Posted on 02/11/2015 4:22:24 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
(CNN)—A 46-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of three Muslim students in an apartment near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.
Police haven't said what may have compelled the accused, Craig Stephen Hicks, to allegedly carry out the attack Tuesday evening. He turned himself into police later in the night.
But given the victims' religion and comments the alleged shooter apparently left on a Facebook page, many social media users wondered what role, if any, the victims' faith played.
The victims were Muslims: Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; Yusor Mohammad, 21; and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19.
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Let’s see if the “random violence against random people” meme works in this instance.....
I fear the backlash / knee-jerk reactions from this will be with us forever.
anyone see my bag of “give a shi’ite?
It has to be random violence. I’m pretty sure the shooter didn’t know the victims’ names—and that IS the standard touted by Obama, isn’t it?
I do not think so. Remember this is the age of the 24 hour news cycle and things come and go, then get forgotten real fast.
The will of Allah
The shooter appears to be an atheist.
the victims were thought to be queer
Hicks is being held on three counts of first-degree murder.
In one post widely shared online, Hicks, who claimed he is an atheist, allegedly wrote: "When it comes to insults, your religion started this, not me. If your religion kept its big mouth shut, so would I."
CNN couldn't independently confirm the authenticity of the post or his Facebook page.
I place blame on national/state governments that have done not only nothing to deal with the virus of islam, they have encouraged and abetted it.
It was only a matter of time until a nutcase committed murder.
Americans grow very weary of being told we must allow unhindered invasion by the third world and barbarian cultures.
I sure hope no one says “That’s a good start”. That would be so wrong
I’m sure the president is gravely concerned about the possibility of a violent back-lash against non-muslims. He’ll probably even speak to the nation about it this afternoon or this evening, urging muslims to remain calm and not take out their anger on innocent non-muslims.
UK DAILY MAIL PHOTOS ETC
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2948803/Man-arrested-3-shot-death-North-Carolina.html
I agree.
Saying “That’s a good start” would be very wrong.
Is this guy a nutcase?
Yup. Muslims can slaughter millions and will use the “Chapel Hill Massacre” as an equivalency.
Chalk up three more under the “Killed by Atheists” column.
Not a faked hate crime....Anti-Jihadists will be slammed and shamed.
ABCNBCCNNMSNBCCBS have the perfect story for “the narrative” which is the same narrative for them all.
If the shooter isn’t a ROP’er, they will find the motive right away, and charge him with a hate crime.
The shooting isn’t the hate crime. The fact that the victims are ROP is enough to force the police to assume that the motive was “hate”.
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