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At this point, the investigation into the Brown University shooting is starting to feel less like a serious manhunt and more like a goofy SNL parody. This is one of the most surveilled campuses in the country… they have cameras on every corner, keycard access everywhere, and an Ivy League security apparatus that rivals some small cities, for crying out loud. And yet, days later, authorities are still asking the public for “any incidental detail” while releasing grainy footage of a short, fat dude waddling outside in the dark.

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Even President Trump has weighed in, publicly asking how a modern university like Brown could possibly have so few usable security cameras.

Look:

That question is landing because it cuts to the heart of what people are watching unfold. The basics are not lining up. The facts keep shifting. And the officials who are supposed to be putting the public at ease and explaining basic facts seem unable to keep their own story straight.

If anyone needed a perfect example of why public confidence is circling the drain, this press conference is it. During the live presser, the Providence Police Chief confidently claimed that the surveillance video circulating online was captured inside the building where the shooting occurred.

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Well, gee, that would’ve been a major development. Except it wasn’t true.

Moments later, the Attorney General had to interrupt and correct him. He told the “police chief” that the footage was actually taken outside the building. What is the chief doing? Is he eating popcorn and watching Christmas movies while this case unfolds? Watching top officials contradict each other in real time is not exactly reassuring.

Alec Lace:

Holy shit…

DEI Providence Police Chief gets corrected AGAIN during today’s presser!

He claims the key suspect video we all saw was captured inside the building…

Then the AG jumps in: “No, Chief — it was from outside.”

This investigation is a total clown show.

Then there’s the moment that pushed public concern into flat-out disbelief. Video surfaced showing FBI agents lined up, slowly kicking at snow on the ground, as if hoping evidence might magically reveal itself under their boots.

Collin Rugg:

NEW: FBI agents seen kicking the snow in Providence, Rhode Island, looking for clues in the search for the Brown University shooting suspect. Authorities say they have received hundreds of tips with about “200 actionable tips.” Quite the technique here.

Officials say they’ve received hundreds of tips and claim about 200 are “actionable.” But visuals matter, guys. And this visual of FBI agents playing footsie in the snow did not inspire confidence. For many Americans watching, it looked like wintertime theater. The kind of thing you do when you need to look busy but don’t actually have a lead.

“Hey guys, let’s go kick up some snow and see what we can find.”

“Sounds great. Let me grab my boots.”

As a result of this clown show, frustration has turned into suspicion. Especially given who one of the victims was.

Ella Cook was not an anonymous student. She was a known conservative, a Christian, and the Vice President of the Brown College Republicans. Ella was a standout personality in an environment where conservatives already report literal “fear” of expressing their views. And this is why so many people are asking questions about whether this was targeted political left-wing violence (yet again) and whether authorities are bending over backward to cover it up.

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That growing concern isn’t limited to just social media scuttlebutt. Mainstream outlets are now openly questioning the competence of these officials.

Just look at this title:

Their reporting captures just how badly this investigation appears to have gone off the rails.

Daily Mail:

Authorities are under mounting pressure to track down the ‘organized’ tubby at-large suspect who killed two people and injured nine more in a horror shooting at Brown University.

The bungled response from law enforcement has been widely criticized in the days following the incident on Saturday, including the release of a ‘person of interest’ who was found not to be the killer.

Cops had also previously announced that they had a suspect ‘in custody’ in the aftermath of the killings before walking back the news, and shared conflicting reports of a secondary shooting that were ‘unfounded.’

Days later, surveillance footage was shared by authorities on Monday in hopes of triggering a new lead, showing the suspect walking slowly through the Providence, Rhode Island, community in the moments after the attack.

Officials seemingly admitted they had nothing as they released the footage, with the university appealing for help from witnesses to offer ‘even an incidental detail’ that could point to the gunman’s identity.

The gunman opened fire on a weekend study session classroom on the seventh floor of Brown University’s engineering building on Saturday afternoon, and officials said he walked into the building because it was left unlocked for midterm exams.

Criminal profiler John Kelly told Fox News that this security lapse allowed Brown University campus to be a ‘soft target’ for the ‘organized’ killer.

In an updated description from the FBI, the suspect is described as standing 5’8″, with ‘stocky build’, wearing a black mask, dark jacket, black beanie, gloves and boots.

Here’s an updated image of the shooter:

When officials can’t get basic facts right, contradict each other publicly, and appear more concerned with kicking snow around than clarity, people are going to fill in the gaps themselves.

If authorities want to stop the speculation, there’s only one way to do it: Transparency and competence. We want answers that don’t keep changing and a motive that explains this shooting, without all the “woke filler.” Until then, the questions around this case are not going away. And neither is the growing belief that something is being hidden.

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