There accounts immediately began spreading conspiracy abt the shooting either being fake or being committed by Muslims/“islamists.” For context, Lewiston is one of few places in Maine with a visible Black pop, most of whom are East African immigrants. My fear was a hate crime targeting them.

not sure if it's because i don't have an account, but i tried looking at the police page and none of the posts are in order. so the third post down was something like, "manhunt ended" but it's a post from years ago.

Tucker Carlson specifically targetted Lewiston, Maine for its Somali immigrants. Maybe the shooter changed venues because he was looking for somalis?

Oh man that is literally the worst timeline

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Because EM stripped verification from legitimate news sources and public institutions, they either are no longer appearing in searches, or have left X, and so, if you looked for info about the shooting last night you saw largely wild speculation and covert and not so covert bigotry and conspiracy.