{"id":291978,"date":"2021-03-23T14:16:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=291978"},"modified":"2021-03-23T14:16:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:16:45","slug":"media-activists-assumed-colorado-shooter-was-white-delete-posts-pivot-when-his-identity-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-activists-assumed-colorado-shooter-was-white-delete-posts-pivot-when-his-identity-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Media, Activists Assumed Colorado Shooter Was White, Delete Posts, Pivot When His Identity Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-activists-assumed-colorado-shooter-was-white-delete-posts-pivot-when-his-identity-revealed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=291978&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2960.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>As soon as a shooting was reported at a Boulder, Colorado grocery store, members of the media and activists rushed to insist the shooter must be white and, specifically, a \u201cwhite supremacist,\u201d before his identity was even released.<\/p>\n<p>When news outlets reported that the suspect had been apprehended, numerous verified Twitter accounts suggested the shooter must be white, as any other race, some claimed, would have been shot at the scene. The suspected shooter <em>was<\/em> shot at the scene, but in the leg, and was taken into custody. DeadSpin editor Julie DiCaro and USA Today editor Hemal Jhaveri insisted in a conversation that the shooter was a \u201cwhite man,\u201d with Jhaveri referring to him as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebJHull\/status\/1374387549326610436\">an angry white man<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amy Siskind, a feminist activist, said the shooter was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebJHull\/status\/1374387886716456967\">almost certainly a white man<\/a>\u201d because he was apprehended. Once she learned the race of the suspect, however, she pivoted to suggesting people mourn the victims and not focus on the identity of the killer. Author Meena Harris, niece of Vice President Kamala Harris, posted then deleted a tweet declaring, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebJHull\/status\/1374392222997643270\">Violent white men are the greatest terrorist threat to our country.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caleb Hull, a Republican strategist, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/samj-3930\/2021\/03\/23\/caleb-hulls-massive-thread-mocking-idiotic-leftists-who-jumped-to-politicize-boulder-shooting-and-push-a-narrative-thats-now-falling-apart-is-straight-fire\/\">compiled a list<\/a> of similar statements from reporters and activists, many of whom have deleted their original tweets once they learned the suspect was not white, but of Arabic descent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.206896551724\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THREAD: Here are all the idiotic leftists who immediately jumped to politicize the tragic Boulder shooting to push their narrative, only for it all to fall apart when it turns out the shooter is muslim\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Deadspin Editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pcPUgdPas3\">pic.twitter.com\/pcPUgdPas3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebJHull\/status\/1374389271021297670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The suspected shooter, a 21-year-old who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, killed 10 people at a King Soopers grocery store on Monday, including one police officer. While his Arabic name may prompt new assumptions about his motive, members of his family have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/boulder-colorado-cops-identify-king-soopers-supermarket-massacre-suspect-as-ahmad-alissa\">told<\/a> The Daily Beast that the suspect suffered from mental illness, was \u201cvery anti-social\u201d and paranoid. The suspect\u2019s brother said that in high school, the suspect claimed he was \u201cbeing chased, someone is behind him, someone is looking for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he was having lunch with my sister in a restaurant, he said, \u2018People are in the parking lot, they are looking for me.\u2019 She went out, and there was no one. We didn\u2019t know what was going on in his head,\u201d the brother said.<\/p>\n<p>Further, the suspect\u2019s brother said the shooting may not have been political.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It was] not at all a political statement, it\u2019s mental illness,\u201d he told The Daily Beast. \u201cThe guy used to get bullied a lot in high school, he was like an outgoing kid but after he went to high school and got bullied a lot, he started becoming anti-social.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The brother also said another sibling and other family members were detained by police and their home was searched.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was born in Syria but reportedly spent \u201cmost of his life in the United States,\u201d Boulder police officials said during a Tuesday press conference.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.5806451612903\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoulderShooting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoulderShooting<\/a> live update 3\/23\/21 8:30 AM <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T3yXqQ1TP9\">https:\/\/t.co\/T3yXqQ1TP9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boulder Police Dept. (@boulderpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boulderpolice\/status\/1374368990357647365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The suspect\u2019s Facebook profile says he was born in Syria in 1999 and came to the U.S. in 2002. He also posted information rebuking former President Donald Trump and discussed his history as a high school wrestler.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the shooting was reported, Democrats, including the Biden administration, began hyping gun-control measures once again.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As soon as a shooting was reported at a Boulder, Colorado grocery store, members of the media and activists rushed to insist the shooter must be white and, specifically, a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311005,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2960.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Media, Activists Assumed Colorado Shooter Was White, Delete Posts, Pivot When His Identity Revealed","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2960.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Media, Activists Assumed Colorado Shooter Was White, Delete Posts, Pivot When His Identity Revealed","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}