Support for the shooter is similar to what emerges after a mass shooting on websites such as 4chan and 8chan. But what’s disturbing about this is “it’s mainstream”.
A grainy image of his face drew comparisons to Hollywood heart throbs. A jacket similar to the one he’s wearing on wanted posters is reportedly flying off the shelves. And the
The Upper West Side hostel where officials believe the unknown man stayed during his time in the city has reportedly received a deluge of bad reviews online, with some people calling the workers there “narcs.” The business has been cooperating with police. Alex Goldenberg, a senior adviser at the Network Contagion Research Institute, which tracks online threats, said the internet rhetoric had left experts “pretty disturbed” by the glorification of the murder of Brian Thompson and the “lionisation of the shooter”.
The winner of a look-alike contest for the gunman, held in Lower Manhattan on Saturday, said that he celebrated the shooter’s actions. He declined to give his name.On Saturday afternoon, about a half-dozen men gathered in the December cold at Washington Square Park in lower Manhattan to participate in a look-alike contest for the gunman. One had the words “deny, defend, depose” painted on his jacket.
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