Lancaster County’s district attorney said Tuesday there was no indication the shooting was racially motivated, but he said anti-police rhetoric could fuel such attacks against officers.
“We as a society need to take a look at what’s going on in our country,” District Attorney Craig Stedman said. “There’s a lot of rhetoric demonizing police. It creates greater a chance to have individuals emboldened to take violent actions out on police.”
Nace’s father, Roberto Rentas, made a similar statement to WHTM-TV that the Black Lives Matter movement influenced the teens’ actions.
Kevin Ressler, a pastor and co-organizer of the Black Lives Matter chapter in Lancaster, said such violence is counter to the movement. He said Rentas’ mother reached out to him Monday night on Facebook.
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