Motive for D.C. snipers? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Sfizzio · 12-23-2003, 03:52 PM

The sentencing of the two D.C. snipers, Muhammed and Malvo, has brought that issue back to the forefront in the media. However, as I was looking through the many stories about the trial, I didn't find one that dealt with the motive for these crimes. Were they just written off as crazy that quickly, or was there really some deeper motive (religious perhaps)?

nirol · 12-23-2003, 04:25 PM

I dont think a good line on Muhammad's motive. I think religion has been mentioned.
Malvo gave the reasons below

I edited part of this for relevence:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...8_malvo05.html
Another defense witness, Carmeta Albarus, a Jamaican-born forensic social worker in Virginia, testified she spent 70 hours interviewing Malvo over six months. Her testimony provided some of the first clues into what Malvo's motive might have been for being Muhammad's self-confessed triggerman in the three-week rampage of sniper attacks.

She said Malvo, also born and reared in Jamaica, was consumed by thoughts of racism, oppression and injustice. "We've got problems in Jamaica," she said, "but racism isn't one of them. We're 90 percent black. I had to remind Lee the prime minister of Jamaica is black."

Albarus testified she told Malvo it was "ludicrous" for him to think the sniper attacks were the first stage in a plan to change the world through what he described as "70 boys and 80 girls, a super-generation trained and sent into the different parts of the world to bring about a just system." She said he told her, "We have to start with the children."

Horan said the $10 million the snipers demanded from the government to stop the attacks was to be used to purchase land and equipment for a compound Malvo wanted to create to fulfill his vision.

nothingx · 12-23-2003, 05:32 PM

Yah, I think the money. They were holding the entire district ransom for millions. I just spoke to my father today about disappointed he was they only gave Malvo life. For many months he was terrified of going to work and drove well out of town to get gasoline.

Stare At The Sun · 12-23-2003, 05:52 PM

To quote chris rock:

"Crazy...what, you can't be crazy no mo"

And to quote that crazy irish guy from braveheart:

"He was right...in the head"

And they were probably a little greedy..so

A little off the rocker + greed = sniping people at random..

12-23-2003, 03:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sfizzio Crazy Location: Philadelphia, PA	Motive for D.C. snipers? The sentencing of the two D.C. snipers, Muhammed and Malvo, has brought that issue back to the forefront in the media. However, as I was looking through the many stories about the trial, I didn't find one that dealt with the motive for these crimes. Were they just written off as crazy that quickly, or was there really some deeper motive (religious perhaps)?

12-23-2003, 04:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
nirol Crazy Location: South East US	I dont think a good line on Muhammad's motive. I think religion has been mentioned. Malvo gave the reasons below I edited part of this for relevence: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...8_malvo05.html Another defense witness, Carmeta Albarus, a Jamaican-born forensic social worker in Virginia, testified she spent 70 hours interviewing Malvo over six months. Her testimony provided some of the first clues into what Malvo's motive might have been for being Muhammad's self-confessed triggerman in the three-week rampage of sniper attacks. She said Malvo, also born and reared in Jamaica, was consumed by thoughts of racism, oppression and injustice. "We've got problems in Jamaica," she said, "but racism isn't one of them. We're 90 percent black. I had to remind Lee the prime minister of Jamaica is black." Albarus testified she told Malvo it was "ludicrous" for him to think the sniper attacks were the first stage in a plan to change the world through what he described as "70 boys and 80 girls, a super-generation trained and sent into the different parts of the world to bring about a just system." She said he told her, "We have to start with the children." Horan said the $10 million the snipers demanded from the government to stop the attacks was to be used to purchase land and equipment for a compound Malvo wanted to create to fulfill his vision. __________________ 'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

12-23-2003, 05:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
nothingx undead Location: nihilistic freedom	Yah, I think the money. They were holding the entire district ransom for millions. I just spoke to my father today about disappointed he was they only gave Malvo life. For many months he was terrified of going to work and drove well out of town to get gasoline.

12-23-2003, 05:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Stare At The Sun Eh? Location: Somewhere over the rainbow	To quote chris rock: "Crazy...what, you can't be crazy no mo" And to quote that crazy irish guy from braveheart: "He was right...in the head" And they were probably a little greedy..so A little off the rocker + greed = sniping people at random..