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Philadelphia shooting suspect isn't trans, officials say, but speculation continues
NBC News / Comcast ^ | July 5, 2023 | By Matt Lavietes and Jo Yurcaba

Posted on 07/06/2023 5:54:01 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Less than 24 hours after Monday’s mass shooting in Philadelphia, in which a gunman dressed in a ski mask and body armor killed five people and injured two children, right-wing pockets of social media were exploding with speculation about the suspect’s gender identity.

While he acknowledged the social media images that appear to show Carriker wearing women’s clothing and jewelry, Asa Khalif, a member of the LGBTQ advisory committee for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, condemned the “violent” language coming from the “conservative press” about Carriker’s gender identity and shared what the district attorney’s office knows firsthand about Carriker’s gender identity.

“The suspect has not identified themselves as trans. They have only identified themselves as male,” Khalif said at Wednesday’s news conference. “But the language spewed out by the conservative press is violent and is dangerous, and it’s targeting trans women of color. It’s rallying the community to be violent, and we’re better than that.”

Khalif condemned those who label trans people as “killers.”

“They are the most vulnerable to violence,” he said. “They want to live their lives, and they have every right to do so, and we will not allow conservative bigots to use that type of language to attack trans people.”

District Attorney Larry Krasner expressed similar sentiments.

“There are some people for whom hate is a full-time job,” Krasner said. “And if they can stay away from the facts and talk about nonsense, that’s what they’re going to do.”

Conservative lawmakers and right-wing pundits have increasingly tried to blame mass shootings on trans people or spread conspiracy theories started on far-right websites that shootings suspects are trans.

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To: MrRelevant

His blackness is a trope imposed by white nationalism. Or something.


41 posted on 07/06/2023 8:13:13 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: arthurus

the original trannies were the feminists ... men in female bodies ...


42 posted on 07/06/2023 8:16:50 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s amazing to me that we have allowed such unserious people as Larry Krasner into positions of power. He should be cleaning toilets.


43 posted on 07/06/2023 8:16:54 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: bankwalker

Women who feel that God or somebody cheated them of their rightful status as men. Those feminists believe that females are inferior to males and resent being made female.


44 posted on 07/06/2023 8:22:01 AM PDT by arthurus ( Covefe +u+)
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To: sport

But faggot Anthony Kennedy found a “right” to faggot marriage in the constitution after he did a thorough review of the cherished document!


45 posted on 07/06/2023 8:31:24 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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