Evidence of New Mexico School shooters involvement in the racist "alt-right" is overwhelming

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Southern Poverty Law Center


February 08, 2018

Keegan Hankes

Officials from the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office (SJCSO) in New Mexico dismissed the findings of a recent report by the Southern Poverty Law Center that documented the influence of the alt-right on William Edward Atchison, the 21-year-old man who killed two students — Francisco I. Fernandez and Casey J. Marquez — and himself at his former high school last December.

Speaking to the Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday, Bryce Current, the internal affairs captain for SJCSO, alleged that the report was an attempt to “politicize” the tragedy, stating, “I don’t think this has anything to do with political agenda.”

Jayme Harcrow, a SJCSO spokeswoman, also told the AP that investigators hadn’t found evidence tying Atchison’s motivations to the alt-right.

The SPLC report, however, did not allege that Atchison was necessarily motivated to perpetrate the shooting by the alt-right’s misogyny and racism, but rather that he spent years stewing in the online communities and propaganda that define the ideology and intentionally foster grievance, injustice, and resentment — all well-documented predictors of mass violence.

Read more: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/02/08/evidence-new-mexico-school-shooter’s-involvement-racist-alt-right-overwhelming

[dbackjon]

1. So he was radicalized by the neo-Nazi Trump base

Domestic Terrorism.


If he was Muslim, with all the same other facts, they'd have no problem calling it what it was: Terrorism.

[hobby10113]

2. Why am I not shocked about the sheriffs office saying this.

That part of New Mexico is red as can be. Between the ABQ journals racist editorial cartoon and now this. I promise most of New Mexico isn’t this bad.

[burrowowl]

7. No we are not!

But there is the ABQ Journal and a few counties that have a lot of deep;orables.

[joshcryer]

4. I did a bit of research about this guy, apparently he was an admin on a troll wiki, and well known.

Encyclopedia Dramatica is like the 4chan of Wikipedia's, lots of trolling, bashing people on the internet, purposefully choosing the most repugnant of positions to be "edgy." I was going to link their page but it's easy enough to find (search "encyclopedia dramatica William Atchison" ). The page is extremely fucked up and this guy had more than a few screws loose.

The problem with troll sites like that is that while everyone thinks they're being "edgy" and "funny" and "cool" spewing racist homophobic garbage, kill lists for mass killers, etc, there are at least a few of their users who actually believe the stuff that is on there.

[Initech]

3. Some of Trump's "very fine people". Got it.

[Mc Mike]

5. Not surprising, thanks for covering this. rec, Nt.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. alt-facts trump evidence

Facts are not important if they do not match the agenda.
Don't want alt-right under scrutiny? Dismiss the findings!

Climate is weather, abusers are honorable, dictators are adorable.
We thrive on alternative facts, not science!

The good news is that this shit adds impetus to the blue wave.

[ck4829]

8. K&R