A man was dragged from his car by enraged bystanders and shot after he plowed a vehicle into a crowd in Los Angeles, leaving seven people critically injured and at least 23 others hurt outside a nightclub early Saturday morning, police said.
Cameras in the area are still being canvassed, but the incident appears to have been intentional, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Two law enforcement sources familiar with the situation said the suspect was kicked out of the venue for being intoxicated and disruptive.
Cool. Now do it to owners of giant useless trucks.
Are you okay?
This is such an American headline
If you saw something, no you didn’t.
Police ask anyone with information about the shooter to get in touch.
I’m ready to come forward. It was Elon Musk.
I can back up this statement. It was Elon by my own eyes. He said he hated Mexicans and shot the guy.
There’s a lot on back in that one headline
Using a car as a weapon is disturbingly, horrifically romanticized in the minds of a certain subset of Americans.
Regardless of the driver being shot, I’m actually glad there’s a headline of someone driving into a crowd getting pulled out of their car and getting their ass beat. Fuckwads like that need to know they’re gonna get fucked up real bad if they try that shit.
I sure hope he didn’t have a seizure while driving or something like it then.
So a man injured several people in a mass attack with a deadly weapon, then bystanders rushed in to stop the man by using another deadly weapon. I’m sure the conservatives won’t have any problem with this, since this is exactly what they say should be done in that scenario.
They only like ‘other’ people to be attached by deadly weapons. They will at best, be indifferent because they themselves weren’t being attacked.
They didn’t dig it when the Black Panthers started arming themselves.
Cars are ridiculously dangerous. I don’t think we realize what huge weapons they are.
Anyone that took drivers education seriously realizes that.
IMO, they are far more dangerous than guns. A gun is designed to be used by people who want to live: it takes genuine effort and money to make most shots count.
A car is far deadlier, provided you don’t care about what happens to it. Someone who wants to kill many people on the way out, simply needs to rent a heavy truck on a crowded day and have a lead foot.
It’s almost like we need to rethink our urban planning so crowds of people and speeding cars can’t meet. Making cities more walkable than drivable has a lot of upsides including this one. Iirc Germany where these attacks occured a couple of times started to place speedbumps around huge public festivals, but that’s a half-step where the complete eradication is possible once the street or square is up to scheduled reconstruction.
GTA games showcase this perfectly.
Don’t do revenge kills, hit em, make them unconscious, pin them down, but don’t revenge kill. It just makes everything worse. Especially for the revenge-killer; there’s a reason why most kill themself after such an act.
He didn’t die, he’s in the hospital
Fair, but shooting at someone is always at the risk of killing that person and therefore should only be allowed in absolute last resort.
At least, that is my opinion.
Sir this is Trump’s America, the options are sanctioned or covertly-sanctioned violence.
Funny how I got a New York Times breaking news ™ alert when one Zionist got punched in the face in Colorado a few months ago, but complete radio silence from them about this massive terroirs attack.
There is a crazy amount of news, both local and otherwise, that the media does not report on. I had no idea just how much until I started working with first responders. That gave me the opportunity to see and hear what actually goes on. There are way more shootings in most large towns and cities than its residents realize. More overdoses, more fires, a crazy number of larceny and breaking and entering calls. A LOT is kept quiet. A few years back, a guy got caught near here with a car trunk full of bombs. He only got caught because the idiot got the car repossessed for non-payment. Not one peep about it in the media.
I agree that there’s too much violence to cover but Im just pointing out that the New York Times is extremely biased and pro-Israel in their coverage.
And honestly that’s a good thing. We don’t need news hyping every minor crime like Fox News, trying to make you feel unsafe all the time.
It’s quite remarkable that nobody died actually.
Sgt. Travis Ward said the driver was shot after the collision, transported to the hospital and taken into surgery. For that reason, he said, police were unable to determine whether he was intoxicated.
Nah. They could have requested a warrant for a blood test while he was in the hospital if they wanted to.
Probably not much point when they’re going to arrest him for running into a crowd.
Presumably they can get testimony from the nightclub staff as well
Doctors tend not to withdraw blood from people with gunshot wounds. Generally they put blood and other fluids into them.
“Nurse, please wring out this blood soaked cloth for the police.”
Alcohol is legal while pot isn’t. And I can’t have refills on my sons perscription, or fill it more than 3 days early because someone might “abuse” it. Not supporting an action, just pointing out the absurdity.
Once I went to pick up some of my medication for seizures a week early because I was going out of town and they literally interrogated me and called the manager. Like bro wtf am I gonna do with extra seizure meds???
I think I need a note signed by the president to pick up my kids adhd meds early due to a vacation. The pharmacists at my place are good though, they don’t judge or anything, they just can’t do things the computer says no to.
Cannabis is perfectly legal in California and has been for some time.
But still illegal federally… wait until donald want to deport people for smoking pot…
Not sure what your son takes but when it comes to people freaking out on alcohol, some prescriptions like Xanax have a tendency to make people act worse. I think it’s because people get intoxicated quicker and their brains are like where the fuck am I so they have a tendency to freak out easier. Kind of like a bad trip I guess. I imagine Xanax, Meth, and Alcohol put your odds of something shitty happening at around 1 in 5.
But on the other hand, it’s dumb that you should struggle to pick up medications. Most of our medical field needs to be re-assessed.
Xanax and alcohol are both GABA positive allosteric modulators; taking them together greatly strengthens the effects of both
Adhd stims.
I don’t mind them requiring a perscription, but all the extra crap is really just gatekeeping from the people who need the meds.
And yeah, mix just about any med with alcohol and you can abuse it (alcohol generally increases speed of absorption). So the dissonance of it being legal while many other things are illegal is only stronger.Xanax is pure death… Kills your mentality slowly but steadily. At least out of my perspective. Fuck doctors who give that to people 😢 lost some good friends to that shit.
Pot is entirely legal in CA. Stoners are some of the most cautious and calm drivers on the road anymore.
It’s still federally illegal.
… Try that shit in a small town?
Its not a perfect solution but it is a solution.
