Colorado shooting suspect was an Iraq War vet who posted alt-right ‘Pepe’ memes on social media

[tru_m.a.c]

Matthew Riehl, the man accused of killing a suburban Denver sheriff’s deputy and wounding four others, is a veteran of the Iraq War who is also fond of posting alt-right memes on his Facebook account.

Forbes writer J.J. MacNab discovered Riehl’s Facebook page, in which he identifies himself as “Matt Gonzo,” and where he has posted multiple memes featuring Pepe the Frog, the cartoon that has been appropriated as a symbol for white nationalists.



Other of Riehl’s Facebook posts include calling former President Barack Obama a “lying piece of sh*t” and shared posts from alt-right website Breitbart News.

As the Associated Press has reported, Riehl seemed to have a grudge against local police officers, and posted multiple complaints about the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department on YouTube.

Specifically, the AP notes that Riehl in a December video called for “the firing of Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock” and attacked him “in highly personal terms.” Riehl also said that during that video that he would be running as a “libertarian” candidate for Douglas County Sheriff.

Colorado shooting suspect was an Iraq War vet who posted alt-right ‘Pepe’ memes on social media

 

[tru_m.a.c]

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Yet another reason to not let these people populate our forums.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

All terrorists are right wing psychos until proven otherwise

 

[StatUS]

Post frogs brehs.

 

[ORDER_66]

but but Black Identity Extremists are the real threat...

 

[ExodusNirvana]

I was telling a friend when it happened...we were 2 hours into knowing about the incident and the shooters race and background were not revealed.

That let me know that the dude was some manner of right wing nut.

If he was a minority or Muslim, his name and face would have been plastered all over the news within the first hour.

 

[Scholar]

Yet we have @thekingsmen coping pleas for these types of people
White House Staffer Flashes "White Power" Sign at White House Photo-Op

 

[wickedsm]

Yet we have @thekingsmen coping pleas for these types of people
White House Staffer Flashes "White Power" Sign at White House Photo-Op

Oh. Another one who creeps in with the trash after voting happens.

 

[Arianne Martell]

Iraq was not a war...congress never approved it


Bush circumvented congress by calling it an “operation” that is why is called operation Iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom...anyways presidents been doing this since the end of WWII appearantly.


That’s all I got

 

[Triipe]

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

If he was a minority or Muslim, his name and face would have been plastered all over the news within the first hour.

One thing I always notice now is white people in the comment sections say the exact same thing but in reverse. "If it was a white man their picture would be all over the news by now."

Smh.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

One thing I always notice now is white people in the comment sections say the exact same thing but in reverse. "If it was a white man their picture would be all over the news by now."

Smh.

And that shyt is so absurdly false

You can literally see the updates across some articles with timestaps...we were 4-5 hours into that shyt happening and not one pic of the dude had been released.

The only thing we knew was that it was a domestic dispute and that he'd been taken down AFTER he got to the deputies

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

And that shyt is so absurdly false

You can literally see the updates across some articles with timestaps...we were 4-5 hours into that shyt happening and not one pic of the dude had been released.

The only thing we knew was that it was a domestic dispute and that he'd been taken down AFTER he got to the deputies

And it happened in Highlands Ranch which is an upper class area of southern Denver Metro area. Easy to know why. Same area as Columbine, just a little south east from that area.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

And it happened in Highlands Ranch which is an upper class area of southern Denver Metro area. Easy to know why. Same area as Columbine, just a little south east from that area.

How far from Aurora, Colorado did this take place? Are you familiar with the area?