This isn't a mass shooting. The news will report it like this to get clicks and views. It was a fight that was taken outside a restaurant and someone shot people. Cant believe they haven't caught the person involved.
So... @Caveman Catfan ...think the Waffle House shooter's dad deserved jail or not?Not when you know your kid is bonkers.
Jeffrey Reinking sentenced for providing gun in Nashville Waffle House shooting
Jeffrey Reinking was found guilty of providing a firearm to his son, Travis, who has a diagnosed mental illness.www.tennessean.com
Are you asking if I agree with the legislation upon which he was charged or whether I think the facts meet the elements of the offense?
A brilliant scholar said that, if I recall correctly.
This is exactly what I want to see. The Waffle House shooter's dad KNEW his son was off the rails mentally. He had several episodes, including one where he was waving a gun around his dad's employees at his business. Yet, his dad gave him his guns back and it cost 4 people their lives. Of course his dad should be held accountable. Just like the woman in New York about 10 years ago who purchased several guns for her "friend", who was a convicted felon with a history of violence. He used to them to ambush and kill some firemen after he had set fire to (IIRC) his sister's house. She wound up getting several years. These people more than deserved accountability.
This is something I should've responded to weeks ago. Just wanted to say I appreciate this. I'm sure it's obvious I don't have a lot of solutions and my Mr. Rogers "let's be kinder to each other" mindset probably falls on deaf ears, but I think we all have at least one issue that really bothers us personally. For my aunt, it's illegal immigration and I can completely understand why. For me, it's mass shootings and gun violence, because a large portion of it could be avoided with simple common sense and not allowing anger to overtake an individual.
Empty statement. No context, no deep dive, just a "hurdur Democrat city has lots of shooting. It's their fault."
Absolutely. Fourth street is popular with people from surrounding towns who are already thinking that half the visitors to Louisville get shot. Add in alcohol and lots of concealed carry, I’m just waiting for a big one to happen there.
It’s the way you presented it in this thread. You know exactly what you did, how, and by. It’s solely done to fit your agenda. Everyone here knows it. Just admit to it. You aren’t nearly that slick.
I think they're both pretty damn dangerous. People saying the Michigan Mile is safe need to look at a murder map. There are murders on that street too.
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National news outlets could do better and should perhaps spotlight specific cities' issues more, but there are many articles and national news reports about this past weekend's violence in Chicago online. It was covered and can easily be found. I don't think the media is trying to hide the fact that areas of Chicago have issues and that the city is fairly liberal. If they are, they're doing a pisspoor job. It's the primary job of local media to cover issues within a city or town. Crime rose in Louisville and our local news covered it and kept covering it. I didn't expect Anderson Cooper to move here and do his show from downtown permanently. Gun violence and mass shootings happen in the bluest cities and in the reddest towns and no amount of finger pointing that it's all one side's fault is going to help solve it. I'm not sure how either side has the balls to place all the blame on the other side when it's a nationwide problem that hits every state.
Yeah, murder is a local story. That makes sense. You should tell that to the national news when they repeatedly report about George Floyd, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, etc. The national news may not know that you think these are local stories. Good point. Anderson Cooper needs a call from the Nightwish.
Only mentioning African Americans the media focused on? Why didn't you mention Natalee Holloway, Casey Anthony, JonBenét Ramsey, Scott Peterson, etc. as well? Unfortunately, you're just like cole only not as upfront about how agenda-driven you are. Always enjoy when I give a thought-out response in a civil manner and get a smart ass reply back.
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It falls on deaf ears when it goes against what the media machine pushes.ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith asks ‘where’s the protest?’ about black-on-black crime in fiery rant
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith ripped the media for ignoring black-on-black crime, demanding to know "where's the protest?" as people die in Chicago.
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