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Jacksonville shooter who targeted Black shoppers had swastikas drawn on rifle

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/multiple-people-dead-incident-jacksonville-dollar-general-mayor-says-rcna101977

The shooter, a white man, killed three people after writing messages of hatred for Black people. He killed himself after opening fire in a dollar store.

Jacksonville shooter who targeted Black shoppers had swastikas drawn on rifle

The shooter, a white man, killed three people after writing messages of hatred for Black people. He killed himself after opening fire in a dollar store.

A white gunman fatally shot three Black people in hate-motivated shooting at a Dollar General retailer in Jacksonville on Saturday afternoon, Sheriff T.K. Waters said.

"This shooting was racially motivated, and he hated Black people," the sheriff said at a news conference. "He wanted to kill n------."

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MegaSloth

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It's a joke on how white mass shooters are portrayed as victims of society instead of as terrorists

maus

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I mean... aren't they both?

abbotsbury

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There are millions of poor people that don't commit hate crimes or terrorism.

LarryTheMatador

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iHUNTcriminals

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Well was it a black cat?

DragonTypeWyvern

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Yes yes we're all tragedies of pseudo-random determinism, 7 billion products of our environment, very sad much insight.

That's why you have to put down the rabid dogs humanely.

Hadriscus

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Yes, but thats's removing responsibility on the perpetrator's part, and we obviously can't do that. We're assumed to be responsible for our actions.

maus

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We can hold someone responsible for their own actions while still acknowledging that people are a product of their own environment and try to study and address the underlying societal/economic conditions that led to these situations occurring in the first place.