So .. outside of a snark factor .. I'm not quite sure .. what ...

"well above average"? He got a scholarship but had below average ability to cope with it. Then he was on his way to becoming an electrician. Skilled trades may be above average, but not "well above average".

Classmates (and teachers?) routinely describe Robinson as "quiet" and "noticeably 'smart" - and his academic achievement was (again) 'well above average'. Note, I did not label this person Mensa or genius level IQ. But, then - I don't think that necessary to qualify for my generalized 'well above .. '

But, more importantly - given what evidence we do have - I think I'll stick with my refutation of the, "Arrogant murderers probably don't have much of a brain" post that I responded to. In this case - that assertion would seem to be - well, frankly just flat out wrong! The kid was certainly no dummy. While, at the same time, performing horrible actions has little or nothing to do with 'having a brain'. And, taking both of those errors into account, the statement I objected veers far wider of the mark than my own poor statement.

Also - as you are doubtlessly aware - kids drop out of school for all kinds of reasons. And in fact - a lot of the time those reasons have nothing to do with academic 'ability'. And further - as you are also doubtlessly aware - it is an egregious mistake to attempt to tie 'coping', to anything like IQ or acuity. That's clearly false analogy.

WOW!

What a surprise!

Wow indeed!

a foreigner or a minority meaning brown/black/Democrat (“not one of us”)..but alas his prayers were not answered and the shooter was indeed “one of us” ..a white christian ultra right asshole with a gun (Nick Fuentes’s love child)..

He started saying the shooter was "deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology". I guess heist have gotten some orders to toe the right wing propaganda line.

He has already set the narrative... drip by drip.

Oh well.

Say what they WANT him to say. (be my guess)

give Trump a week and the white Christian nationalist zombie kid will morph into a rifle-toting Trump hating black/brown/Mexican Democrat…

That's what being "uncooperative" means in the law enforcement community.

Why should he "cooperate" with people trying to put a needle in his arm?

His speaking-style, if you want to call it that, is reminiscent of the laughably bad King James Bible fan-fic blatherings of the Book of Mormon. Where the phrase “And it came to pass…” pops up every few paragraphs.

Does his attorney want him to claim that he was some kind of victim in this? That someone bought him a hamburger and gave him $100 to go on the roof for a security check? That he put a spent cartridge in the rifle before going on the roof as a failsafe, as proof that he didn't fire a shot? That he was comfortable taking part in a republican orchestrated event?
We know there is no bottom to what rwnj's will do or say.

I must be missing something here, cooperation with LE, why ?

Maybe they figure they've got overwhelming evidence and are set on an execution to satisfy the MAGA hordes.

I'm guessing the push will be for a public killing of Robinson, just like Charlie would have liked it.

... what exactly is his incentive to "cooperate?"

I'm sorry, but what the fuck is this:

Desperately trying to keep the lies straight probably

It's completely unprofessional to include repetitions of this kind in a news story.

It's standard journalistic practice to remove repetitions and filler words for the last 100 years.

what was said and select SOME actually-spoken words to put into quotes. That way you remove the "stammering".

But if you are going to quote someone "in whole", and then stick that "in quotes", then you need to put ALL the words there (and/or include a term like "unintelligible" (in parenthesis), if a portion of the remarks could not be heard and/or understood and/or captured accurately due to some issue).

That is what happens when they do transcriptions.

Trump has destroyed every part of "standard practice".

off a very high cliff the last few years. But, in this particular case, I think that including the repetitive filler words elucidates the governor's style as a poor public speaker.

There are many analyses of how journalists used to include filler words for younger speakers and minority speakers in order to attack and deride them. But that shouldn't be the point of a story. This story is not about how Cox is a poor public speaker. It is about his claims relating to Robinson's cooperation. For that reason, deriding him through direct quotation of his repetitions is unprofessional.

Listen, I dislike the Governor of Utah as much as the next DUer, but this is horrible journalism. It's literally unacceptable in the middle school newspaper.

But it's okay if you're a repub.

Shit has a major role in removing waste and toxins from our bodies. Shit is also a valuable fertilizer used since the dawn of agriculture. Shit has also warmed countless generations of humans and illuminated our homes as a valuable fuel.

Comparing the sycophantic toady Lee to the valuable product, shit, is defamatory.


joke

Does the stammering Guv'na forget about ones right to remain silent?