YouTuber and former Milo intern, Lane Davis, allegedly stabbed his father to death for calling him a Nazi.
This is like something out of a movie.
YouTube Trumpkin and Former Milo Intern Kills His Own Dad for Calling Him a Nazi https://t.co/p7Wp5rk7pu
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 25, 2017
From The Daily Beast:
Lane’s parents, Catherine and Charles Davis—Charles was known as Chuck to his friends— were used to their 33-year-old son’s outbursts. They had become so frequent that Charles had started recording the tirades on his phone. But that afternoon, they were tired of Lane’s screaming, wanted him to leave, and told him as much. Instead, Lane chased his parents around their home, spitting in his father’s face while screaming that he wasn’t threatening to kill them, but “pedophiles who were taking over the country.”
Catherine Davis called 911. The tape of her call was acquired by The Daily Beast.
“He’s not physically threatening us or anything,” Catherine told the dispatcher. “He just gets out of control and he’s ranting about stuff from the internet.”
The story gets worse:
“Leave the knife alone,” Charles says while his mother tries to reassure him: No one wants to send him to prison, they just want some help.
Lane doesn’t seem to hear or believe his mother. “So, you are going to send me to prison?” he asks. “My life is over.”
Minutes later, Catherine called 911 again. The audio recording is hard to hear. In it, Catherine is running and the portable phone she’s using breaks up. Catherine screams, “He stabbed him” before the connection is lost.
As the 73-year-old maritime lawyer and grandfather of two lay bleeding on the back deck, stabbed by his son with a chef’s knife in the chest and the back, Lane walked outside, dropped his weapon and stood with his hands in the air, waiting for police to arrive.
Catherine called 911 once more. “He’s dead, he’s dead, he’s dead.”
Just. Wow.
He seems nice…
— Daniel Modell (@dmnyc) October 25, 2017
this is a devastating read. i know a lot of people who are close to being set off like this, lost in right-wing rabbit holes of hate
— Ashok Karra (@akarra) October 25, 2017
Too much conspiracy and too much rhetoric can clearly be dangerous.
Even deadly.
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