RtothepowerofX — X Posts
@RtothepowerofX (account name David) occupies an unusual place in the coverage: it is both a poster cited in crowd-footage discussion and, per anonymous online researchers, the alleged handle of the crowd figure himself. Every link between the handle and any crowd figure is an unverified allegation by anonymous accounts. Being present in a crowd, or reacting to a shooting, is not evidence of involvement in any crime, and nothing on this page is a finding of wrongdoing against any living person.
Claims and appearances from X posts
- The handle is cited in discussion of the Curly Hair Man — a crowd figure alleged to have turned toward the shooter's direction, stood when others ducked, and reacted approvingly; the same figure is elsewhere identified as the USA-Chant Man, who reportedly said the chant was meant as a calming distraction, not celebration.
- Crowd-sourced facial matching has tried to attach names to that figure — David Sprague, James Norman Rawlinson, Matt Taber — none confirmed by any reliable on-the-record source, with @RtothepowerofX cited online in connection with him.
- The account posted a first-person statement responding to being identified in crowd footage — "every lie about me brings me one step closer to becoming very dead... I'm terrified for my family and sad for Charlie's too" — preserved at The Crowd Man's Own Post.
- The handle appears among the commentary sources for The List of Distraction People (Claims).
Investigative value
This page exists mainly to keep the subject's own words next to the claims made about him. The identification chain is entirely anonymous crowd-sourcing; innocent explanations for the filmed behavior are at least as plausible, and the site does not vouch for any of the circulating names.