Booter
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Active Shooter / Hostile Event ( ASHE ) prevention / response
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Looks like the shooter’s online life has been largely identified and dissected. Taking these at face value, there’s an ugly and increasingly familiar picture of a really, really screwed up kid who fell deeper into online nihilistic radicalization.
First, a solid article by the New York Times; I believe this has been gifted, I was able to read it sans paywall: Canada School Shooter’s Online Life Showed Interest in Violent Extremism
Second, a Twitter thread by Becca Spinks, who independently researches and basically hunts down online extremists. She very much knows her shit in this space:
First, a solid article by the New York Times; I believe this has been gifted, I was able to read it sans paywall: Canada School Shooter’s Online Life Showed Interest in Violent Extremism
Second, a Twitter thread by Becca Spinks, who independently researches and basically hunts down online extremists. She very much knows her shit in this space:
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Good catch on both of these. And for anyone who can't get thru to the NY Times piece, here's someplace else to check: https://archive.is/x9LcN
Here's a few more bits of the public record on the shooter's life via The Canadian Press & CTV News:
Documents, social media reveal Tumbler Ridge shooter's lifestyle
A picture of the troubled life of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar is emerging, with a court ruling depicting her family’s “nomadic lifestyle” and a gaming company removing her account, which was used to create a shopping mall massacre simulation. Online platform Roblox said in...
halifax.citynews.ca
Tumbler Ridge shooter’s family led ‘almost nomadic life’ during childhood: judge
The perpetrator of this week’s mass shooting at the high school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., led “an almost nomadic life” as a young child, according to a 2015 B.C. Supreme Court decision in a family law case.
www.ctvnews.ca
Sadly (like most of human life, I guess), a complicated-enough stew of factors that will allow the usual suspects of all camps to pick their fave contributing factor, politically meme the shit out of it, and ignore/downplay the whole interplay of more than one issue
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Statement from shooter's estranged father:
www.ctvnews.ca
Father of B.C. mass shooting suspect shares statement
The father of the suspect in this week’s horrific mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., has issued a statement on the tragedy.
www.ctvnews.ca
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A lesson learned should be that online radicalization is an equal opportunity employer.
Unfortunately our society is in a place where a tragedy like this immediately has many racing to affirm some kind of proof of their views (see, trans kids are dangerous/see, straight white males are violent/ see, immigrants are violent).
The Alberta separation online crew wasted no time in taking this tragedy and trying to capitalize on it.
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With the opposing camp saying “Lookit all the guns,” right?
Like I said, just enough to weaponize the issue of choice (no pun intended).
