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TLDR: El Paso Gunman allegedly posted manifesto saying he deliberately targeted Hispanics because of immigration and automation affecting his employment prospec
by ETHisso2017 7y ago
TLDR: El Paso Gunman allegedly posted manifesto saying he deliberately targeted Hispanics because of immigration and automation affecting his employment prospects and risking "ethnic replacement"
Video transcript (condensed):
They have found a manifesto. Police are not yet confirming police are not yet confirming that the manifesto was tied to that the manifesto was tied to or written by the suspect that or written by the suspect that they have in custody, but that they have in custody, but that seems to be the working seems to be the working assumption at the moment. Assumption at the moment.
[...] It’s three pages of hatred against immigrant and people against immigrant and people view it basically as invaders to view it basically as invaders to the united states where they the united states where they believe -- and people generally believe -- and people generally on this extremist forum where on this extremist forum where these people get radicalized these people get radicalized believe that there is only so believe that there is only so much space or only so many jobs much space or only so many jobs in this country and it’s being in this country and it’s being replaced by mexican immigrants.
[...] And in his case he also believed in automation. In automation. So it is a racist and so it is a racist and anti-immigrant manifesto that anti-immigrant manifesto that was posted on a site known was posted on a site known exclusively for that. Exclusively for that. And this is not the first time and this is not the first time this has happened. This has happened. The christchurch shooter who the christchurch shooter who killed 49 people posted his killed 49 people posted his manifesto on the same website manifesto on the same website 4chan a month after that 4chan a month after that christchurch shooting there was christchurch shooting there was a manifesto posted by the a manifesto posted by the synagogue shooter. Synagogue shooter. And last week the gilroy and last week the gilroy shooter, he told people that has shooter, he told people that has been posted to 4chan literally a been posted to 4chan literally a hundred times. Hundred times. This is a real issue. This is a real issue. There is a body count associated there is a body count associated with this website now. With this website now. And i think people are going to and i think people are going to start having to look into it. Start having to look into it. >> there’s a body count >> there’s a body count associated with the website. Associated with the website.
[...] And it is exclusively a place where people post about the where people post about the upcoming race war basically. Upcoming race war basically. That’s where today after the that’s where today after the shooting the shooter is viewed shooting the shooter is viewed as a martyr. As a martyr. That’s what they’re talking that’s what they’re talking about right now on that website. About right now on that website. This is a place where -- this is a place where -- >> yeah.
[...] In fact, he messed up uploading the pdf at first and posted it the pdf at first and posted it again. Again. He knew what he was doing. He knew what he was doing. He knew exactly what he was he knew exactly what he was targeting. Targeting. It’s a call to action. It’s a call to action. It’s not simply just his it’s not simply just his believes in stuff. Believes in stuff. He’s saying i’m a part of a much he’s saying i’m a part of a much larger thing. Larger thing. That’s what this is about for that’s what this is about for these people.