Editorial: “All too often these attacks are perpetrated by assailants who are either directly motivated by racial hatred or informed by it.” (via latimesopinion)
As usual, facts and truth are elusive in the hours after a mass shooting. Early reports on the murderous rampage at an El Paso shopping mall put the death toll at at least 20, with more people hospitalized with grave injuries. Chillingly, but not surprisingly,whether anti-immigrant statements posted online were written by the alleged gunman, and whether such details provide a path to understanding this latest mass atrocity.
We must first pause at the weapon. Some sort of rifle, witnesses say. It wouldn’t be a sucker’s bet to wager that it was a semiautomatic combat-style firearm, which seems to be the weapon style of choice. This is umpteenth example of why such firearms do not belong in the hands of civilians. They are designed to kill as many people as possible in a short period of time, and once again that truism has proved itself out in the bloody slaughter of people doing their Saturday shopping.
But moving on. All too often these attacks are perpetrated by assailants who are either directly motivated by racial hatred or informed by it. The gunman who killed three people in Gilroy just last week had urged people to read a 19century novel that is a cult favorite among white supremacists.
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