I saw some headlines about former TPUSA member Candace Owens claiming the Trump administration is framing Tyler Robinson.

To be clear, I’m not a fan of Candace Owens, and don’t know how credible anything she says about this investigation is. But I do believe the way the entire investigation was handled/is being handled was very odd.

Apparently a week ago, Owens posted a photo of Robinson at a Dairy Queen 6 hours after the shooting.

Newsweek published a story about this, but it seems like it isn’t working on certain browsers. There is no indication it was retracted, the link just doesn’t work when you click on it. However, the archive link should still work on any browser.

What’s really odd is that if this is truly an image of Robinson on September 10th After the shooting, he’s not wearing the outfit the suspect was wearing in the images of surveillance video that the FBI released. However, when he turned himself in 2 days later, he apparently was wearing the outfit seen in surveillance video.

Just posting this here to add to the list of many odd things about this investigation, like:

The local crazy guy that provided a distraction allowing the shooter to jump from a roof and escape immediately after the shooting

•Kirk’s body guards making odd gestures behind him just before the shot was fired

•The fact that the university evacuated the entire campus instead of calling for a lockdown

•The fact that Robinson’s roommate is somehow being villainized despite apparently cooperating with law enforcement the entire time

•The note the FBI claimed Robinson wrote confessing his guilt that was allegedly destroyed

  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    These “theories” are so dumb. Is she saying there’s no way he could have changed clothes during that whole time? Or that he wasn’t lingering around the area hoping for an opportunity to retrieve his rifle? Because we already know that he did stick around, hoping to get his weapon back…and the idea that he wouldn’t have changed clothes after committing a very public murder, is absolutely fucking stupid.

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      3 days ago

      This isn’t a theory. All this is saying is that he wasn’t wearing the same outfit. The Governor said when he turned himself into police, he had on the same clothes.

      The long sleeve dark tshirt and converse sneakers that were caught on the university surveillance video.

      So either he changed back into his murder clothes before turning himself in to be helpful and avoid confusion or somebody is lying.

      https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy04p4x21e5o

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    3 days ago

    #1 bullshit for me is the FBI claiming Kirk took a 30.06 round and there was no exit wound. I’ve shot quality steel plates, 3/8" thick, with a 30.06. Looked like it was drill pressed, not even any jagged ends on the exit side.

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    3 days ago

    What do you mean he’s wearing the same outfit as the footage? If you mean in his mug shot that’s probably a ballistic or antistab vest.

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      3 days ago

      The photos I posted above. What they claimed he was wearing in the university surveillance footage they got in the stairwell was also what they claimed he was wearing when he turned himself in to police.

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    3 days ago

    I mean given how trump cleaned house and put in toadies I don’t trust anything from federal agencies now. So much has been sus. Do I believe this idea. Not necessarily I just know I can’t trust the official line.