A white man fatally shoots 3 Black people at a Florida store in a hate crime, then kills himself
apnews.com
Jacksonville's sheriff says a white gunman who killed three people at a Dollar General store was racially motivated and hated Black people.

AP’s tweet is the source my title and - as you can see - it’s far better than the article’s headline.

BREAKING: A white man fatally shot three Black people, then himself, at a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store in what officials described as a hate crime.

  • ExternalAlpaca [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    That’s my life.

    I don’t personally know anyone who has been shot or killed in a mass shooting, but I’ve been to Club Q. I’ve been to the movie theater in Aurora. I’ve been to the King Soopers that got shot up. Shit, I was born in Jacksonville, I know the area very well. Kings Road.

    I’m sure everyone here can empathize, but when I say what I say, it’s the truth. I look at all these places and I just go for fucks sake, that could have been me, I’ve literally been there.

    I feel like a walking zombie most days - I’d say “walking dead” but i dont think that really gets the point across with the tv show and all that. I feel like I’m always one minute away from being murdered, because by sheer virtue of all the places I’ve been, it’s like it’s constantly following me.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      If Edgar Allan Poe was alive to day and he saw your comment - he might write a story called Death Follows Me. And there would be no need for the supernatural or monsters or devils. Present day America has vile people, mass shooters, and terrorists as substitutes.