So many idiots, not enough time)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

In any such case, give it to the internet first. Then give the police the URL.


15 posted on 10/05/2015 1:30:30 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: ETL

I can’t get the link to work...


16 posted on 10/05/2015 8:38:37 AM PDT by GOPJ (Dems want gun legislation? Fine. Pass a Bill outlawing 'gun free' zones.)
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To: GOPJ

Sorry, looks like the article was taken down. I tried using another link that was supposed to go to it on that same site and it also said “page not found”.


17 posted on 10/05/2015 6:56:29 PM PDT by ETL (Too many idiots, not enough time)
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To: ETL

Thanks for trying...


18 posted on 10/05/2015 8:17:24 PM PDT by GOPJ (Dems want gun legislation? Fine. Pass a Bill outlawing 'gun free' zones.)
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