Totally agree. I mean, that already happened in this case, too, with even the sitting president repeating that there was a suspect in custody. Then a photo/video of an unrelated person cuffed by a police car with two officers made the rounds on social media as well.
From the reports available at this point from the students and TA in the classroom, it was not intelligible. My thought is had it been some kind of known extremist slogan or an epithet towards a target in the classroom, they'd have some idea of what he said, but who knows. Perhaps it was just some kind of "arghhhhh!" type thing.
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When there aren't press conferences during a crisis, rumors start and can cause more damage. The visibility of leaders also can be a calming effect for a worried city.
I'm not in the US, but I've been at three different universities in the UK, and building access definitely varies. The first one needed student or staff ID to get into the majority of department buildings, libraries, common rooms, even the laundry rooms. At the third, I only encountered ID access in the libraries and occasionally in a department building - I spent a fair bit of time studying in department buildings other than my own, several of them had cafes in the lobby that were open to the public. The second I'm not sure about, because most of the non-residential buildings were closed due to Covid restrictions, but on the rare occasion I had an in-person class, I don't remember needing my ID to get in
True... and that was a frontal view. I tend to think some people had selective amnesia in that case because there was also a brief recording of his voice. Maybe they were afraid to come forward.
Just catching up this morning , so not sure if we have different information yet - if he had a rifle, it’s likely hidden in his pants leg.
That could explain his awkward gait. IMO
It's possible, but there are way easier ways to target a professor than showing up at the very end of a study session for one of her intro classes. If someone had done enough research to figure out when and where a study session would be held (much harder to figure out than a normal class) then you'd think they'd also know it would be led by a TA.
Earlier reports say it was a handgun. Some of the news accounts linked further back in the thread say that handguns were involved. I don't think he could hide a rifle in a pant leg that easily; he wasn't thin and in the photos he looked overweight. Also, the weather was in the 30s (Fahrenheit) and his jacket could be utilized to hide a handgun. I haven't seen anything definitive yet
The shooter may not be familiar with university practices, such as the use of teaching assistants. He may have found schedules online or posted somewhere, but didn't realize that the professor herself wouldn't be present.
I think Richard Allen's wife recognised his gait but she didnt want to divulge that serious news, imo.
True, it could change his normal gait. But if I was doing a mass shooting, I wouldn't want to hamper my ability to get away quickly just to slightly change my gait. IMO
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There is, but unfortunately you can't ascribe logic to actions like this. It's not terribly uncommon for school shooters to target one or two primary targets, but performing the action in public.
