assault rifle/ak-47 and multiple magazines. the defendant stated once inside the store he opened fire, using his ak-47 shooting multiple innocent victims. the defendant stated his target were mexicans. mexicans. there has been a little ripple you can start to see growing on the right. a little ripple of denialism about the el paso attack. anti-immigrant groups in particular have been sort of softly, softly suggesting that maybe race and immigration wasn t the motivation for the shooter at all. maybe he was just some crazy kid. i mean, beyond what appears to be the online statement from the shooter explaining his motives and now what the el paso detectives say he said to them as soon as he was arrested, having volunteered that he was the shooter, it does seem like his motive, the racially specific nature of his motive should now be considered a
anti-immigrant groups in particular have been sort of softly, softly suggesting that maybe race and immigration wasn t the motivation for the shooter at all. maybe he was just some crazy kid. i mean, beyond what appears to be the online statement from the shooter explaining his motives and now what the el paso detectives say, he said to them, as soon as he was arrested, having volunteered that he was the shooter, it does seem like his motive, the racially specific nature of his motive should now be considered a settled issue. this weekend will mark the two-year anniversary of what is now just shorthanded in this country as charlottesville. the neo-nazi/white supremacist gathering in charlottesville, virginia, in august 2017, during which neo-nazi and white supremacist protesters marched around holding torches, saying things like you will not
he entered the store with an assault rifle/ak-47 and multiple magazines. the defendant stated once inside the store, he opened fire using his ak-47, shooting multiple innocent victims. the defendant stated his target was mexicans. mexicans. there has been a little ripple that you can start to see growing on the right. a little ripple of denialism about the el paso attack. anti-immigrant groups in particular have been sort of softly, softly suggesting that maybe race and immigration wasn t the motivation for the shooter at all. maybe he was just some crazy kid. i mean, beyond what appears to be the online statement from the shooter explaining his motives and now what the el paso detectives say, he said to them, as soon as he was arrested, having volunteered that he was the shooter, it does seem like his motive, the racial lly specific nature of his motive