Film at 11:00.
Please explain why this local story is considered TPM Breaking News? Has TPM gone full on action news?
It sounds like a pretty hot firefight, like a combat situation, going on in an American city. Says something about who we are, I think. Just as devil’s advocate.
Shootout on the Redneck Riviera
I’m under the impression that gun violence like this (mass shootings, or potential mass shootings) is one of the beats that TPM has chosen to cover. That’s been the case ever since Sandy Hook, I believe, and since the shooting at Stoneman Douglas earlier this year, it’s an issue that has been prominent in the news everywhere.
Ritalin must not have kicked in…or abortion…or doors…yeah, that’s the ticket…doors.
Speaking of gun safety, I think not only background checks, we probably need to make
intelligence and memory tests mandatory.
Could be worse…or better?
Bullied by the teachers and schoolmates.
Fake photo. Not enough blonde. And the tan guy with the great body looks like he might be smart enough to tie his own shoes, so you know he would never get hired by Fox.
Chiselin’ Trump: “They’re all a bunch of animals in Panama.”
Yeah, but The Police haven’t broken on through to the other side yet, so we can’t say if it’s The Doors or not…
Damn, you beat me to it!!
Guns. They’re dangerous. People are sometimes hilarious.
Happily this didn’t escalate to a high body count, which I suppose is why there is no follow-up here or any other national source that I’ve checked… It’s ok, being spared both carnage and national media attention is a good thing.
It happened just across the bay from where my family lives. My mother went through that intersection about 20 minutes before the shooter got there. He killed someone a couple of hours earlier one county west of here.
Luckily no one else was killed except the asshole - still haven’t had it confirmed if he shot himself or was killed at some point during the “exchange” of gunfire (as in at least dozens of rounds according to live-streaming, yet another civilian use of automatic weaponry as Originally Intended By The Founders).
He did soak his apartment with gasoline. Residents of the apartment complex can’t go home until the place is made safe (i.e. the gasoline is neutralized and any possible explosive crap is denatured)… Again, a local matter. Ritalin and doors don’t seem to be significant, as the guy was a 49 year old white guy, so a normal, demographically acceptable bad guy I suppose.
And I must say what a fine (albeit tiny) collection of proud lib’rul elites are represented here. This sort of thing is too commonplace to matter, I guess.
Thank you for all your concern. /s