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Creative Speculation

struggle4progress

(120,474 posts) Sun Sep 1, 2019, 11:41 AM Sep 2019

Why hasn't the Odessa/Midlands shooter's identity been released? [View all]

Could the real shooter have been a rightwing operative acting on instructions from higher up?

Has the real shooter been allowed to escape?

Did the police kill an innocent bystander as part of a larger cover-up?

"Just shut up and trust us!" is the best fuel for paranoid conspiracy theories!

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Why hasn't the Odessa/Midlands shooter's identity been released? [View all] struggle4progress Sep 2019 OP

I don't think there is a CT here Crafty Girl Sep 2019 #1

Dayton.... FarPoint Sep 2019 #3

There has been an effort to encourage the press not to give the shooter too much notoriety struggle4progress Sep 2019 #6

More on my above reply Crafty Girl Sep 2019 #2

These have been real issues ever since someone burned the Ephesian Temple of Artemis struggle4progress Sep 2019 #8

If he had priors cases were those handled correctly? Abbott was Attorney General. bronxiteforever Sep 2019 #4

These are good questions struggle4progress Sep 2019 #7

He wants to be notorious. yellerpup Sep 2019 #5

I've been wondering the same thing kimbutgar Sep 2019 #9

"Did the shooter work for the Russians? Or did he work for the White House?" struggle4progress Sep 2019 #10

There may be an ongoing investigation. More to learn. nt 42bambi Sep 2019 #11

Odessa Shooting Suspect named Ptah Sep 2019 #12

... struggle4progress Sep 2019 #13

What, you have given up on your wild, ignorant, baseless fiction? Ptah Sep 2019 #14

A few facts here and there can have that effect struggle4progress Sep 2019 #15

What facts led to this speculation? Ptah Sep 2019 #17

What would explain a police refusal to tell you who they'd shot? struggle4progress Sep 2019 #18

You couldn't wait 24 hours? Ptah Sep 2019 #19

How long should we wait when officials float trial balloons about never releasing the name? struggle4progress Sep 2019 #20

Ha said he was not going to name the suspect, that the suspect's name would be released later. Ptah Sep 2019 #21

It wasn't clear to me, but the discussion is moot now struggle4progress Sep 2019 #22

Until the next time you get paranoid. Ptah Sep 2019 #23

I will strongly encourage everyone to cultivate a healthy paranoia struggle4progress Sep 2019 #24

Long enough for them to run down possible associates and accomplices jberryhill Nov 2019 #25

Notoriety is not much use... Gumboot Sep 2019 #16

He has been identified and shoot dead. Farmer-Rick Nov 2019 #26