An Ohio teenager has been the subject of Internet harassment because he has a very similar name to the Dayton gunman.
The harassment also didn’t stop after the error about “Connor Betts” was noted, according to a report in the Sandusky Register, because liberal Twitter users noted that the boy is a conservative who had expressed some support for President Trump.
“They assumed because he had the same name and supported President Donald Trump than he must be the shooter,” the boy’s father told the Register. “It’s scary how quickly people jumped to the conclusion.”
The harassment began when a Twitter user with almost 2,000 followers posted the boy’s photo alongside those of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter and the El Paso massacre suspect, claiming the nation must “address the violence of radicalized people with glasses.”
When the 15-year-old boy took to his Twitter account to say he wasn’t the Dayton gunman, part of the response was to say that it was his fault for supporting Mr. Trump.
“Well, you DO support trump soooooo (sic) who’s to say that a name is ‘all you share,’” one person replied, according to the Register.
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