{"id":107047,"date":"2018-10-30T06:36:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=107047"},"modified":"2018-10-30T06:39:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:39:19","slug":"another-false-flag-shooting-hoax-with-more-questions-than-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=107047","title":{"rendered":"Another False Flag Shooting Hoax with Many More Questions than Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PITTSBURGH SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING: QUESTIONS AND ANOMALIES<\/h1>\n

by Vivian Lee<\/p>\n

On Saturday morning, October 27, 2017, a mass shooting was reported at the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill region of Pittsburgh, PA. A suspect, Robert Gregory Bowers, was apprehended at the scene, after being wounded by SWAT officers. Before he was taken into custody, Bowers is said to have killed 11 of the congregants and injured six, including four members of the SWAT team that he engaged in two separate gun battles. Bowers was allegedly armed with \u201can AR-15-style assault rifle,\u201d a Glock pistol, and two other handguns.<\/p>\n

The officers who rushed to the scene came upon Mr. Bowers as he was trying to leave the synagogue. He fired at them, injuring one officer in the hand, according to the criminal complaint. Another officer had injuries to his face from shrapnel and broken glass. Mr. Bowers then darted back inside and ran up to the third floor.
\nAt that point, a SWAT team went in and came upon the scene of the massacre. Two people were still alive and the police carried them out. As they were searching for other victims, SWAT officers encountered Mr. Bowers, who fired at them and critically injured two officers.
\nThe remaining officers \u201cengaged the suspect in a gun battle in which multiple rounds were exchanged,\u201d the criminal complaint said. At some point in the shootout, Mr. Bowers was wounded, and he eventually surrendered to the police.[1]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bowers reportedly entered the synagogue just before 10 am, and \u201cthe Allegheny County Emergency Operations center received calls of an active shooter at 9:54 am ET\u2026Officers were dispatched at 9:55 am,\u201d\u00a0according to CNN<\/a>. In all, Bowers is said to have been inside the synagogue for a full 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Where did the shootings occur?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The synagogue was hosting services for three congregations, \u201cTree of Life,\u201d \u201cNew Light,\u201d and \u201cDor Hadash,\u201d according to\u00a0Michael Eisenberg<\/a>, past president of Tree of Life. The Tree of Life service would usually have around 40 people in attendance, in the main part of the building. New Light\u2019s service would have had a group of 30\u201240 people meeting in the basement, and Dor Hadash would have had around 15 people meeting in the rabbi\u2019s study room.<\/p>\n

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Michael Eisenberg gives a CNN interview at the scene. Image: CNN.<\/em><\/p>\n

According to early coverage by\u00a0The Daily Mail<\/a><\/em>, Bowers \u201cburst through the synagogue\u2019s doors and opened fire on the congregation on the main floor where around 40 to 50 people had gathered\u2026shouting \u2018all Jews must die!\u2019 while spraying bullets over them.\u201d<\/p>\n

After killing three people on the main floor, he went downstairs, where the New Light congregation was gathering in the basement, and opened fire there. He murdered four people there then fled upstairs where, on the third floor, he exchanged fire with SWAT teams and injured three police officers. Dor Hadash, a third, smaller group, was gathered in the rabbi\u2019s study to the side of the Tree of Life\u2019s congregation.\u201d[2]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just how\u00a0The Daily Mail<\/em>\u00a0came by this information is unclear, but it does not square with other reports. According to\u00a0The New York Times<\/a><\/em>, Stephen Weiss, one of the congregants present, heard \u201ca loud noise\u201d and then \u201ca couple more loud sounds.\u201d Weiss and the rabbi then discovered it was the sound of gunshots.<\/p>\n

The rabbi instructed everyone to get to a safe place, and after the Tree of Life congregants had done so, [Weiss] considered the other congregations that meet in the building on Saturdays. The bris was taking place on a lower floor, and he checked first to make sure the people there were safe. They were.[3]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Weiss never saw the shooter, but \u201cbefore evacuating, he was at one point close enough to see the shell casings.\u201d This suggests that the Tree of Life congregants on the main floor were all able to \u201cget to a safe place,\u201d and that the New Light congregation was safe in the basement as well. That leaves only the rabbi\u2019s study, where around 15 people had been meeting. Was this the site of the alleged massacre? Meanwhile, we hear about victims found in an \u201catrium.\u201d And where did Bowers run to when he fled back inside the synagogue to hide from the SWAT team? The third floor? And in the additional time he had to kill more congregants, why did he not do so?<\/p>\n

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SWAT team members on the scene. Image: Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n

According to the latest\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0reports, Bowers barged into the building and \u201cthen killed at least 11 people\u00a0in and around the synagogue<\/a>.\u201d Nowhere is it specified exactly what this means. However, he had somehow, somewhere allegedly killed all 11 before encountering the SWAT team. Just how the media will re-construct the story for the final narrative remains to be seen. The rolling barrage of coverage has just begun.<\/p>\n

Who is Robert Bowers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who is this\u00a0abhorrent character<\/a>, previously known to law enforcement only through a traffic ticket? An angry man turned insane mass murderer, if details as reported are to be believed. Bowers has been charged with\u00a029 federal criminal counts<\/a>, including obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs, a hate crime, and using a firearm to commit murder. In addition, he faces state charges including 11 counts of criminal homicide, six counts of aggravated assault, and 13 counts of \u201cethnic intimidation.\u201d Billed as a raging anti-Semite,\u00a0he reportedly shouted<\/a>\u00a0\u201cAll Jews must die!\u201d before opening fire, and he told a policeman, \u201cI just want to kill Jews,\u201d according to an\u00a0FBI affidavit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Anti-Semitic post by Robert Bowers on Gab.<\/em><\/p>\n

In January, \u201can account under his name was created\u201d on\u00a0the social network site Gab<\/a>, \u201ca free-speech alternative\u201d that has become \u201ca haven for white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and other extremists.\u201d Several weeks ago, Bowers reportedly posted a link to the website of\u00a0HIAS<\/a>, a Jewish non-profit in support of refugees, with the following caption: \u201cWhy hello there HIAS! You like to bring in hostile invaders to dwell among us?\u201d And supposedly \u201cjust before the shootings\u201d at Tree of Life, he posted about HIAS again:<\/p>\n

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\nThe website has since been penalized, with its provider moving to shut it down and its payment platforms frozen or cancelled. According to PayPal, \u201cWhen a site is allowing the perpetuation of hate, violence, or discriminatory intolerance, we take immediate and decisive action.\u201d The casting of Bowers as a demented anti-Semite aids numerous agendas of the security state, including the current move to monitor, censor, or completely eliminate inconvenient websites and payment platforms. It also generates sympathy for the Jews and for Israel, and promotes the idea that\u00a0anti-Semitism is on the rise<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m afraid to say that we may be at the beginning of what has happened to Europe, the consistent anti-Semitic attacks,\u201d said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of Simon Wiesenthal Center, who prayed at Mr. Trump\u2019s inauguration. He spoke in a phone interview from Austria, where he was visiting the Mauthausen concentration camp. \u201cIf it is not nipped in the bud,\u201d he continued, \u201cI am afraid the worst is yet to come.\u201d[4]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, this would be terribly worrying, if the shooting in question had actually occurred.<\/p>\n

Another active-shooter drill?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although reported as a real event by the corporate media, there are suggestions that this may actually have been a drill. As with other fake shootings, the action \u2013 or rather inaction \u2013 at the scene is troubling. Police, men in SWAT gear, EMTs, and others are shown standing around or walking casually, with no one exhibiting any sense of urgency or fear. Despite the claim of Dr Donald Yealy, chairman of emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, that experts were dispatched to the scene to help accomplish triage, there is no evidence of colored tarps for START triage procedure near the synagogue.[5]<\/p>\n

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Tree of Life synagogue, with no evidence of colored tarps for START triage protocol. Image: ABC.<\/em><\/p>\n

As with other drills-gone-live, there are no bodies, blood, or other gruesome evidence that a massacre has occurred. Despite hearing about victims being \u201cextracted\u201d from the synagogue, there is no indication of any such actions. Only one empty stretcher is visible in photos from the scene, and no helicopters are shown airlifting victims to nearby hospitals, three of which have supposedly accepted the injured. As with Sandy Hook and other such events, victims were apparently declared dead at the scene, although this is not standard protocol; except in unusual circumstances, in an effort to save lives, victims are normally transported to a hospital. And as with Sandy Hook, the bodies of the dead were apparently\u00a0identified<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0left where they fell<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 although we hear that \u201ca Jewish volunteer group from New York will soon go through the grueling task of collecting all the blood and bodily fluids from the 11 victims left inside\u201d the synagogue.<\/p>\n

Any fluids that can\u2019t be identified as belonging to a specific victim will be buried together in a separate location. The team uses towels to soak up the blood. The arduous process is also conducted at car accident scenes and other violent deaths involving Jewish victims. In Pittsburgh, authorities Sunday morning allowed a Misaskim volunteer to check out the inside of the synagogue to see what needs to be done. But investigators are still collecting evidence from the crime scene and have blocked anything from being removed. As for the funerals, Jewish law requires that the burial be conducted soon after death\u2026the bodies have not yet been released by the medical examiner\u2019s office.[6]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Law enforcement officers standing around with an empty stretcher. Image: Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n

As with other like events, televised interviews show people seemingly unaffected by the horrifying carnage. Neighborhood residents are\u00a0calm and smiling<\/a>, and even the former rabbi at Tree of Life,\u00a0Chuck Diamond<\/a>, has the presence of mind to add a bit of levity: \u201cJews come late to services, so for a lot of people, that\u2019s probably a good thing.\u201d[7]<\/p>\n

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Former rabbi Chuck Diamond being interviewed. GameTimeWoo.<\/em><\/p>\n

Reports of active-shooter training have cropped up, and Stephen Weiss, mentioned above, had taken part in such training \u201cthe year before,\u201d according to\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>.\u00a0Michael Eisenberg<\/a>, ex-president of the synagogue, reports that they had been working with DHS on security issues, \u201cto evaluate exit routes,\u201d and also with the security expert at the Jewish Federation on \u201cwhat to do in an active shooter situation,\u201d along with other area synagogues.[8] An\u00a0FBI active-shooter drill<\/a>\u00a0was held at the nearby Jewish Community Center on Thursday evening, January 25, 2018, as reported in the local press. And, in a nice touch, the shooter is called an \u201cactor\u201d by police chief\u00a0Scott Schubert<\/a>\u00a0in an interview; Bowers is again called an \u201cactor\u201d in audio from a\u00a0police scanner<\/a>.[9]<\/p>\n

Gun grab and security state<\/strong><\/p>\n

As is common in alleged mass shootings, the shooter was carrying multiple weapons: an assault rifle as well as handguns. Like Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook, Bowers had an \u201cAR-15 style assault rifle\u201d and a Glock pistol, although he had two additional handguns instead of one. How did he carry all these weapons? And did he have extra ammunition? Bowers was found to have 21 guns registered to his name \u2013 obviously another crazy gun nut who should not have been allowed to own all these weapons. As with other mass shootings, the calls for stricter gun laws are pouring forth in the media.
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\nLikewise calls for more security at religious institutions \u2013 and everywhere else.\u00a0Trump insisted<\/a>\u00a0that this shooting was not about guns, and that things might have gone better if the synagogue had had armed guards for protection. \u201c\u2018If there was an armed guard inside the temple, they would have been able to stop him,\u2019 he said to reporters before boarding a flight to a pair of events later in the afternoon.\u201d This comment, of course, was derided by gun-control advocates, such as comedienne Wanda Sykes:
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\nAnd along with gun control goes more stringent security: more monitoring and censoring of the web and social media, more electronic surveillance, and more active-shooter drills in schools, the workplace, and\u00a0places of worship<\/a>. Security is a mega-growth industry, and organizations are shelling out for all these services. Mass shootings are also a growth industry. Funds were being raised almost immediately for the victims of the Pittsburgh massacre, with a GoFundMe account for \u201cTree of Life Synagogue Victims<\/a>\u201d totaling $510,000 at the time of this writing, and climbing.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Trump\u2019s fault, particularly right before the election<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even though Bowers was not a Trump supporter, Trump is being blamed for the alleged synagogue shooting. According to\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>, \u201cCritics of President Trump have argued that he is partly to blame for recent acts of violence because he has been\u00a0stirring the pot of nationalism<\/a>, on Twitter and at his rallies, charges that Mr. Trump has denied.\u201d Or it could be that Trump is just plain toxic, in the words of New York Times op-ed writer\u00a0Charles M. Blow<\/a>.[10]\u00a0The Washington Post<\/a><\/em>\u00a0tied Trump to the shooting on the front page of the Sunday paper: \u201cTrump, Allies Set the Tone for the Violence They Denounce, Critics Say.\u201d Sarah Sanders hit back, asking \u201cIs there any tragedy the Washington Post won\u2019t exploit to attack President @realDonaldTrump?\u201d Look for more such criticism in the near future.<\/p>\n

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Anti-Trump post by Robert Bowers, reportedly showing part of his gun collection. Image: Daily Mail.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hollywood types have jumped on board, tweeting up a storm, hoping to influence the coming election.
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\nWe can\u2019t read a newspaper. Ugh. We can\u2019t watch television. Yuck. We have to go to the polls. Indeed.<\/p>\n

References<\/strong><\/p>\n

[1] \u201cVictims of Synagogue Shooting Identified after \u2018Darkest Day of Pittsburgh\u2019s History.\u2019\u201d\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>, October 28, 2018.\u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/28\/us\/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting.html<\/a>
\n[2] \u201c\u2018At Least Eight Dead\u2019 and Multiple Injured \u2013 Including Three Police Officers \u2013 after a \u2018White Man with a Beard\u2019 Armed with an AR-15 Opens Fire at a Pittsburgh Synagogue Shouting \u2018All These Jews Must Die\u2019 before Surrendering to SWAT.\u201d DailyMail.com, October 27, 2018, 12:34 EDT.\u00a0http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6323781\/Active-shooter-Pittsburgh-synagogue.html<\/a>
\n[3] \u201c11 Killed in Synagogue Massacre; Suspect Charged with 29 Counts.\u201d\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>, October 27, 2018.\u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/27\/us\/active-shooter-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting.html<\/a>
\n[4] Ibid.
\n[5] S.T.A.R.T. Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment.\u00a0http:\/\/www.cert-la.com\/downloads\/education\/english\/start.pdf<\/a>
\n[6] \u201cJewish Burial Group from New York To Collect Blood and Bodily Fluids from 11 People Killed in Pittsburgh Synagogue.\u201d\u00a0New York Daily News<\/em>, October 28, 2018.\u00a0http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/ny-metro-burial-20181028-story.html<\/a>
\n[7] \u201cPittsburgh Synagogue shooting hoax opinions crisis actor interviewed.\u201d GameTimeWoo, October 27, 2018.\u00a0http:\/\/153news.net\/watch_video.php?v=6O5GH6DK685S<\/a>
\n[8] \u201cPittsburgh synagogue Hoax Drill\/Training before it. Predictive programming.\u201d GameTimeWoo, October 10, 2018.\u00a0http:\/\/153news.net\/watch_video.php?v=ASBK5YN95OXN<\/a>
\n[9] \u201cPolice Chief calls shooter a Actor in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting\u201d [sic]. GameTimeWoo, October 27, 2018.\u00a0http:\/\/153news.net\/watch_video.php?v=AOU1GAA7K6DA<\/a>. \u201cPolice scanner calls shooter a ACTOR in the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting\u201d [sic]. GameTimeWoo, October 27, 2018.\u00a0http:\/\/153news.net\/watch_video.php?v=7DY3S85OND74<\/a>
\n[10] Charles M. Blow, \u201cTrump\u2019s Potent Toxicity.\u201d\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>, October 28, 2018.\u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/28\/opinion\/trump-toxicity-pittsburgh-violence.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}