Jared Lee Loughner, shooting suspect, leaves YouTube rants
Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old suspect in the Tucson shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 17 others, left behind a series of rambling YouTube videos in which he speaks of mind control, dreaming and a “new currency.”
He doesn’t appear in any of the videos. Instead, the five clips he apparently posted since October under the screen name Classitup10, feature scrolling text on a black screen and diagrams attempting to explain his theories on obscure subjects.
His first video made reference to Giffords’ 8th Congressional district, with stretches south and east across the desert from Tucson to the Mexican border.
“[My] hope — is for you to be literate!” the text in the video said. “If you’re literate in English grammar, then you comprehend English grammar. The majority of people, who reside in District-8, are illiterate — hilarious. I don’t control your English grammar structure, but you control your English grammar structure.”
In his profile on YouTube, he said that he’s an avid reader and included in a long list of favorite books “Animal Farm,” “Brave New World,” “The Communist Manifesto,” and “Mein Kampf.”
His profile said he has attended Pima Community College. One of the videos rambled for several paragraphs, suggesting that Loughner had once been removed from campus for “talking.”
He wrote of creating a new system of currency and designing coins. “You’re distributing your new currency lethally to people or you’re distributing your new currency non-lethally to people,” the video reads. In another video he wrote: “No! I won’t pay debt with a currency that’s not backed by gold and silver!”
Loughner expressed a deep interest in the dystopia that made up the plots of his favorite books.
“I know who’s listening: Government Officials, and the People,” read one video. “Nearly all the people, who don’t know this accurate information of a new currency, aren’t aware of mind control and brainwash methods. If I have my civil rights, then this message wouldn’t have happen.” [sic]
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