Authorities identify El Paso victims; 8chan website host announces it’s dropping the site. Source
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Neighbors rally around N.J. man to help him save his home
Lamar Harris has lost all of his family members — but luckily he has a community and church that are in his corner Source
Obama decries leaders “who demonize those who don’t look like us”
“We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments,” the former president said in a statement Monday Source
2020 Daily Trail Markers: Dems respond to Trump remarks on shootings
The 2020 field rejected Trump’s assertion that “mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun” Source
Dogs travel to El Paso to comfort people after shooting
First responders take care of the victims of tragedy — and these dogs are here to take care of them Source
8/5/19: Red and Blue
Bloody weekend in wake of two mass shootings; Pres. Trump’s past rhetoric under fire Source
What we know about the El Paso shooting victims
Twenty-two people were killed in Saturday’s massacre, including a war veteran, young couple and some citizens from Mexico Source
FBI warns of domestic terror threats following El Paso shooting
The Anti-Defamation League says the El Paso shooting was the deadliest attack at the hands of a white supremacist in the U.S. in half a century. Jeff Pegues joined CBSN to discuss how the FBI is working to stop these attacks before they happen. Source
Online forum 8chan taken offline following El Paso shooting
Online forum 8chan was taken offline Sunday. This comes after the suspected El Paso gunman allegedly posted an anti-immigrant, racist screed on the site just minutes before opening fire on a Walmart over the weekend. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN to discuss the internet’s role in mass shootings. Source
A new report finds hate crimes are on the rise across the country
Investigators are considering prosecuting the El Paso massacre as a hate crime after an anti-immigrant screed believed to be written by the suspected gunman was found online. This comes as a new report found hate crimes rose by nine percent in 21 of the 30 major U.S. cities in 2018. The director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, Professor Brian Levin, joined CBSN to discuss his findings. Source