The man who shot 5 PA cops yesterday, killing 3, is a young white male. Rightwing media is not covering the case

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Yesterday. Daily mail commenters were speculating, hoping really, that the shooter was a Mexican immigrant. Now that he has been identified as white, no front page stories. No gnashing of teeth as they did for the white woman killed by a Black man. No attention from Trump. Either a story fits their narrative or it's ignored.





matthew james ruth: Matthew James Ruth wanted to target his ex-girlfriend? Shooter's action in Pennsylvania shooting under radar - The Economic Times https://share.google/1hoRSu3VHLVplGZkm

[progressoid]

1. Back the Blue???

Flags at half staff??

More gunz??

Better healthcare??

What's it going to be GOP?

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Shapiro ordered flags at half-staff for the cops.

[AllaN01Bear]

17. thoughts and prayors.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. They're not covering it probably because the Killer is Maga

[durablend]

4. No FW are they leftist

Not in that part of the area.

[Coldwater]

3. After January 6th

Do you honestly believe they care about law enforcement

[rubbersole]

5. Only to track down and prosecute "radical leftists" that hurt tsf's feelings.

"It's time to track them down." - AG of the United States of America

[IronLionZion]

6. The dude who pardoned the Jan 6ers who attacked cops

clearly doesn't give a F.

Either way, the MAGA and NRA solution to shootings is more guns.

[appleannie1]

7. He ambushed them with an assault rifle.

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/18/pennsylvania-cop-killer-identified-matthew-james-ruth/

[Farmer-Rick]

8. Hmmm, the strange thing to me is

That the woman filing for the orders told the cops Ruth was in the cornfields. They should have been prepared for him to come from the cornfield. It sounds like they were expecting him to come from the house. I would be worried about a guy who hides out in cornfields. That's not typical behavior even for a stalker.

[TheProle]

9. "cornfields" / "stalker"

I see what you did there.

[swong19104]

15. 😅👊🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[Exp]

10. White, wearing camouflage with assault rifle and 10's of rounds.. yep, sounds like your everyday LEFTY to me!

[evolves]

11. Of course he is.

Who's surprised?

[BaronChocula]

12. It's not just magas

White people (particularly politically unengaged) in general see crime committed by whites as unfortunate events while crimes committed by nonwhites as a national scourge. They lack a critical lens when it comes to trends in white antisocial behavior.

[mountain grammy]

19. I was given the opportunity

to hide this post. I came here to recommend it. As an old white woman, I agree 100% with this.

anyway, in my opinion, a brilliant post. Especially this: " They lack a critical lens when it comes to trends in white antisocial behavior."

[BaronChocula]

21. Thank you MG

I wouldn't think that here at DU a reply like the one I made would face much opposition, but saying things like this to the rest of the country is like screaming into a void.

Stay safe!

[mountain grammy]

25. You're welcome

You stay safe too.

[róisín_dubh]

29. Dealing with this over in the UK too

Where the right wing rabid lunatics attribute every sexual assault to asylum seekers, despite the overwhelming majority (like 90%) being committed by British nationals 🙄

[BumRushDaShow]

13. I had my local news radio station on this afternoon here in Philly and heard the press conference live.

Description was basically a white male dressed in camo who used an AR-15 style weapon to mow down 5 officers (3 ended up deceased) - all in his effort to go after an ex-girlfriend, who fled the house with her mother (and they locked the door when the left).

When the cops arrived at the house to serve the warrant, they found the door unlocked, and the shooter hauled off and started firing. The officers also fired (9mm) and one finally took him out. When LEO went through the house, they found the loon had shot and killed the ex-girlfriend's black lab with one shot.

The York County D.A. doing the presser sounded pretty broken up (I didn't turn on the TV or try to stream it - just listened on the radio).

[Hartpi978]

14. And they won't cover it.

It's so predictable. If the criminal is white, forget about it. Media like Fox pray that when a crime like this, the perpetrator is black, brown, undocumented or gay.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

20. Any big crime..people in the comments clearly want perp to be Muslim, trans, immigrant

Used to be they wanted him to be Black..now they tilt more immigrant

[BaronChocula]

22. Remember how XOF News hyped crime

after the crime rate had reached it's peak in 2020 when Pedo the Great was president? The crime rate lowered throughout the Biden admin, but they trolled Biden by freaking out hourly about crime. And it worked. Even nonfox watchers fell for it. Idiots.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

23. They trolled over 1. Crime 2. Price of eggs. 3. Border crossings

[BaronChocula]

24. Exactly

I've been saying for years that their MO along with the republican scum party is "scare the whites."

[Orrex]

18. MAGA fuckheads are thrilled that the Ukrainian woman was killed

They mention it every chance they get, the only immigrant they’ve approved of since Melania.

A beautiful young white woman stabbed by a black man? It’s a MAGA fantasy come true! The killer isn’t white enough to suffer from mental illness; he can only be portrayed as a dangerous savage.

[Jack Valentino]

26. REALLY, they are not? Thought they might APPROVE of the shooter,

since he was pro-domestic violence against women,
and pro-2nd Amendment armed with his AR-15....
and committed violence against the police (J-6)

seems like they are missing an opportunity here,
to support someone who agrees with several of their 'core beliefs' ???




"WHAT WOULD CHARLIE KIRK SAY AND DO??"

[usonian]

27. Wait a bit.

[LizBeth]

28. Wow, that's audacious. Cop killings. Wow.

They’re pretty bold in what their messages is here. To not cover five cop shot three dead is crazy.