the last shooting / things that go on in America thread has definitely dissappeared

anyway

not the "happy ending" you would have expected

https://twitter.com/i/events/1371972779893944327

Suspect arrested after eight people, including six Asian women, were killed at Atlanta-area spas

Eight people, including six Asian women, were killed in shootings at three different businesses in Atlanta and Acworth, Georgia, on Tuesday, according to local police. A male suspect was arrested and charged with several counts of murder on Wednesday, police said. At a press conference in Atlanta on Wednesday, authorities identified the four victims killed in Cherokee County.

 

30 minutes ago, Traf said:

Guns don't kill.

Dickheads with guns kill.

Just ban dickheads.

Knives don't kill, just racist knives...or non racist bottle tops...or something.

14 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

More conversations?

Maybe they need a referendum on gun control.

Don't worry the answer will be on Hunters laptop, everything is on Hunters laptop it would seem

5 hours ago, Traf said:

Guns don't kill.

Dickheads with guns kill.

Just ban dickheads.

 Bloody good job we don’t have many guns here

13 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

 Bloody good job we don’t have many guns here

Indeed.

9 hours ago, gonzo said:

Not while the NRA plough dough in they wont

Leaders of the free world this lot.

Of course. 

Can you imagine if it was decided to have one though- the nra could spend its time arguing for and vice versa.

If they vote to keep them, then fine. 

9 hours ago, tyldesley_white said:

Don't worry the answer will be on Hunters laptop, everything is on Hunters laptop it would seem

Ignoring the flippancy of your comment (the Biden's will get theirs, don't you worry), I concede that if ever the fucking idiots over there manage to get their shit together and do something about gun control it will almost certainly have to be under the Democrats - if they could find a leader strong enough (guffaws for the present pitiful shower) and able to be given a cast iron security blanket.

No way under the GOP.

17 hours ago, Traf said:

Guns don't kill.

Dickheads with guns kill.

Just ban dickheads.

Inquest going on now about the mass shooting in Plymouth by the Incel (involuntarily celibate) nutter.

Incredible the state of system that allowed him to have a pump action shotgun.

Here we go again

 

 

More racist US police!!!

Oh........

2 hours ago, barryk32 said:

More racist US police!!!

Oh........

Black on Black 

which is Strange 

28 minutes ago, little whitt said:

Black on Black 

which is Strange 

It’s not, it happens a lot, but when it’s white on black it’s racist. 

It's a ridiculously violent society.

Partly due to history, partly due to geography, and obviously also due to "the right to bear arms".

4 hours ago, royal white said:

It’s not, it happens a lot, but when it’s white on black it’s racist. 

Instutionalised police coaching to target black folk now.

How about they've just simply got a number of bad coppers amongst their ranks, like we have.

3 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Instutionalised police coaching to target black folk now.

How about they've just simply got a number of bad coppers amongst their ranks, like we have.

Or the cops look at folk and have to make an instant decision as to whether that person is likely to cause them injury by any means. If yes, neutralise the danger to ensure you and your colleagues get to clock off and go home to families. 

1 minute ago, MickyD said:

Or the cops look at folk and have to make an instant decision as to whether that person is likely to cause them injury by any means. If yes, neutralise the danger to ensure you and your colleagues get to clock off and go home to families. 

I'd agree normally, but having seen a chunk of the body cam footage, there is no excuse.

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

I'd agree normally, but having seen a chunk of the body cam footage, there is no excuse.

There isn't, what the fuck were they thinking? 

59 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

There isn't, what the fuck were they thinking? 

Even if it turns out he's done something truly horrific, they have to be better than that.

5 officers that could well go down for life.

43 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Even if it turns out he's done something truly horrific, they have to be better than that.

5 officers that could well go down for life.

Sending 5 darkies down is racist

Just seen the video of this . 
Jesus wept 

totally get the “ instant decision “ in cases where’s it appropriate but this is just a beating of a man on the floor screaming for his mam 

More like a punishment beating than an arrest . 

1 hour ago, Spider said:

Sending 5 darkies down is racist

https://libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/prisoners-on-remand-increasingly-likely-to-be-black-or-from-an-ethnic-minority-figures-show/#:~:text=Individuals from an ethnic minority,percent of the UK population

Clearly...

2 hours ago, Spider said:

Sending 5 darkies down is racist

To Charlton for a 2-1 Win NO

10 hours ago, MickyD said:

Or the cops look at folk and have to make an instant decision as to whether that person is likely to cause them injury by any means. If yes, neutralise the danger to ensure you and your colleagues get to clock off and go home to families. 

Yes Micky, precisely - every fucker they stop is likely to be a nutjob with a gun. I am sure the "Fuck that, I'm getting in first" attitude is influenced by the possibility of being shot.

Not condoning by the way, just contemplating why so many of these incidents. Relieved when I heard that the five cops were Afro American. I was worried that even more cringeworthy posturing before football matches might ensue.

 

7 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Yes Micky, precisely - every fucker they stop is likely to be a nutjob with a gun. I am sure the "Fuck that, I'm getting in first" attitude is influenced by the possibility of being shot.

Not condoning by the way, just contemplating why so many of these incidents. Relieved when I heard that the five cops were Afro American. I was worried that even more cringeworthy posturing before football matches might ensue.

 

So you’re NOT a fan of cringeworthy posturing at the footy then?

Good to hear.

 

Edited January 29, 20233 yr by Spider

Interesting that folk think this is the time to express ‘relief’, or attempt to prove a point that the scumbag inside for Floyd’s murder wasn’t racist. 

Don’t think I’ll be watching that video, from family accounts he seems a gem of a man. 

Not a clue where to begin with the claim the coppers were just trying to make it home to their families 😬

 Let’s see if they end up with life inside 🤞

On 25/01/2023 at 16:03, Spider said:

They’re raised being told about how great America is, and how that greatness was based on gunslinging heroes riding west.

They’re in love with guns. Simple as that.

I was reading something the other day about how the 'Wild West' wasn't actually that wild - and head a much lower murder rate per capita than today's US.