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diehardblue

(11,001 posts)
Fri May 27, 2022, 08:42 AM May 2022

Retired federal agent may have known about plans for the Buffalo shooting ahead of the massacre, rep

Authorities say a former federal agent may've known about plans for the attack in Buffalo, New York.
Officials told The Buffalo News the suspect invited the ex-fed to view the plans in a chatroom.
Ten people were killed in the attack — thought to be racially motivated — at a Buffalo supermarket.


Law-enforcement officials are investigating whether a former federal agent knew about plans for the Buffalo, New York, shooting before it took place, The Buffalo News reported.

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A gunman opened fire at Tops Friendly Markets on May 14, killing 10 people, in what the police consider a racially motivated attack. The shooting suspect was identified as an 18-year-old white man.

Authorities told The Buffalo News that the suspect corresponded with at least six people in an online chatroom before the attack, one of whom was the former agent.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/retired-federal-agent-may-have-known-about-plans-for-the-buffalo-shooting-ahead-of-the-massacre-report-says/ar-AAXNeC9?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz

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Retired federal agent may have known about plans for the Buffalo shooting ahead of the massacre, rep (Original Post) diehardblue May 2022 OP
Lock him up now! lark May 2022 #1
Maybe this diehardblue May 2022 #2
W...T...F... deminks May 2022 #3

lark

(23,166 posts)
1. Lock him up now!
Fri May 27, 2022, 08:46 AM
May 2022

Don't know the legal issue to charge for, but if someone KNOWS there is a killing and does nothing - isn't that a crime?

diehardblue

(11,001 posts)
2. Maybe this
Fri May 27, 2022, 08:58 AM
May 2022

Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States
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