Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Former classmate of Trump rally gunman says he was ‘bullied almost every day’
NBC News ^ | 14/7/24

Posted on 07/14/2024 3:29:53 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

A former classmate of the 20-year-old Pennsylvania man law enforcement identified as the shooter who opened fire at former President Donald Trump’s rally says he was "bullied almost every day" at school. NBC News' Shaq Brewster reports on what is known about the background and life of Thomas Matthew Crooks.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bullying; highschool; loner; shooter; thomascrooks; thomasmatthewcrooks
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-79 next last
Now they'll change the subject to bullying, say Trump is a bully. Sob. He makes fun of us. Waaah! And back to business as usual.

I figured Crooks was bullied just by looking at his photos.

1 posted on 07/14/2024 3:29:53 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

So why didn’t any of these people step up and and help him?


2 posted on 07/14/2024 3:32:46 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

It has been what, twenty years or more when we were told that bullying at school was a serious issue? Zero tolerance we we assured. Public schools. Ya gotta love ‘em…


3 posted on 07/14/2024 3:33:51 PM PDT by fhayek
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Fai Mao

Yup


4 posted on 07/14/2024 3:34:52 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

I was bullied almost every day in school. I don’t feel like shooting anybody.


5 posted on 07/14/2024 3:35:01 PM PDT by Jemian (We will NOT sit idly by and accept this.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

There is no excuse for attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate. Many of us were bullied.


6 posted on 07/14/2024 3:35:34 PM PDT by madison10
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

Nobody gives a shit! This POS left high school in 2022. That’s two years ago. Try running that bully bull$hit on someone else. If the f-er was so miserable in his life, he should have done himself in. In reality though, this is the type of person the alphabet agencies look for, to work for them. I wonder if he was recruited when BlackRock came to his high school, and filmed him in that video Laura Loomer discovered.


7 posted on 07/14/2024 3:35:58 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

Maybe the kid liked to make scary threats and was voted the student most likely to stage a Columbine. My image of bullying is the traditional one of an overgrown held back student taking lunch money from undersized nerds and roughing them up for fun. These days, simply getting hazed verbally is counted as bullying. What delicate flowers we’re raising these days - and those are just the guys.


8 posted on 07/14/2024 3:37:38 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

I wonder if the shooter was selected then nudged.


9 posted on 07/14/2024 3:38:07 PM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

Exactly the kind of guy always picked for such missions. So old fashioned.


10 posted on 07/14/2024 3:38:16 PM PDT by Yaelle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

This guy grew up, hearing over and over Trump is evil and meanwhile, he was an outcast, its not surprising he went to such a dark place in my opinion.


11 posted on 07/14/2024 3:39:24 PM PDT by goodolemr
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

The Perp as Victim.


12 posted on 07/14/2024 3:40:39 PM PDT by xoxox
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jemian

Me too. But back then kids weren’t medicated for ADD and depression.


13 posted on 07/14/2024 3:42:47 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Jemian

Nor do I.


14 posted on 07/14/2024 3:43:06 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: madison10

Exactly.


15 posted on 07/14/2024 3:44:07 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Fai Mao

These apologists are on the same speed dial as the crazies they call up to shoot up schools and former Presidents


16 posted on 07/14/2024 3:44:09 PM PDT by knarf (BEC)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: goodolemr

And where were the parents? I assume he lived at home but don’t know for sure. He used his father’s rifle. Both parents Dems evidently. Was it a ploy for infamy? Guess that is the likely explanation. Not yet buying the conspiracy. I think it is more incompetence by the SS and local law enforcement. Fact is the shooter is dead and we will probably never really know. Sounds like he had few if any friends as no one has come forward.


17 posted on 07/14/2024 3:45:01 PM PDT by Tuxedo (No quarter)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5
I figured Crooks was bullied just by looking at his photos.

Yeah. He's also kind of got that Fetal Alcohol Syndrome look about him.

18 posted on 07/14/2024 3:45:39 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mass55th
I wonder if he was recruited when BlackRock came to his high school

To become an investment manager?

19 posted on 07/14/2024 3:47:10 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Eleutheria5

my question: Why did the affluent sophisticated parents allow him to stay in the school where he was bullied?

when this happened to my son (I heard about it from another parent, the school ignored what was going on because the bullies had freedom of speech), I changed his school. There are alternatives for such kids.


20 posted on 07/14/2024 3:48:41 PM PDT by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-79 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson