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Offline Queefer Sutherland

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Re: Danforth Shooting
« Reply #30 on: July 24, 2018, 05:26:26 pm »
Given his name I am sure many will jump to the conclusion that thus was radical Muslim terror, but there doesn't appear to be anything to suggest that this was anything more than a mentally ill individual acting out.

This is from a statement from the family, seemingly coordinated with the police and media given the timing his ID and the statement from family was released.  This isn't proof he was mentally ill, it's an allegation from the family.  He certainly could have been.  He could have been mentally ill and radicalized also.  Or none of the above.  We won't know the real story until we know the evidence.

CBS News (and American outfit, interestingly) is reporting the attacker allegedly was already known to police for online activity and visited ISIS websites, which itself proves nothing (anyone can visit a website).  In the article there's a fair bit of speculation rather than evidence, which I find unprofessional & suspect.

TORONTO -- Canadian investigators were digging Tuesday into the life of the 29-year-old man who opened fire on restaurants and cafes in a popular Toronto neighborhood, seeking to explain what prompted the rampage that killed a 10-year-old girl and a young woman and wounded 13 others. Investigators in Canada have indications that Faisal Hussain visited Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) websites and may have expressed support for the terrorist group, a law enforcement source told CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faisal-hussain-toronto-shooting-rampage-new-details-emerge-about-gunman-2018-07-24/

We have to understand that within government there are certain sensitive subjects that become very politicized because of the public response that will come from it, and those cases will be handled differently and much more carefully than others by gov because of PR.  For instance, any crime, especially ****, from a Syrian refugee living in Canada would be carefully handled by authorities because of the anticipated PR and negative public response to such news.  A Muslim person committing a mass shooting would also be dealt with differently than a white shooter because it causes a PR mess and a backlash against Muslims in Canada.  Now imagine if this guy was a former ISIS fighter the gov was trying to rehabilitate?  This would be a PR disaster for the Trudeau government and would be handled very, very carefully with coordination between police, federal government, and the media.
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