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Warning all US Citizens: This graphic video shows the on air murder of two white journalists by a black male named Vester Flanagan who posted this video to his Facebook page before killing himself. Washington Times is reporting that In a 23 page fax to ABC News Vester claims these murders were retaliation for the Charleston Murders! These executions were racially motivated!

BLACK, GAY REPORTER MURDERS STRAIGHT, WHITE JOURNALISTS — MEDIA BLAME THE GUN


by BEN SHAPIRO26 Aug 20151,904

On Wednesday, America met a deeply evil human being: Vester Lee Flanagan II, also known as reporter Bryce Williams.

Williams murdered two people while they were live on air on WDBJ in Virginia: reporter Alison Parker, and cameraman Adam Ward. After the murders, he went on the run – and while he was on the run, he tweeted out his rationale for the killings, accusing Parker of making “racist comments” and Ward of going “to hr on me after working with me one time!!!” He then posted video to his Facebook and Twitter pages of himself shooting both at point-blank range.

Williams is black. Parker and Ward were white.

Williams is gay. Parker and Ward were straight.

None of which would be relevant, except that Williams specifically cited his identity as a factor in the killings. In a 23-page rambling letter sent to ABC News, Williams wrote that the Charleston church shooting in June should have provoked a race war: “Why did I do it? I put a deposit for a gun on 6/19/15. The Church shooting in Charleston happened on 6/17/15…What sent me over the top was the church shooting…You want a race war (deleted)? BRING IT THEN YOU WHITE …(deleted)!!!” According to ABC News, he claimed he had “suffered racial discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying at work,” that he had “been attacked by black men and white females,” and that he had been “attacked for being a gay, black man.”

Williams marinated in his self-appointed victimhood status. He filed a lawsuit against his Tallahassee, Florida employer, WTWC – a lawsuit settled out of court. He filed a complaint with the with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against WDBJ after his firing – a complaint the EEOC dismissed. According to WDBJ station manager Jeff Marks, Williams was “an unhappy man” with a “reputation as someone who had been difficult to work with… looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to.”

Had a white straight man killed a black gay man, released first-person tape of the shooting, and then unleashed a manifesto about being victimized by affirmative action and anti-religious bigotry from homosexuals, the media would never stop covering the story. They’d be eager to report that shooter’s motives with all the attendant politically correct hullaballoo about the racism and homophobia of the United States more broadly. We would hear about white supremacy (reprehensible Black Lives Matter leader Deray McKesson actually jumped the gun, thinking the shooter was white, and tweeted, “Whiteness will explain away nearly anything”).

We would hear excoriations of the Republican presidential candidates for their failures to stand with the Black Lives Matter movement–and their opposition to same-sex marriage. In similar circumstances, the entire political and media establishment determined that the Confederate flag was somehow to blame for Dylan Storm Roof’s brutal slaying of nine people at a historically black church; just last week, the media tried to blame Donald Trump’s anti-immigration stance for two thugs beating up a Hispanic homeless man in Boston.

But Bryce Williams’ self-described victim status, even while murdering innocents, will merit no rethinking of the divisive politics in which he apparently bathed. We won’t have a conversation about whether pushing a perennial picture of victimhood for blacks and gays in the most black-friendly, gay-friendly country on the planet could drive supposed victims to violence. We won’t talk about whether the Democratic Party’s takeover by the Black Lives Matter crew has encouraged some people to believe that only black lives matter, since only black lives are in danger – and even then, only some black lives matter, namely those killed by white people. Instead, we will be assured that Bryce Williams is an outlier by the same people who blamed Sarah Palin for Jared Lee Loughner shooting Gabrielle Giffords.

It is true that statistical outliers should not be used to club entire movements into submission. But leftists protesting at the linkage between Williams and their favored political causes have no ground on which to stand – they consistently blame conservatives for outlier events with no statistical basis. Moreover, Williams’ violence is part of a larger trend, not of black men killing white people (that still happens disproportionately, but the numbers are down), but of black men using supposed American racism as a rationale for violence more generally, and of gay people using supposed American homophobia as a rationale for violation of others’ rights.

Some in the media are actually going beyond delinking Williams from his politics – they’redefending Williams’ perverse worldview, questioning whether evil, racist, homophobic America created him. Columnist WonderWomanist at Gawker wrote, “I can understand him being frustrated with racial discrimination at his job but it was not worth throwing his life over… RIP to the victims even though they may have been racist.”

Kay Steiger at ThinkProgress took Williams’ self-serving narrative at face value: “One part of the document included the phrase ‘Suicide Note for Friends and Family’ and detailed discrimination he experienced as a gay, black man.”

But most of the the media will swivel to gun control, following the lead of the White House and Hillary Clinton, both of whom called for heavier gun control laws – even as both push for the release of criminals from prisons, a crackdown on law enforcement, and a racially divisive narrative of the country pitting black against white, all for political gain.

All of these policies will do nothing to stop Bryce Williamses — in fact, they will make Bryce Williamses more common. Teaching Americans that they aren’t victims would be a great way of battling evil – most victims aren’t evil, but virtually all evil people think they are victims, and thus justify their violence. But teaching Americans that they aren’t victims would undercut the Democratic message that all minorities are victims, and thus require bigger government. And that message, and its attendant political success, must take precedence over the building of a more inclusive, more understanding country.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...blame-the-gun/

Here is the video of the attack that went out live over the air. Going to add this to the first post on this thread...

http://www.alipac.us/f19/police-offi...a-town-322563/

Youtube has pulled the gunman's uncensored video down!

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EXCLUSIVE: 'He was the human tape recorder': How TV murderer was criticized by bosses for appalling journalistic standards and reprimanded for wearing an Obama badge to report on elections

• Vester Flanagan's appalling track record as a reporter brought to light in court papers relating to his bid to sue WDBJ for wrongful termination
• Flanagan scored 1 out of 5 in series of categories in performance review and was told his reports were confusing and 'lean on facts'
• One document called him 'the human tape recorder' for never challenging press releases or interviewees
• Flanagan told the judge he wanted a jury made up solely of African American women, and FBI and Department of Justice investigations
• Case was dismissed after CBS affiliate in Moneta, VA, issued detailed rebuttal
• Also revealed: Flanagan threw cat feces at neighbors, had a large sex toy trove, drove like a maniac and covered his fridge with photos of himself

By Ben Ashford In Roanoke, Virginia
Published: 17:36 EST, 26 August 2015 | Updated: 08:48 EST, 27 August 2015


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Warped TV reporter Vester Lee Flanagan exasperated bosses with his 'stiff and nervous' delivery, his inability to use a teleprompter - and by wearing a President Obama badge during an election report, Daily Mail Online can reveal.
Management at WDBJ dubbed the failed newsman the 'human tape recorder' because he frequently parroted what interviewees had told him rather than doing his own journalism.
Flanagan, 41, clashed repeatedly with photojournalists, belittling them in public and intimidating them with his violent temper, according to internal reports.
He was also censured for wearing an Obama sticker while recording a segment at a polling booth during the 2012 US Presidential Election - a clear breach of journalistic impartiality.
The complaints are outlined in court papers seen by Daily Mail Online that include a scathing performance review carried out prior to his termination in Feb 2013.
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Reprimanded and dismissed: Vesper Flanagan - who went by the name Bryce Williams was severely criticized by bosses for his performance, court papers reveal


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Despicable: The video he posted showed him taking his former colleagues' life. Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27, were broadcasting a live report. He also shot the woman being interviewed, Vicki Gardner


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Poor performance: The veteran multimedia journalist was criticized for missing deadlines and producing reports that were 'lean on facts' and left viewers confused.


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Damning: The letter which warned him that his conduct, by wearing an Obama badge as he reported on the presidential election, put him on the verge of termination










The station filed the documents to rebutt a wrongful termination claim which he had brought, claiming he was the victim of discrimination because he was black and gay. The station won the case.
Flanagan earned a dismal 1 out of 5 score in several categories for his poor communication skills and a failure to show respect to colleagues.
The veteran multimedia journalist was also criticized for missing deadlines and producing reports that were 'lean on facts' and left viewers confused.
Flanagan shot dead two of his ex-coworkers during a live TV segment Wednesday morning before committing suicide.
Viewers of the small CBS affiliate in Moneta, Virginia, watched as he gunned down 24-year-old reporter Alison Parker at close range before turning the weapon on cameraman Adam Ward, 27.
After carrying out the shocking on-air execution he fled in a rental car and committed suicide, but not before tweeting a list of complaints and a chilling first-person video of the killings.
Those complaints echoed a May 2014 court filing in which Flanagan sued the station in Roanoke General District Court, seeking unpaid wages and damages for alleged discrimination.
In a sometimes-rambling account of his time at WDBJ Flanagan accused co-workers of racially harassing him by placing a watermelon around the office.
'The watermelon would appear, then disappear, then appear and disappear, then appear and disappear again only to appear again,' he wrote in a May 2014 letter to presiding Judge Francis Burkart.
'This was not an innocent incident. The watermelon was placed in a strategic location.'










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Victims: Alison Parker (center) and Adam Ward (right) were reporting from a shopping mall early this morning when they were murdered by Flanagan


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Adam Ward was the videographer for CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia before his life was cut tragically short

Flanagan also claimed he was assaulted by a photographer, subjected to a hostile working environment and wrongfully terminated.
He demanded a jury comprised entirely of African American women and independent investigations by the FBI and Justice Department.
'I realize this is the ultimate "David vs. Goliath" scenario ... however I am neither intimidated or fearful,' he added.
Burkart dismissed the case in July 2014 after a detailed rebuttal from WDBK bosses who argued there was not a 'single allegation of fact' to support Flanagan.
Furthermore they submitted pages and pages of complaints and internal emails detailing Flanagan's poor news judgment, flawed delivery and fiery temper.
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'Your on air performance ... continues to be stiff and nervous,' News director Dan Dennison told Flanagan in a December 2012 email.
'You hold onto scripts with both hands; even when you have a teleprompter in the studio and never refer to them .
'This is an unnecessary crutch. Given your level of experience doing live television, our expectation is that your on-air performance should be better.'
Dennison also slammed Flanagan, who reported under the name Bryce Williams, for acting like a 'human tape recorder' and taking press releases and interviewees on face value.
'Your job as a news reporter is to dig for the truth and the facts,' he said. 'You have a tendency to repeat instead of report on many stories which leads to thinly sourced material and a lack of substance.'
Dennison also wrote to Flanagan in November 2012 to admonish him for wearing an Obama badge while reporting on voters hitting the poll booths for the US election.
'It has come to my attention that while standing in line on Tuesday, preparing to vote, you were wearing a President Obama sticker on your clothing.'










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Scathing: Flanagan received the lowest possible rating in one part of his appraisal - for 'working together' with other journalists, and overall was told he had to improve his performance.







Vester Lee Flanagan, the 41-year-old suspect in the on-air slayings of a Virginia TV reporter and her cameraman, had a track record of claiming racism in the workplace. His suit against










Dennison described the badge as a clear violation of journalist ethics and company rules that ban employees from participating in partisan politics.
'This demonstrated a basic lack of understanding of your role as an on-air journalist at the television station and poor judgment,' he said.
Flanagan's temper was also a constant worry for bosses at WDBK, who listed a series of violent confrontations between the volatile reporter and his colleagues.
In April 2012 the California-raised Jehovah's Witness lost his temper and verbally abused two co-workers inside a live truck, leaving them feeling 'threatened and extremely uncomfortable.'
Call the police. I'm not leaving. I'm going to make a stink and it's going to be in the headlines
What he said when he was told he was being dismissed


On May 30 he broke off three times during an interview to berate a photographer for not framing the shot as he wanted.
And six days later he accused a cameraman of taking a shaky shot and started arguing in front of shocked bystanders, according to the complaints.
After getting 'very angry' and storming off while filming another July 2012 report Flanagan was warned he would be fired unless he sought help from the company health advocate.
'This is a mandatory referral requiring your compliance,' Dennison told Flanagan. 'Failure to comply will result in termination of employment.'
After continuing to argue with colleagues and averaging just 2.9 out of 5 in his June 2012 performance review, Flanagan was fired in February 2013 due to his 'unsatisfactory job performance and inability to work as a team member.'
According to the court documents Police were called to remove him from the building after he told staff: 'Call the police. I'm not leaving. I'm going to make a stink and it's going to be in the headlines.'
He did precisely that Wednesday when he filmed himself fatally shooting his former colleagues Parker and Ward.
Both were among a long list of former colleagues he wanted to subpoena for his court case.
His third victim, their interviewee Vicki Gardner, was in stable condition Wednesday night after surgery for her gunshot wounds.
In a 23-page 'manifesto' letter sent to ABC News two hours after the shooting, Flanagan claimed the Charleston, South Carolina church shooting earlier this year was the final straw that prompted him to buy a gun.
But his erratic and sometimes downright bizarre behavior didn't start there.
A source told the Telegraph that Flanagan, who reportedly owned two cats, would throw the animals' feces from the balcony of his Roanoke apartment.
When authorities arrived to the dwelling following Wednesday's horror, they found the door smeared with cat feces and the apartment soaked in their urine.
Footage taken inside the place show the refrigerator plastered with pictures of himself in dated modeling photos and headshots. Also in the apartment was a collection of sex toys authorities believed were covered in 'human material.'
Also revealed after the gripping murders was Flanagan's propensity toward irrational rages, especially toward men.
Not surprisingly in this tale of technology meets tragedy, there is video evidence of one such rage. A YouTube video emerged Thursday showing Flanagan arguing with a man who berated him for driving 'like a lunatic at more than 100mph' - just a few weeks before Flanagan murdered two people live on air.



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• Video: Virginia shooting: Inside the home of gunman Bryce Williams where he prepared for murder - Telegraph

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TV Shooter Was Reprimanded During 2012 Election For Wearing An Obama Sticker


CHUCK ROSS

Reporter

12:39 PM 08/27/2015

The disgruntled former WDBJ reporter who fatally shot two former co-workers on live television in Roanoke, Va. on Wednesday was reprimanded during the 2012 election for wearing an Obama sticker while waiting in line to vote in what station bosses said at the time was a clear violation of journalistic ethics.

That was just one of many complaints filed against Vester Lee Flanagan II during his TV news career. Numerous former colleagues and bosses have come forward to describe Flanagan as a poor performer with a chip on his shoulder who was often confrontational and aggressive.

The 41-year-old California native fatally shot WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward while they were filming a live segment Wednesday morning. A woman being interviewed was shot but is expected to survive. Flanagan shot himself and died, but not before posting gruesome video of the shooting on social media.

Flanagan, who went by the on-air name Bryce Williams, was fired from WDBJ in February 2013, less than a year after being hired. Prior to that, he had worked at news stations in Odessa, Tex., Savannah, Ga., and Tallahassee, Fla.

Following some of those gigs, Flanagan filed lawsuits against the news stations for racial discrimination. In a 23-page manifesto he faxed to ABC News on Tuesday, Flanagan claimed that was angry over discrimination he claimed he’d faced because he was black and gay. He added that the Charleston, S.C. shooting that left nine black churchgoers dead was the final spark for Wednesday’s attack.

Last year, Flanagan filed a discrimination lawsuit against WDBJ alleging that was fired because of his race.

But court papers obtained by The Daily Mail and other outlets paint a different picture. They indicate that Flanagan was fired because he was an abrasive and hostile co-worker who was also a poor performer.

He also violated journalistic ethics and company policy by openly advocating for President Barack Obama during the 2012 election.

“It’s come to our attention that while standing in line on Tuesday, preparing to vote, you were wearing a President Obama sticker on your clothing,” reads a Nov. 9, 2012 memo WDBJ station manager Dan Dennison sent to Flanagan.

“Bryce, this is a clear violation, not only of Schurz Co. policy but of standard journalistic ethics. Journalists and particularly reporters who appear on television must abide by a different standard,” he continued, adding that “this demonstrated a basic lack of understanding of your role as an on-air journalist at the television station and poor judgment.”

“While this is the first incident of this nature, and we trust the last, you need to quickly and diligently move from the category of an employee who commits misstep after misstep to the kind of problem-free employee that we hope you can become.”

Dennison also told Flanagan in a December 2012 email that his on-air performance “continues to be stiff and nervous.”
“You hold onto scripts with both hands; even when you have a teleprompter in the studio and never refer to them.”
Flanagan was also dubbed a “human tape recorder” because of his tendency to merely repeat what sources and documents stated rather than doing his own additional reporting.

“Your job as a news reporter is to dig for the truth and the facts,” Dennison wrote. “You have a tendency to repeat instead of report on many stories which leads to thinly sourced material and a lack of substance.”

Flanagan’s stiff style can be gleaned from a highlight reel that the killer posted to YouTube two years ago.

When Flanagan was finally fired in February 2013, he left the station under police escort. “Call the police. I’m not leaving. I’m going to make a stink and it’s going to be in the headlines,” Flanagan reportedly said at the time.

Flanagan’s job with Tallahassee’s WTWC came to a similar end in 2000.

“He was becoming really paranoid and becoming really difficult to work with,” Don Shafer, the station manager at WTWC at the time, said Wednesday. “And wanting to argue with everyone and fight with everyone, and it became physical after a while to the point where I had to escort him out of the building.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/08/27/tv...#ixzz3k3MwtIog

America's refusal to provide adequate mental health hospitals and facilities, properly staff them and use them correctly is giving guns and the second amendment bad names. I am sick of America not taking responsibility for their errors. I am tired of the mentally deficient attacking the Constitution while not providing adequately. t is not that we do not have the money, we have o stop politicians from g0ing to wars that they have no intention to win! We have to stop politicians from welcoming the worlds poor and needy. We need to eliminate politicians and return government to the people governed!!

He was one twisted puppy. JMO

Virginia shooter Vester Flanagan’s apartment decorated with his own headshots, filled with sex toys

BY MEG WAGNER
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Friday,
August 28, 2015, 11:05 AM

Flanagan lived in a small, dimly lit apartment in this Roanoke, Virginia, complex.


The gunman who murdered two journalists on live TV lived in a dark, sparsly decorated $650-a-month apartment — but his lair was anything but modest.

Cluttered with sex toys and decorated with glamour shots during his days as a model, vainglorious killer Vester Lee Flanagan's Roanoke, Va. one-bedroom apartment was bereft of all but the most basic home furnishings when police raided the near-empty abode Thursday, video obtained by the Telegraph showed.
Flanagan, 41, shot and killed WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward Wednesday morning as they conducted a live TV interview for the station. Their interviewee, executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce Vicki Gardner, was injured during the ambush.

Flanagan — a former WDBJ-TV reporter who went by the name Bryce Williams on-air before he was fired in 2013 — shot and killed himself after fleeing the scene.

Sources at the apartment complex said that while Flanagan was “nice” to his female neighbors, he frequently lashed out at the men.

“He would literally just throw cat s--t into their balconies,” a source told the newspaper.

A long list of residents logged complaints against the former TV reporter with the complex’s landlord.

“He had attitude all the time,”one unidentified resident told NBC News, adding that Flanagan "walked around with a chip on his shoulder.”

Flanagan’s apartment was dark, dingy and decoratively desolate. While police raided the pad, they found a puddle of cat urine on the kitchen floor and cat feces on the balcony.

In a manifesto Flanagan sent to ABC News just before the Wednesday

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