Since when do we take criminals at their word? He says it wasn't racially motivated and that's just the narrative? If he said he didn't do it, do the police just leave it at that as well? If a muslim man shot a bunch of people and said it wasn't terrorism, would he be given the same benefit of doubt?
I think the police response (and some public response) in denying that this is racially driven is just a way to avoid the inconvenient truth of what is happening. To admit that this was domestic terrorism coming from racially charged sentiments, would mean having to address more deep rooted issues.
Actions speak louder than words. I'm a little disappointed at seeing some of the comments in this thread. Just because there were 2 of the 8 people killed who were of non-Asian descent, doesn't mean it wasn't racially motivated. From what I understand, the white man killed was a client leaving the premises who got caught in it but this POS didn't go to those establishments to target him. He went there to rid himself of "temptation" - a dude who has an unhealthy sexual addiction driven by Asian women stereotypes fixes his problem by killing a specific demographic of people he didn't even know and that isn't racism?
I don't know a lot about Trevor Noah, but someone sent me this video he made and I couldn't agree more with his sentiments. I think this video may be helpful to a lot of people in this thread:
https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/sta...ting-racism%2F
I very much agree that there is a lot of hopping on circumstances these days, for interest groups to use for their own agendas - but in this instance, I don't think it's helpful to deny an entire community's cry for help. Part of addressing issues in so much of what is wrong in our world today, is first acknowledging the problem and validating the victim's experience.