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LiberalElite

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17. He had been served with a restraining order about

Fri Feb 26, 2016, 09:26 PM

Feb 2016

90 minutes prior. It is thought that was the precipitating cause:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/26/us/kansas-shooting/

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(CNN)Ninety minutes before he opened fire in central Kansas, Cedric Ford got served a restraining order -- an act a local sheriff thinks led him to kill three people and wound 14 others.

"I believe that probably is the trigger, and it went from there," Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said Friday.
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Did race play a factor in the Kansas shooting? [View all] oberliner Feb 2016 OP

The shooter TeddyR Feb 2016 #1

Or perhaps the victim of a racist environment? oberliner Feb 2016 #5

Yeah TeddyR Feb 2016 #12

Of course oberliner Feb 2016 #14

Would it make a difference? cwydro Feb 2016 #2

It doesn't mean that angle shouldn't be explored philosslayer Feb 2016 #3

I think it would oberliner Feb 2016 #4

Well, I do agree that understanding motive is important. cwydro Feb 2016 #6

Good points oberliner Feb 2016 #7

Could've been romanic Feb 2016 #8

Yes, cwydro Feb 2016 #10

Maybe. Maybe not. But guns did. That's certain. Iggo Feb 2016 #9

Yeah TeddyR Feb 2016 #13

I'm still waiting for the threads melman Feb 2016 #11

Not a terrorist 1939 Feb 2016 #16

No Race isn't a factor (I live 20 minutes away) demtenjeep Feb 2016 #15

He had been served with a restraining order about LiberalElite Feb 2016 #17