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New Mexico School Shooter Had Secret Life on Pro-Trump White-Supremacy Sites
For years before William Edward Atchison killed two students and himself, he lived a shadow life onlineone full of crude alt-right memes and praise for school shooters.Source: Daily Beast
In real life, William Edward Atchisonpeople called him Billlived in a little yellow house with his parents, about a mile away from the Giant gas station where he worked and from Aztec High School, where he shot and killed two students and then himself last Thursday.
At the murder scene, police found a thumb drive with a note that read, If things go according to plan, today would be when I die. I go somewhere and gear up, then hold a class hostage and go apeshit, then blow my brains out.
He wrote work sucks, school sucks, life sucks. I just want out of this shit.
Its a shame he wasnt on our radar, San Juan County Sheriff Ken Christesen told Fox News last week. I dont think he had anything so much as a traffic ticket.
And yet online, the 21-year-old New Mexico resident lived a prolific life as a white supremacist, pro-Trump meme peddler who was most known for his obsession with school shooters. For a half-decade, Atchison spent most of his days online, repeatedly posting threats of violence and cries for help.
At the murder scene, police found a thumb drive with a note that read, If things go according to plan, today would be when I die. I go somewhere and gear up, then hold a class hostage and go apeshit, then blow my brains out.
He wrote work sucks, school sucks, life sucks. I just want out of this shit.
Its a shame he wasnt on our radar, San Juan County Sheriff Ken Christesen told Fox News last week. I dont think he had anything so much as a traffic ticket.
And yet online, the 21-year-old New Mexico resident lived a prolific life as a white supremacist, pro-Trump meme peddler who was most known for his obsession with school shooters. For a half-decade, Atchison spent most of his days online, repeatedly posting threats of violence and cries for help.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-mexico-school-shooter-had-secret-life-on-pro-trump-white-supremacy-sites?via=twitter_page
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New Mexico School Shooter Had Secret Life on Pro-Trump White-Supremacy Sites (Original Post)
demmiblue
Dec 2017
OP
These sites need to be required to report these suicidal violence worshippers.
marble falls
Dec 2017
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marble falls
(57,112 posts)1. These sites need to be required to report these suicidal violence worshippers.
Aristus
(66,388 posts)2. If you want 'out of this shit' Dude, START with the suicide,
and then move on to your classmates...
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)3. "economic concerns"