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This seems far fetched without even doing any light lifting.
The leader of the group announced this. Do you suppose he doesn't know what he is talking about somehow?
An orphaned 19-year-old who participated in paramilitary drills with a white nationalist group was charged with murder Thursday in the deaths of 17 people who were fatally shot at a huge Florida high school in the nation's deadliest school attack in five years.
Jordan Jereb told The Associated Press that did not know Cruz personally and that "he acted on his own behalf" and is "solely responsible for what he just did."
He also said Cruz had "trouble with a girl" and that he believed the timing of the attack, on Valentine's Day, was not a coincidence.
Again, I could be wrong. I'll own it when I see some evidence from someone not from this white nationalist group, close to 7 hours away from this kids town
WTF? This guy or the article contradicts itself almost immediately. Did he know the fucking kid or not?
This is why I'm not buying this part of the article or the white nationalist line. Seems like shit journalism to me. It's pretty obvious it is in two of their own quotes!
The leader probably knew that there were some social media postings out there reflecting Nikolas Cruz's membership so he decided to perform PR damage control before things got worse for his cause.
Extremists love to pick certain dates for shock value. Why do you suppose Al Qaeda picked 9/11 for the plane attacks?
He also said Cruz had "trouble with a girl"
"Neglected male youth, finds support in fringe group, and society at large pays hefty price."
I frankly hope the white nationalist part is true in a sense. If the AP is going to fuck something like this up then I truly am scared of the media and I'm not a trumpcuck. This would be a nasty mistake just jumping on some white nationalist saying it was over a girl, yet he didn't know him. Does the AP not proofread?
WTF? The leader of the group says the shooter trained with them. Reporters reported it. That's how news works. What's to proofread? What in your mind is fucked up about that?
Jereb appeared to back away from his claim later Thursday. Someone posting under his name on Gab, a social media site popular with far-right extremists, complained about getting criticized over a "prank," claimed there was a "misunderstanding" and said he received "a bunch of conflicting information.
Hates Guns too; Attacks Jewish 2A Advocates. It's just another hard Left Front Group with interests far beyond 'racism'.
I notice it went from White Supremacist to Militia (which are not necessarily racist at all) to no connection at all.
bob2356 saysWTF? The leader of the group says the shooter trained with them. Reporters reported it. That's how news works. What's to proofread? What in your mind is fucked up about that?
Refresh the link. Story and headline updated. You proof read the quotes I put up earlier in this thread. The quotes the reporter decided to use in the original story contradicted each other, in the same article, one paragraph apart. I wish I had done a screen shot on it.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/article200210944.html
I said it looked fishy and like lazy journalism and I was correct. The way this article was presented was total click bait and completely inaccurate without the reporters CONFIRMING the information they were given. You don't just report what you were told, especially with that serious of an allegation.
To answer the question, he knows what he's doing (the white nationalist), but he's very likely lying to get some publicity.
This is all BS. Reporters report the story as it exists at the time. If new information comes in that changes the story the the new information is reported. Reporters do that every day. That's how reporting works.
An orphaned 19-year-old who participated in paramilitary drills with a white nationalist group was charged with murder Thursday in the deaths of 17 people who were fatally shot at a huge Florida high school in the nation's deadliest school attack in five years.
Nikolas Cruz legally purchased the AR-15 rifle used in the assault at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
As the criminal case against the suspect took shape, the leader of a white nationalist militia called the Republic of Florida said Cruz was a member of his group and participated in exercises in Tallahassee.
Jordan Jereb told The Associated Press that did not know Cruz personally and that "he acted on his own behalf" and is "solely responsible for what he just did."
The group wants Florida to become its own white ethno-state. Jereb said his organization holds "spontaneous random demonstrations" and tries not to participate in the modern world.
He also said Cruz had "trouble with a girl" and that he believed the timing of the attack, on Valentine's Day, was not a coincidence.
Victoria Olvera, a 17-year-old junior, said Cruz was expelled last school year because he got into a fight with his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. She said he had been abusive to the girl.
"I think everyone had in their minds if anybody was going to do it, it was going to be him," said Dakota Mutchler, also 17.
Cruz carried multiple magazines of ammunition when he was taken into custody without a fight, about an hour after the shooting in a neighborhood about a mile away, authorities said.