Police in Palatine, Illinois, say Alexandros Paporakis, 19, drove to a Hindu temple in Aurora on October 11 to carry out a mass shooting and went home when his rifle jammed. Fox News headlined him a “Trans neo-Nazi”. The sentence opens on two labels and closes in a jail pharmacy. Between them sits the event: police say Alexandros Paporakis, 19, drove to a large Hindu temple in Aurora on Sunday, October 11, and went home when his rifle jammed. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was there, says it was the start of Navaratri and huge crowds came. The worshippers the plot was aimed at never appear in the headline. His body does. The device is the verdict noun: “Trans neo-Nazi” names a kind before “accused” names an act. “Neo-Nazi” has a source, the manifesto police attribute to him. The hormone clause comes from a healthcare order that NBC Chicago lists beside ADHD, depression and anxiety treatment, without the word transgender. The habit it rides: a stranger’s crime reads as his kind’s nature. The tell is a label in front of the crime and a closing clause with no link to it. Set beside the others, the choice shows. AP led with community leaders tying the plot to anti-Hindu hate online. The Washington Post led with a congressman who was at the temple. Police say he planned alone. Right after its hormone paragraph, Fox’s page links an all-caps story about a Nevada transgender suspect, and one man becomes a series. When a threat to Hindu worshippers becomes a story about transgender inmates, the anger lands on people the charges never mention.
