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Charlie Kirk was killed by a groyper (lemmy.zip)
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[–] y0kai@anarchist.nexus 98 points 12 hours ago (7 children)

is there a real source for this or just some twitter guy?

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 75 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Some Twitter guy has multiple awards for journalism, I'm inclined to give him some benefit. But I would like someone to provide an official statement.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 62 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Citations or GTFO because we should always check for sources especially in this day and age, awards or not.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 40 points 11 hours ago

You're not wrong. Just highlighting he at least has some credibility beyond the average xitter poster.

[–] potoo22@lemmy.world 45 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (3 children)

It's just speculation. No real motive has been determined. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-09-12/what-we-know-about-the-suspected-killer-of-charlie-kirk

LA Times wrote this less than 15 minutes ago:

Investigators are still looking through evidence and trying to determine a motive in the slaying.

The only things in writing are the words etched into the bullets, and those are mixed. He wrote an anti-fascist statement on a bullet casing and other text on others, but nothing to indicate he had liberal or conservative ideologies. If anything, he appeared to be mostly mad at the whole system.

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 11 hours ago

Honestly with this administration, I have a difficult time believing any evidence they provide. The head of the FBI is a fucking podcaster who was able to lie profusely to the point that he caught Trump's attention. That must take a lot of lying.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 45 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

He wrote an anti-fascist statement on a bullet casing

No, he wrote Helldiver's 2 and groyper memes.

Hey, fascist! Catch! ↑ → ↓↓↓

Is for this: https://helldivers.wiki.gg/wiki/Eagle_500kg_Bomb

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 15 points 8 hours ago

They say the truth can't get it's pants on before a lie made it around the world, but I love Lemmy cause mfers come with sources within minutes or hours

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

When I first heard about the three arrows, I thought it was a reference to the iron front. This is so much lamer.

[–] spacesatan@leminal.space 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

How do you get more explicitly anti-fascist than 'Hey fascist catch (a bomb)' and bella ciao?

[–] Unpeeled3828@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 minutes ago

Good question. I'll show you something then you decide or you want to dive into it further. It mostly far-right meme shit and doesn't make a lot of sense for outsiders.

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[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

There is a post on front page of Reddit that said shooters granny said he was maga on her Facebook page but I did not see any proof of it one way or other.

Edit post is here now too

https://vger.to/lemmy.zip/post/48535484

[–] JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago

To be fair, my own granny died thinking I was still a card carrying Republican. Sometimes you don't tell Grandma you are a godless liberal. The old folks don't really need to know everything. Christmas gets kinda awkward if you do.

[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Not to mention the stuff on the casings was specifically antifascist.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

FWIW, there's plenty of alt-right "advice" out there to use left wing messaging if someone decides to do something stupid. It's potentially a tactic to misdirect and frame the violence.

[–] MangioneDontMiss@feddit.nl 1 points 5 hours ago

casings can very easily be planted. that shouldn't be convincing taken on its own.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 hours ago

Most articles actually said the complete opposite of what this shitter post claims.

Cox said: "The family member referenced a recent incident in which Robinson came to dinner prior to September 10, and in the conversation with another family member, Robinson mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to UVU."

There was a mention of how "Kirk was full of hate and spreading hate".

Most articles also say that one of the bullet casings had a "bella ciao" engraving which could be false flag but also could be real.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago

That's what I'm waiting to see. We have to be patient.