[claytoaj]

I don't think she does look at him. I paused on that scene. She does begin to turn, but I think she's looking at the cameraman.

Aside from that issue, I did find some more information in general:

[I]He continues, “As for Dylann Roof? You (deleted)! You want a race war (deleted)? BRING IT THEN YOU WHITE …(deleted)!!!” He said Jehovah spoke to him, telling him to act.

Later in the manifesto, the writer quotes the Virginia Tech mass killer, Seung Hui Cho, calls him “his boy,” and expresses admiration for the Columbine High School killers. “Also, I was influenced by Seung–Hui Cho. That’s my boy right there. He got NEARLY double the amount that Eric Harris and Dylann Klebold got…just sayin.'"

Sources familiar with the investigation tell ABC News that in his attack, Flanagan used a Glock 19 -- a firearm similar to one that Cho used in his mass attack.

In Flanagan's often rambling letter to authorities, family and friends, he writes of a long list of grievances. In one part of the document, Flanagan calls it a “Suicide Note for Friends and Family."

He says he has been attacked by black men and white females
He talks about how he was attacked for being a gay, black man
He says has suffered racial discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying at work.

A source with direct knowledge of his complaints against the station said a pair of tweets sent today and attributed to him accurately reflect previous complaints he lodged against the two people he killed today. These are the two Tweets: “Alison made racist comments,” and, “Adam went to hr on me after working with me one time!!!”


Nowhere in the document does he make specific threats against anyone from WDBJ.

In his manifesto, he says he encountered "nasty racist things" while working at WDBJ-7 in Roanoke, and that drove him to sue the station. "I marched down to the courthouse and sued WDBJ7 by myself and they settled! HA!"

He continues: "I can remember one day in particular... leaving the courthouse... feeling overwhelmed... confused... even some fear. But by golly I knew I HAD to fight. ... They truly f----d with my life and caused an awful chain of events." He says he even killed his cats in a forest "because of them."

Flanagan says that, "Hell yeah, I made mistakes," noting that he "should not have been so curt" with photographers in Roanoke. "[B]ut you know why I was? The damn news director was a micromanaging tyrant!!"



And, he writes, "the photogs were out to get me at WDBJ7... one went to HR after only working with me one time... the chief photog told his troops to [record video of] me if they saw be doing something wrong."

Flanagan then suggests that, after leaving WDBJ-7, he was offered a job at a station in Pennsylvania, but WDBJ-7 persuaded the Pennsylvania station to rescind the offer.

"I got to the point, this time around, where I wasn't even looking for a job. I don't need to deal with workplace bullies anymore. THAT is what lawmakers need to focus on," he adds.

“Yes, it will sound like I am angry," he writes in his manifesto. "I am. And I have every right to be. But when I leave this Earth, the only emotion I want to feel is peace....”

“The church shooting was the tipping point…but my anger has been building steadily...I’ve been a human powder keg for a while…just waiting to go BOOM!!!!”

He chronicles the "tough times" he's faced, including some "financial crashes." He says he used to work as a male model but, "I am proud of it" because he "made thousands."

" tried to pull myself up by the bootstraps," but, "The damage was already done and when someone gets to this point, there is nothing that can be said or done to change their sadness to happiness. It does not work that way. Meds? Nah. It's too much."

"And then, after the unthinkable happened in Charleston, THAT WAS IT!!!"

"Yeah I'm all f----- up in the head," he concedes.

Source: https://gma.yahoo.com/shooting-alleg...opstories.html

[emeraldlizards]

Another fucking psycho! Glad he took his own life; maybe he would have gone after someone else. And I cannot believe they didn't see him pointing the gun at the reporter!

[Michelle B]

Listened to it over and over on the radio from multiple stations, and you know what they DIDN'T say? HE WAS BLACK. Guess if they had been black and he was white, the media would have been all over it as a racial killing.

[chewbacca]

Goddamn. Crazy as fuck much?

[Krieger]

Wow, thanks for putting the POV video in the original post.

If you time it just right, starting the video shot by Ward at the beginning and the POV video at roughly 35 seconds you can sync them up. Talk about surreal.

[br1ttny]

This is so close to home. Still shocked. This is where I grew up.

[Oswald2001]

Originally Posted by deathspartoflife ↗

you have admit, America has had a very turbulent history. Racism is apparently still a major issue and it probably always will be, while murders (guns) are just a daily occurrence.

Living in Australia, I believe we are very accepting of different nationalities. Very rarely do we have any race conflicts nor massacres. Guns are also not as prevalent as what they are in America.

Then again, America is home to 320 millions people whereas over here in Australia, there are only 24 million people.

There is NO RACISM PROBLEM in the US.

There is only a...Black ******* problem in the US.

[lolwutwotwat]

I'm kind of appalled at the lack of situational awareness the two women had. I can understand the cameraman because his face was buried in the thing but...wow. Sad to see them killed in such an act though.

[DCnative]

Originally Posted by Asgardian ↗

Glock is really pretty irrelevant to stopping power, it's the bullet that determines that...

Based on the shots fired, most likely a 9mm unless he reloaded (doubtful).

Also, from the blocky "heavy" look of the gun, I would say it's more likely a cheaper weapon. Hi-point, maybe?

I am almost positive that it is a Glock, but I do agree with you that it is a 9mm, based on the "pop" sound of it.

Will

[UGADawg08]

Do All Lives Matter yet, ghetto trash?