Suspect's Mother: "He had an African-American friend so...."

[kpete]

https://apnews.com/93d3cba12d134836ae243af285b27eaf/3-dead,-dozens-injured,-amid-violent-white-nationalist-rally

[hatrack]

1. "Why, some of my best victims are black!"

[dalton99a]

2. "Trump's not a white supremacist"

That settles it

[Judi Lynn]

3. Short video of Samantha Bloom, his mother:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/3449544f79557a6333566d54/share_p.html



Shameful.

[BannonsLiver]

12. Dumber than a box of rocks.

You can tell where the terrorist got his brains.

[ginnyinWI]

4. A racist can have a friend who is a minority.

They simply think to themselves that the friend is the exception to the rule.

[Polly Hennessey]

5. Dear Samantha,

you are about to become quite clear on what happened. You are trying too hard to be clueless; you know exactly what your son is and is about to become.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Isn't it her fault that she didn't see her son being radicalized and report it?

[Johnny2X2X]

7. See something. Say something.

There are millions of radicalized Trump supporters just like this monster.

And this was a Trump rally. He is a White Suptemacist.

[obamanut2012]

13. He was an adult, there was nothing to report

She may have not even realized he was like that anyway.

People need to quit blaming her.

[sinkingfeeling]

16. Is it okay that 45 told America to rat out friends, family, or coworkers who

seem interested in terrorism? He said, "See something, say something."

If this person wasn't a white boy, every media pundit would be talking about how he was radicalized.

[obamanut2012]

21. Please link to any post I have ever said doing that would be okay

Your attacking and accusing me of something like this is ridiculous.

[Kentonio]

8. His mother hasn't done anything that we know of, can we leave out the attacks on her please folks?

This whole 'sins of the father' mindset where relatives suddenly become free targets for attack is really distasteful. We don't know her, or her life or experiences, and just assuming she's like him is really unpleasant.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Just pointing out the things that would be said if the this person had

been Muslim. Blaming the families and religion for terrorists' actions is commonplace in the USA.

[Kentonio]

11. Yeah I know, I just wish people didn't do it.

[obamanut2012]

14. Thank you -- this

[Skittles]

18. felt like an ambush interview

she had not even had time to contemplate the actions of her son

[hamsterjill]

19. I agree.

I understand the anger, but I think she should not be judged on a gut reaction upon just learning what her son had done. Who knows what a person might say in shock.

Let's give it some time, learn more about the son, and then there will be plenty of time to assign blame if blame is due.

[rogue emissary]

10. He had an African-American friend so ..., she said before her voice trailed off.

That sounds like there's an interesting story of why he no longer has a black friend.

[SweetieD]

15. Many white people think being polite to or conversing with a black person absolves them of

all racism from that point to perpetuity.

[Initech]

17. OMG!!! Are these people for real?

Anyone who advocates building a border wall and calls an entire nation of people "rapists"... IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST!

[sunonmars]

20. I strongly suspect this guy would not be found within 10ft of an AA.

Nazi through and through by the looks of it.