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No, too many to keep count , tbh.

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Wow., so many others who don’t recall this. And here I was thinking early dementia was setting in. Thanks all.

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I don’t remember it, but it’s been almost 5 years ago. There have been a lot of these so many folks not personally affected by these shootings may forget. According to my google search, it did make the national news, though:

NBC news and USA Today also reported on it.

I don’t know if White mass shooters get more media attention, but I remember a few by non-White shooters got plenty of media attention. The Orlando club shooting and the DC sniper shootings come to mind.

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That is because one shot gay people and the other was too close to the polititions

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Well, there’s also the Puerto Rican guy that shot up a bunch of people at the Ft. Lauderdale airport baggage claim area. That got national press:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/beta.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/08/17/gunman-who-killed-fort-lauderdale-airport-sentenced-life-prison/%3FoutputType=amp

The Asian Virginia Tech shooter also got national press:

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