5 dead and 5 police officers shot in Illinois mass shooting; gunman also dead

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/02/15/many-hurt-including-multiple.html

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@beschizza To let you know, the link in your posting seems to be the instagram link from the Vogue executive article.

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@beschizza you sure that is the right link?

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That’s not a mass shooting. It was a freedom demonstration.

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Well this hits close to home. Specifically ~3 miles from my parent’s house, 2 from my sister’s.
My brother is APD and onsite, says it is “nightmarish”.

Better link:

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And from that link…

So much winning.

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Jesus Christ these mass shootings are becoming so commonplace that we can’t even specify what tragedy we’re talking about without getting onto detailed specifics.

A: “You hear about that mass shooting where a bunch of cops got shot?”

B: “You mean that one in South Carolina?”

A: “No, the Aurora shooting.”

B: “The movie theater psycho in Colorado?”

A: “No, not THAT Aurora shooting…”

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Clearly he’s waiting to see if it’s a minority or white who did the shooting. if it was minority he’ll drag them through the mud, if it was white then he won’t say anything. or his default of “if the people there were armed this would have been prevented!”

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Word on the street is disgruntled employee at an Engineering firm.

That exact scenario happened in the Chicago loop a few years back, but it was just the guy’s former boss who was killed. Did not make national news.

But christ, digging through google pages of shootings in the loop to find that article is practically impossible.

Yeah…

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The language used says “apprehended”, so place your bets accordingly.

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From what my brother said it sounded like they shot the guy. (“Shooter down”)

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I think I have your answer:


I know it’s a crisis situation, and everyone’s flustered, but really?

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I can’t believe there are any
students, tourists, etc.,
who still come to “see the USA”.
I wonder if the USA is on some kind
of “visit with caution” list…
With *tips" to avoid certain areas,

such as schools, movie theaters,
outdoor concerts, clubs, businesses,
Post offices, McDonald’s, subways,
busses
And planes, trains and automobiles…

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Trump Shooting Response Script Framework

"This shooting could have been prevented if . . . " (choose option)

  • (shooter is white) " . . . if everyone was armed! Our gun laws are too restrictive, Second Amendment, Democrats!

  • (shooter is POC) " . . . if we had a wall along our border! Immigrants, MS-13, Mexico, Democrats!"

“Thoughts and prayers with the victims and their families, God Bless America.”

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Where do I send my thoughts and prayers?

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We have enough of those to build a wall out of them.

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Canada… we will take good care of them.

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Now if a Dem were POTUS annnd they could declare National Emergency…

Ohhh damn, it was just a dream. I’m awake now.

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Where else in the world are things like this? I know there are and I would like to know. White a-hole terrorists.

Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Libya, parts of India…

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