I’d guess he didn’t really think through that part. He either didn’t feel very well understood by them and could have been resentful so he didn’t care; or he did not consider the effect this would have on them. I guess I doubt that it factored into his motivation much. That is an interesting perspective to consider though.
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I meant more that they may have seen their own child through rose colored glasses rather than not paying attention to him.
I'm curious too about how he did his reconaissance and planning of the whole thing. Or did he just show up and go by the seat of his pants?
Yes I think all parents could be guilty of the same.
I wonder if it was a bit spontaneous and maybe the lack of his own planning meant there wasn’t any smoke beforehand for intelligence to notice?
I did wonder. I hesitate to use the word “incel” but there is something about societal misfits that seems to lead to random reprisals but then a well adjusted person doesn’t see murder as a viable outlet.
Thanks for this! As more information comes out, it seems increasingly likely the shooter fits the study's description of a person who acted to end his pain following a downward spiral in his life, by being killed in circumstances that would give him notoriety or fame. His feelings about Trump were irrelevant. The rally simply provided an opportunity to kill someone famous. If Biden had held a rally in the same location, he would have been the target.While we wait for information on the shooter, this is a fantastic read about a Secret Service study into assassins.
Secret Service Challenges Assassin Stereotypes (Published 1998)
New Secret Service study on assassins challenges stereotypes of assassins; study, Preventing Assassination, examined all 83 people who attacked or tried to attack an American political figure or celebrity in last 50 years; agents and psychologists analyzed lives and actions of Lee Harvey Oswald...www.nytimes.com
-The results, recently made available, challenge several stereotypes. Fewer than half of the assassins showed symptoms of mental illness. Many shifted from one target to another, valuing the act more than the victim. Not one had communicated a direct threat to the target or to law-enforcement authorities.
The good news, the Secret Service says, is that assassins are recognizable, not by who they are, but by what they do. Though assassins fit no physical or psychological profile, most share a pattern of behavior. Assassination is not a spontaneous event, but a trail of action that can lead to discovery.
''It is far more productive, and ultimately more accurate,'' the Secret Service concluded, ''to examine a chain of thinking that leads a person to see assassination as an acceptable or necessary action, and to attend to behaviors that may precede an attack, than to simply label assassins and assassination as 'irrational' or 'crazy.' ''
-What does seem clear is that, for almost all subjects, attacks or near-lethal approaches occurred after a period of downward spiral in their lives,'' the Secret Service found.
The most frequent motive that assassins gave for attacking a public figure was to achieve notoriety or fame. Only a few wanted political change or acted in a group. Other assassins wanted to avenge a perceived wrong, to end their pain by being imprisoned or hospitalized or killed, to save the country or the world, to achieve a special relationship with the target, or, rarely, to obey voices ordering them to attack.
Assassins seeking fame usually chose a prominent victim. Feelings about the target were irrelevant.
''I would have voted for him if I hadn't been in jail charged with trying to kill him,'' one unidentified attacker told the researchers.
One-third of the assassins considered more than one target. Oswald, for example, fired a shot at a retired general less than a year before killing President Kennedy in 1963. And Mr. Hinckley stalked President Carter and the actress Jodie Foster before shooting President Reagan in 1981.
Especially if he was quiet at home/school and did not cause trouble. The classmates described him as reserved.
I think he did likely scope it out beforehand. The fact that he built bombs means that he probably had a plan in mind, coupled with the fact that he chose a perfect position in which to have a direct line of site to Trump.
Biden expected to address the nation at 1:30pm eastern time today (in just a few minutes).
WATCH: Biden addresses the nation after receiving briefing on Trump rally shooting
President Joe Biden on Sunday appealed for the country to “unite as one nation” after Saturday's apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and said he was ordering an independent security review of the lead-up to the attack.
Perhaps he was depressed. IF that was the case, I wonder if he got adequate help.
I don't understand the reaction. The threat isn't any greater today than yesterday or the day before, IMO. It's not like there's a serial killer on the loose, targeting politicians. Anyone thinking of harming knows even more now how it would end for them.
I wondered when Matt would respond. What a twisted course of events to have an assassin wearing your social media branding t-shirt. Matt & family are solid people.The Demolition Ranch YouTube creator, Matt Carriker. responds to the fact that Thomas Crooks was wearing his channel’s shirt at the time he engaged in this act:
"Demolition Ranch" owner responds to Thomas Matthew Crooks shooting Trump
The suspected shooter was reportedly wearing a T-shirt from firearms YouTube channel Demolition Ranch.www.newsweek.com
'What the hell': Popular gun YouTuber Demolition Ranch responds to Trump shooter wearing his T-shirt
He seemed shocked.www.dailydot.com
