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FBI Will Monitor Violent Online Threats in Light of 'Joker' Premiere

posted by janrinok on Friday October 04 2019, @02:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the some-people-just-can't-take-a-joker dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-monitor-violent-online-threats-light-joker-premiere/story?id=66031356

The FBI has received tips of threatening posts on social media calling for "unspecific mass shootings" linked to the release of the new psychological thriller, "Joker," starring Oscar-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix that will hit theaters this Friday, according to a joint intelligence bulletin obtained by ABC News.

These threats have been circling online platforms since at least May 2019, but give no information indicating specific or credible threats to particular locations or venues, the bulletin said.

Some of the threats did contain references to a primarily online group called the involuntary celibate community, or Incels, and a subset that refers to itself as "Clowncels." However, the intelligence community doesn't necessarily regard the group as a whole as a violent one.

"While many Incels do not engage in violence, some within the community encourage or commit violent acts as retribution for perceived societal wrongdoing against them," the bulletin said. "Some Incel attackers have claimed inspiration from previous mass shooters."

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday October 04 2019, @11:13PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) on Friday October 04 2019, @11:13PM (#902854) Journal

    One shooting at a movie theater does not make a pattern.

    Incel - the "Mass murders and violence" section [wikipedia.org]

    On May 23, 2014, Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others before killing himself in Isla Vista, California, near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.... Rodger self-identified as an incel and left behind a 137-page manifesto and YouTube videos detailing his involuntary celibacy and discussing how he wanted revenge for being rejected by women....

    On October 1, 2015, Chris Harper-Mercer killed nine people and injured eight others before killing himself in a shooting at the Umpqua Community College campus in Roseburg, Oregon. ... In his journal writings, he had related with Elliot Rodger and other mass shooters, describing them as "people who stand with the gods".
    ...
    On July 31, 2016, Sheldon Bentley robbed and killed an unconscious man in an alleyway in Edmonton, Alberta. During his trial, Bentley said he killed the man by stomping on his abdomen because he was frustrated with stress from his job as a security guard and with being involuntarily celibate for four years.
    ...
    On December 7, 2017, William Atchison killed two people before killing himself in Aztec, New Mexico, in a shooting at Aztec High School, where he had previously been a student. He had used the pseudonym "Elliot Rodger" on several online forums...

    On February 14, 2018, Nikolas Cruz killed seventeen people and injured seventeen others in a shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, before being arrested. Cruz had previously posted online that "Elliot Rodger will not be forgotten"
    ...
    On April 23, 2018, a van driver (suspected to be Alek Minassian) killed ten people and injured fourteen others in a vehicle-ramming attack in Toronto, Ontario before being arrested. Shortly before the attack, Minassian had posted on Facebook that "the Incel Rebellion has already begun" and applauded Elliot Rodger...
    ...
    On November 2, 2018, Scott Beierle killed two women and injured four women and a man before killing himself in a shooting at the Hot Yoga Tallahassee studio in Tallahassee, Florida. ... He expressed anger over not having a girlfriend, mentioning Elliot Rodger in one video./blockquote.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @01:04AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @01:04AM (#902888)

    I meant there is no pattern showing which genre of movies would be more likely to get shot up. It doesn't happen often enough.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @02:57AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @02:57AM (#902920)

      I meant there is no pattern showing which genre of movies would be more likely to get shot up.

      Worth an experiment, eh?