Deserves a second look: Sheriff's office went out of their way to deny RW politics of a mass shooter

[ck4829]

Officials from the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office (SJCSO) in New Mexico dismissed the findings of a recent report by the Southern Poverty Law Center that documented the influence of the alt-right on William Edward Atchison, the 21-year-old man who killed two students — Francisco I. Fernandez and Casey J. Marquez — and himself at his former high school last December.

Speaking to the Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday, Bryce Current, the internal affairs captain for SJCSO, alleged that the report was an attempt to “politicize” the tragedy, stating, “I don’t think this has anything to do with political agenda.”

A detailed investigation into Atchison’s online presence conducted by the Daily Beast revealed that the troubled young man spent his days online creating pro-Trump memes, posting violent threats, and glorifying school shooters. He modeled his pseudonyms after mass shooters such as Adam Lanza, the notorious perpetrator of the Sandy Hook shooting, and Anders Breivik, the racist Norwegian shooter who killed 77 and injured 319 in 2011. Other pseudonyms included “Future Mass Shooter” and “School Shooter.”

Atchison also allegedly frequented the Daily Stormer, the racist alt-right’s most notorious website...

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/02/08/evidence-new-mexico-school-shooter%E2%80%99s-involvement-racist-alt-right-overwhelming

Fun fact: The Daily Stormer was also frequented by two other terrorists; Dylann Roof and Joshua Ryne Goldberg.

Time to come out and say it: "If you're so keen on handing white nationalist terrorists with kid gloves, then some of the blood is on your hands too."

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page for visibility

RFN

[ck4829]

2. Raises the questions: Why? And what else has been dismissed or denied over the years?

[malaise]

3. Indeed

I want more on both the Boston Marathon bombings and that night club in Orlando.
I have long been suspicious

[ck4829]

4. Speak of the devil...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213661257

[lunasun]

5. Kick . Stop the denial

[bullwinkle428]

6. So IOW, this sheriff is acting exactly like DHS head Chad Wolf, when he

told his employees to downplay the threats of RW terrorists and Russia.

[hadEnuf]

7. FWIW, I think law enforcement has been being heavily infiltrated by the radical right for some time.

Not just the culture; actual officers and positions of authority.

[oasis]

10. +1,000,000

[2naSalit]

12. Pretty obvious at this point...

to anyone who has been paying attention.

[hadEnuf]

14. It was pretty obvious to some long before it got to this point.

[niyad]

8. Absolutely disgusting.

[oasis]

9. The threat of federal investigations should drive these "law enforcement" snakes

back under their rocks. They will no longer be able to count on Trump's Administration for aid and comfort.

[Ligyron]

13. Hopefully our new Democratic Justice Dept is going to be busy for years.

Well into Biden's 2nd or Kamala's 1st because if these grifters don't suffer the consequences of their corruption this time ...

[NNadir]

11. Good point, well stated. n/t.