#coldredpodcast discuss the pre-attack justification narrative #criminalpsychology

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]You know, Jim, when I looked at the manifesto, I know this is your bailiwick here, but the document read less like a coherent political argument and was more like a pre-attack justification narrative. We usually see things like this when people are preparing for targeted violence. You know, when I look at at how he framed it, it wasn't as though as it was making a choice, was more of a moral obligation. Like he said, "I'm no longer going to permit this. I don't see anyone else picking up the slack." He believed that he had the personal authority to correct the pre- preconceived injustice that he thought was happening. And I know, as you know, in behavioral threat assessment, this shifts it from a grievance to moral permission for him to commit violence.