Crap, here we go again - Active shooter at Youtube HQ?

[Perd Hapley]

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Suspect-in-You-Tube-Shooting-Posted-Rants-About-the-Company-Online--478711713.html

Her name, which I hope none will use here, sounds Mid-Eastern/South Asian. Ironically, she had a Meat is Murder sticker on her car, per the article.

[freakazoid]

So I guess there goes the domestic dispute angle?

[AJ Dual]

No deaths other than her own. Probably because she only shot $.70 in ammo for every dollar a man would have...

[bedlamite]

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Suspect-in-You-Tube-Shooting-Posted-Rants-About-the-Company-Online--478711713.html

Her name, which I hope none will use here, sounds Mid-Eastern/South Asian. Ironically, she had a Meat is Murder sticker on her car, per the article.

She also had a youtube channel where she speaks Farsi.

[Hawkmoon]

She also had a youtube channel where she speaks Farsi.

Would that perhaps be what we might call a "clue"? She complained that traffic on her channel fell off because she was "filtered." Does anyone know what her videos were about? Was it all pro-vegan propaganda, or did she advocate for Islamist causes?

[Edit to add} I just saw part of her video manifesto. Right at the start she complains that they filtered her "Persian" channel. Persia, of course, is Iran. Her channel could have been Iranian vegan recipes, but it could also have been something else.

[HeroHog]

No deaths other than her own. Probably because she only shot $.70 in ammo for every dollar a man would have...

 

[Hawkmoon]

I just saw part of her video manifesto. Right at the start she complains that they filtered her "Persian" channel. Persia, of course, is Iran. Her channel could have been Iranian vegan recipes, but it could also have been something else.

I took a look at her web site. She apparently had video channels in English, Turkish, and Farsi -- all about a vegan lifestyle, and music parodies. I guess no ties to terrorism, just your ordinary, garden variety nutter.

[RoadKingLarry]

I always equate veganism as just another form of terrorism.

[KD5NRH]

Would that perhaps be what we might call a "clue"?

She claimed to be Bahai.  Never mind that all the Bahai I've met made Hari Krishnas look like Barbary pirates by comparison.  About as peacefully non-attached as it gets.  Sneaking suspicion she was religion shopping and settled on that one for sounding socially-conscious enough to give the image she wanted.

[French G.]

I just want to know how the NRA made her do it.

[Hawkmoon]

38 years old, not exactly a teenie-bopper. Family came to the U.S. from Iran in 1996. Apparently her complaint was that Youtube had demonetized her channels and "ruined her life." So where are all the demonstrators complaining about how Youtube has blood on its hands?

I'd like to know:

• Did she obtain her gun legally and pass a backgroujnd check?
• Was the Youtube campus a gun-free zone [well, obviously it wasn't, but was it supposed to be]?

[Fly320s]

She must have used a handgun and everyone simply dodged the bullets...

Pet peeve.

[dogmush]

Pet peeve.

I'd be more peeved by people dodging my bullets like some kind of knock off Remo Williams.

[p12]

Her dad had called police to report possible violence against YouTube.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/04/youtube-shooter-reportedly-id-d-as-woman-with-vendetta-against-company.html

The authorities failed again.


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[MechAg94]

Would that perhaps be what we might call a "clue"? She complained that traffic on her channel fell off because she was "filtered." Does anyone know what her videos were about? Was it all pro-vegan propaganda, or did she advocate for Islamist causes?

[Edit to add} I just saw part of her video manifesto. Right at the start she complains that they filtered her "Persian" channel. Persia, of course, is Iran. Her channel could have been Iranian vegan recipes, but it could also have been something else.

Does youtube block or restrict videos in Iran based on Govt censorship rules?

[Perd Hapley]

So the cops talked to her on the morning before the shooting. 

[TommyGunn]

So the cops talked to her on the morning before the shooting. 

I guess she forgot to mention her plans to go on a shooting spree.  That was inconsiderate.

[Perd Hapley]

Always inform police before your cray-cray shooting spree.

[Sindawe]

I always equate veganism as just another form of terrorism.

You poor misguided soul, you just need to learn to embrace the tofu into your life. 

I was watching Fox News streaming on this shooting yesterday, and there was a supposed witness talking about hearing rapid fire gun shots and one woman outside the building being hit multiple times in quick succession and clearly dead as a result.  I wonder if he was making that up or what.

[Scout26]

As a side note and thread drift. I discovered a Youtube channel called "Facts."  (Yes, the period is important).  After ~3 years, it shut down the end the March 2018.  They posted one video of day of Irish 20-somethings trying various foods from around the world or watching American TV for the first time (lots of the crappy shows).   It was hilarious.  (The "Irish people try American BBQ" is probably the best one.)

They had over 1,000,000 Youtube subscribers, but once they were demonetized by Youtube, they shutdown.   Now, just because you have 1 million subscribers doesn't mean you can turn a profit, but if you can't even make money at that level, then the days of lots of content (at least better quality content) is just about over.  

[White Horseradish]

I took a look at her web site. She apparently had video channels in English, Turkish, and Farsi -- all about a vegan lifestyle, and music parodies.

Not all. There was that one on risks of anal sex.

[BobR]

Not all. There was that one on risks of anal sex.

From what I have read she wasn't a fan!!!!

Which leads to all kinds of speculation. Hmmmm, I never noticed before but speculate and spelunk  are almost similar.   

bob

[Perd Hapley]

https://www.dailywire.com/news/29070/watch-host-thinks-someone-opening-soda-can-ryan-saavedra

[Hawkmoon]

Her dad had called police to report possible violence against YouTube.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/04/youtube-shooter-reportedly-id-d-as-woman-with-vendetta-against-company.html

The authorities failed again.

Not according to the authorities. They claim that nothing was communicated to them to suggest a threat.

I think we're seeing more buck-passing and doctoring of spin. There's a distinct possibility I have this wrong, but I have the impression that there were two calls made to the police by her family. First off was a routine missing person report. Then the Mountain View police called and said they had found her. So far, so good -- no threat evident, no threat reported.

But ... then her brother engaged his brain, Googled Mountain View, and realized she was only 30 miles from Youtube headquarters -- and he knew she had a beef with Youtube. So, supposedly, he called the police a second time to warn them that she was in that area and that she might so "something." Obviously, he had no specifics of what she might do or exactly when she might do it, so the police can innocently say they received no "actionable" warning.

Which translates, in my mind to:

The authorities failed again.

[freakazoid]

Not according to the authorities. They claim that nothing was communicated to them to suggest a threat.

I think we're seeing more buck-passing and doctoring of spin. There's a distinct possibility I have this wrong, but I have the impression that there were two calls made to the police by her family. First off was a routine missing person report. Then the Mountain View police called and said they had found her. So far, so good -- no threat evident, no threat reported.

But ... then her brother engaged his brain, Googled Mountain View, and realized she was only 30 miles from Youtube headquarters -- and he knew she had a beef with Youtube. So, supposedly, he called the police a second time to warn them that she was in that area and that she might so "something." Obviously, he had no specifics of what she might do or exactly when she might do it, so the police can innocently say they received no "actionable" warning.

Which translates, in my mind to:

Legally speaking, what can they do?