Explaining ‘Injustice Collector’ Regarding Nova Scotia Shooter

Explaining ‘Injustice Collector’ Regarding Nova Scotia Shooter
A woman pays her respects to victims of a mass shooting at a roadblock in Portapique, N.S. on April 22, 2020. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press
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HALIFAX—More than seven weeks after a man disguised as a Mountie killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia, the RCMP have finally hinted at what may have motivated one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history.

Last week, RCMP Supt. Darren Campbell told a briefing that a behavioural analysis of the killer determined he was an “injustice collector”—a term that is well known among criminologists.