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I'd like to send a message now to the adolescent males to unbburden himself of
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this stigma that that society's put on him. This this virginity burden.
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This is Scott Beerley. On paper, he was a teacher and former soldier. But in
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reality, he had the dating skills of an old sponge and the social grace of a parking ticket. But instead of
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reflecting on his shortcomings and improving himself, Scott chose the lonely path of bitterness, anger, and
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delusion, and along the way produced some of the worst music that humanity has ever endured.
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I like to walk around hanging out. I like to serve this sauerkraut. As time marched on, his behavior only
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grew more outrageous. He was fired from job after job, banned from multiple
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campuses, and somehow managed to make a nuisance of himself in almost every corner of his life. And yet, despite
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leaving a trail of warning signs and basically having walking red flag practically stamped across his forehead,
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Scott somehow managed to slip through all of the cracks. In short, consequences always seemed to skirt
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around him. Meanwhile, his videos and music grew darker, more violent, and
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somehow even more unbearable. His obsession with resentment seemed to metastasize into something far uglier
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than just bad lyrics or tonedeaf guitar riffs. I mean, even the federal authorities were tipped off about him.
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But even still, his case was dismissed until tragically it was too late.
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As a result, multiple lives were lost at the hands of Scott Bealey, a man who is dangerous, delusional, and just as
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insufferable. And today, we're diving head first into his disturbing world.
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Welcome, or welcome back to Coffee House Crime, folks. My name is Adrian, and I'm here to share the world's darkest and
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wildest stories with you and provide anything we can learn along the way. So, who was Scott Bealey? What did all of
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these red flags look like? And how did this story change from concern to outright tragedy? Well, one thing's for
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sure, this story will leave you outraged, especially when it comes to his music. And so, on that note, please
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get comfortable, grab a coffee if you haven't yet, and let's caffeinate while we investigate. This is the case of
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Scott Beelli.
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November the 2nd, 2018 began like any other day in Tallahassee, Florida. Now,
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Tallahassee is a curious place that is filled with quirks and courage. Not only
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is it the state's capital, but it's also a bustling college town and a cultural hot spot. Streets are lined with oak
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trees and heavy with Spanish moss, giving it this quiet yet beautiful southern charm. And when it gets dark,
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the nightife and university culture keep it both alive and unpredictable. For most people, this Friday was nothing
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unusual. People were busy finishing their work days. Students met up with friends for drinks. And in a quiet
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shopping plaza just off of Thomasville Road, a handful of locals gathered at Hot Yoga Tallahassee. To those who
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entered, this studio was their sanctuary after a long week of work, a place to
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escape the noise outside and to stretch and breathe and finally find peace in the stillness of the evening. However,
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peace can be a very fragile thing. And that night, they unknowingly found the
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total opposite of what they were looking for because that was the night that an insufferable and dangerous man was ready
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to walk in. The man's name was Scott Beerley. Now, at first, he seemed to
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just blend into the crowd, just a normall looking guy with a yoga mat and a black backpack. But our story today
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isn't only about the horror that unfolded inside the yoga studio that night, but also about Scott Beerley
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himself alongside his unsufferable ego and the long and bitter path that led
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him there. And so, on that note, let's talk about Scott and why you should strive to become the total opposite of
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him. Okay, so who exactly was Scott Bealey? Well, on the surface, he was
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actually quite unremarkable. He was middle-aged, well educated, and had a resume that ticked all of the boxes for
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a rather respectful person. He was an army veteran, a former high school teacher, and even had two M's degrees.
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So, to the casual observer, he might have even passed as someone that you'd trust or even admire. But, as is the
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case with many of these monsters, once you peel back that facade, things aren't quite as they seem. And in Scott's case,
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what you'll find is a lot less Army veteran and much more cringe Reddit user. Now, I'm going to be blunt with
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you here, but Scott's going to get a lot of heat from me in this video. And I'm not going to feel bad about it either,
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because he wasn't just opinionated. He was a misogynistic and violent bully. In
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fact, a lot of his videos, music, and openly public beliefs will quite literally blow you away. So, it turns
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out that Scott had a long documented history of hating women and it's probably the thing that he is now most
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known for. But unfortunately, it doesn't stop there because he also spouted many
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extremist beliefs and behaved in many ways that ranged from inappropriate to outright criminal. And his prejudice did
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not stop there either because he was also racist, anti-Semitic, and basically carried a grudge against anyone who
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didn't look, think, or breathe exactly like him. In fact, if you were to make a ven diagram of groups that Scott Bealey
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didn't hate, the only thing in the middle would probably be Scott Bea. And even then, I'm not entirely sure. You
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see, Scott's bitterness towards the world started young. In one of his many video rants, he recalled being an
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awkward eighth grader and one that was convinced that girls in his class were always plotting to embarrass and
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humiliate him. He described those moments of being ignored at the tender age of 13 as if it somehow were some
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kind of super villain transformation. In fact, he would even moan about what he called quote virginity burden. Of
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course, blaming all of the girls for not giving him the romance that he believed he apparently deserved. At the age of
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15, Scott even admitted that he could no longer stomach listening to love songs because they apparently reminded him of
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the life that he wasn't living. In short, while most of us were worried about homework or prom dates, Scott was
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already perfecting the fine art of self-pity and hatred. Things did not seem to improve either. In high school,
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his behavior was so troubling that he was ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluations on multiple occasions. In a
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video, he said, "I have never gone to a psychiatrist on my own valition, nor would I ever. I have been ordered to
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visit one on four separate occasions, though, dating back to high school, all having to do either with females or my
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mania. However, behind those mounting concerns, Scott was quite smart, actually. After high school, he went on
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to earn a bachelor's degree, followed by not one but two master's degrees in public administration and urban
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planning. With all of this behind him, on paper, it actually looked like he had quite a
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solid future. With credentials like that, it's quite clear he was pretty smart. And to be honest with you, all he
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really needed to do at this stage was maybe have a bit of self-reflection and touch up on his social skills. I think
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those two things alone would have provided a stable career and a happy home, which then could have led to a
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future wife. And of course, all he really needed to do was first of all respect himself, but then secondly, and
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maybe even most importantly, was respect others. But obviously, that didn't happen. Otherwise, I wouldn't be telling
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you this story today. And as the years went by, he didn't grow kinder or wiser. He grew stranger, angrier, and far more
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insufferable. Over time, Scott became obsessive over violent fantasies and infamous killers. In fact, he would even
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write about doing this sort of pilgrimage to the many sites linked to the serial killer Ted Bundy. This even
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included the boarding house and the sorority house where Ted murdered two women in 1978, which by the way is the
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same year that Scott was born. All of this was very concerning because you know what was quite clear to me
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throughout all of my research is that Scott saw Ted's path as some sort of holy journey, which is really messed up,
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right? His attitude towards women was outright vile. In his writings, he would
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routinely demonize women. In one excerpt, he said, "Just beneath a woman's blushing lashes and innocent
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smiles lies the most rancid and putrid, sickening essences." Real classy there,
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Scotty. It is clear to see that if there was one thing as strong as Scott's misogyny, it was probably his unlimited
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self-entitlement. He believed that the world owed him affection, sex, and admiration, and he was furious when
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reality did not deliver. Online, he gravitated towards the incel community,
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which, as many of you will already know, is an echo chamber where men seem to cry to each other about their lack of
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finding a partner. But the thing is, Scott didn't just seem to sympathize within cells, but he outright saw
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himself as one, too. In fact, in one of his YouTube videos, he even praised
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Elliot Roger. If you don't know who that is yet, then just Google him and you'll see what I mean. To Scott, Elliot wasn't
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an insufferable toad, but an inspiration instead, which to be honest really tells
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you all you need to know about him. I'd like to send a message now to the
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adolescent males if there are any ultimately watching that are
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in the the position or the the the situation the disposition of of Elliot
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Roger of like not getting any I mean I I don't think a female can ever understand
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the societal pressure that's put on an adolescent male to
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unbburden himself of this stigma. that that society's put on him, this
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this virginity virginity um burden.
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Now, socially, Scott was no different offline. Those who crossed paths with him described him as awkward, angry, and
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openly bigoted. I mean, even acquaintances picked up on his toxicity. So, in other words, Scott was just as
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tolerable as petrol in your morning coffee. His life seemed to be one failure after another and almost always
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because of his own behavior. We'll go into why precisely in just a minute, but the long story short here is that Scott
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simply could not exist in normal society without stirring up chaos. After
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graduating, he took up work as an English teacher at Mid High School, which can be found in an Arendel County
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in Maryland. However, it wouldn't take long for trouble to follow. It turns out that not even one year into his post, he
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was investigated by police over a complaint from one of his female students. She claimed that apparently he
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had touched her arm and even suggested that she wore more revealing low cut tops and believe it or not, but he also
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asked her if she could maybe pose for Playboy. Police investigated these claims, but ultimately the case was
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dropped when they couldn't prove it. As a result, no charges were pursued. However, that is not to say that nothing
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happened. Scott was lucky not to face any prosecution, but it seems that the
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damage was already done because shortly after this, he was no longer employed at the school. Whether he was formally
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dismissed or allowed to resign quietly under his own terms still remains unclear. However, what is clear is the
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pattern that it foreshadowed. Because moving forward, you will see how many times this adult who is in a position of
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trust seemed to cross the line with a young woman and then just simply walk away with little consequence. So, you
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might be thinking, well, maybe the military could straighten out someone like Scott. But unfortunately, think
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again. In the year 2008, Scott enlisted into the US Army and would even graduate
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at the officer candidate school with the rank of second lieutenant. On paper, this looked like a promising career, and
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let's face it, it would keep him away from young women, too. However, in reality, it was just another environment
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where his true character bled through. Within 2 years of being here, he was
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under investigation for an appropriate sexual contact with female soldiers who were under his command. So basically,
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even in one of the most disciplined and structured institutions in the world, he still couldn't help himself from being
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creepy and crossing boundaries. By 2010, the army had had enough. Scott was
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dismissed under unacceptable conduct, and yet somehow he still managed to walk
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away with an honorable discharge. In other words, his record stayed clean. What should have been a red flag of the
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highest order was instead quietly swept under the rug. And just like that, he
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once again slipped through the system. After leaving the army, Scott then moved to Tallahassee where he claimed he was
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there for graduate school at Florida State University. But true to form, he quickly left behind a trail of
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complaints. It was in December of 2012 that Scott walked up to a student and then grabbed her butt. And when she spun
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around, of course, being absolutely shocked, he muttered that it apparently was an accident. However, only a few
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minutes later, she then saw him do it to two other women nearby, both of them wearing yoga pants, by the way, which is
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important for later on in this video. It was clear, though, that this was not clumsiness. It was assault in broad
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daylight. Scott was arrested and then charged with battery, and the FSU were very quick to ban him from ever
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returning to that dining hall again. However, when it came to pressing charges, his victims once again dropped
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them. For Scott, this was nothing more than a close call and also kind of a lesson to teach him that there were no
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consequences in his actions. In the months that followed, there were two additional reports of Scott apparently
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groping women. In fact, by 2014, that pattern had become so undeniable that
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the campus actually banned him altogether. Put bluntly, Scott was a shameful creep that really needed to be
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stopped. But instead of prison or any sort of real accountability, he always managed to slip away. So despite
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multiple arrests, not even one of them had led to a conviction. In 2012, and
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after groping students in the FSU dining hall, he was charged with battery. And
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later in the year 2016, he was charged again for another assault. And even
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then, he still did not accept boundaries, picking up another charge for trespassing when he violated the
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campus ban. By 2018, Scott had at least three arrests on record. However, when
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you looked at his official file, it was still actually spotless. In short, with
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Scott having a technically clean record, he could actually pass background checks with ease. With these background checks
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being the tool designed to keep predators like him out of classrooms and workplaces, which is just totally
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staggering. Scott was routinely recognized as a danger. And yet, when it came to acting decisively, all of these
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institutions seemed to drop their case, quietly fire him, or provide bans only
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to one specific location. And what makes this even more concerning is that this
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was not simply a case of Scott just simply slipping through the cracks. But he was quite literally committing
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extremely concerning crimes on military and university property. And yet here
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they were just letting him get away with it, too. Of course, this meant that after being fired at Florida State,
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Scott simply found another job still as a substitute teacher in the Leyon County School District. Even from the very
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beginning, staff had their doubts. Apparently, during his interview, he was described as looking rude, frustrated,
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and angry, and scary throughout. He even asked that his password would be Carnifx, the Latin word for executioner.
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The staff who noticed this were horrified and recommended that he was not hired. But whether through oversight
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or simple desperation, that was ignored and instead he started work the following week. It was only a few months
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into this new job that Scott found himself in trouble once again. But this time it was because he was caught
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watching porn while covering a class filled with high school students. It wasn't subtle either because apparently
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all of the students saw this when he accidentally broadcasted it to the classroom projector. Of course, when
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staff confronted him about this, Scott tried to make up this excuse that apparently it was a virus. But when
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staff checked his internet history, well, that told a very different story. And so, it's no surprise to learn that
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Scott was fired on the spot. However, thanks to his still everclean
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criminal record, Scott found another job at another school in Florida. You're probably sick of this by now, but once
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again, he was fired within 2 weeks of starting that job after a child's parents came forward to say that he had
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very unsettling behavior. By May of 2018, he was now working as a substitute
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teacher at Galaxy Middle School, where again, he was caught with inappropriate behavior towards a female student. From
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what I was able to find out, Scott basically asked this student if she was ticklish, and before she could even
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react, he then proceeded to stroke her just below her bra line. School administrators pulled him from the
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classroom immediately. But instead of cooperating, Scott then tried to flee the campus altogether. In fact, a school
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officer would even have to chase him down from across the parking lot to prevent him from escaping. And
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thankfully, for the first time in recorded Scott history, the school actually responded competently. He
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formally received a termination letter with Valuchia County Schools banning him from working anywhere in the system
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again, thus theoretically marking an end to his teaching career. By mid 2018,
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Scott had now been expelled, fired, or banned from five major institutions,
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including no less than Maryland schools, the US Army, Florida State University,
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Leyon County Schools, and now Valuchia County. In every scenario, his misconduct included harassment, assault,
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or threatening behavior, most often directed towards women. And the crazy thing is, up until now, and in every
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single case, he somehow managed to walk away scot-free. By the summer of 2018,
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his life was basically in ruins. At the age of nearly 40, he was unemployed,
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blacklisted from teaching, essentially living in near total isolation, and of course, still single. His bank account
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would often dip below zero, and he could barely look his neighbors in the eye because basically nobody wanted him
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there. In one of his songs, which was named My Glamorous Life, he basically sneered at this bleak reality, mocking
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his own circumstances, as if sarcasm could make the misery go away. However,
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what most people might see as a wake-up call, he only saw this as confirmation of his delusions. And you know what? I'm
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just going to roll his track here for you to listen for yourself. Shooting rats in my backyards, my safari, my 70 G
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lens, my Ferrari. [Music]
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You'll never see me in a ski vacation. On my days off, I work at a gas station.
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[Music] I don't have time to play croquet. I rob
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the neighbors Christmas display. Instead of pausing to consider that, hey, maybe I'm the problem, Scott
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doubled down instead. In Scott's eyes, his misfortune wasn't a lesson. It was
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evidence that he was a victim to all women.
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Now, once again, I want to stress just how often Scott would actually expose himself as a real danger to women. And
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this wasn't hidden or cryptic, but in plain sight. And these weren't isolated incidents or minor slip-ups either. They
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were constant, blatant, and deeply concerning. And the crazy thing is that everything we've talked about so far has
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pretty much been in the real world only. But when you look at what he was saying online, that was even more troubling.
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Over time, Scott would become further detached from society. And in its path, he would also find his own online echo
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chamber, where, no surprise, he found Reddit and the Incel community. And
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let's just say all that did was inflame the situation. Using the name Carnifx,
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just like his work laptop password, Scott then flooded the internet with his vile content. As you already know, this
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mainly consisted of YouTube video rants and his own music. They became the main stage for him to broadcast his feelings,
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which basically meant putting toxicity onto anyone unlucky enough to listen. Now that you know about his predatory
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nature, it is probably time that we talk more about his music. I mean, look, just
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putting it bluntly to you, this is easily some of the most indigestible slop that I've ever had the displeasure
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of finding. Some of his tracks names include Nobody's Type, Epheal, Handful
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of Bare Ass, I don't fatties for free, and Who Let the [ __ ] Out with the I
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won't get off my back. The hell with the girl I can't get in the sack. The hell
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with the good times, I can't get back. The hell is my life? I can't get on
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track. To call these songs terrible would be far too kind. Scott's so-called music
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was the kind of dril that would clear out a karaoke bar before the first verse was even over. The guy was quite clearly
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painfully offkey, awkward, and just totally unlistenable. However, the real
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sickness here wasn't in his lack of talent, but in the lyrics. In one of his songs named Locked in My Basement, he
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talks about drugging a woman out of lust, locking her in his basement, and then doing unspeakable things to her.
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And you know the drill by now. Here's 30 seconds of it. Just enough to sour your mood and make you wish I hadn't pressed
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play. Now you're locked in my basement. You'll never say a word. When you scream out in
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terror, you cannot be heard.
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Oh, one day I know that you will learn to love me. But even when you do, I
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cannot set you free. And here's half a minute of another song
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just to balance the mood out a little bit. Half the lyrics are completely indecipherable. The other half are
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pretty funny, though. Flop it in the breeze. Flop it all around. Flop. I like to hear the sound.
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Flop it in the air. Flapp it in the sky. Better look out. Going to flop it in your eye. Throughout all of these songs, it was
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quite clear that one major theme dominated his content. Of course, that being misogynistic extremism.
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As you've seen through parts of this video already, in 2014, and while still living in Tallahassee, he recorded a
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bunch of deranged rants before then uploading them to YouTube. Some of these are still available to this day, but by
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far and wide, most of it has found itself to archives across the internet. In one video, which was titled Plight of
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the Adolescent Male, Beerley talks about how society supposedly forces some young
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men to endure a sexless existence, where he then directly compares himself to Elliot Roger. Of course, that being the
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notorious king of the incelss. I'd like to send a message now to the
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adolescent males. if there are any ultimately watching that are
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in the the position or the the the situation the disposition of Elliot
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Roger of like not getting any I mean I I don't think a female can ever understand
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the societal pressure that's put on an adolescent male to
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unbburden himself of this stigma that that society's put on him this this
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virginity virginity um burden. I even remember
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telling a girl that that this I'll call her Thunder Thighs. I'm not going to refer to her by name. And I meant it
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when I said it, when I told her sex is overrated. It's that's not why I'm with you. That's not my primary uh objective
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in being uh with you. Um the the dodo head. That's I I'll get to her in
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another time. In another rupload, unsuttly titled The Rebirth of My Misogynism, Scott recalls his earlier
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life experiences, blaming women for everything that ever went wrong for him. He also described about how he felt
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targeted by the so-called collective treachery of girls and also portrays himself as some kind of persecuted,
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sexless hero. Two females that I was working with, this was one of this was, I guess, an intermediate rebirth and I was
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interacting with both of them. I must have asked for the phone number of the one and and she gave it to me and I
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tried to call her on several occasions. I couldn't get through. I didn't know whether I was but she told me where she
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worked in boys club. Said, "Okay, I I'll go say hi." I left a
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message. Can you tell so and so I stopped by? Next thing I get a phone call from the police. Oh, the what's
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going on with these girls? Like why are you bothering me? Why why is this a concern of yours? Again, this mentality,
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let's just run to the authorities when my our feelings are hurt. I've I committed no wrong. I'm just trying to
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hook up with this girl. Well, they've decided not to press charge. They've decided really, have they? Well, thank
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them. I I I didn't ask what charges they could have pressed for me being aggressive. Are you can I press charges
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against them being evasive? Malevolence can idle or it can manifest itself into
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something. I felt such malevol I still feel malevolence towards them but
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have I been able to subjugate it at the very least they deserve to be
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emphasized and and highlighted for their their treachery. There's a bunch of other videos he
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posted too which I'll continue to pepper in throughout this video but for now
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here's a few more. I'd like to talk about mongrelization a
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little bit today. Um, I see a lot of interracial couples in particular in
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this town, uh, for some reason. Although I guess that shouldn't be too shocking
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considering the demographics, but when I see an interracial couple, I I think one
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of two things, and I don't believe I I can't imagine that I'm unique in this. I
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think one of two things. either the guy couldn't do any better or the girl's a [ __ ] or has some variety of mental
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illness uh or psychological issue. If Scott imagined himself as some kind
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of dark bard of misogyny, the reality couldn't have been any more pathetic. Would you believe it? But over the
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years, he vomited out more than 100 songs laced with violence, hatred, and
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outright perversion. He would even go as far to rent studios
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and hire professional musicians to help record dozens of these tracks for him. However, as one sound engineer would
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later admit, Scott possessed zero musical talent. And one more thing to add here is that Scott's music was not
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only hateful towards women, but also towards other cultures, immigrants, and gay communities. So, you might be
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wondering, with so much violence and hatred towards people, why didn't anyone call Scott and his music out, or at
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least report it to the police? Well, it turns out that someone actually did. Because in August of 2018, one of
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Scott's old friends and his wife found his music. And out of morbid curiosity, they took a listen. His friend's wife
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was absolutely horrified. And so, she did what all of us would hope a responsible citizen would do. She
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reported him to an anonymous tip line which eventually would actually make its way to the FBI. However, after reviewing
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his material, they found that his content fell under protected free speech and therefore concluded that there was
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no actionable threat. Great job, guys. This warning was a huge chance to
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capture a killer in the making, but tragically it was ignored and then left to die in an email instead. And although
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hindsight can be 2020, it is haunting to look back at this situation and realize
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that they were so close. When you connected the dots in Scott's content, the picture itself was actually
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painfully clear. This was a man who was fantasizing about becoming a mass shooter. I mean, he quite literally sang
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about it in tracks like My Bullets Will Touch You. And if that wasn't enough already, he would even write about it
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and even talk about it in his videos. For four long years, Scott documented
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his failures with women, relationships, and work. And eventually, he arrived at
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one false conclusion, that violence was his solution. The really frustrating thing here is that all of his songs,
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videos, and essays were not merely harmless venting, but quite literally propaganda for violence. And it's worth
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highlighting here that he wasn't trying to hide it either. He was quite literally shouting about it. He spent
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years writing essays, recording songs, posting video rants, and even grabbing
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women in public. And when he was banned, fired, and expelled over and over again about this behavior, still nothing
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happened. The legal system quite literally shrugged it off and called it free speech. And if you really look at
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the truth behind all of this, the lack of punishment probably normalized it for him, too. By the middle of 2018, Scott
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had nothing left but hate. Without a job, any prospects or community, and
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just a head full of absolute baloney, his mental health tanked from insufferable to outright dangerous. It
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was during this summer that through his fantasies, he began to methodically prepare for one. On July the 23rd, 2018,
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Scott walked into a porn shop in Orange County and bought a Glock 17. And because his record contained no actual
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convictions, his background check revealed nothing. Moving forward, over the following weeks, he stockpiled on
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ammunition. And in one sick display of control, he also chose to target a yoga studio, which, as you can imagine, would
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be a room filled with mostly women. You know, I don't think Scott realized this, but instead of shooting up a yoga
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studio, he could have simply just joined one instead. I mean, it's a great place to relax and get to know people that you
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could even go on to date. In August and then September of 2018, he meticulously
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researched Hot Yoga Tallahassee online, calling the studio multiple times to predict their schedules and crowd
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patterns. Moving into October, he unfortunately finally circled a date,
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and that would be November Idnd at 5:30 p.m. And then, probably in what he
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believed would be his own way of leaving something behind, just like Elliot Roger did, he then uploaded a song named Femal
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to the internet. Curiously, his entire album was uploaded on the same day that he planned the attack. And I know that
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it says November the 3rd here, but I think that's because I'm technically a day ahead in Australia. If you listen
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closely to his song, it basically spells out his plan to find as many females as
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possible to die with, which in hindsight is absolutely horrific. When all I hear,
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all that time is no. When all I feel is my frustration grows.
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[Music] [ __ ] them all.
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[ __ ] Come on. [Music]
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On the afternoon of November the 2nd, 2018, Scott drove more than 250 mi north
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from Deltona to Tallahassee. Inside the car was his Glock, extra magazines, and
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a yoga mat with him. Of course, to blend in for as long as he needed. He would even bring his own earplugs with him,
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not to drown out his own music while driving in his car, but to muffle the sound of his own gunfire. Scott arrived
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shortly after 5:30 p.m. with a black bag slung across his chest. Once inside, he
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paid for a single session, unrolled his mat, and then smiled. And believe it or not, but he even sickenly told staff
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that he'd hoped the class would be bigger. He then waited both patiently and deliberately until the class was
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underway. And unfortunately, you know what happened next. And as you can see
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from the videos and news reports of the aftermath, it wasn't good. Tonight, the mass shooting inside a Tallahassee yoga
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studio making national headlines has left people around the country and police asking why. The gunman killed two
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people and hurt at least four others. Police have identified him as this guy, 40-year-old Scott Beerley of Deltona.
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Investigators were at the home where he lived in Valuchia County earlier today and so was News 6's Klay Leard.
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Throughout the day, detectives were inside this home on Azora Drive looking for clues to try to help them figure out
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why a man would open fire on a Tallahassee yoga studio. Tallahassee
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police say 40-year-old Scott Beerley pretended to be a customer before pulling out a handgun at Hot Yoga in
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Tallahassee Friday evening, killing two people and injuring five others before
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killing himself. Officers searched the hotel room where Beerley was staying nearby. But they hoped they could get
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more answers from what was inside this home where Beerley lived in Deltona, nearly 4 hours away from the shooting.
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Several neighbors tell News Six that Beerley was renting a room out of this home, but not for very long.
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Quiet. Hardly ever saw him. I think he was a loner.
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And I can see that he mind his own business. Beerley had been arrested in the past for grabbing women, but those charges
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were eventually dropped. We've also learned Beerley worked at Valuchia County Schools in 2017, but it's not
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clear in what capacity. We really just got a very weird vibe from him. My daughter had an incident
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with him at her job and um with kind of like watching people and making them feel uncomfortable and so we just all
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got weird vibes from him. Police say they still haven't found a connection between Beerley and the yoga
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studio or the people that were inside in Deltona. Clay Leard, News 6.
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Scott Beerley opened fire inside that yoga classroom and as a result five people were injured with a further two
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murdered. These numbers are already tragic, but what is also horrifying to learn is that if nobody' intervened to
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stop him, it would likely be far higher. In the hours after the shooting, people learned that a man had actually attacked
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Scott with a broom and a vacuum cleaner, giving people precious time to run away. And I think after realizing that he was
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easily going to be overpowered, Scott then stopped his attack early and ended his own life instead. The police arrived
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promptly with innocent civilians and bystanders from nearby restaurants and bars offering to help in any way that
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they can. And while those injured would go on to make a full recovery, it sadly
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was all too late for two women. Mora Binkley was only 21 years old when
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she passed away. She is remembered as a bright and kind student and was the glue of her friendship group. She had her
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whole life ahead of her and a future that was full of promise was cut short before it could even begin. Dr. Nancy
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Vanessum was 61 years old and was a respected physician and the chief medical director of a major health plan.
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She was also a faculty member at Florida State University's College of Medicine. She had spent her entire life caring for
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other people and now close to her retirement she was gunned down. In the days that followed, Tallahassee grieved.
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Vigils caught hundreds of people, and the city tried to honor what had been lost. For all who knew them, Nancy Van
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Vessum and Mora Binkley are remembered by the way they lived with compassion, kindness, and strength. And their
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absence has left a hole that can never be filled. In the months after the shooting, the US Secret Services
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National Threat Assessment Center conducted a deep review on Scott's case, where they sought to publish a report to
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extract lessons from the tragedy. And unfortunately, but also kind of expected, their findings were quite
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damaging towards public trust. To begin with, they noted that Scott had what they referred to as quote a lengthy and
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publicly open history of misogynistic extremism. They also noted that he had
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displayed nearly every behavioral red flag on record, which included violent fantasies, a history of bullying and
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being bullied, financial instability, untreated mental health struggles, chronic interpersonal aggression, and an
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anger that only grew sharper with time. That means for the first time ever in his life, Scott could actually offer
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people the entire package. It's just a shame it was kind of in the most rotten and horrific way possible. Experts would
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also conclude that not only are these all common markers among perpetrators of misogynistic violence, but in Scott's
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case, every marker was either missed or ignored. Put quite simply, the report's conclusion was unambiguous. It
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determined that both communities and law enforcement did not do enough to stop Scott in his tracks, and that included
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the FBI. The report's conclusion was both comforting but also bitter because
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although Scott's rampage was certainly entirely avoidable, it at least forced this conversation into the spotlight.
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Before stories like Scott Beerley or Elliot Roger, incel violence was rarely acknowledged outside of the internet.
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But now agencies across the world recognize it. And on the note of recognition, I just want to highlight
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here that Scott never actually achieved the infamy that he so desperately wanted. Quite the opposite, actually,
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because instead he's basically remembered as this insufferable coward who made terrible music. Over time,
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Scott's name will slowly become a distant nightmare. And for now, we'll remember the two who really mattered. Of
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course, that being Dr. Nancy Vanbessum and Mora Binkley. Friends and families
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will remember them for everything good that they had created. Of course, that being something that Scott never
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achieved. So, to wrap this case up, what precisely can we learn from this story?
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Well, more than anything, it's a cautionary tale. Not only should we never ignore warning signs like these
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again, but when someone commits a serious crime, it should be dealt with seriously. I mean, that's kind of
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obvious when I say it out loud, right? But in this case, that opportunity was
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missed on multiple occasions. And that's the case of Scott Bealey. And
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I think what makes this story so infuriating is how predictable this was years prior. Scott wasn't this
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misunderstood genius or tortured soul, but just some angry man who refused to
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better himself. Again, what I find fascinating here, and in a way ironic, is that Scott could have quite literally
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attended that same class, got to know people, and then even meet the future love of his life. Because yoga is filled
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with women, so why not just talk to them? The man needed therapy, obviously. I mean, anybody who refers to women as
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demons quite clearly needs help. Oh, and there is one other lesson to learn from this story. If you ever come across
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music this terrible, make sure you contact the FBI. Anyway, those are my thoughts on the case of Scott Bealey. Of
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course, I'd love to know what you think about this one, too. So, please leave a comment down below. On that note, folks,
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always, I'm back again very soon for another one. But until that moment arrives, remember to look after yourselves, look after each other, and
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of course, stay safe and stay curious. Thank you and goodbye.