Mass shooting northern BC confirmed 10 people have died, including a suspect

[quintessentone]

So the alleged shooter is a trans indigenous person...

I could be wrong, pictures Im seeing they look OVERTLY caucasian...

I could be wrong as well, but that is a very small town of 2,399 people with 14% (2021) of the population identifying as indigenous status. The town's position, to me, seems somewhat isolated and I was surmising that the population there would most likely be lacking in mental services being a white or non-white population.

[BeTheGoddess]

I could be wrong as well, but that is a very small town of 2,399 people with 14% (2021) of the population identifying as indigenous status. The town's position, to me, seems somewhat isolated and I was surmising that the population there would most likely be lacking in mental services being a white or non-white population.

Exactly what I mean when I said there are probably other issues being at play. 

I dod not mean aliens. 

Lack of mental health treatment was not my first assumption because they are identified as trans, and for that you do require some mental health assessment. I was thinking more meth addiction.

[quintessentone]

Exactly what I mean when I said there are probably other issues being at play. 

I dod not mean aliens. 

Lack of mental health treatment was not my first assumption because they are identified as trans, and for that you do require some mental health assessment. I was thinking more meth addiction.

I am using the link below to show how easy it is to get meth within indigenous communities in Canada, and I would surmise also that white people would also be able to access it easily. So that could also be a factor in pushing someone over the edge.

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"Methamphetamine is easily accessible for many Indigenous Canadians, particularly in the Prairies, where it is sweeping through First Nations communities at record rates.  In both Alberta and Saskatchewan, more people died in 2021 with meth in their system than in the previous five years combined. Since 2016, 55% of Saskatchewan drug-caused deaths involving meth were First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals, according to the Coroner’s Service.  The drug is cheap and widely available, with much of it imported from Mexico via established trafficking routes. In some communities, such as Onion Lake Cree Nation and Buffalo River Dene Nation, meth has replaced alcohol as the drug of choice and is deeply entrenched in gang activity and cycles of trauma. The intergenerational trauma from residential schools, systemic racism, and lack of access to culturally safe treatment further exacerbates vulnerability.  Despite federal funding for Indigenous-specific programs, access to care remains a challenge due to geographic isolation and distrust in institutions."

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/n...anada.html

[putnam6]

I could be wrong as well, but that is a very small town of 2,399 people with 14% (2021) of the population identifying as indigenous status. The town's position, to me, seems somewhat isolated and I was surmising that the population there would most likely be lacking in mental services being a white or non-white population.

So complete speculation... which is fine

I just missed the 86% of uncertainty in your initial post.

Mental health concerns spread across every human demographic.

Why try to pigeonhole them into the indigenous populations of Northern BC? Besides, I would expect a higher ratio of caucasians with significant mental health stressors than the native 14%

All demographics in such a small rural area have inadequate mental health options

[quintessentone]

So complete speculation... which is fine

I just missed the 86% of uncertainty in your initial post.

Mental health concerns spread across every human demographic.

Why try to pigeonhole them into the indigenous populations of Northern BC? Besides, I would expect a higher ratio of caucasians with significant mental health stressors than the native 14%

All demographics in such a small rural area have inadequate mental health options

What I've learned/experienced about isolated very small rural communities is that the social norms and cultures don't progress much with the acceptance and tolerance of certain types of mental illness and/or sexual differences.

I surmise, rejection and ridicule (as is what seemingly happened to the shooter we are discussing here) would be most people's first response because of a lack of or a rejection of LGBTQ education and/or negative generational social programming perhaps mixed with the toxicity and dysfunction that drugs and alcohol abuse bring generationally, as well.

[BeTheGoddess]

I am using the link below to show how easy it is to get meth within indigenous communities in Canada, and I would surmise also that white people would also be able to access it easily. So that could also be a factor in pushing someone over the edge.

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"Methamphetamine is easily accessible for many Indigenous Canadians, particularly in the Prairies, where it is sweeping through First Nations communities at record rates.  In both Alberta and Saskatchewan, more people died in 2021 with meth in their system than in the previous five years combined. Since 2016, 55% of Saskatchewan drug-caused deaths involving meth were First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals, according to the Coroner’s Service.  The drug is cheap and widely available, with much of it imported from Mexico via established trafficking routes. In some communities, such as Onion Lake Cree Nation and Buffalo River Dene Nation, meth has replaced alcohol as the drug of choice and is deeply entrenched in gang activity and cycles of trauma. The intergenerational trauma from residential schools, systemic racism, and lack of access to culturally safe treatment further exacerbates vulnerability.  Despite federal funding for Indigenous-specific programs, access to care remains a challenge due to geographic isolation and distrust in institutions."

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/n...anada.html

Yeah I follow a heap of first nations groups based here and in the US  and the meth problem in Alaska that started decades ago is well documented, so yeaah thats one of the reasons for me jumping  to meth.

Any news updates because this is not hitting Aust media.  Funny that.

[quintessentone]

Yeah I follow a heap of first nations groups based here and in the US  and the meth problem in Alaska that started decades ago is well documented, so yeaah thats one of the reasons for me jumping  to meth.

Any news updates because this is not hitting Aust media.  Funny that.

It might be best to follow Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) news.

I think speculation is a normal social response, but this is what the RCMP are saying:

"Officers believe they have identified the shooter, but said they will "struggle" to ever determine a motive for what has become one of the deadliest school shootings in Canadian history."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c...-9.7083740

RIP innocent angels.

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According to now-deleted Reddit posts by Strang,

he had used psychedelic mushrooms, nearly set his house on fire, and ended up in a mental hospital.

After he was released, he was reportedly seeking other psychedelic substances.
At the time, he was taking a high-dose antidepressant and an antipsychotic.

He was also looking for advice on how to mask the smell of marijuana and asking
whether he could get high by consuming the urine of someone who had recently used drugs.

Additionally, he mentioned experimenting with makeup before starting HRT and posted a picture in a shooting range.

https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=posts_search&author=jesseboy347&before=2024-04-07T16%3A15%3A54&limit=10&sort=desc

[quintessentone]

I keep thinking of a video I watched by Professor of Psychology, Sam Vaknin, explaining that parricide, which happened in this instance, is perpetrated by a far higher percentage by young people (mostly males) than any other demographic and what fantasy and/or need for freedom may have gone on in this shooter's mind (?)

Here it is, for a different perspective on what may have been the motive.