When a Suspected Shooter’s Facebook Page Becomes a Circus
People are flocking to the profile page of a man identified as the suspect in a shooting at a Congressional baseball practice—and leaving lots of messages.
by Adrienne LaFrance
Jun 14, 2017
2 minutes
In America, terrible acts of violence are often met with handmade signs, bunches of flowers, and teddy bears. Makeshift memorials to shooting victims are flooded with these sorts of objects, and they spring up reliably wherever a horrifying event has occurred.
After the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut,
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