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04-25-2007, 11:30 AM | #552 |
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This new article about how the police have "no clues" about why Cho did what he did...is it me, or is it not painfully obvious that this guy simply turned his inward feelings and rage about society, class, race, etc., outward toward the people he felt were most responsible - or representative of the types of people responsible - for engendered the hate he felt? THAT is the answer, and we are knee deep in explicit clues saying just that! What the hell else do they want? Do they think they're going to find a hitlist under his mattress with every victim's name on it? We have the answer.
A couple of things from this CNN article that stand out to me: "Frustrating their effort, Flaherty said, is the fact that Cho revealed himself to so few people. Even family members have said they rarely heard him speak." Um...that's a problem. That's not normal. For people to ignore it, and let this kid go away to school as if he's a normal, well-adjusted 20-something...inexcusable. "Gov. Timothy M. Kaine met with Korean-American leaders to assure them that Virginians do not hold people of Korean descent responsible for the tragedy. Cho was a South Korean immigrant who came to the U.S. at about age 8 and was raised in suburban Washington. "I can assure you that no one in Virginia -- no one in Virginia -- views the Korean community as culpable in this incident in the least degree," Kaine said. He said state officials will watch for any reprisals against Korean Americans but that none have been reported." This has got to be the biggest non-story of the entire thing. From the first day, all we've heard about is fear that Koreans would be blamed for this, and I haven't seen one comment that could be remotely construed in this manner. I thought it was strange then, and it seems just as strange now.
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04-25-2007, 12:24 PM | #554 | |
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I have a coworker whose last name is "Cho", lives in Centreville (where the killer's family lives) and whose parents own a drycleaner in Maryland. A woman came into their store a few days after the massacre and said, "Are you Korean?" His mother answered yes and the woman went on a tirade about how she needed to start apologizing for what happened.
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04-25-2007, 12:26 PM | #555 |
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Wasn't out of the ordinary to whom? Everyone at the school seemed to think it wasn't ordinary. If my kid rarely speaks at home as a teen/20 year old, I'm getting him/her some help.
It's one thing for someone from another country to not speak much if he had issues with the English language; to not even speak in your native tongue to family suggests something could be wrong, at a minimum.
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04-25-2007, 12:27 PM | #556 | |
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04-25-2007, 12:48 PM | #557 |
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People are dumb - you said it.
The fact remains, there hasn't been anything near a widespread sentiment that Koreans are responsible for this. A few isolated incidents, sure, but nothing that apparently has risen to the level of needing to involve the authorities. In other words, a non-story.
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Another shooting at VT today. So far one officer shot and reports of another person shot.
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Blacksburg Transit bus service is suspended effectively immediately. 4 minutes ago Collegiate Times CollegiateTimes Collegiate Times Suspect remains at large. 4 minutes ago Collegiate Times CollegiateTimes Collegiate Times Police officer is dead in Coliseum Lot near McComas Hall. Potential 2nd victim shot in the I-Lot on Plantation Rd. Suspect at large. 5 minutes ago Collegiate Times CollegiateTimes Collegiate Times According to a recent VT Alert, a police officer has been shot. A potential second victim is reported at the cage lot. 12 minutes ago Virginia Tech News vtnews Virginia Tech News A police officer has been shot. A potential second victim is reported at the Cage lot. Stay indoors. Secure in place. 14 minutes ago Collegiate Times CollegiateTimes Collegiate Times One person dead outside McComas Hall. A potential suspect was sighted and fired at in a parking lot near the Duck Pond. 18 minutes ago Collegiate Times CollegiateTimes Collegiate Times BREAKING: It appears one person is dead in the Coliseum parking lot. Washington Street and area are closed. #virginiatech 20 minutes ago Virginia Tech SGA vtsga Virginia Tech SGA Be safe #Hokies 26 minutes ago Collegiate Times CollegiateTimes Collegiate Times Another VT Alert was just sent stating that the suspect is on foot toward McComas. 32 minutes ago Collegiate Times CollegiateTimes Collegiate Times According to @vtnews, white male, gray sweatpants, gray hat, neon green brim, maroon hoodie and backpack on foot toward McComas 35 minutes ago Collegiate Times CollegiateTimes Collegiate Times Has anyone heard or seen anything regarding the gunshots? Tweet us @CollegiateTimes. 38 minutes ago Virginia Tech News vtnews Virginia Tech News Gun shots reported- Coliseum Parking lot. Stay Inside. Secure doors. Emergency personnel responding. Call 911 for help. |
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Well, fuck.
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12-08-2011, 12:30 PM | #563 |
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Looks like a traffic stop on campus. So far one officer dead.
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Can I bring this up the next time someone complains about how the cops handled someone who wouldn't stop or listen to instructions during a traffic stop?
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Unfucking believable.
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The shooting happened literally minutes after this article was released (unrelated). But good to see VT all over getting the news out immediately that there was a shooting.
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Two confirmed dead.
Reports of more shooting minutes ago. CollegiateTimes Collegiate Times Reports of police activity all over campus, now including outside Squires Student Center 2 minutes ago Collegiate Times CollegiateTimes Collegiate Times To be clear, latest reports of suspect were near Performing Arts building moving to Torgersen, but no arrest has been made. 4 minutes ago Collegiate Times CollegiateTimes Collegiate Times Students are reporting shots near Torgersen Hall
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From VA Tech police scanner second ago: " ... possible shots fired outside Johnson Hall ... "
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Yeah, I've read reports of on and off shooting around campus for the last 15 minutes
Around Squires too, which is where students were moved to * turns out these are false reports
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I have a cousin down there.
His brother is trying to get word from him, but the older brother was there in '07 and said that communication was next to impossible.
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This brings back some very bad memories of '07...I feel ill...
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Horrible for that campus to go through this again with 2007 still so fresh. Hoping this ends with nobody else getting hurt.
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Starting to make some sense now, possibly:
"Armed and dangerous" white, college-age male was reportedly at large after stealing car yesterday near VT campus area Radford Police Department looking for "armed and dangerous" man - WDBJ7
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This post made me realize that it's quite possible, even likely, there are a number of students on campus today that were on campus for the first one. Obvious to a lot of people maybe, but I didn't really think about that until you posted about the brothers & when the first one was there.
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Have they said what type of vehicle the officer stopped today? I can't remember seeing it anywhere, only that a purple Mitsubishi was a vehicle of interest. I'm thinking these are related because the media hasn't mentioned it. |
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BREAKING: Law enforcement official tells AP that Virginia Tech gunman is believed to be dead.
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According to the presser, the shooter wasn't the guy they stopped. Some other dude walked up and shot the cop.
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Well, since the police chief just said that the cop pulled a guy over and then a completely different guy walked up to the police car and shot him, it's probably not going to be your strongest argument. |
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this is not good when you can just pick this thread up 4 years later and it's the same thing all over. I park in this lot every day to go to work.
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I'm wondering if the cop(s) were specifically targeted by someone unhappy with what was going down today (regarding appealing the fine in DC/belief the cops/school didn't do enough). |
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