WTF Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh

[detrius]

Local media reported that eight people were dead after a man began shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday. A police official told reporters there were “multiple casualties” but authorities did not immediately confirm numbers of fatalities.

The local CBS affiliate KDKA reported that police had exchanged shots with a gunman at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighbourhood. People barricaded inside had made calls out, the same station said, adding that people had also been wounded.

Police officials told waiting media the gunman was in custody and three officers had been shot. They did not confirm the number of fatalities.

Pennsylvania’s governor, Tom Wolf, tweeted that he was “headed to the scene” and confirmed the suspect was in custody.

“We are providing local first responders with whatever help they need,” Wolf wrote.

KDKA reported the suspect was “white male [with] a beard” and said he “walked in yelling ‘All Jews must die’”. A reporter described “an exchange of gunfire between the police and suspect on the third floor” and “two officers shot in that exchange of gunfire”. The gunman was injured and surrendered after negotiation, the station said.

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: suspect held as multiple fatalities reported

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

KDKA reported the suspect was “white male [with] a beard” and said he “walked in yelling ‘All Jews must die’”.

Sigh.

 

[Salome]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I realise that The Anon Journal is not necessarily the most accurate source, but the police have, it seems, confirmed the name of their suspect. It could be two different men of the same name, I guess, but I rather doubt it.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

From the article:

They may or may not individually be wackos, but one thing they have consistence with is hatred of certain races, religion, sex or sexual orientation. The solution? Obviously, everyone should be packing, even at church. Unbelievable.

At Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Donald Trump expressed sympathy for the victims. Asked if gun laws needed to be changed to prevent such shootings, the president said: “If they had protection inside the results would have been far better. If they had some kind of a protection inside the temple, maybe it would have been a much different situation.”

Speaking as the scene of the shooting remained the subject of an active police effort and confirmed facts remained scarce, Trump also said people who carried out mass shootings were “wackos” and said he thought the death penalty should be applied in such cases.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

I realise that The Anon Journal is not necessarily the most accurate source, but the police have, it seems, confirmed the name of their suspect. It could be two different men of the same name, I guess, but I rather doubt it.

That has to be an older picture then; the witness reports described the shooter as a "white guy with a beard".

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

That has to be an older picture then; the witness reports described the shooter as a "white guy with a beard".

It's not like it takes a long time to grow "a beard" for many men. They didn't say it was a huge wizard beard.

 

[Lianne Marten]

I dunno how someone can do something completely expected and unsurprising while also making me hate them even more.

Our White Supremacist President, everyone.

 

[Jacqueline Trudeau]

If they had protection inside the results would have been far better. If they had some kind of a protection inside the temple, maybe it would have been a much different situation.”

Probably not, genius. 4 of the wounded were police officers.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

That has to be an older picture then; the witness reports described the shooter as a "white guy with a beard".

Quite possibly so. I would caution, though, based on much professional experience, that eyewitness accounts, particularly of fast-moving and frightening situations, are not always completely reliable. Quite possibly he's grown a short beard since his picture was taken. What of it?

 

[Soen Eber]

I don't want to know the man's name. Just kill him and bury him with all the other angry, lonely men.

 

[Lianne Marten]

White Supremacist says White Supremacist things online and to his White Supremacist friends, gets tacit approval for actions by White Supremacist President and White Supremacist administration, goes on to do the White Supremacist things he was talking about doing.

The right has been saying shit like this where they think no one but their buddies is listening forever. The difference now is that they don't have to say the quiet part quiet anymore and can just say and do the things directly because they control the government. Both this guy and the mail bomber had so many red flags they should have been caught ages ago but they exist in an environment where their actions that should be red flags are treated as normal by the people in charge.

Domestic abuse should be a red flag but they don't care about women.
Nazi rhetoric should be a red flag but they agree with it and say essentially the same things in official statements.
Direct threats on Twitter should be a red flag but it gets ignored because Twitter is run by White Supremacists.

This is just going to keep happening, because Republicans want it to happen. This is as intended for them.

 

[Salome]

Quite possibly so. I would caution, though, based on much professional experience, that eyewitness accounts, particularly of fast-moving and frightening situations, are not always completely reliable.

Agreed, but it also appears he was shouting the same thing at the police while they took him into custody.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Agreed, but it also appears he was shouting the same thing at the police while they took him into custody.

Sure. I meant, though, that I'm not sure I would rely on his having a beard, despite one (or more) of the witnesses saying the attacker had one.

 

[EmpressOfCommunism]

Trying to get a Jewish family member out the country before this presidency and every pandora's box of hell it's opened gets any worse.
If any non american has minority family or friends, I'd do the same tbh. I cannot stand the thought of Jews in particular having to deal with this mess(this isn't the first incident, its just an unusually widely reported one) just one second longer.

 

[Cristiano]

You can draw a straight line from today’s Pittsburgh synagogue shooting to Donald Trump’s antisemitic remarks yesterday

Trump also said something more specific yesterday. During a televised White House event he made a point of railing against “globalists.” On the far right, that’s code for Jews. Want proof? After Trump said the word “globalists” his supporters in the room began yelling out the name of George Soros, a prominent Jew who’s blamed by the alt-crazies for pretty much everything going on in the world. Then they chanted “lock him up” about Soros. Then Trump repeated it: “lock him up.” His message couldn’t be more clear: Jews like Soros should be punished just for being Jews like Soros. This reinforced what Trump said last year about: there were “very fine people on both sides” of the pro-Nazi and anti-Nazi debate.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

You can draw a straight line from today’s Pittsburgh synagogue shooting to Donald Trump’s antisemitic remarks yesterday

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

You can draw a straight line from today’s Pittsburgh synagogue shooting to Donald Trump’s antisemitic remarks yesterday

Maaaaaybe. Trump uses antisemitic dog whistles all the time and emboldens nazis generally, that's absolutely true. But I've read that this guy had YouTube videos (now removed obviously) where he railed against Trump, claiming the president was "controlled by Jews".

I haven't seen the videos myself though, so it could be wrong.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Republicans resort to straight-up anti-Semitic scaremongering with attack ad invoking 'Soros'

 

[Kara Spengler]

WTF?

The only church I can think of that has guards is the vatican. Most houses of worship tend to take a dim view on people killing someone on their property for some strange reason.