New bodycam video from Trump assassination attempt shows cop confronting armed Thomas Crooks on roof
After more than six weeks of investigating Thomas Matthew Crooks’ life, the FBI remains stumped as to his motives for attempting to assassinate Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in July.
Like many Americans, I was horrified by Crooks’ actions, but I wasn’t surprised. Between emotional appeals from teachers and extremist messaging on social media, my generation has been inundated with dangerous political rhetoric for almost half our lives.We don’t need FBI investigators to confirm what seems evident to us: Classroom echo chambers and social media are galvanizing disaffected young people toward extremist actions unimaginable a generation ago. And more is almost certain to come.
“I believe it happened in 10th grade,” Jackson said. “I remember my teachers coming in to cry. We didn’t have classes that day. I knew that something like a bomb had just dropped, but no one ever explained . . . why.”For Jackson, the anti-Trump rhetoric would continue into college.
Young people feel pressured to engage in this rhetoric both online and in casual conversations for fear of social consequences. Jackson said at times he felt obligated or even bullied to appease his fellow classmates after he questioned their mostly progressive political narratives. The grown-ups I speak to lament the polarized nation we live in today. They recall an America without political animosity — where we can disagree and share a beer. That’s not the America my generation has known. The almost constant reliance of smart phones and social media for information and connectedness has only made the crisis in mental health worse for young people.
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