The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[Goofle]

Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

you are actually serious

I think they are both being serious unfortunately.

[Frownland]

Nah I'm not serious. I'm sure that Goofle would be just as upset if it was communist activists being denied access to the country when visiting to spread their ideas instead of 105% innocent people who happen to be just a little bit on the right.

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

can i just say i wish this whole world against right wingers conspiracy was true so that steven crowder was banned from using a computer because i hate his smug face

seriously idk what’s worse the “real conversations” where he finds the dumbest college kids around to pad his ego and make him feel like an intellect or his whole amazon alexa thing where he tries to play the victim and make conservative christians out as some sort of victim

[Psy-Fi]

Originally Posted by Akai

Seems like more people just doing talks are being banned from the UK atm.

I was going to ask how Speaker's Corner was faring in the current political climate in the UK. Then I read the article and it turned out that one of the three had actually been planning to speak there.

[Goofle]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Nah I'm not serious. I'm sure that Goofle would be just as upset if it was communist activists being denied access to the country when visiting to spread their ideas instead of 105% innocent people who happen to be just a little bit on the right.

Of course I would be. I don't like my country not having free speech as it is, let alone denying people entry because they want to interview somebody and give a speech.

[Frownland]

Darn tootin.

[Cuthbert]

Florida shooting: Students vow 'never again' in US walkout - BBC News

Florida shooting: Students vow 'never again' in US walkout

One month after the Parkland school shooting, thousands of students left their classes to commemorate the 17 lives lost - and to call on lawmakers to pass gun control reform.

Fair play to them.

[Frownland]

Broward Sheriff’s Office releases video recording of deputy during Parkland school massacre

Took them long enough. I wonder if they have him under a protection program.

[OccultHawk]

Peterson, who resigned after being suspended and is under investigation over his actions, has defended his response to the shooting by arguing that he believed the gunfire was coming from outside, rather than inside, a school building. Because of that, he said, he “took up a tactical position” to try to assess the situation.

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.miami...204226584.html

Roundly vilified for not entering a Parkland high school during a mass shooting, Broward Deputy Scot Peterson insisted publicly that he believed that gunfire was happening outside on campus — not inside the building.

But internal radio dispatches released by the Broward Sheriff’s Office Thursday show Peterson immediately fixated on Building 12 and even radioed that gunfire was happening “inside.”

And, just as school shooter Nikolas Cruz was fleeing the building after killing 17 people, Peterson warned his fellow officers to stay away — even as wounded students and staff lay inside.

The LA police ordered an entire unit to retreat during the Rodney King riots.

Police choose not to approach armed suspects all the time.

They are trained NOT to put themselves in harms way. That’s why they shoot immediately even if there’s only the smallest possibility of danger. They’re not quite as cowardly as our military but it’s close.

[Frownland]

FIU pedestrian bridge collapses, people trapped underneath | Miami Herald

Pretty crazy.