The Pittsburgh Suspect’s Internet of Hate
Robert Bowers was an avid user of Gab, a social network popular among white nationalists and the alt-right.
Before a gunman opened fire on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh Saturday morning, he posted a threat to the Jewish community online.
“ [a Jewish nonprofit organization] likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in,” the suspect, Robert D. Bowers, reportedly . Just hours later, he killed at least 10 people and wounded the deadliest against the Jewish community in the history of the United States.
