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muriel_volestrangler

(101,361 posts)
Sun Feb 15, 2015, 07:58 AM Feb 2015

Halifax shooting plot looks like either far right or Columbine-inspired; 2 charged

James Gamble identified as dead teen linked to alleged Halifax shooting plot

The 19–year–old found dead in connection with the potential mass shootings in Halifax has been identified as James Gamble, CBC News has confirmed.

Gamble left behind a blog filled with disturbing and dark images of death, shootings and references to the 1999 Columbine high school massacre in Colorado. It also has several references to Adolf Hitler and Nazis.
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Police said they seized three long-barrelled rifles from the home where Gamble's body was discovered.
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One, operated by two girls "brought together by a mutual interest in Columbine" among other things, posted a memorial to Gamble.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/james-gamble-identified-as-dead-teen-linked-to-alleged-halifax-shooting-plot-1.2958030

Randall Steven Shepherd, Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath charged in Halifax shooting plot

Two people were arrested at Halifax Stanfield International Airport and have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder after an alleged plot was foiled to kill a large number of people at the Halifax Shopping Centre in the city's west end on Valentine's Day.

Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath, a 23-year-old from Geneva, Ill., and Randall Steven Shepherd, 20, of Halifax have been charged.

A 17-year-old male from Cole Harbour, N.S., was originally arrested, but has since been released without charges.
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Neither Brennan nor Halifax Regional Police Chief Jean-Michel Blais would characterize the alleged plot as terrorism. They say their investigation shows the plan had nothing to do with ethnic or political motivation.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/randall-steven-shepherd-lindsay-kantha-souvannarath-charged-in-halifax-shooting-plot-1.2957685
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Halifax shooting plot looks like either far right or Columbine-inspired; 2 charged (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Feb 2015 OP
Not Muslims? Then it is not newsworthy except on page 10. The entire media is bigotted. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #1
Attacks that get stopped before they could have happened don't always get big coverage muriel_volestrangler Feb 2015 #2
...............handy and topical graphic to simplify the concept for folks........... Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #3
That cartoon was out-of-date before it was ever posted muriel_volestrangler Feb 2015 #4

muriel_volestrangler

(101,361 posts)
2. Attacks that get stopped before they could have happened don't always get big coverage
Sun Feb 15, 2015, 10:42 AM
Feb 2015

Brusthom Ziamani is an example. I can find only one American report about his trial. I can't see that his arrest, in August, was publicised enough in the USA for anyone on DU to comment about it.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
3. ...............handy and topical graphic to simplify the concept for folks...........
Sun Feb 15, 2015, 10:47 AM
Feb 2015

Foiled plots should get more intention - victories over terrorism are ignored but terrorist victories are covered. Terrorists must love that. Media loves covering the successes...keeps the fear going.

But success by Christian terrorists, not so much.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,361 posts)
4. That cartoon was out-of-date before it was ever posted
Sun Feb 15, 2015, 10:59 AM
Feb 2015

6am, Eastern time, ABC had made those shootings their top story, and the names of the victims were only released about 2am. The cartoonist fired off a kneejerk 'Western media will ignore this' cartoon when he had no idea if it was being ignored or not. And he was wrong.

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