A man from a Kansas City suburb has been falsely accused of being the perpetrator of last month's mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade in a social media post. Now, the man is filing a defamation lawsuit against Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett, who helped spread the inaccurate claims. KCTV.
Congressman Burchett shared a photo of Denton Loudermill with X with the caption, „One of the Kansas City Chiefs' Victory Parade shooters turned out to be an illegal alien.“
In addition to falsely implicating Loudermill in the February 14th shooting, Mr. Burchett called him an „illegal alien,“ which was also completely untrue. One person was killed and 22 people, including 11 children, were injured in the shooting. 23-year-old Lindell Mays, 18-year-old Dominic Miller, and 20-year-old Terry Young. Charges while shooting.
According to the complaint, Loudermill was just leaving the parade area after the chaos of gunfire and attempted to duck under police tape. Mr. Loudermill was not charged or charged with any crime, but temporarily detainedHowever, photos of him in handcuffs began circulating online, along with ominous theories.
Five days after the original tweet, Congressman Burchett removed the source, citing „inaccurate news reporting.“ However, he did not recant his claim that Loudermill was one of the shooters.
“I noticed that in my previous post, one of the shooters was identified as an illegal alien. This is based on multiple false news reports that stated as such. I deleted it,” Burchett said. tweeted.
Mr. Burchett blamed it on „reporting,“ but no credible news outlet claimed that the man in the photo was an illegal alien and the arrested shooter. That was bullshit spread by the far-right X account. end of awakeningan anonymous account popular with owners of Elon Musk.
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Congressman Burchett appears to have gotten his „news“ from the X account, which has no problem spreading false information that aligns with their own story.
In fact, many X accounts used photos of Denton Loudermill and falsely claimed he was someone named „Sahir Omar.“ It's a name that right-wing trolls have previously used to argue that all mass shooters must be foreign-born. The fictitious „Sahireh Omar“ has also been accused of other crimes, including mass shootings in Las Vegas and Prague. BBC.
According to KCTV, Loudermill's lawsuit seeks $75,000 in damages from Rep. Burchett, but he also plans to sue others who helped him spread false claims on social media. It is not yet clear whether
“By misidentifying Plaintiff as an ‘illegal alien’ and a ‘shooter,’ (Loudermill) of Kansas received death threats and, more specifically, the mental anguish of public exposure. „He has experienced periods of anxiety, agitation, and fear; sleep disturbances and other such harms are likely to continue in the future,“ the suit states, according to KCTV.
„As a result of the acts and actions of the defendant, the plaintiff has suffered injuries and actual damages, including mental anguish, humiliation, embarrassment, insult, and inconvenience, as well as emotional distress, insomnia, anxiety, and agitation.“