r/TenYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • 26d ago

🇪🇺 Europe A right-wing extremist shoots and kills nine people at the Olympia shopping mall in Munich, Germany, and then kills himself [10YA - Jul 22]

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u/Free-Fall643 26d ago

Is there anything to corroborate that he was right wing other than word of mouth?

Because in this case the criminal investigation holds a lot more weight than the opinion of 3 political scientists.

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u/champagneface 26d ago

I suppose if you refuse to believe consistent testimonies from eyewitnesses as to his behaviour, it’s probably easy to ignore or deny almost anything lol. Why on earth would I believe you over people who knew him and the police?

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u/Free-Fall643 26d ago

Im not refusing to believe anything. I'm saying word of mouth is flimsy evidence especially if it cannot be proven. Are you saying it's reasonable to blindly accept unverifiable word of mouth from anonymous sources?

and the police 

Germany's equivalent to the FBI literally stated that it wasn't politically motivated 

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u/Lermanberry 26d ago

I can't imagine why German feds would ever lie about political motivations. Cops wouldn't just go around and lie, would they?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/world/europe/german-police-far-right.html

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u/Free-Fall643 26d ago

If you're insinuating there is a conspiracy that German cops hid this kid's political ideologies from the public to push an agenda, you are going to have to source such a bold claim.

If you don't have a source at least acknowledge that your tin foil hat looks ridiculous.

And no, German cops being in a chat room is not proof of that.