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It’s a weird story. It claims he aimed at the cop, who then backed off. There probably was enough time do do something but it probably would’ve risked the cop getting himself shot.

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    jeffw OP ,
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    Reports were he was shot from behind (initial witness testimony, at least). There’s more info out there on positioning now but I haven’t read it all

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    Womp womp, ig I’ll delete the post. Any suggestions for a different community to post it on? I don’t normally post to picture communities

    jeffw ,
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    I thought this was about modding Wii and DS systems… oof

    jeffw ,
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    Already came out that he donated to a liberal group once. They will latch onto that

    jeffw , (edited )
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    I remember canvassing for Bernie back in 2016 and I knocked on a few doors of people who said “oh sorry, I switched to Republican to try to block Trump”. This is completely anecdotal evidence but it does happen. It’s rare though.

    Edit: did a touch of cyber stalking… dad is a registered libertarian, mom is a democrat

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    I read the FEC page. Same name, same zip code. Highly unlikely it’s someone else. Kid was 17 at the time and his job was “Not Employed”

    NYTimes screenshot of the FEC document:

    static01.nyt.com/…/ac182c3a-full.pdf

    The donation is almost certainly him

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    Dad and sister are registered libertarians. Mom is a registered dem. Take from that what you will. I’m sure we’ll learn more about him in the coming days and weeks.

    jeffw , (edited )
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    Maybe I’m crazy here but if I saw a dude with a rifle on a roof at a political rally I would 100% assume it was secret service. I don’t see much here that convinces me otherwise

    Edit: there is some evidence that he may have been on a roof. It’s hard to get accurate information this soon after an incident so we’ll see in the coming days

    Edit: yeah, pretty much confirmed it was the gunman, assuming this guy is talking about the right roof (secret service were on a different roof). I still stand by my original comment, I wouldn’t have thought anything of it if I saw it

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    That’s an interesting point. I’m sure they know where the others are but I’m sure there’s always a doubt

    jeffw , (edited )
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    Do not advocate or celebrate violence, please. Comments advocating violence will be deleted and bans will be issued.

    Also, please avoid promoting conspiracies. Discussing current events is fine but suggesting things like “it’s a false flag” without evidence is spreading a conspiracy.

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    The issue is the volume of comments about this being faked entirely or a false flag.

    jeffw ,
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    Oh so that’s why my official Lemmy moderator paycheck comes from the FBI?

    (This is a joke, we are not paid)

    jeffw ,
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    And a lot of bullets. We have those

    jeffw ,
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    I love when people downvote your comments as if half the shit you say on here isn’t facetious.

    Guys, I’m pretty sure they don’t actually think Biden is going to take your guns

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    whaddaya know, I guess we do have bullet trains

    jeffw , (edited )
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    I did some cyberstalking (someone actually built a whole ass family tree on Ancestry already, which was my source to look up the other info). Just a reminder, please don’t dox or post any publicly identifiable info on here.

    The alleged shooter did donate to a liberal group in 2021, age 17, before he was registered to vote. Rumors of this being another person are likely inaccurate, as the donor has the correct name and zip code listed.

    The alleged shooter is a registered Republican. Some have theorized he did this as a “stop Trump” sort of thing to vote in PA’s closed primaries. His father is a registered libertarian and his mother is a registered democrat. His sister is a registered libertarian.

    I imagine we will have more info on his background and motivation in the coming days and weeks. It’s possible that he could have any kind of political alignment. A lot of young men can get radicalized between 17 and 20.

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    If the only way you can discuss an assassination is by advocating for additional violence and pushing lies, then I guess not?

    jeffw ,
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    Not really what I said at all. “Hey guys, don’t make stuff up, please rely on credible sources, and don’t advocate for violence”.

    Or, in other words: follow the rules we’ve always had in place

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    If someone has made a claim that runs counter to commonly acknowledged information, please report it. If you need a few examples…

    You would need a source to say:

    • “the new COVID vaccine is dangerous because it has killed people”
    • “Donald Trump faked an attack on his life”
    • “this new medical treatment is extremely effective”

    You would NOT need a source to say:

    • “Donald Trump was subject of an assassination attempt” (commonly known and widely speculated to be an assassination attempt)
    • A personal preference like “Chocolate cake is the best kind of cake”
    jeffw ,
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    Very true, it’s a pretty typical age for schizophrenia to develop in men

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    This is an obscene display of wealth

    jeffw OP ,
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    The article doesn’t go super easy on the family, although it omits the company’s abuses:

    In 2000, India had nine billionaires, according to Oxfam. Now, India has 200 billionaires, who collectively hold around $1 trillion in wealth, according to Forbes — nearly a quarter of the country’s 2023 gross domestic product.

    A recent study about wealth and inequality in India subtitled “The Rise of the Billionaire Raj” found that the total wealth of billionaires has steadily increased from under 5 percent of national income in the 1990s to more than a fifth in 2022.

    The Ambani family’s wealth and influence are so unquestioned that even the use of public resources to aid his private festivities can be a source of pride. In March, the pre-wedding function they hosted in Jamnagar, a town in the western state of Gujarat where Reliance’s oil refinery is based, threatened to overwhelm the town’s small domestic airport.

    To Ms. Venkatesan, the celebration was about more than the wealthy getting wealthier; she was bothered by what she called the “valorization” of this kind of wealth.
    It’s not just the mind-boggling rise of billionaire wealth that is new, but also the way that wealth has created a new kind of royalty in a country well acquainted with maharajahs.
    Like yesteryear’s royal families, today’s billionaires are increasingly keeping their wealth within their class — either through dynastic succession or by marriage.

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    It’s like a minor slam

    jeffw OP ,
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    There was a company that did fried chicken and watermelon I think. I saw it somewhere on Lemmy

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