Kalamazoo, Mich. — While people mourn for the families of the shooting victims, citizens in America are outraged that a mass shooting in a western Michigan town is receiving scant media attention in comparison to the incessant coverage given to the political primaries in Nevada and South Carolina, according to the responses on social media.
A white male was taken alive and unharmed after he allegedly committed the horrific crime of shooting and killing seven people, seriously injuring another, during a random shooting spree Kalamazoo County, Mich., authorities said.
The individuals were shot in three locations Saturday, The New York Times reports.
“What it looks like is we have someone just driving around, finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks,” Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas told WOOD-TV.
“This is your worst nightmare, when you have somebody just driving around randomly killing people.”
The suspect — a 45-year-old white male — was taken into custody without incident in downtown Kalamazoo, CNN reported.
Authorities recovered a weapon from the suspect’s car, he said.
Social media is afire with how this man was taken alive and unharmed compared to the way unarmed black men are shot and killed and Muslims are treated. Take a look:
How is it that police can apprehend a white mass murder, but can’t deal with an unarmed black man without killing him? #KalamazooShooting
— Brandon Shepard (@Mystic_Mulatto) February 21, 2016
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.@CNN you are an embarrassment. Extended coverage of election & a cursory mention of the in-progress mass shooting. #priorities #Kalamazoo
— Kim Brown (@KimBrownTalks) February 21, 2016
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@CNN, EXPLAIN WHY IT’S MORE IMPORTANT TO COVER 2ND & 3RD PLACE FINISHERS IN SC THAN THE HORRIFYING STORY COMING OUT OF #KALAMAZOO. #SMH
— Justin Gast (@cubbyduck76) February 21, 2016
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The republicans and fox news will blame the victims including the eight year old for not being armed. #KalamazooShooting
— ♔Maliheh♔ (@Maliheh_) February 21, 2016
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How is #KalamazooShooting not domestic terrorism!? Seriously, the coddling of white murderers has to stop https://t.co/CxNyYAHYxO
— Ms. Justice (@soulful_chica) February 21, 2016
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#KalamazooShooting CNN assures us this gun toting terrorist wasn’t a terrorist at all, just a typical American guy pic.twitter.com/8Ny4TrVdWe
— Buh Bye GOP (@BuhByeGOP) February 21, 2016
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USA Well-Regulated Militia. Kills 6/caught alive. Black kid play with a toy gun, killed in 2 sec. #KalamazooShooting pic.twitter.com/3yWMkKD0TQ
— Sheikh Ebad (@eSHEIKH_) February 21, 2016
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@Delo_Taylor Please tell me how a White man in #Kalamazoo can shoot & kill 7 & be taken alive, but a Black man w/ fake gun in Cinn. got shot
— Melody Cooper (@melodyMcooper) February 21, 2016
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The terrorist is white, so we already know how this coverage is about to go, or lack of. #Kalamazoo
— Melanin Monroe ☀️ (@_SLENDERella_) February 21, 2016
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Stop calling Muslims terrorist when white people are doing the mass shootings. That’s not fair to the Muslims. #Kalamazoo
— DeMarko Gage 🙂 (@DeMarko_Gage) February 21, 2016
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You can tell when there’s a mass shooting when the NRA twitter feed goes silent.
Not even a “Prayers for the victims.”#KalamazooShooting— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) February 21, 2016
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45 yr old white male was responsible for #Kalamazoo
Im gonna need all y’all white males condemning his actions stat pic.twitter.com/3w2Ozyjvcy
— Philistine Ayad (@Cre8tvlyLicnsd) February 21, 2016
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When are we going to realize that we are more likely to have a crazy white man doing mass shootings than a muslim? #WakeUpPeople #Kalamazoo
— AmyHunter (@amyzworldamy) February 21, 2016
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45 yr old white male apprehended alive. #Kalamazoo
It’s a good thing he had a real gun and not a toy gun. He’s have been killed otherwise.
— Philistine Ayad (@Cre8tvlyLicnsd) February 21, 2016
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Dear Americans, you’re more likely to be killed by a white guy with a gun than by a Muslim. #Kalamazoo
— kylie mingaged (@bergs3peat) February 21, 2016
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45 yr old white male was responsible for #Kalamazoo shootings.
I’m gonna need the white community to condemn his actions RIGHT NOW
— Raza Nadim (@razanadim) February 21, 2016
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#Kalamazoo attacker is white male Remind me how more guns & banning Muslims makes us safer. https://t.co/a2cVE2WhE3 pic.twitter.com/ViPJteh1Hk
— Raymond de Groat (@raydegroat) February 21, 2016
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Dear Americans, I really like your country, but you should finally stop allowing everybody to buy weapons! #Kalamazoo
— Mike & Gummy Bears (@MikeAndTweeters) February 21, 2016
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Conservatives: let’s freak out & clutch guns while irrationally rejecting any action 2 curb gun violence #kalamazoo https://t.co/6OoqcsPpC1
— MeanCookies (@mean_cookies) February 21, 2016
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Instead of white cops killing innocent black people they need to trying to stop these white mass shooters. #BlackLivesMatters ✊? #Kalamazoo
— DeMarko Gage 🙂 (@DeMarko_Gage) February 21, 2016
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We spend billions of dollars trying to cure diseases, yet so many lives would be saved for free through sensible gun regulation. #Kalamazoo
— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) February 21, 2016
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While people are calling the #KalamazooShooting an act of terrorism; #Chicago has had 22+ shootings & 26+ people shot in the last 2 days.
— Circus Maximus (@CircusMaximus14) February 21, 2016
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….aaaand here come the politicians with prayers for the victims of the #KalamazooShooting… pic.twitter.com/nOMljMlrhZ
— Gord Macey (@GordMacey) February 21, 2016
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My heart goes out to the victims, but I can’t ignore the double standard of media coverage #KalamazooShooting pic.twitter.com/w58oaM9e7S
— Dania (@daniasalt) February 21, 2016
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#KalamazooShooting … I see the 2nd amendment is on its murder spree again. Worst serial killer ever. pic.twitter.com/k4e2BBiJ1q
— bennydiego (@bennydiego) February 21, 2016
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Another white man taken alive after murdering 6 people, but a black child was killed instantly with a toy gun. #KalamazooShooting #whiteness
— Amber (@HollaBlackGirl) February 21, 2016
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Terrorists who aren’t labeled as terrorists, instead get a humanizing title. White privilege. #KalamazooShooting pic.twitter.com/yZLoPmufi0
— Kiaira ♡ (@BlvckConscious) February 21, 2016
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Just wondering, once again.#KalamazooShooting pic.twitter.com/fIHWWN8Zqu
— Skook (@skookerG) February 21, 2016
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When shooter is Muslim:
-Terrorism
–#ISIS
-Radicalized
When shooter is white:
-Lone wolf
-Mental Illness
-Random act#KalamazooShooting— Khaled Beydoun (@KhaledBeydoun) February 21, 2016
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If the #KalamazooShooting suspect was Muslim, there’d be wall-to-wall TERROR coverage and calls for internment camps https://t.co/Z5cKCcQLuj
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) February 21, 2016
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Funny. What is hypocrisy? 23 shootings this weekend in Chicago but black folk that look like me only hash tag & pray for #KalamazooShooting
— thoughtcrime (@RawDawgBuffalo) February 21, 2016