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  • Dodgers' Mookie Betts opts for Airbnb over "haunted" team hotel in Milwaukee

    05/10/2023 2:24:50 AM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 12 replies
    KCAL NEWS ^ | MAY 10, 2023 | DEAN FIORESI
    Though he's well-known for haunting opposing team's pitching staffs, Dodgers' star outfielder Mookie Betts has opted for alternative living accommodations during their three-game series against the Brewers after hearing too much about one hotel with a ghostly reputation. Instead of joining the rest of the team at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee, Betts will be staying with some friends at a rented Airbnb until the team heads back on the road come Wednesday. The luxurious hotel, which ranks as one of the most haunted hotels in the country, opened back in the 1800, and has as much of a...
  • Ohio shooter’s parents apologise for ‘insensitive’ obituary

    08/15/2019 6:52:05 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 48 replies
    BBC ^ | 08/15/2019
    The family of the Dayton, Ohio shooter have apologised for releasing an "insensitive" obituary that fails to mention the "terrible tragedy". Connor Betts, 24, was a "funny, articulate and intelligent man", the tribute said. The killing of his sister and eight others in a shooting on 4 August was not acknowledged. Conner & Koch, a funeral home in Bellbrooke, Ohio, posted the obituary to its website on Tuesday. A separate obituary posted on the website for their 22-year-old daughter, Megan - who was among her brother's victims - did not mention the shooting either. Friends of Megan say she identified...
  • Feds: Dayton gunman’s friend bought body armor, firearm accessory, magazine

    08/12/2019 1:16:48 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 43 replies
    WDTV ^ | 08/12/2019
    Ethan Kollie, 24, of Kettering, has been charged with federally lying on federal firearms forms in order to purchase weapons and with illegally possessing those weapons. Kollie allegedly told agents that he likes guns and currently owns a handgun and a micro Draco pistol. He also indicated that he purchased body armor and a firearm component for Betts earlier this year. Kollie agreed to allow agents to search his home, and while inside, they say they smelled marijuana and observed in plain sight a bong and the Drago pistol. During a second interview on Aug. 8, Kollie told to agents...
  • Dayton shooter Connor Betts’ slain sister was a transgender man: report

    08/10/2019 4:10:13 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 115 replies
    New York Post ^ | August 9, 2019 | Natalie O'Neil
    The “sister” of the Dayton, Ohio, shooter who was killed during the attack identified as a transgender guy — although his family had no idea, according to a report and some of his own social media posts. Connor Betts’ 22-year-old sibling was named by authorities as Megan Betts in the days after the mass shooting, with cops releasing a statement saying relatives had lost “a daughter.” But he apparently went by the name Jordan Cofer, and identified as a male, although he was only “out” to a small circle of friends, according to Splinter News, which spoke to several of...
  • FBI reviewing Ohio shooter’s interest in violent ideology

    08/06/2019 2:51:34 PM PDT · by Magnatron · 52 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 6 August 2019 | JOHN SEEWER and KANTELE FRANKO
    The shooter who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, had expressed a desire to commit a mass shooting and showed an interest in violent ideology, investigators said Tuesday as the FBI announced it is opening an investigation. Federal investigators will try to determine what ideologies influenced 24-year-old Connor Betts, who might have helped him or knew in advance of his plan, and why he chose the specific target of Dayton’s Oregon entertainment district for the shooting early Sunday, said Special Agent Todd Wickerham, the head of the FBI’s Cincinnati field office. Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl said Betts had “violent...
  • Dayton Shooter’s Girlfriend Says He Showed Her Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Video On First Date

    08/06/2019 4:24:36 PM PDT · by grundle · 19 replies
    CBS News Pittsburgh ^ | August 6, 2019
    <p>DAYTON, Ohio (KDKA/AP) – An ex-girlfriend of the Ohio gunman who killed nine people says he showed her a video of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting on their first date.</p> <p>Adelia Johnson says in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that Connor Betts often joked about having dark thoughts. She says he told her that he had bipolar disorder and that his talk didn’t scare her because she thought it was a symptom of his mental illness.</p>
  • Pictured: Ohio Shooter Wore Antifa Mask and Woman’s Dress

    08/06/2019 5:16:22 PM PDT · by DFG · 24 replies
    Summit News ^ | 08/06/2019 | Paul Joseph Watson
    The Dayton, Ohio mass shooter was a member of a death metal band called ‘Menstrual Munchies’ and was pictured during one on-stage performance in an Antifa mask and a woman’s dress. As we reported earlier, the mainstream media is finally beginning to acknowledge that Connor Betts was a far-left extremist who expressed support for the anti-ICE terrorist, Antifa and the presidential candidacy of Elizabeth Warren, as well as retweeting numerous left-wing personalities and news outlets. Now Death Metal Underground’s Robert de Sandford reports that in a 2018 performance video posted to Facebook (since removed), “Betts dons a dress and a...
  • The Dayton Murderer Is Proof We Need To Take Left-Wing Violence Seriously

    08/06/2019 2:48:49 PM PDT · by Magnatron · 27 replies
    Forward ^ | 6 August 2019 | Cathy Young
    Amidst the disturbing trend of political conflict in the United States escalating into violence, it has been a staple of conventional wisdom that the real danger comes almost entirely from the far right. Thus, after journalist Andy Ngo was beaten up by activists from the militant left-wing “Antifascist” movement at a protest in late June, commentators such as Vox’s Zack Beauchamp cautioned against attempts to portray Antifa’s record of violent behavior as even remotely comparable to that of far-right extremists. Beauchamp quoted an Anti-Defamation League primer on Antifa which said, “To date, there have not been any known Antifa-related murders.”...
  • CNN Forced to Report Left-Wing Ideology of Dayton Shooter

    08/06/2019 12:59:53 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 14 replies
    Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | August 6, 2019 | Rush Limbaugh
    RUSH: Grab sound bite number 3. This is CNN New Day today. CNN was shamed into reporting the truth about the left-wing views of the Dayton shooter. They sent a reporter to Dayton whose name is Polo Sandoval. Polo Sandoval, they’ve sent to Dayton, Ohio, to basically find out what I told everybody yesterday. All you have to do is look at this guy’s Twitter feed and you find out he’s a left-wing radical wacko. But, see, that didn’t fit the media narrative. (impression) “No, no! This guy, like El Paso, this guy’s a rock-ribbed conservative white supremacist, white nationalist.”...
  • Connor Betts' ex-girlfriend reveals he showed her a video of a mass shooting on their first date

    08/06/2019 11:10:12 AM PDT · by detective · 54 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | August 6th 2019 | Emily Crane
    Shortened title. Full title: Dayton gunman Connor Betts' ex-girlfriend reveals he showed her a video of a mass shooting on their first date and took her to a gun range before they broke up in May The ex-girlfriend of Dayton gunman Connor Betts says he showed her a video of a mass shooting on their first date and that he took her to a gun range. Adelia Johnson, who said she dated Betts for a few months before their relationship ended in May, told NBC's Today that the 24-year-old had struggled with mental illness and he didn't get the help...
  • Dayton shooter appeared to tweet extreme left views and had an abiding interest in violence

    08/06/2019 8:44:20 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 29 replies
    CNN ^ | August 6, 2019 | Paul P. Murphy, Konstantin Toropin, Drew Griffin and Scott Bronstein
    A Twitter account that appears to belong to Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts retweeted extreme left-wing and anti-police posts, as well as tweets supporting Antifa... The most recent tweet on the @iamthespookster account was on August 3, the day of the shooting, when he retweeted a post saying, "Millenials have a message for the Joe Biden generation: hurry up and die." The user's Twitter bio reads: "he/him / anime fan / metalhead / leftist / I'm going to hell and I'm not coming back." One tweet used the hashtag #HailSatan. Another person, who asked not to be named for privacy...
  • Dayton shooter Connor Betts was in a ‘pornogrind’ metal band: report

    08/05/2019 3:56:51 PM PDT · by DFG · 69 replies
    NY Post ^ | 08/05/2019 | Chris Perez
    Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts was reportedly the lead singer of a misogynistic “pornogrind” metal band called Menstrual Munchies — which released songs about rape, murder, necrophilia and other gruesome acts against women. “I feel s–tty having let him be in the band, doing those lyrics,” said bandmate Jesse Creekbaum in an interview with VICE News. “It’s like, Jesus Christ, how much of this was like real life for him?” Betts, 24, slaughtered nine people on Sunday — including his own sister — with an AR-style rifle before being killed by police. He also managed to wound 27. “I know,...
  • Twitter Account Allegedly Linked to Ohio Shooter Retweeted Doxxing of ICE Employees

    08/05/2019 3:10:12 PM PDT · by detective · 21 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 5 Aug 2019 | Joel B. Pollak
    The Twitter account that has been linked to the gunman behind the mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, early Sunday morning re-tweeted a list purporting to provide names of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees. Twitter suspended the alleged account, @iamthespookster, on Sunday evening after several outlets had reported it belonged to the Ohio shooter, who murdered nine people and wounded dozens more before being fatally shot by police. Screen-grabs of the @iamthespookster account showed tweets that supported socialism, opposed the election of Donald Trump, and backed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for president in the 2020 election. The @iamthespookster account also...
  • The Dayton Ohio Terrorist was a Far Left Wing Activist

    08/05/2019 1:58:52 PM PDT · by detective · 23 replies
    Cernovich.com ^ | 8/5/2019 | Mike Cernovich
    The Dayton Ohio terrorist was a pro-ANTIFA far left wing activist who regularly followed far left wing media and activist accounts. One of the last Tweets Connor Betts engaged with was one from far left wing activist Jared Holt spreading disinformation about me. To know that a terrorist was reading about me hours before he went on his attack is chilling, and shows why the far left targets me. They are sending signals to their terrorist fan base. Some would say that Connor Betts’ likes and retweets aren’t relevant. We can dismiss that argument because all of the people cited...
  • Most Of The Dayton Shooting Victims Were Black. Here Are Their Stories.

    08/05/2019 11:26:47 AM PDT · by Presbyterian Reporter · 50 replies
    newsone ^ | 8/5/2019 | Megan Sims
    The country was rocked by three mass shootings that killed at least 32 people over the last eight days. In the most recent shooting six out of the nine people killed at a bar in Dayton, Ohio, were Black. On Saturday, Connor Betts arrived at the city’s Oregon District, which is known as a popular area for entertainment and dining. Betts opened fire and within 32 seconds, he used an AR-15-style assault rifle and a 100-round drum to kill nine people — including his own sister — and then headed to the bar Ned Peppers, which is reportedly frequented by...
  • Twitter Suspends Account Allegedly Linked to Ohio Shooter

    08/05/2019 11:10:51 AM PDT · by detective · 22 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 4 Aug 2019 | Joel B. Pollak
    Twitter suspended an account Sunday evening allegedly linked to the gunman who killed nine and wounded dozens outside a Dayton, Ohio, bar early Sunday morning, after several reports identified the account and noted its left-wing political orientation. The user, “@iamthespookster,” identified as a “leftist,” according to the Twitter profile. The suspended account tweeted in support of socialism, against the election of President Donald Trump, and in favor of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for president in 2020. Breitbart News obtained several screenshots from the account before it was suspended:
  • Dayton gunman Betts described himself as a pro-Satan ‘leftist’ who despised Donald Trump

    08/05/2019 11:00:25 AM PDT · by detective · 23 replies
    The Sun ^ | 5 Aug 2019 | Jon Rogers
    Shortened title. Full title: FULL OF HATE Dayton gunman Connor Betts described himself on social media as a pro-Satan ‘leftist’ who despised Donald Trump The Ohio gunman described himself as a pro-Satan “leftist” who hated President Trump. Connor Betts, 24, was shot dead by cops on Sunday after he had gone on the rampage in Dayton, killing nine people including his sister Megan. In one message he posted on Twitter under the name “iamthespookster” Betts wrote: “I want socialism, and i’ll not wait for the idiots to finally come round to understanding.” The account, which has now been removed by...
  • Classmates: Connor Betts Kept a ‘Hit List’ and a ‘Rape List’

    08/05/2019 10:49:51 AM PDT · by em2vn · 50 replies
    Breitbart.com ^ | 08-05-2019 | staff
    3:54 DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill and a “rape list” of girls he wanted to sexually assault.
  • Classmates: Ohio shooter kept a ‘hit list’ and a ‘rape list’

    08/05/2019 6:25:32 AM PDT · by Presbyterian Reporter · 32 replies
    apnews ^ | 8/5/2019 | MICHAEL BIESECKER and JULIE CARR SMYTH
    High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill and a “rape list” of girls he wanted to sexually assault. The accounts by two former classmates emerged after police said there was nothing in the background of 24-year-old Connor Betts that would have prevented him from purchasing the .223-caliber rifle with extended ammunition magazines that he used to open fire outside a crowded bar. Police on patrol in the entertainment district fatally shot him less than a minute later....
  • Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts slaughtered own sister during rampage: officials

    08/04/2019 1:46:30 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 50 replies
    NY Post ^ | August 4, 2019 | 1:59pm | Aaron Feis
    The Dayton mass shooting gunman’s sister and her boyfriend were among the nine victims killed in the slaughter, officials revealed Sunday. Suspect killed after mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio Megan Betts, 22, was shot dead when her brother, 24-year-old Connor Betts, opened fire [cut] Officials confirmed that one of the male victims was Megan Betts’ boyfriend