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Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:01 pm
by ti-amie
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:22 pm
by ti-amie
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:24 pm
by ti-amie
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Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:34 pm
by ponchi101
Sorry. That is extreme extrapolation. Mass shootings have happened everywhere in the USA; not one single type of community that has been excluded of this pain.
Remember that Georgia shooting which targeted (I can remember totally well) an Asian beauty parlor. It was said that Asians were the target, and later found out that it wasn't.
This is another horrific incident in a very common event that, as even The Onion has pointed out, only happens in the USA.
Last. If the person really wanted to make an anti-Semitic "statement", it is not as if Synagogues in the USA are nowhere to be seen. Shooting at a 4th of July parade does not send that message.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:50 pm
by ti-amie
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:52 pm
by ti-amie
https://twitter.com/Suntimes/status/154 ... NXryNMu39Q
I was wondering why the store didn't let people in but it was probably closed for the 4th.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 10:05 pm
by ti-amie
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 10:44 pm
by nelslus
I mean this very seriously- I do love that I knew you all would be commentating on this. Means a lot to me.
Just so overwhelmed with all of this.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:21 pm
by ponchi101
nelslus wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 10:44 pm
I mean this very seriously- I do love that I knew you all would be commentating on this. Means a lot to me.
Just so overwhelmed with all of this.
It had not dawned on me that you were so near to this.
Sorry that this strikes so close.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:36 pm
by nelslus
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:21 pmIt had not dawned on me that you were so near to this.
Sorry that this strikes so close.
Understood, and thanks.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:59 am
by Irena2
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:34 pm
Sorry. That is extreme extrapolation. Mass shootings have happened everywhere in the USA; not one single type of community that has been excluded of this pain.
Remember that Georgia shooting which targeted (I can remember totally well) an Asian beauty parlor. It was said that Asians were the target, and later found out that it wasn't.
This is another horrific incident in a very common event that, as even The Onion has pointed out, only happens in the USA.
Last. If the person really wanted to make an anti-Semitic "statement", it is not as if Synagogues in the USA are nowhere to be seen. Shooting at a 4th of July parade does not send that message.
One of the first thoughts Motobass and I both had, besides hoping our friends' daughter, her partner, and her partner's family weren't at the parade, was that the shooter might have picked Highland Park because of anti-semitism. If you live in the area, that is a thought that is not extreme and might very well be a possibility. Of course we wait to hear the facts as they become available.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:07 am
by ti-amie
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:08 am
by ti-amie
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:09 am
by dryrunguy
My understanding is that they have captured a "person of interest", presumed to be the alleged shooter. Also saw an interview with the alleged shooter's uncle... Stated no warning signs, no indication he would do something like this, he was just an aspiring YouTube rapper... But he pretty much kept to himself, was quiet, and was always on his computer.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:15 am
by ti-amie