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studiov34OP•

NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned that the gunman who shot and killed nine VTA co-workers before taking his own life Wednesday was under investigation for allegedly making racist remarks to coworkers.

According to law enforcement sources, Samuel Cassidy, 57, had been the subject of recent complaints including accusations that he was making inappropriate racial remarks to colleagues while on the job as a station maintenance worker.

The gunman appears to have been known to some federal authorities prior to Wednesday's attack. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents questioned the gunman in 2016 after finding books about terrorism and a notebook filled with notes detailing his hatred for his employer.

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Swayyyettts•

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents questioned the gunman in 2016 after finding books about terrorism and a notebook filled with notes detailing his hatred for his employer.

It’s disappointing they didn’t do anything about it then

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studiov34OP•

They saw that he was a middle-aged white dude, so they thanked him for his time and let him go.

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decrementsf•

Wow that flagrant racism. What is wrong with you?

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shooboodoodeedah•

Middle aged white men are never accused of terrorism, just mental health issues. Terrorism is already a racial term

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InsanelyHandsomeQB•

Realistically, what could they do without violating his civil rights? He hadn't committed any crimes at that point in time yet. Maybe you add him to a list but I'm not sure that would have stopped him.

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Bayare1984•

I think this is where the confusion about a “union meeting” came from. He was probably entitled to union representation in this disciplinary meeting (and explains why the union rep was present at 6am whom the shooter reportedly told “I’m not going to shoot you”.)

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unseenmover•

He was the subject of a Skelly hearing which signals disciplinary action where he could have been fired, lost pay, and/or demoted. Must have been pretty serious.

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Bayare1984•

That almost always means firing in my experience.

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unseenmover•

It also suggests a motive.

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BlaxicanX•

Who cares. It's so fascinating to me that people desperately want to immortalize pieces of shit like this by talking about them constantly. Are you going to make a thread about how the mass murderer liked to wear socks? When's the biopic coming out?

These types of people deserve to be memory-holed, banished from history for all time, expunged from the record. Nothing is gained by hyper focusing on their lives leading up to their horrific actions.

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studiov34OP•

How do we prevent these things from happening again in the future if we don’t try to understand the motivations of the perpetrators?

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Howdytherefella123•

The intelligence agency

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