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What Happened to The Case of The White Guy Who Killed a Bunch of People on October 1st?
Weeks have gone by since the blaring headlines of what has been categorized as the as the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history — and some other shit has gone down — to divert our attention away from this pending issue.
What the hell happened to the case of the White guy, who mysteriously killed a bunch of people on the first day of October?
I did some ambitious digging in the courtyard of Wikipedia, after receiving the update about his younger brother’s illegal habit. It was the wakeup call that never comes when you’re addicted to content — and the sleepy way it makes the yesterdays seem so far away — and the present unmatchable in urgency.
Stephen Paddock is faring way better than actual victims like Sandra Bland — who is listed as a former jailbird — while Paddock enjoys the honor of having his brain studied by students at Stanford University.
Even more aggravating is the fact that his page depicts him as an ordinary White American Male — with an ironic past — who held jobs in the federal government sector — before veering off to more profitable pursuits — that allowed him to comfortably embrace the world of gambling —…
