El Paso mass shooting suspect pleads not guilty in 22 deaths

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A man accused of fatally shooting 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in August has pleaded not guilty to murder. Police have said Patrick Crusius confessed to the mass shooting and that he targeted Mexicans.

Crusius walked into the courtroom wearing a dark suit, white shirt and glasses. He was sworn in, waived the reading of his indictment and pleaded not guilty. The entire hearing lasted less than three minutes.

Among the crowd was a delegation from the Mexican Consulate. Eight Mexican citizens were killed in the attack and most of the victims had Hispanic last names. One person killed was a German citizen who lived in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.Some two-dozen people survived the attack with injuries, and two of them remain in the hospital, hospital officials said.

There were 2,000 witnesses at the scene of the massacre, so almost everybody in the city of about 700,000 knew somebody affected by the shooting. Crusius fled the scene of the shooting in his car but turned himself in less than an hour later, according to police. His arrest warrant says he declared “I’m the shooter.” Police have said he published a racist screed a few minutes before the shooting, saying he wanted to kill Latinos to balkanize the U.S. along racial lines.

 

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I would beat him to within a inch of his life. The give him a blood transfusion to keep him alive. Then I would beat him again. And so on!!! He has killed many people

Why did they even ask him if he was guilty or not. Bullet to the head. 22 lives were lost because of his actions.

People in México demand extradition. 🇺🇸🔜🇲🇽

The judge should order a closed courtroom with no media or leaks to the media allowed. The shooter just wants publicity for his ridiculous manifesto and beliefs. No other reason to plead innocent when he already confessed and there are so many witnesses.

What was he guilty of..... poor judgement? Why even bother with the cost of a trial for this racist

I want to say that I'm some kind of rational, enlightened person, but honestly, after reading this story, all I think is 'hang him.' I don't care what he thinks his reasoning is. If he's found guilty, hang him. He earned it.

Where's the video from the 50+ cameras in every Walmart?

I feel like this plea is more about the death penalty aspect than the crime itself. Reading the defense’s comment in the article that was the impression I got. Maybe they’re pleading NG so they can have a bargaining chip to get that taken off the table later.

I vote in favor of handing him over to the victim families. They do as they see please. Put him in a cage, kill him, forgive him, whatever they want.

Oh look another white person pleaded not guilty for a crime he clearly committed.

*A murderer that executed 22 innocent people” there I fixed it

Smh I need them to take the option away if you’re blatantly guilty.

Insanity plea.

Said it was coupon madness.

He has been stolen by satan and repent in prison

El Paso mass shooting suspect, Patrick Crusius, pleads not guilty in 22 deaths in El Paso, Texas. 😮😫😢

So................um, how, ummmmm?

He is on video Plus confessed.. now he says that he is 'not guilty'. If this was in Russia - let's just say that 'people would make it right'. Painfully.

It’s funny that people can plead “not guilty”, our system is F ed

But not guilty lol

What the hell is he even trying to do by saying not guilty!! This trial is going to be a joke!!🤷🤷🤦🤦

Sounds like the 'Trump defense'....

“Not Guilty!” Doesn’t he know Rudy Guiliani is out defending someone else who’s clearly more guilty than him? 🤷🏽‍♂️🤔

Of course he plead not guilty. After all, he's a white supremacist and trump follower. As far as he's concerned he was just murdering animals. When will the Republican Congress wake up and realize trump is destroying our country and needs to be locked up. repgregwalden

He will probably use the fake news defense

Some people just have the wrong brain chemical balance

He wants a ' show trial ' ...

And this is just what I really can’t understand, the consious aiming to kill anybody is a sin. How can he be not guilty? Secondly, will you also try to find some mental unhelthiness in him? 🙄 Thirdly, if he would be found guilty will you condemn him to death too?

This case is not going to reflect well on gun owners and anti-gun control right wingers.

That's not how things work. He was allegedly on tape (store security system).

bruh

What a coward! DeathPenalty.

The sheer arrogance of that bastard. He still wants recognition one way or another.

Just put him to death already.

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