While police have not identified suspects nor provided a motive for the “targeted attacks” on two energy substations in North Carolina, one theory has quickly taken hold on social media: The outages were intended to shut down a drag performance.
on two energy substations in North Carolina over the weekend, one theory has quickly taken hold on social media: The outages were intended to shut down a drag performance.
for leading a group of people from North Carolina to the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, has been a vocal opponent of drag shows in the state. The speculation comes less than a month after a gunman opened fire in the LGBTQ-friendly Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado,The Department of Homeland Security, in a terrorism advisory bulletin issued Nov. 30,about potential threats to the LGBTQ, Jewish and migrant communities from violent extremists in the country. The bulletin said some extremists have been inspired by recent attacks, including the shooting at Club Q.
At a news conference Sunday, Fields said Rainey’s posts were “false,” and that authorities spoke with her and determined her social posts to be not credible, according to“I would ask that our citizens try to be as patient as possible. We’re working literally around the clock to solve this and until we’re able to report back to the public, I would ask that they not assume anything,” Fields said in an interview Monday.
“It was mostly people implying rather than outright stating anything on social media. We had a few phone calls with people using slurs or just heavy breathing,” he said. Much of the backlash came when the event was advertised as an all-ages show, he said, so the venue raised the age limit to 18.
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