Before moving to Colorado Springs three years ago, Soliman spent 17 years in Kuwait, according to court documents.
Anti-natalism is a fringe theory thatand population growth and contends that people should not continue to procreate. Officials said Bartkus intentionally targeted the American Reproductive Centers, a clinic that provides services to help people get pregnant, including in vitro fertilization and fertility evaluations.
Bartkus appeared to take responsibility for the attack on a website he set up that contained audio recordings, according to the complaint.“Basically I’m anti-life. And IVF is like kind of the epitome of pro-life ideology,” he allegedly said in one of the recordings.Investigators have not said whether Bartkus intended to kill himself in the attack or why he chose that specific facility.
Park appeared to be a frequent poster in an anti-natalist Reddit forum going back nearly a decade, according to court papers. In 2016 he spoke of recruiting others to the movement, which he described as hopeful. “When people are lost and distraught, death is always an option,” he allegedly wrote.Relatives told federal investigators that Park made “pro-mortalist” statements since high school, according to the complaint.
More recently, in March, he posted in the forum to say he was seeking to find fellow anti-natalists in and around Washington to “start some protests or just any in-person events,” according to court papers. The post did not receive any public comments.
Park and Bartkus visited each other going back at least a year, their relatives told investigators, according to court records.ERIVO: No apprehension about writing it, a little apprehension about sharing it, because it’s honest. But once it’s done, what can you do? It’s time to share.
ERIVO: They feed each other. When I sing, I feel free and I feel open, which means that when I go and act — because I’ve given myself that experience — the want to close off again sort of goes away. So, when I’m on a set, I’m as open as I am when I am singing. I’m waiting to receive whatever I’m getting from my counterpart or whoever’s opposite me so I can actually listen. Because the act of writing and singing actually is also the act of listening.ERIVO: I had a sort of level of anonymity that I think I got used to and I really kind of enjoyed. That isn’t necessarily there anymore, which is still really lovely because people are kind and sweet, and I’m really grateful for it. But that’s an adjustment, to realize that you can’t just walk into a store and no one will know who you are, or you can’t get on a plane, and no one will there you are. That’s a new thing that I didn’t expect or wasn’t seeking.
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