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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLafayette Theater Shooter Thanks Man Accused of Black Church Slayings
Source: Associated Press
Theater Shooter Thanks Man Accused of Black Church Slayings
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
BATON ROUGE, La. Jan 13, 2016, 2:46 PM ET
The gunman responsible for a deadly rampage inside a Louisiana movie theater last summer left a journal thanking the man accused of killing nine black people in a church.
In a rambling, handwritten 40-page journal released by police Wednesday, John Russell Houser described Dylann Roof as "green but good."
"Had Dylan Roof reached political maturity he would have seen the word is not (n-word), but liberal," Houser wrote. "But thank you for the wake up call Dylann."
Houser shot and killed two people and wounded nine others before fatally shooting himself inside an auditorium at The Grand 16 theater in Lafayette last July, police have said. Jillian Johnson, a 33-year-old musician and business owner, and Mayci Breaux, a 21-year-old student, died in the shooting.
Police recovered Houser's journal from the Motel 6 room in Lafayette where he had been staying since early July. It was released Wednesday along with photos from the motel room and a nearly 600-page, partially redacted investigative report.
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
BATON ROUGE, La. Jan 13, 2016, 2:46 PM ET
The gunman responsible for a deadly rampage inside a Louisiana movie theater last summer left a journal thanking the man accused of killing nine black people in a church.
In a rambling, handwritten 40-page journal released by police Wednesday, John Russell Houser described Dylann Roof as "green but good."
"Had Dylan Roof reached political maturity he would have seen the word is not (n-word), but liberal," Houser wrote. "But thank you for the wake up call Dylann."
Houser shot and killed two people and wounded nine others before fatally shooting himself inside an auditorium at The Grand 16 theater in Lafayette last July, police have said. Jillian Johnson, a 33-year-old musician and business owner, and Mayci Breaux, a 21-year-old student, died in the shooting.
Police recovered Houser's journal from the Motel 6 room in Lafayette where he had been staying since early July. It was released Wednesday along with photos from the motel room and a nearly 600-page, partially redacted investigative report.
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Lafayette Theater Shooter Thanks Man Accused of Black Church Slayings (Original Post)
Eugene
Jan 2016
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Fuck this piece of shit!
Go to Hell!
skip fox
(19,357 posts)2. And the *&#@*#! did it in my town!
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)3. Second Amendment hero...
There's probably a memorial to him somewhere at NRA headquarters....
Number23
(24,544 posts)4. I'm sure they'll add his thanks to the no doubt countless others...
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)5. Can we talk about reasonable regulation of firearms now?
Or is it too late to "politicize" the easy availability of firearms for anyone with a murderous grudge against society?
Dang, I wish we could hit the Goldilocks moment when it's "just right" to talk about what can be done, because doing nothing doesn't seem to be working at all.