Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect threatened Jewish groups, pushed migrant caravan conspiracies
Source: NBC News
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect threatened Jewish groups, pushed migrant caravan conspiracies
The suspect frequently wrote on the social network Gab, where he made a specific threat against Jews hours before allegedly conducting Saturdays attack
Oct. 27, 2018 / 3:00 PM CDT
By Ben Collins
Robert Bowers, the Pennsylvania man accused of a fatal shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning, posted prolifically online about conspiracy theories and made repeated threats to Jews.
Bowers frequently wrote on the social network Gab, where he made a specific threat against Jews hours before allegedly conducting Saturdays attack.
In the post, Bowers said that the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, a humanitarian aid nonprofit group that provides assistance to refugees, brought immigrants to the United States to do violence against others.
Screw your optics, I'm going in," he wrote.
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HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people.
I can't stand by and watch my people get slaughtered.
Screw your optics, I'm going in."
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)angrier as shithole and the gop and their fucked up corporate fake news media (Murdoch) carry on with total bullshit wherein humans are dying and suffering.
RW hate talk shows be it radio or tv or social media accused Soros (Jews) of the caravans.
Then all I hear is "both sides" crapola. Shithole is still out there spewing hatred and the GOP ain't doing a damn thing.
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oberliner
(58,724 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)can call this an anti-Semitic hate crime, and it is, but the real reason this guy murdered 11 people was because people in this synagogue were finding homes and jobs for refugees.
That's the real reason this guy went nuts. I doubt he would have murdered these people just because they were Jewish. Just my opinion.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Jews to be killed which puts your theory into the garbage. There was a 34% spike in anti Semitic incidents in 2016 and a 70% increase in the same for 2017. It had little to do with this particular caravan.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)to die? That's what he said. ALL JEWS. Not just that specific congregation. Why so many want to minimize the oldest hatred in the world, even after all the reports on how anti-semitic attacks have been on the rise for years and still people feel the need to "explain" it away and minimize it.