• CuriousLibrarian@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t understand how the police decided this guy hadn’t planned to attack a church for racist reasons. Sounds like they didn’t find evidence at his house about his intention to attack a black church, but that doesn’t preclude racism as a reason.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, but if they can’t prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, why bother with the charges.

      You can’t go to court with a “its obvious!”

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        1 year ago

        Brandishing a shotgun, aiming it at black churchgoers, barricading a house for a standoff, and writing a detailed description of a mass shooting attack definitely don’t mean a thing…

        • NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          And yet none of that is conclusive evidence of it being because of someone else’s race. I agree that it probably was, but we have no proof