White serial bombing suspect ‘not a terrorist’ – the only 9 responses you need
A man suspected of carrying out a deadly series of parcel bombings in Texas has blown himself up as police officers closed in.
The 23-year-old, named as Mark Conditt, is suspected of 5 blasts that killed 2 people and injured 6 others and left a video ‘confession’ on his phone.
This is what the White House had to say.
UPDATE: Austin bombings show no link to terrorism: White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders https://t.co/5fTc6JgvlS
— Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) March 20, 2018
And here is the local police chief.
"He does not at all mention anything about terrorism, nor does he mention anything about hate…it is the outcry of a very challenged young man," says Austin Police Chief Brian Manley, describing a recorded confession left by the suspected Austin bomber #tictocnews pic.twitter.com/E7hBgNe2aR
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) March 21, 2018
“He does not at all mention anything about terrorism, nor does he mention anything about hate … it is the outcry of a very challenged young man”
And here are the only 9 responses you need.
1.
It’s called #DomesticTerrorism call it what it is …
— Lisa (@hizbgirl1) March 20, 2018
2.
I guess its not terrorism because the terrorist is white…
— Jay Burntoutt (@JayBurntoutt) March 20, 2018
3.
HOW IS A SERIAL BOMBING NOT TERRORISM NEVERMIND DON'T ANSWER THAT I KNOW THE ANSWER YOU DO TOO BUT THE LEAST THE VERY LEAST THING YOU CAN DO IS SEE THE MEANINGLESS OF THE TERM TERRORISM OR AT LEAST THE LOADED BIGOTRY AND RACISM OF WAIT AM I STILL WRITING HOW HAVEN'T I RUN OUT OF- https://t.co/v7fR5lTxCo
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) March 20, 2018
4.
“This is an outcry by a very challenged young man.” – the police chief will probably regret this description https://t.co/KoxKaeQL76
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) March 21, 2018
5.
Um, no, it is a video statement of a terrorist claiming responsibility for the attacks. https://t.co/1zPLM5rUnz
— Nokasofis (@nokasofis) March 22, 2018
6.
Because the chief says the deceased didn’t mention “terrorism”, & was a “very challenged young man” doesn’t mean he’s not a terrorist. He terrorized an American city for weeks. That’s not opinion. It’s fact. Let’s identify him as what he is: a terrorist, by all know facts, so far https://t.co/HXhkGTFs7K
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) March 21, 2018
7.
They don't want to call Austin's white terrorist a terrorist.
Do you remember how the media, right wing media especially, covered the story of the brown 14 year old, Ahmed, who brought a clock into his Texas school to show his teacher?
— (((YousefMunayyer))) (@YousefMunayyer) March 22, 2018
8.
Once, before I die, I'd like to hear a cop or prosecutor declare — and mainstream media report — that the confession of a black- or brown-skinned suspect to a crime of violence is "the outcry of a very challenged young man, talking about challenges that led him to this point." https://t.co/m0st3rvUyL
— David Simon (@AoDespair) March 22, 2018
9.
I believe passionately in acknowledging the humanity of those who commit even terrible crimes. Reading this police chief’s empathy for this young white man highlights the awfulness – the plain awfulness – of the persistent refusal to extend this empathy to young Black people.
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) March 22, 2018
