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In reply to the discussion: Club Q shooting suspect is nonbinary, defense attorneys say [View all]Yonnie3
(17,427 posts)55. Here is something I'm reading
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/11/club-q-shooter-used-anti-gay-slurs-frequently-attack-lgbtq-bar/
I have no confirmation and have not yet sought other sources.
I have no confirmation and have not yet sought other sources.
Club Q shooter used anti-gay slurs frequently before attack on LGBTQ bar
"He used the term 'fa***t' a lot," a neighbor said. "Most of the time it came from a place of anger.
By Alex Bollinger Tuesday, November 22, 2022
People who knew Anderson Lee Aldrich the alleged Club Q shooter who has been arrested in connection with the mass shooting at the LGBTQ bar that left five people dead say that he frequently used anti-gay slurs.
Twenty-two-year-old Aldrich has been arrested and charged with five counts of murder and five hate crimes charges in connection to the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado this past Saturday night. Xavier Kraus, 23, said that he used to be friends with Aldrich and they lived in the same building near the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
There would be times where he and his mom would get into fights, arguments, because he would be saying hateful things about whoever he was angry with, Kraus told The Daily Beast. He said things sometimes that probably should have been alarming to me. He used the term fa***t a lot. Most of the time it came from a place of anger.
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"He used the term 'fa***t' a lot," a neighbor said. "Most of the time it came from a place of anger.
By Alex Bollinger Tuesday, November 22, 2022
People who knew Anderson Lee Aldrich the alleged Club Q shooter who has been arrested in connection with the mass shooting at the LGBTQ bar that left five people dead say that he frequently used anti-gay slurs.
Twenty-two-year-old Aldrich has been arrested and charged with five counts of murder and five hate crimes charges in connection to the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado this past Saturday night. Xavier Kraus, 23, said that he used to be friends with Aldrich and they lived in the same building near the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
There would be times where he and his mom would get into fights, arguments, because he would be saying hateful things about whoever he was angry with, Kraus told The Daily Beast. He said things sometimes that probably should have been alarming to me. He used the term fa***t a lot. Most of the time it came from a place of anger.
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The shooter's sexual identity likely had zip-all to do with his violent act.
BlackSkimmer
Nov 2022
#31
exactly, and the RW is going to stress the 'non-binary' and scream once again "it's not the assault
certainot
Nov 2022
#33
turn on any rw radio station and you'll hear all the blowhards and all their callers, some of which
certainot
Nov 2022
#45
funny thing, some of the louder stations reach canada and mexico. it's part of the plan that
certainot
Nov 2022
#51
that's what 1500 radio stations always do, while they comfort the NRA and make sure no GOP pol
certainot
Nov 2022
#39
It matters much, if the lawyer's ploy successfully negates the hate crime charges with the jury
NullTuples
Nov 2022
#43
Perhaps "they" are actually binary & just trolling court & us. Anything show up in background yet?
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2022
#9
A defense attorney is obligated to do everything in their power to defend their client.
70sEraVet
Nov 2022
#25
I'm going to need a hell of a lot more than a footnote on his lawyers filing....
sdfernando
Nov 2022
#34
If he's wrong, as an officer of the court defense misrepresenting facts to the court.
Igel
Nov 2022
#56
Dude committed a mass shooting. Nonbianary, demisexual, asexual, don't care. People are dead because
AZLD4Candidate
Nov 2022
#59