According to his Twitter page, Troy Crossley is a 20-year old rapper who resides in Chelsea, Mass. He is emerging as one of Twitter’s most vociferous supporters of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Crossley, who exchanged tweets with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev prior to Monday’s bombing (see, e.g., here, here, and here), has accumulated nearly 10,000 Twitter followers.
It would take all day to document all of his pro-Tsarnaev tweets. Here are some highlights (or, rather, lowlights), just to give you a taste:
He’s even roping murdered Navy SEAL Chris Kyle into his crazed theories:
It comes as no surprise that Crossley is an Alex Jones fan:
He is apparently going to start up a fund to support Tsarnaev:
An alarming number of Twitter users are on Crossley’s side.
https://twitter.com/juuicy__jaay/status/326001599887577090
https://twitter.com/Naidaxx_/status/325998636825731072
https://twitter.com/SosoMars/status/325996918515855361
https://twitter.com/KenishaFey/status/325975686571491328
https://twitter.com/Twiggy_Marie/status/325972952837390336
https://twitter.com/i_Patrick16/status/325874663244836864
That just a tiny sample of pro-Crossley tweets. Unreal.
Editor’s note: We fixed the spelling of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s name.
Update, 7:16 am ET:
Crossley has added about 1,000 new Twitter followers since yesterday afternoon.