Roanoke Shooting

I wanted to focus my attention on the opening story of the show, the shooting of the two Roanoke,Virginia reporters. A brief summary of the shooting for those of you who are out of the loop,the suspect, Vester Flanagan also known as Bryce Williams on air was fired from the WDJTV station some time ago. It is said that the "boiling point" for Flanagan was the shooting in South Carolina last month killing 9 African Americans. Last week Flanagan showed up to a live broadcast, not only shooting and killing Alison Parker and Adam Ward but uploading it to Facebook. He later fled the scene, taking his own life after police chased him down I-66.

 Gladstone sympathized very much and even used rhetorical questions, asking if video games, or even social media were to blame. She then makes a valid point stating social media is for everyone and at this time this is how we get our news, especially as of lately the latest police brutality news. I love when Gladstone says "Lunatics have cameras, luckily the rest of us to do" now let that resonate for a second. We cant always stop the action of the crime depending on its severity, but we can use our footage in the court of law, and help in defense. 
I personally side with Brooke Gladstone on this topic because she was passionate and detailed with her statements. I like how she viewed opposing angles and abruptly stopped them with a stern "NO". For example she said "is it video games?" Of course not, millions of kids play shooting games every year and don't go out and commit crimes, especially of this severity. 

Physical: Vester Flanagan shot and killed 2 former co-workers of the WDJTV news station on live TV
Psychological: Flanagan set out to do this crime. This wasn't a spur of the moment killing. He had interior motives behind this.
Cultural: From a cultural aspect, Flanagan reported he was discriminated against, and it was brought to a head with the South Carolina church killings last month. This was definitely a factor of race.
Social: I personally feel that for someone to do this type of crime you have to hate in your heart. Its very apparent he felt as if he was not socially accepted in his workplace.
Temporal: Vester Flanagan wanted to feel power, and by his definition of power was killing these innocent people on live TV. He wanted to "get back" at Caucasians for the police brutality to African Americans, South Carolina shooting, and loosing his job for discriminatory reasons.