A former classmate of the 20-year-old Pennsylvania man law enforcement identified as the shooter who opened fire at former President Donald Trump’s rally says he was “bullied almost every day” at school. NBC News’ Shaq Brewster reports on what is known about the background and life of Thomas Matthew Crooks.
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It seems like he was holding himself to not smile during the interview. Look at his cheeks
Some bullies nowadays are two-faced. They get fine grades and liked by teachers, but bully and take advantage of naive people in the shadows.
Was bullied constantly at school,I’m a born again Christian 🙏🏻this is a sad excuse for grooming
He looks like the bully
I was bullied in school, the teachers did NOTHING about it, and this was 30 years ago.
In fact, I was suspended from school once and the bullies blamed ME for causing the problems. I had no recourse.
It seems nothing has changed.
Schools DO NOTHING to prevent bullying.
Well he was bullied his whole life… The USA SUCKS!
How could anyone be convinced by this guy? He looks he was hitting that Penjamin a bit TOO hard.
Good!!! Thank you to any and everybody that bullied him!!! He was deserving of every bit of it 😁😁😁😁
Empathy
Let’s face it, if he hadn’t done this, we’d have seen his face in the press at some point. He looks like a classic mass murderer.
This kid is a turd!
Everyone gets bullied. Clearly he wasn’t bullied online or we would’ve seen it…no? He’s not a victim and this is not a revelation or any sort of explanation
He was bullied so much?
How?
-shrug – his appearnce
Doesnt even sound like a real conversation
Also this kid had a whole table to himself? Lol that doesnt even sound real
And what were you doing while he was bullied?
Well luckily he didn’t shoot the school up like majority of them do
Reporter looks like a cut out
-_-
Same kid in the black rock commercial
https://youtu.be/Oe04M3uHddY?si=8XYPuyf6V-BSEUeP
Though it does not justify his actions I feel for the kid, truly.
Pray for those who truly enjoyed his time.
And think about the fact that, he would rather take on the secret service then take on his bullies. We don’t understand how much what we do truly distorts someone’s mind.
School uniforms reduce the amounts of bullying to low levels. USA LBGTQ+ was and are the main promoters of no uniforms in school. They want their “We are different from you” colors be seen all over. That have made the use of credit cards debt in US to go up trillions in debt to buy different clothes to your kids. Idiocy prevailed.
Why is there so much violence in the USA when it’s a developed country ?
Bulling 101 – Bully a person to the point that they grab a gun……then play the victim or go on TV and pretend it was someone else.
What an american story, the whole thing. Broken country
Strange. Other reports are saying he had quite the circle of friends.
When the leftists talk about how wonderful and necessary public school is for a child’s development but ignore this happening in almost every school.
Another classmate says he had a friends group and wasn’t heavily bullied.. isn’t this kid also in the Blackrock commercial 🤔 he sounds like he’s unsure of what he’s saying
I glanced through the convention comments feed and there are plenty of bullies there, too. When do we grown ups ever think about growing up?
He was one of bullies, that’s obvoious. And also it is not excuse for terrorism.
The kid talking why u say that?
@@casperChitownhe most likely took part in the bullying sweetheart.
@@OoOMonkeyCoFreakOoO watch out kid😂
@@casperChitown but we are adult ones and you are 14, most likely bully as well
@@Sgt_Zajc ur Indian I’m 22 u dork
COme on! Trump have been spewing hate all over America. Everytime he open his mount every word came out hateful….he was so hateful that this guy just had enough of it. When you keep on spewing hateful words, sooner or later someone’s going to do something about it. This guy just had enough of Trump and his supporters hateful rhetoric.
That’s so sad. He was bullied and then shot dead. What a life. People around him should’ve done something about the bullying.
The shooter was bullied to the point that he had enough of it. Trump is the master of bullying, so if you are going to do something to the bullies then Trump would be the one. Trump loves bullying and this guy just had enough of it. We all know that the biggest bully of them all is TRUMP.
The school failed this child every single adult failed
They call him Ree Tardy Oswald
Lame.
@@bellamin4549wahhh u need a bottle?
@@casperChitown Lame.
Fyi. Bully is not Allowed in Islam. It is a sin to hurt someone’s feeling and make fun of others. A gift of smile to others is a big charity in Islam. Try to smile to ur family, co worker and friends.. You will see the impact in you n others.
Notice how the media, and not their source, that came up with he wore ‘Military or Hunting clothes every day’.
Bullying happens in the workplace too
Strange, they speak as if still in high school . He was 2 years out of school , had a job a new way of life . 20 years old way more mature than 16 year olds .
What kinda news questions and statements are these !!!
https://youtu.be/98RSb9MMgX0?feature=shared
sad.
So sitting alone in class is bullying? Bruh😂
These def his bullies. Chubby Cheese right hand man by his side who thinks the curly hair makes him the cool kid. “It’s honestly kinda sad” I wish the interviewer would’ve said “Oh, did you ever try stand up for him, tell a teacher or anything? Or did you and Chubby Cheese join in/start the bullying to feel like you’re the cool kids because you’re either the bully, or the bullied, right? And someone looking like that can’t hang with yall.” “It’s honestly kinda sad”
Before in elem grade 6 the boy try to bully me cause im very brown skin ,then my classmate approach him dont bully her shes our smartest classmate then he feel shy😅,because maybe his a dull one on their classrom thats why if someone wants to bully you and your high intelect ask them about quiz im sure they feel shy😊 but if your low IQ then close your classmate with high IQ im sure they afraid that..bullying in school is normal but try to talk with them in respect if dont listen ask your mother come in school and settle this bullying classmates.
I was bullied horribly in h.s. way back in the ’80s, after enjoying my k-8 years in a very small town school. I was then the shortest, skinniest boy at a different h.s. 20+ miles away, and called “mole freak” for all the moles and skin tags I had on my neck. It ruined my life for good. I’ve been alone ever since, 30+ years, no friends, never married, no gf, because they convinced me I’m hideous. I chose to work middle of the night because I’m ugly, or so I was told. Its tragic anyone ever acts out, possibly because of the devastating life-destroying effect of bullying in school, they shouldn’t retaliate against the whole world, which its serms the last 25 years thats what some do. Read some heavy metal lyrics, (they don’t suggest retaliating), but you can tell some are filled with so much hurt, and then rage because of it. You know one very popular band if you know the lyrics, a lot of that came from being bullied. Most of the time there’s an incident involving someone who was bullied, you can tell that many posts are from people who were never bullied. Last few years dr phil started bringing in experts and parents, “you have to do something, home school them, something, this will ruin the rest of their life if it doesn’t stop now”.
„He was bullied almost every day“
„What did they say?“
„I don’t know“
everyone acts big in the comments, but no one stands up for the outcasts in reality.
You should all be quiet.
Not saying this whole thing is fake but. Like in iron man 3. There’s a lot of pageantry going here lots of Theater.
Plenty of people who were mercilessly bullied as children grow up, get jobs, have a car and a place to live, and would never in a million years make an attempt on someone’s life. To say otherwise demeans survivors of bullying—like me.
Like that interview from Independence Day.
Before proof of aliens: “You were abducted by aliens? Go away man, you’re crazy.”
After (to reporter): “It’s true! They abducted my friend and probed him and did alien stuff!”
I paraphrased, but that’s basically how it went 😝
And the narrative takes shape
This guy/interview seems staged, like what kid talks like this, almost robot like
The kid clearly didnt know what he was talking about. He couldnt give examples. All he said he was a loner. Another person who knew him said he wasnt heavily bullied. Yet this kid says he was bullied HARD and yet all he could say was he was a loner and sat alone.
No. Lol that’s not a very telling interview, like, so not, informative, at all, I guess.
I was also verbally bullied very hard in high school, i didn’t like being in social situations
As I get older and older I don’t know how it is to get bullied maybe because I play sport a lot? I don’t know. My place when we see people bully one another? Not acceptable..
Average white male moment
I think the kid interview is also the bully
Democrats
Shouldn’t he be a right winger since the leftists are all the popular kids.
only in your imagination
REMOVED my reply, stating how manipulative you NBC media are. How typical.
It hurts to hear that poor soul.
Why is he doing stuff with his mouth all the time ? Compulsive smoulder? 😂
Heh, this fake interview didn’t age well
Proof?
🎉
thomas matthew crooks used three encrypted phone accounts in Europe Investigators are still working to access these accounts to understand who he was communicating with
awful!
So he got bullied, and instead of hurting the bully he hurt the president?
Any other time the “so called friends” and “Observers” that were aware of this constant bullying how come anyone of them didn’t bring it to the attention of the teachers or principle? I personally experienced bullying every math class period of my clothes shoes etc the way I looked to by 2 classmates the teacher heard it just kept on walking like he didn’t hear anything and I was crying every class period they did it?
Turns out this wasn’t his classmate
0:25 – “You know how kids are these days”.
Lol – how old is this kid who’s talking..?!
That kid is lying
this kid did not become radicalized in a vacuum, its the biden administration! its their FAULT, they way they demonized anyone who speaks against them, the way they teach about this at colleges and how the media cuts and edit everything to their narrative
I see many people talking about kids being bullies and adults still being them and that is true
Adults just try to find less physical and less face to face direct ways of bullying.
It is more along the lines of these (not limited to but these are widespread):
Status bullying: trying to make you feel inferior because they won’t allow you access into their social clique. Whether you care to be in their clique or not. They are the “cool kids” as adults so to speak.
Intellectual bullying: Trying to prove they are smarter or more educated than you in times where it is not necessary or useful. Just a means to try to one up you in front of others.
Monetary Power bullying: Usually a boss being rude or mean to those below them in the company knowing that the threat of job loss will keep people quiet or accepting of this behavior.
Relationship emotional bullying: things like “I will leave you if you don’t do what I want” or “if you loved me you would do this thing that is harmful to yourself”
Driver bullying: When operating a vehicle. The individual will cut others off, ride their tail really close for long stretches, and just acts like an enraged toddler when they drive. They do in the car what they wish they could to face to face.
Does make him a terrorist?
I dont believe a word he says,he said he was bullied every day very badly but doesn’t know what was done or said to him.
You can see and hear the sadness and compassion in this student’s eyes and his voice when he talked about the teasing and bullying that this young shooter endured. No excuse, but how much can some people take before their breaking point. They NEED school chaplains in EVERY single school to help the students especially, the so called “out casts”. Very Very Sad! I am praying for everyone involved. 🙏🏼😔
But with all our purple haired friends there’s no bullying anymore…
And what his dad give him a gun….(behavioral specialist) one has to wonder.
Is this how American systems work?
Americans ”go to issue” bullying. Even watching shows like AGT and X-factor someone has a been bullied story.
SO WHAT I WAS BULLIED IN SCHOOL ALL GRADES IT DOSE NOT GIVE ANYONE THE RIGHT TO START SHOOTING HE IS NOT A VICTIM ALS BE FORE ALL THE HATE COMMENTS START I AM A REGISTERED INDEPENDENT I DO NOT SUPPORT EITHER PARTY
THANK YOU BARBRA STREISAND ! MENTAL HEALTH AND BULLYING – My brother was handicapped and bullied every day in school. I lived with him and witnessed what it did to him. He had a heart condition on top of looking different. He was a straight A student. He was a kind soul and I always gave him support at home. It changed my life, and I know that adults and children can be vicious and learn to be bullies. I believe this young man possibly had “Binders Syndrome” or something like that – it is a malformation of the midface. This is why they took some of his pictures off of the Internet. His classmates stated he was bullied every day. There is a documentary on “Trump the Bully”. This is what some of the Republicans do every day. Hateful rhetoric and bullying. Everything that happened here in this historical day is about “bullying.” Kids are not born vicious, they are taught through their home life sometimes, parents, their environment, bullies at school, and teachers that do nothing about it. Our schools need to change – BULLIES NEED TO BE EXPELLED FROM SCHOOLS. This is a “mental health issue” in our schools. My heart hurt every day for my brother. I went back to college for a second time literature. I am writing a novel about how kids should treat each other, and their environment. I hope I can make a difference – even if it is a small difference! My heart hurts for those 3 families at the rally. Yes, people that fund Trump only care about money and their pockets! Not their country! THANKYOU BARBRA STREISAND!!
Our schools are turning out bullies?
They’ve found that the guy had (3) three encrypted overseas accounts! The MSM have suddenly clammed up about everything related to crooks…(every 20 year old has 3 encrypted accounts, right. certainly NOTHING to see HERE.
This guy could hardly contain himself from smiling during this interview, I don’t trust any thing he says
The smirk of this kid at 0:32 onwards…”Its all actually kinda sad.”
What? Because he couldn’t rise above your B.S.?
Dude looks like Freddie Mercury
Where are his parents
Black kids don’t get these heartfelt stories we are just “Thugs” smh
Thats weird they interviewed another girl who said he had s group of friends he hung out with and wasn’t bullied 🤷♀️
Anyone else gonna point out that this dude is clearly tweakin?
Other classmates said he wasn’t bullied.
In his first interview he said he disnt really know the kid lol
Yeah that makes him the victim
The bullying affected him.. causing him to be imbalanced when he sees confident people…. This affects his perception and ability to think straight and discern 😢
same friends that say he was bullied do the bullying,maybe they’re the bullies
What 20 year old says “ you know how kids are these days”.