Camera man and reporter shot on live tv

[Dave_L]

WTF?! Happened this morning on live tv. Sad, crazy stuff.

http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/shot-live-tv-news-broadcast-virginia-article-1.2337586

[HoneyBadger]

Well holy sh!t.
[Eek1]




That's one way to get people's attention.... and drive us toward a police state. RIP to the reporter and cameraman.

[meatman]

That's my hometown TV station. My facebook news feed has been blowing up all morning. It's really sad.
Condolences to the families and friends of these two. :(

[colorider]

The lack of humanity in today's society is fucked up.

[Robb]

Insane, but they have an image of the shooter, that's a very good thing.
I wonder what the story here is?

[Dave_L]

http://www.wsmv.com/story/29882220/sources-wdbj-shooting-suspect-is-former-reporter-bryce-williams

Disgruntled former employee?

[ray1970]

The lack of humanity in today's society is fucked up.
Be glad we live in a civilized society.

[Dave_L]

Holy crap...the guy filmed it then posted it on twitter. Video shows up until just before he pulled the trigger. VERY eerie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-1BtGq68EA&feature=youtu.be

[yankeefan98121]

http://www.wsmv.com/story/29882220/sources-wdbj-shooting-suspect-is-former-reporter-bryce-williams

Disgruntled former employee?

Early reports are saying ^^^

My heart goes out to their friends and family, total fucked up shit

[HoneyBadger]

Holy crap...the guy filmed it then posted it on twitter. Video shows up until just before he pulled the trigger. VERY eerie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-1BtGq68EA&feature=youtu.be
Well, that's even more fvcked up..... -.-

[ray1970]

Reports now say the shooter took his own life after posting his video.

[Zundfolge]

Holy crap...the guy filmed it then posted it on twitter. Video shows up until just before he pulled the trigger. VERY eerie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-1BtGq68EA&feature=youtu.be

Second video shows were first left off (think real hard before you actually watch this ... its not bloody but its still someone being shot)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHu8qjYY8t0

[Robb]

"Reports now say the shooter took his own life after posting his video."

Good.

[hollohas]

Black killer mad at white co-workers whom he'd previously filed complaints against.

Source to follow.

Edit : http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/08/26/possible-gunman-in-on-air-killings-of-reporter-and-photographer-identified-extremely-disturbing-social-media-posts-emerge/

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/26/fa93c4a5ac9be9b2d3c287de0ae5858b.jpg

(Posted to point out the hypocrisy and bias of the media)

[muddywings]

'shot himself'
sounds like he is still alive.

[Graves]

Black killer mad at white co-workers whom he'd previously filed complaints against.

Source to follow.

(Posted to point out the hypocrisy and bias of the media)

Lets pull out the jump to conclusions mat.

[buffalobo]

Another source for video, non stop.

http://heavy.com/news/2015/08/vester-lee-flanagan-bryce-williams-pov-shooting-murder-video-twitter-tweet-youtube-video/

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[sellersm]

This has already become a HUGE platform for the anti-gunners... All social media is being bombarded by the leftists.

[TheGrey]

Horrible. Absolutely horrible.

[Zundfolge]

Reports now say the shooter took his own life after posting his video.

Apparently the incompetent schmuck shot himself but survived and is in the hospital.

[muddywings]

news reports now saying he died.

[Bailey Guns]

I can't believe how he walked up, faced the two women while standing behind and to the side of the cameraman, pointed the gun for several seconds at the reporter, and neither woman noticed him. What a complete and utter coward.

This is a prime example of why I'm constantly reminding my wife to practice "situational awareness" while she's out and about.

[O2HeN2]

I can't believe how he walked up, faced the two women while standing behind and to the side of the cameraman, pointed the gun for several seconds at the reporter, and neither woman noticed him.

Reporters train themselves to ignore everything outside the camera's view. Think of it as "active" condition white. Camera operators, same thing. It's all about the story and nothing else while the camera is on, ESPECIALLY for a live broadcast.

The interviewee? She was probably not used to being on camera and was incredibly nervous, with all the "perceptual narrowing" going on that we always talk about.

All in all, I'm not surprised at all that no one noticed.

O2

[Bailey Guns]

People in lots of professions do stupid things because that's "how it's done". Maybe it's time to learn a different method. Look...I'm not saying the victims are at fault by any stretch. Just that paying attention to your surroundings is critical to personal safety.

[Mercula]

Second vid pulled already.

[O2HeN2]

People in lots of professions do stupid things because that's "how it's done". Maybe it's time to learn a different method. Look...I'm not saying the victims are at fault by any stretch. Just that paying attention to your surroundings is critical to personal safety.

I know you're not saying that the victims are at fault. Fact is, reporters are expected to look steadily into the camera and talk, not be looking around maintaining situational awareness on live TV. They wouldn't last very long as reporters if they did. This isn't a case of "how it done", it's worse, it's a case of "This is what is expected of you as a reporter". Ignoring your surroundings while reporting is required of a "good" reporter.

O2

Ps. Your "How it's done" comment reminded me of a despair.com poster that I liked so much that I bought it and have it hanging outside my office:

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0535/6917/products/traditiondemotivator_grande.jpeg?v=1430420133

[Zundfolge]

http://abcnews.go.com/beta/US/shooting-alleged-gunman-details-grievances-suicide-notes/story?id=33336339


“Why did I do it? I put down a deposit for a gun on 6/19/15. The Church shooting in Charleston happened on 6/17/15…”

“What sent me over the top was the church shooting. And my hollow point bullets have the victims’ initials on them."


“As for Dylann Roof? You (deleted)! You want a race war (deleted)? BRING IT THEN YOU WHITE …(deleted)!!!”

60560

[Mercula]

Damn he was a sick fuck. So sad. The part about calling for more gun control , can't wait.

[SuperiorDG]

Reporters train themselves to ignore everything outside the camera's view. Think of it as "active" condition white. Camera operators, same thing. It's all about the story and nothing else while the camera is on, ESPECIALLY for a live broadcast.

The interviewee? She was probably not used to being on camera and was incredibly nervous, with all the "perceptual narrowing" going on that we always talk about.

All in all, I'm not surprised at all that no one noticed.

O2

Kind of like this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shCFFUXaUzM

[sniper7]

Wow, what a sick bastard.

[davsel]

Hmm
http://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-alleged-gunman-details-grievances-suicide-notes/story?id=33336339


In an often rambling letter to the authorities, and family and friends, he writes of a long list of grievances. In one part of the document, Williams calls it a “Suicide Note for Friends and Family."

He says has suffered racial discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying at work
He says he has been attacked by black men and white females
He talks about how he was attacked for being a gay, black man
“Yes, it will sound like I am angry...I am. And I have every right to be. But when I leave this Earth, the only emotion I want to feel is peace....”

“The church shooting was the tipping point…but my anger has been building steadily...I’ve been a human powder keg for a while…just waiting to go BOOM!!!!”


Did no one notice, or is it that it would have been frowned upon to report concerns about a gay black man's demeanor?
Hmm

[sellersm]

Shhhh, the only agenda here is the evil firearm.

[Mercula]

Shhhh, the only agenda here is the evil firearm.
Ding ding ding ! We have a winner. That's all that will be focused on moving forward. Not the people murdered or his mental illness.

[Rucker61]

This has already become a HUGE platform for the anti-gunners... All social media is being bombarded by the leftists.

I can't wait to see their response to "gay black race-terrorist buys gun legally".

[hollohas]

Just a few weeks ago Louis Farrakhan was widely quoted in a speech in which he called for just a "few black men out of millions to rise up and kill those who kill us."...

After reading a few portions of this sicko's manifesto, I'm thinking he was the first one to come to Farrakhan's call.

[Great-Kazoo]

SO will the media , white guilters , AND SJW'S Call for the removal of that hateful flag. IF there's any pictures of him holding or displaying a rainbow flag??
[facepalm]OF FUCKIN COURSE NOT. IT'S THE GUNS FAULT[panic][panic]

Sinister Farrakan want's a war, bring it on. He's not only wanting Caucasian's attacked. It's any race other than black he want's eliminated. Asian, Hispanic. Oh yes brothers & sisters. Like the White Supremacist it's about one pure race.
Hopefully, both sides destined to failure.

[Gman]

Rome is burning....and I think I can hear a fiddle...

[Great-Kazoo]

Rome is burning....and I think I can hear a fiddle...

That's your neighbors car stereo, as it's being stolen from the parking lot. The "driver" needed something fast. He's running late for his MENSA interview.

[sellersm]

Rome is burning....and I think I can hear a fiddle...

Yeah, but the cake tastes GREAT!



(enjoyed the circus too)

[HoneyBadger]

Wait, he bought it legally after filling out the paperwork and doing the waiting period?? And it DIDN'T prevent the crime? [Eek3]

[OtterbatHellcat]

Anyone want to fly down there with me to protest the black on white murder...after we put a bunch of "white lives matter" signs all around the place? If we're lucky, we might get a reporter from the local high school paper to write up a piece about our protest.


Rosen had an interesting guest today, just sayin.

[SideShow Bob]

Ban all G-locks.......

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/26/d7d1b95397f6c038845a82223a8bdd39.jpg


Sent from my ass using re-fried beans.

[Hummer]

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/26/d7d1b95397f6c038845a82223a8bdd39.jpg




F-ing low-life coward!


Yea, black lives matter, that's what it's all about.

[SamuraiCO]

So sorry for those affected. We all know how the person and narrative will be glossed over and it will be all about the gun.

[Gcompact30]

It's not about black or white or white or black he is a piece of shit no matter what race he is. I agree with you HUMMER he is a FU****g coward. All black people are not bad nor is all white or any other race of people. Ever race have idiots who do cowardly things. If a CCW holder was around he would have been stopped right at that point. I don't care the color of the bad guy.

*****Irvin is right a CCW holder may not have prevented it but I still believe the coward wouldn't have left that spot... if a CCW holder or police was on site***. Police would have lit is ass up like a XMas tree....

[Irving]

I doubt a CCW present would have been able to prevent anything.

[roberth]

I doubt a CCW present would have been able to prevent anything.

I agree, if any of the three victims were carrying it wouldn't have mattered, none of them were paying attention to their surroundings.

[Irving]

I haven't watched the video, and I guess he stood there for a bit holding the gun, but the reality is that bullets don't stop other bullets and he probably would have gotten shots off anyway. Sad.

[roberth]

Another source for video, non stop.

http://heavy.com/news/2015/08/vester-lee-flanagan-bryce-williams-pov-shooting-murder-video-twitter-tweet-youtube-video/

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I've watched that a couple times.

Those people had no idea that coward was standing there with a gun in hand.

[Irving]

Just watched video. He stood there for a very long time.

What a shameful act. I wonder if his mother is proud.

[hollohas]

I'll take everyone's word for it. I won't be watching the video. I've seen plenty of bad guys get shot and killed on video and that doesn't bother me in the slightest. However, I really don't want to watch that innocent woman get killed.

I'm praying for the victims and their families and I know the sick fuck is getting his in hell right now.

[Gcompact30]

Irving you are probably right but if the police was there they would have shot his cowardly ass and this would have prevented him from posting the video on his face book page so all could see and possibly the family members of the victims. Politicians will be talking gun control and I say more CCW holders. Nobody can prevent something from happening unless they know it's going to happen. So that coward went there to execute his plan and you are right CCW holder may not have been able to stop it but I would have at least tried and I know you would have tried to brother.


I doubt a CCW present would have been able to prevent anything.

[blacklabel]

A CHL holder would have only been helpful with a healthy dose of situational awareness included. What a cowardly act.

[hurley842002]

I'll take everyone's word for it. I won't be watching the video. I've seen plenty of bad guys get shot and killed on video and that doesn't bother me in the slightest. However, I really don't want to watch that innocent woman get killed.

Yup, that's where I'm at with it, won't be watching the video.

[Gcompact30]

You are right about that....



A CHL holder would have only been helpful with a healthy dose of situational awareness included. What a cowardly act.

[roberth]

I think everyone should watch and take a lesson from those people caught unaware. There isn't any blood shown b/c the cameraman went down very quickly and all you hear is sound...no video once the camera hits the deck.

[Graves]

It seems news reporters learn to ignore their surroundings, there are tons of examples online of them being caught off guard.

[Ah Pook]

A very sad act of cowardice. Thoughts go out to the families and friends.

Too bad the tool will be held responsible and not the man.

[Irving]

Irving you are probably right but if the police was there they would have shot his cowardly ass and this would have prevented him from posting the video on his face book page so all could see and possibly the family members of the victims. Politicians will be talking gun control and I say more CCW holders. Nobody can prevent something from happening unless they know it's going to happen. So that coward went there to execute his plan and you are right CCW holder may not have been able to stop it but I would have at least tried and I know you would have tried to brother.

After watching the video, even with how long he stood there, I bet that had I been there, I would have stood there shocked for just as long, unfortunately. Anyway, we're not in disagreement at all. I really wish someone would have been there to prevent this event. I'm pretty shocked about it still. Guy was such a coward that he even whispered "bitch" so he wouldn't get her attention. Makes me sick. If you haven't watched the video, don't. It won't bring anyone back or answer any questions; it will only bring you into a dark mood.

[asmo]

In Virginia today and was in meetings just a bit down the road from where this happened.... The anti-gun crowd has already started, it is all over the local news about he had "easy access to guns". The local news wont shut up about it.

[hollohas]

Unfortunately I predict these evil murders WILL give the anti's more fuel than they've had in a long time. Every other time all they have to get fired up is a story...2nd hand from the police reports or BS rumors. Newspaper articles and media bias.

This time? They have live video, from multiple perspectives, one that shows the killer's gun front and center for everyone to see. Killed on camera for all eyes to see. This is going to touch off a fire storm and right before an election to boot.

[O2HeN2]

The media lost "one of their own". Yes, expect a full-court press for gun control from the media like we've never experienced before.

AKA Using the first to get rid of the second.

O2

[Rooskibar03]

The father and boyfriend of reporter are pushing a huge anti gun message. Unreal.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I damn near was brought to tears today when I thought of people back at the station, loved ones....both the camera man and the reporter were in relationships with station employees, and how her "soon to be husband" watched that feed live.

For the rest of his life, the last thing he heard from his future wife, was her screams from being shot....and her death from that. Same thing for the station producer that was involved with the camera man.

It's one thing to lose a loved one....horrible and tragic. Quite the extra shitty factor involved when you watch it live on broadcast television. Not know for some time if they lived, and then finding out you DID watch them die? Fuck me. I feel absolutely horrible for everyone at that station.

[OtterbatHellcat]

The father and boyfriend of reporter are pushing a huge anti gun message. Unreal.

That is unfortunate.

Gabby didn't get guns banned, I hope that this crap deal doesn't either.

[Ridge]

RIP to the reporter and the camera man. It's sad that this scumbag won't get to face the justice system.

[Squeeze]

Very sad and my heart goes out to the victims and their families. The anti-gun crowd will take this and run with it as far as they can. Firearms are the only inanimate object here in the U.S. that is blamed for the acts of evil people. The continuous, vigilant efforts of the anti-gun movement will continue to gain traction as long as they have tragedies like this to use fore their cause. We can stand firm on the fact which remains...no matter how much you try, you cannot legislate evil from the hearts of evil people. The anti-gun crowd will hold no regard to that however. We will continue to be labeled as the "crazy gun nuts" of the Conservatives / Tea Party. Lawmakers will do their damnedest to turn law-abiding citizens into criminals with the support of the Bloomberg, Gifford's, Feinstein, Clinton, Piers Morgan just to name a few. We will weather the storm as we always have and come out on top. We just have to dig our heels in and face the storm head-on.

I've drawn my line in the sand and I know I will continue to support and defend the Constitution until my last dying breath.

[BPTactical]

It's the guns fault, blah, blah blah.

Predictable response from certain factions and we should not be surprised in the least. There are those that listen to them.

But there is also a much larger faction, both left, right and middle that realize that the gun is not the issue.
People are seeing through the rhetoric, PeBo's response was predictable and scripted. The fathers response is expected.

Marco Rubio hits the nail on the head: "What has happened to society that has devalued life to this extent?"

Gabby Giffords getting clipped couldn't change anything.
26 kids at Shady Hook couldn't change anything.

Thinking people realize that a firearm is not the issue and more people are thinking.

This will be a ripple and go nowhere.

[Dave_L]

I saw this on Facebook today and felt it was relevant:

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11949442_1038583109509625_1167508874986529064_n.jp g?oh=2476c8787f751a54fe3a7c52f073853c&oe=5679A4BA

[Zundfolge]

Unfortunately I predict these evil murders WILL give the anti's more fuel than they've had in a long time.

I don't doubt that there will be a bit of hue and cry in the short term and anti-gun opportunists will dance on these people's graves ... but frankly if the dead children at Sandy Hook didn't get us gun control, this certainly won't.


The media lost "one of their own". Yes, expect a full-court press for gun control from the media like we've never experienced before.


The problem with that is that it was also done by not only "one of their own" but also a member of #BlackLiesMatters and the gay-stapo.

The media will soon shut up about this because its more important not to harm their other pet causes.

[hollohas]

26 kids at Shady Hook couldn't change anything.



This will be a ripple and go nowhere.


I don't doubt that there will be a bit of hue and cry in the short term and anti-gun opportunists will dance on these people's graves ... but frankly if the dead children at Sandy Hook didn't get us gun control, this certainly won't.



Uh, they did. That tragic event was the main catalyst for Colorado's BS gun control laws, as well as many other states.

I HOPE you both are right but I still stand by my prediction. Sandy Hook had the added emotional response because it was innocent children. But this one was a live execution, in first person perspective for all to witness personally. This will create a strong anti push once again.

[brutal]

I don't doubt that there will be a bit of hue and cry in the short term and anti-gun opportunists will dance on these people's graves ... but frankly if the dead children at Sandy Hook didn't get us gun control, this certainly won't.



The problem with that is that it was also done by not only "one of their own" but also a member of #BlackLiesMatters and the gay-stapo.

The media will soon shut up about this because its more important not to harm their other pet causes.

I see your point. however, I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the media's attention on this considering it was two of their own shot with an evil glock. This will give them more fuel to fire their anti-2A agenda.

[yankeefan98121]

Interesting article here:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/27/opinions/louis-virginia-shooting/index.html

[Kraven251]

I think everyone should watch and take a lesson from those people caught unaware. There isn't any blood shown b/c the cameraman went down very quickly and all you hear is sound...no video once the camera hits the deck.

First shot actually misses. Second shot hit her as she turned, third hit her in the shoulder just left of her spine. Then it was out of frame. I had to explain to a few "internet experts" that there isn't always a spray of gore, nor do you see blood immediately. I also had to point out that due to the fact it was a pistol round, there may not have been an exit wound, and definitely not anything captured by the cameras at the positions they were located.

I've seen video of two gsw's and have seen one 3 feet away from me. None of them were immediately bleeding, which is the lie Hollywood trains you to believe.

[BPTactical]

Interesting article here:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/27/opinions/louis-virginia-shooting/index.html


Well written and nails it.

[Singlestack]

It seems news reporters learn to ignore their surroundings, there are tons of examples online of them being caught off guard.

Its hard for me to be too critical of the three people that were killed/injured. They were totally "in the moment", doing their jobs. This was a live TV interview, requiring the 3 involved to be 100% focused on what they were doing. I'm not at all surprised neither of them noticed the Glock originally. The murderer was a newsguy, and certainly understood his victims would be totally focused on what they were doing and he could walk right up.

[DenverGP]

It's just chilling to watch the murderer raise up the gun, point it at the reporter, wait a bit, then lower it until the camera is back on her. I can't imagine not noticing that.

[Mercula]

Interesting article here:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/27/opinions/louis-virginia-shooting/index.html
Wow. I'm impressed. Someone that makes sense.

[Great-Kazoo]

Wow. I'm impressed. Someone that makes sense.

Only if you don't read the comments.

[cstone]

Solution to workplace violence? Unemployment. [Sarcasm2]

[TFOGGER]

If he had been white, and the victims black, there would be riots. If he had used a knife or a bow and arrows, nobody would be talking about the weapon. The media controls what we see, and shapes our opinions.

[hollohas]

I don't see how this workplace violence article nails it or even makes any sense. How is workplace violence the real issue here?

It suggests we need to give more training to employers and employees about workplace violence as a preventive measure? This guy was fired in 2013. No amount of "teaching the public how to spot, prevent and defend against workplace violence" would help identify or expose an angry violent individual who was fired long ago. No amount of "professional instruction on how to talk with a troubled or dangerously angry co-worker" would have reduced the threat of violence in this case, he hadn't been a co-worker for a long time.

Workplace violence maybe a problem. And sure, maybe we need to address that problem more. But it wasn't the problem here. You can't even call it workplace violence when someone was fired years ago.

This guy was an angry racist bigot, pure and simple. This was a racist hate crime, not workplace violence.

PS - Everyone is completely ignoring the fact this guy wrote that what sent him over the top was the church shooting. That his bullets had the victims names on them. That the church shooter wanted a race war and that's what he's going to get.

His targets were people he didn't like from his past, but his anger that drove him to kill was very clearly based on racial hatred.

[Mercula]

I thought it was good cuz atleast the article points out other issues besides that he used a handgun to murder them. The focus is always on the gun , not mental illness or warning signs that should/could have been noticed.

I do agree with Hollohas that this is closer to just murder. But who or what is going to catch early warning signs of people being "sick" ? The public ? Yea right. I have zero faith in humanity just from my drive home everyday.

[Gman]

This guy was a nut in so many ways, even using a different name to get the job at the station in the first place.

This is something that people can't understand, and really don't want to admit is out there in the world, so they'll fixate on the gun. It's easy. Kind of like going after the Confederate flag instead of dealing with racist extremist nutjobs.

[Bailey Guns]

Yeah, I'm having a hard time labeling this as "workplace violence", too.

As horrible as it is, it's more horrible because we so rarely get to see someone shot like this on live TV. If this had happened during an interview being taped for later broadcast I don't think it would've had near the impact as the live visual did (to the general public).

[sniper7]

Just watched a short clip on the dad saying he will be relentless on gun control issues. Well sir, you realize a machete would have been just as easy of a tool to use since these 3 people had no idea the sick bad are was even next to them, and he waited long enough for her to get back on screen before he committed the crimes.

[Jamnanc]

I thought he pointed, pulled the trigger, realized he was empty, racked, and come back up.

As as a society, we need to get rid of the idea that a child's self esteem comes before moral training. I see many parents who seem to believe their kids can do no wrong. Blame for failure, lack of attention span, inability to behave, is placed on others and or "conditions" that are beyond the child's control. They aren't held responsible for anything they do. Combine that with the relative morality that is being taught at schools and TV and you end up with what we have.

[hollohas]

Just watched a short clip on the dad saying he will be relentless on gun control issues. Well sir, you realize a machete would have been just as easy of a tool to use since these 3 people had no idea the sick bad are was even next to them, and he waited long enough for her to get back on screen before he committed the crimes.
His response has been understandably emotional and very illogical. He said he's going to be relentless supporter of gun control and one of the examples he gave is he doesn't believe people should be able to buy guns without BCs. Well, I know his heart is broken, but the fact is the man who murdered his daughter passed a BC. If that's his new goal in life, it's misplaced and pointless as no amount of background checking would have saved his daughter.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Just watched a short clip on the dad saying he will be relentless on gun control issues. Well sir, you realize a machete would have been just as easy of a tool to use since these 3 people had no idea the sick bad are was even next to them, and he waited long enough for her to get back on screen before he committed the crimes.

I'm just offing an observation of my own here, but what I got out of the interview clip I saw, was that Father was more concerned about "a very angry man with mental issues" type of thing, and being able to purchase a gun under that circumstance. The shooter in this case had a documented history of being a sufficiently advanced asshole on a daily basis. JMO of the clip I saw. Perhaps there was more to the interview that I did not see.

[BushMasterBoy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W_eyKgfcWA

[brutal]

I get that he may still be grieving and not thinking clearly, but this is a special kind of stupid:

slain-reporters-dad-says-hell-need-a-gun-to-fight-for-gun-control (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/28/slain-reporters-dad-says-hell-need-a-gun-to-fight-for-gun-control)

[Great-Kazoo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W_eyKgfcWA

If he didn't drive a Ford / Mustang, this wouldn't have happened. Tine to BAN FORDS . Of course that would be met with , it was the easy access to military style clothing that was the problem. [facepalm]

[Rooskibar03]

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah253/Rooskibar03/20A06CBB-15AD-47F8-AB2E-CFEE69C63657_zps6nntvzzf.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/Rooskibar03/media/20A06CBB-15AD-47F8-AB2E-CFEE69C63657_zps6nntvzzf.jpg.html)

[Gman]

Video:
Ex-Boss: Virginia Gunman a 'Professional Victim' (http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2015/08/28/71294620/)
Dan Dennison was the News Director at WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia when Vester Flanagan was fired in 2013. Dennison says Flanagan, known professionally as Bryce Williams, had numerous conflicts years before Wednesday's shooting. (Aug. 28) AP

[HoneyBadger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W_eyKgfcWA
Interesting that they stopped at a Sportsman's warehouse. Walking into the store was probably a smart move.

[Doc45]

Just got a call from a friend, she's a reporter for one of the Denver stations. Last night just as she and a cameraman were about to go live she said a group of twenty-somethings walked by yelling at them. She said when she ignored them they yelled "bang bang, you're dead". Rattled her a bit, assholes are everywhere.

She's pretty good at situational awareness, her dad just retired from the Army as an officer, lots of combat experience and her step-dad is with a sheriff's dept. here in Colorado. They've both taught her to be aware of her surroundings.

[HoneyBadger]

Just got a call from a friend, she's a reporter for one of the Denver stations. Last night just as she and a cameraman were about to go live she said a group of twenty-somethings walked by yelling at them. She said when she ignored them they yelled "bang bang, you're dead". Rattled her a bit, assholes are everywhere.

She's pretty good at situational awareness, her dad just retired from the Army as an officer, lots of combat experience and her step-dad is with a sheriff's dept. here in Colorado. They've both taught her to be aware of her surroundings.
That's discouraging... :(

[cstone]

Anyone ever seen the characters or mascots with the costume heads walking around amusement parks or sports venues? Because they have limited visibility most of them are accompanied by someone who is keeping an eye out for them. I would look to see some of the bigger media outlets begin sending someone out to provide overwatch for their reporters/cameramen. I'm not sure they will be called "security" but that would be one of their functions.

[Singlestack]

http://lastresistance.com/13436/read-the-racist-comments-alison-parker-said-that-led-bryce-williams-to-murder-her/

It is amazing how the victimhood crap has extended so far that people like Vester imagine offense at almost everything. "In the field"? Really? The only solution here is to push for Gun Control: if you identify with victimhood policies and are a liberal progressive, you won't pass a background check. We need to push for all liberal progressives to register by a certain date. If they don't, they get no-knock 3AM raids.

[Irving]

There is a lady at my work who is this bad. I've been calling her a professional victim for years. Absolutely pathetic.

[Irving]

On another hand, the commenters on that last website are some of the most pathetic individuals I've ever seen.

[XC700116]

On another hand, the commenters on that last website are some of the most pathetic individuals I've ever seen.

:nod some of those comments are exactly why the victimhood mentality is perpetuated, because there truly are some racist bigots out there, and they prove it, and then it gives these other loons a grain of truth to hold up as proof of their victimhood.

Drives me fricken crazy.

[Great-Kazoo]

:nod some of those comments are exactly why the victimhood mentality is perpetuated, because there truly are some racist bigots out there, and they prove it, and then it gives these other loons a grain of truth to hold up as proof of their victimhood.

Drives me fricken crazy.

Ain't that the truth..

[Kraven251]

Anyone ever seen the characters or mascots with the costume heads walking around amusement parks or sports venues? Because they have limited visibility most of them are accompanied by someone who is keeping an eye out for them. I would look to see some of the bigger media outlets begin sending someone out to provide overwatch for their reporters/cameramen. I'm not sure they will be called "security" but that would be one of their functions.

I was thinking about this last week, not to detract from the events, but it is definitely a business opportunity. The media has a bad tendency to sell fear, be about time our side of the fence was able to make some good of it.

[O2HeN2]

Don't forget that "Black hole" is racist too:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc1zGRUPztc

O2

[Irving]

I remember that; extremely dumb.

[Bailey Guns]

Very HEATED discussion on the issue from Fox News' "The Five". If you ever suspected Geraldo Rivera was a total douchebag, this will confirm. Listen to what Sheriff David Clarke has to say at about the 5:00 min mark:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4449833453001/gun-control-debate-explodes-on-the-five/?intcmp=hpvid1#sp=show-clips

[Gman]

If you ever suspected Geraldo Rivera was a total douchebag, this will confirm.Suspected? No. Already proven himself to be one? Yes.

[PSS]

Don't forget that "Black hole" is racist too:

O2

Best comment.


Black hole. Once you go black, you never come back.

[cstone]

What does that make a supermassive black hole? Even more racist or just awesome?

[Gman]

Or a binary black hole?
Double black hole is powering quasar, astronomers find (http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/31/us/double-black-hole-nasa-hubble-feat/index.html)