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Eugene

(61,881 posts)
Wed Jan 13, 2016, 04:10 PM Jan 2016

Lafayette 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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Lafayette Theater Shooter Thanks Man Accused of Black Church Slayings (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2016 OP
Fuck this piece of shit! shenmue Jan 2016 #1
And the *&#@*#! did it in my town! skip fox Jan 2016 #2
Second Amendment hero... Blue_Tires Jan 2016 #3
I'm sure they'll add his thanks to the no doubt countless others... Number23 Jan 2016 #4
Can we talk about reasonable regulation of firearms now? gratuitous Jan 2016 #5

gratuitous

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5. Can we talk about reasonable regulation of firearms now?
Wed Jan 13, 2016, 07:03 PM
Jan 2016

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.

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