So the killer in the Capital Gazette attack has been identified.
And he reportedly had a vendetta against the newspaper… since 2012.
NBC News: The shooting suspect's name is JARROD RAMOS. 38 years old. He was identified by multiple law enforcement officials to NBC News. He had sued the paper in 2012 for defamation. Case was tossed by a judge. @Tom_Winter @MSNBC
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) June 29, 2018
Here’s his twitter:
Weird. I guess Trump’s rhetoric inspired him in 2012, right?
A shooting in a newspaper office after years of journalists being called the enemy of the people. I’ve heard so many Trump supporters call for murdering the press. Now they’re celebrating all over the Internet. We’re heading somewhere very dark.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) June 28, 2018
Shooting reported at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, a paper owned by The Baltimore Sun.
— Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) June 28, 2018
Maybe Trump should stop referring to the news media as "Enemy of the American people." https://t.co/87r6r6usmt
This guy is clearly insane. And yet the media jumped to blame Trump for this. Of course, when a Muslim shoots up a place, we are told not to jump to conclusions….
Updated with MORE:
We don’t know the motive for the Capital Gazette newspaper mass shooting in Annapolis, but sincerely hope how Trump and the far right incite hatred towards journalists had nothing to do with it. Regardless, this should send a message that rhetoric is dangerous and unacceptable.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) June 28, 2018
"Don't politicize the Annapolis shooting!"
— Deniz S. (@MrFilmkritik) June 28, 2018
Fuck you. It was politicized the minute Trump called the press "the enemy of the people".
➤Trump holds rallies to fuel rage, blaming fake news
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) June 28, 2018
➤Milo Yiannopoulos comments, “I can’t wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight"
➤Today someone opened fire on journalists at the Annapolis Gazette.
This is what inciting violence looks like.
Here’s the press conference: