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peace13

(11,076 posts)
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 12:04 PM Dec 2015

Yesterday there were three gunman...

...today it seems there were only two. Yesterday there was a gunman that rolled out of the car and had been apprehended. Now there is zero talk of the third gunman rolling from the car. What happened? I find this hard to comprehend.

The fact that the media said the individual that rolled from the car was apprehended makes me wonder who picked this individual up and why is there no further discussion about it.



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ileus

(15,396 posts)
1. Yesterday they were also white....I think the names have been changed to protect the guilty.
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 12:06 PM
Dec 2015

Can't have America thinking White Christians are attacking now can we.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
7. You honestly think
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 12:19 PM
Dec 2015

they shot this husband and wife as patsies? What about the witnesses - several of whom I saw interviewed last night - that did call the shooter dark skinned. Are we to ignore them or just take what people hear in the first few hours of a rapidly moving situation as gospel?

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
8. After seeing infiltrators being hauled out of 'riots' and recovered by the police...
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 12:22 PM
Dec 2015

...one has to wonder. We have had so many white shooters and some in this country have been needing a shooter to be nonwhite. This thing is pretty messy all the way around yet so convenient in the end.


flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
4. As in all 'breaking news' the 24/7 coverage repeats EVERYTHING with or without
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 12:14 PM
Dec 2015

verification. Believe nothing now and give it a day or longer for real information to emerge.

RussBLib

(9,034 posts)
6. seriously
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 12:15 PM
Dec 2015

I try not to watch or listen to the "Breaking News" crap as it is often wrong and just filling time.

Wait a day or more for the "truth" to emerge, and I use the term "truth" with trepidation.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
11. I try not to watch as well..
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 01:11 PM
Dec 2015

... But yesterday I did because footage tends to disappear and all eyes matter. In the past witnesses have turned out to be associates of political figures.
Ballistics will tell how many guns were shot. The fact that the police weren't there will make that job easy.

Wounded Bear

(58,698 posts)
5. I always expect changes in reported 'facts'...
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 12:15 PM
Dec 2015

during an on-going incident. I try to refrain from much comment until I know more.

I know, it's not the American, Internet way, but I find I lie less when I do that.

The abject sensationalism that passes for journalism these days really sucks.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
9. NBC repored last night that the person 'detained" had nothing to do with the crime.
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 12:59 PM
Dec 2015

In an evolving situation where reports and repeats everything constantly, some of the detail get lost.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
10. So no one rolled out of the car......
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 01:04 PM
Dec 2015

And there were only two shooters. I guess ballistics would confirm that.

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