Parking spat as motive for triple murder? N.C. Muslims don’t buy it

[el_bryanto]

7. We don't know enough yet; but I can see the parking space as an instigating factor

It's possible that the parking space issue was all there was; that seems unlikely but it's certainly what the Defense will argue.

It's possible that this person sees Muslims as less than human and therefore was willing to use violence in this incident; lots of Americans (both believers and non-believers), unfortunately, share this point of view. This seems plausible to me.

It's also possible that he was motivated by his anti-theism; having seen openly religious people he felt compelled to strike. This is possible; but we don't know enough.

The impossible part is tracing from this disturbed individual to a larger pattern; if there is one, it is probably in the continual harassment and denigration of Muslims in America, of which these folk are well aware. But the dehumanization of Muslims isn't restricted to anti-Theists; plenty of Christians share in this particular pastime.

Bryant