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8chan owner says El Paso shooter didn't post manifesto
cnet ^ | 8/6/19

Posted on 08/06/2019 12:43:48 PM PDT by mathprof

8chan owner Jim Watkins says the alleged shooter didn't post the manifesto to his site. , an anonymous forum, has been under scrutiny since the on Saturday. A hate-filled, anti-immigrant manifesto from the alleged shooter was uploaded to the site prior to the massacre. However, 8chan owner Jim Watkins said Tuesday that the 2,300-word tirade was not posted by the alleged gunman.

Watkins posted a on Tuesday, saying the manifesto was first published on Instagram and not on his site. He said the document was then uploaded to his site by another user and that law enforcement had been "made aware" of it.

"First of all, the El Paso shooter posted on Instagram, not 8chan," Watkins said. "Later, someone uploaded the manifesto. However, that manifesto was not uploaded by the Walmart shooter. I don't know if he wrote it or not, but it was not uploaded by the murderer that is clear."

Facebook, which owns Instagram, said in a statement "We have found nothing that supports this theory."

A spokeswoman for the company said it disabled an account tied to the suspected gunman on Saturday but the account hasn't been active in more than a year. The social network is currently working with law enforcement and directed any additional questions to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI declined to comment on Watkins' statement.

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KEYWORDS: 8chan; elpaso; facebook; instagram
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1 posted on 08/06/2019 12:43:48 PM PDT by mathprof
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Sad today the FBI or the media can’t be believed.


2 posted on 08/06/2019 12:45:40 PM PDT by IC Ken (Stop making stupid people famous)
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To: mathprof

Related...

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3769671/posts


3 posted on 08/06/2019 12:45:54 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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It’s a CONSPIRACY I TELL YA’LL!......................


4 posted on 08/06/2019 12:47:32 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: mathprof

Why do I smell fish??? Who can you believe??


5 posted on 08/06/2019 12:51:52 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: mathprof

uh ohhhhhhh.... you mean... you mean... the manifesto is fake?!


6 posted on 08/06/2019 12:52:34 PM PDT by Levy78
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To: mathprof

Unless he spoke with the shooter, I don’t believe him either.

Local media here (shooter’s home town) is treating the manifesto as if it is the shooter’s ...


7 posted on 08/06/2019 12:52:49 PM PDT by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: mathprof
Manifesto originally posted to instagram. Someone else posted it to 8 chan, it was NOT the shooter. FYI instagram is still up! 👍/sarc
8 posted on 08/06/2019 12:53:53 PM PDT by Lopeover (We Are #TRUMPSTRONG)
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To: mathprof

Facebook, which owns Instagram, said in a statement “We have found nothing that supports this theory.” - I would be surprised only if Fakebook said something other than this as you cannot find that which you are unwilling to look for.

I know nothing of 8Chan. But if I was forced to pick who is more credible, Fakebook or 8Chan, 8Chan wins by default.


9 posted on 08/06/2019 12:54:28 PM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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What if the manifesto wasn't the shooter's? Means somebody else had advance notice of the atrocity and it could have been a false flag operation. Given all the shenanigans the FBI and DOJ have pulled in the attempted Trump coup, it's certainly possible they could have been involved. Once again, the DOJ and its entity, the FBI, have never proven that the "Russians hacked the DNC emails" and the best evidence is somebody, probably the late Mark Rich, purloined them by using a direct download to a thumb drive. Then there's Eric Holder's Operation Fast and Furious where he deliberately enabled AK style semi-auto rifles to be smuggled illegally to the Mexican drug cartels so they could mass murder Mexicans, a thing that, coincidentally, happened at El Passo where the subhuman murdered seven Mexican citizens, just the kind of thing Holder set up the cartels to do to undermine support for the 2d Amendment.
10 posted on 08/06/2019 12:57:41 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: Levy78

8chan’s owner is not saying that. He is saying it was posted on Instagram first, then to 8chan. Implication, IMO, that Instagram should be held to same standard as 8chan?


11 posted on 08/06/2019 12:59:55 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: mathprof

The cloud cover operator took down the protective cover to expose who the [17th letter of alphabet] group was.

But the counter intel group saw it coming and pulled an emergency shutdown/shut-out maneuver. That group is now emerging on their own cloud.

The 17th letter group is now worldwide and is the most dangerous threat to the globalist ruling class.

And no, JFK Jr, is indeed dead and has been for a long time but the corporate media dogs are busy in the Manhattan PR offices thinking of ways to discredit the 17th. So they impersonate the 17th or followers of the 17th and put out bull crap like JFK Jr. is alive and running the counter intel group. And so many other false stories.

Let me make it graphic.

I know you, yeah you that is reading this, that’s right you! I ‘know’ that you are a sadist and like to tie up your cat in a harness and put it in a pot of boiling water because it gives you a thrill. I will post your username and this site to alert everyone how you should be locked up. Through my powerful contacts I will have you exposed by threatening anyone that gets in the way of exposing you.

It doesn’t matter that I just told a stinking lie. I don’t care about the truth. I only care about power and controlling the public discourse and thereby the public.

See how that works?

Sorry if I scared some of you but wake up! This is a war for control, it really is.

And 8chan was in the way of getting to unveil who is the 17th letter group.

But the unveiling failed and 8chan is now left alone.


12 posted on 08/06/2019 1:06:35 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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Account inactive for a year. I was reading the other day about hacks, people changing data, trying to confuse things. Would be curious to see if there were others involved—like witnesses reported—and maybe even others remotely. Or, if this is a matter of people messing with the online data to undermine Trump or whoever their focus is. Not trusting what I read as we’ve seen lots of unanswered questions from past violence, such as the murderer in Las Vegas.


13 posted on 08/06/2019 1:14:56 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: IC Ken

Nope, the FBI has been infiltrated by soy boy agents.


14 posted on 08/06/2019 1:17:49 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: mathprof

So do I.


15 posted on 08/06/2019 1:19:21 PM PDT by sport
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To: Reno89519

“Account inactive for a year. “

That reminds me. I need to post something on my alias sites soon, so I don’t get deactivated.


16 posted on 08/06/2019 1:22:09 PM PDT by VanShuyten (Er"...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: PghBaldy

Ahhh ok. Thanks for the clarification.


17 posted on 08/06/2019 1:30:45 PM PDT by Levy78
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To: libstripper

Sean Rich...


18 posted on 08/06/2019 1:34:26 PM PDT by Does so (To continue in English, press 2...)
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To: Red Badger

Yep. I was born and raised in El Paso. I don’t know if it still is but at one time that particular Walmart had the highest volume (busiest) in the country because of it’s proximity to one of the main ports of entry from Mexico (Juarez). I-10 runs right past it but it’s not the easiest thing to see from the freeway because it’s up on a hill and sits back from view - i.e. you’d have to know it was there before you decided to go patronize it. On top of this, it is mostly patronized by Hispanics not just from El Paso but from Juarez and that part of Mexico in general. Now Texas is a very 2A and CCW state, however this is not part of the Hispanic culture, especially Juarez. So how did this useful idiot from Allen, Texas, more than 10 hours away end up at this particular Walmart? You think it was random? Never! This was a set up that smells like MK Ultra.


19 posted on 08/06/2019 1:36:08 PM PDT by 3boysdad (The very elect.)
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It sounds like a perfect set up...............hypnotized?............


20 posted on 08/06/2019 1:39:49 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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