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Agents reviewing Texas gunman’s extremist social media postings
Associated Press ^ | 8 May 2023 | JAKE BLEIBERG, MICHAEL BALSAMO and JAMIE STENGLE

Posted on 05/08/2023 6:31:43 AM PDT by Magnatron

Federal officials are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology Sunday as they work to discern a motive for the attack, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official cautioned the investigation is in its early stages.

Federal agents have been reviewing social media accounts they believe were used by Mauricio Garcia, 33, and posts that expressed interest in white supremacist and neo-Nazi views, said the official, who could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

Garcia also had a patch on his chest when he was killed by police that read “RWDS,” an acronym for the phrase “Right Wing Death Squad,” which is popular among right-wing extremists and white supremacy groups, the official said.

In addition to reviewing social media posts, federal agents have interviewed family members and associates of Garcia to ask about his ideological beliefs, the official said. Investigators are also reviewing financial records, other online posts they believe Garcia made and other electronic media, according to the official.

Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey declined Sunday evening to answer questions from the AP, saying of the investigation, “we actually don’t have a lot.”

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; feds; garcia; hispanics; mauriciogarcia; rwds; tattoo; whitehispanics
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To: Magnatron

Birth of a new narrative being formed?
ANyone who even reads or visits something pro white will now be on the weaponized FBI’s hit list?

Did the government have something to do with this and the incident in south Texas?? Timing sticks out to me


21 posted on 05/08/2023 6:47:53 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Biden whispered "Don't Jump")
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To: Magnatron

Reminiscent of the scene from the move V for Vendetta where the family is watching the government news program and it becomes all too evident that the news is pure propaganda BS and the kid shakes her head and says “bollocks”.


22 posted on 05/08/2023 6:49:13 AM PDT by No Party Affiliation
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To: drwoof

Sure it will...it’ll read like this:

Dear (redacted)

(entire thing redacted)

Sincerely
Audrey Hale


23 posted on 05/08/2023 6:50:24 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: Magnatron

They ALWAYS follow the leads when they think it’s about a certain kind of ideology. But for crimes committed by members of certified victim groups they deliberately and intentionally suppress all mention of ideology.

As they did recently with the trans murderer who wrote a “manifesto” whose contents have been suppressed.


24 posted on 05/08/2023 6:50:33 AM PDT by I want the USA back (No one is assigned sex at birth. One's sex is noted and recorded. My pronouns Haha, hehe, hoho, hoo )
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To: mikelets456

Can’t let that get out. Bet it contains actions due to “Trans Day of Vengeance”


25 posted on 05/08/2023 6:50:35 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness )
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To: Magnatron

AP running the full on propaganda narrative…


26 posted on 05/08/2023 6:50:52 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: euram

If the Deep State cannot get whites to commit mass murder, then Hispanics will have to do, so they can be labeled “white Hispanics”. Most of them have some European genes, after all. White supremacists and right wingers are reluctant to get involved because of decades old COINTELPRO tactics and prison sentences that would have embarrassed Stalin. The Hispanic community may not be as intimidated and are perhaps more susceptible to manipulation by FBI agents.


27 posted on 05/08/2023 6:51:04 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Magnatron

Why don’t the “agents” ever review the “news medias” anti-American extremist postings? They need to start with the New Yawk Slimes and Wash Compost.


28 posted on 05/08/2023 6:51:05 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Since O'Bama was ruling the roost, America has gone from "melting pot" to septic tank of the world.)
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To: mikelets456
"Where’s the manifesto regarding the TN trans shooter? I guess the media doesn’t care..."

You'll never see the tranifesto.

29 posted on 05/08/2023 6:52:04 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Magnatron

Are those heart shaped crystal earrings? ( Just wondering)


30 posted on 05/08/2023 6:52:55 AM PDT by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: AAABEST

Aaand this incident disappears into an ocean of governmental statistics to resurface later in support of the media ‘violent white nationalist ultra MAGA mass murdering terrorists’ narrative.


31 posted on 05/08/2023 6:56:08 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Magnatron

I find his lack of neck tattoos surprising.


32 posted on 05/08/2023 6:56:16 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Magnatron
Garcia also had a patch on his chest when he was killed by police that read “RWDS,” an acronym for the phrase “Right Wing Death Squad,” which is popular among right-wing extremists and white supremacy groups, the official said.

How convenient /s

33 posted on 05/08/2023 6:56:59 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: MeganC
I wouldn't be surprised if social media posts showing his Hispanic hatred towards blacks or some other group are categorized as "white supremacy" posts.

If a Hispanic hates blacks -- it's white supremacy.
If a black hates Asians -- it's white supremacy.

34 posted on 05/08/2023 6:59:40 AM PDT 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: Magnatron

Yesterday on the news I heard reporters saying Garcia had no record. Today on CBS they are saying “He did not have a serious criminal record.”

What will we learn tomorrow?


35 posted on 05/08/2023 7:00:07 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Magnatron

When they do not post images, name, race, religion, national origin, and purposefully let us wait (let people calm down), there is of course usually a reason.

If this had been someone not in a group of extra special considerations, his name, face, and other information would have been blasted out into the public immediately.


36 posted on 05/08/2023 7:01:56 AM PDT by Red6
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To: Magnatron

This event smacks of an ‘op’, long in planning and intended to deceive with a purpose.

The questions are:

Who launched the op - and when - and qui bono?


37 posted on 05/08/2023 7:02:58 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Carl Vehse

He’d peg the g*ydar.


38 posted on 05/08/2023 7:07:15 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Probably Brian Ross is their source.


39 posted on 05/08/2023 7:08:11 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Magnatron

Three important facts have not been well covered...

First, there are two mug shots of the shooter, taken at different times. It is quite possible he has a prior criminal record and may not have the right to own or possess guns.

Second, the shooter did not renew his security guard license in 2020.

So, if working a security job for last three years, he was unlawfully employed.

Third, he was not living at home with his parents, which has been widely claimed.

He was living in transitory housing, which means he was probably broke.


40 posted on 05/08/2023 7:12:23 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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