“Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said, “I am proud of the vigilant and quick response of MPD officers who mitigated a potential mass shooting situation today.””
I feel like the cops are giving themselves too much credit here. Mitigating the potential mass shooting event to me means preventing the shooter from shooting at the school… I mean good on them for catching him quickly though, that is good work and I try to give credit where it’s due despite generally not appreciating cops, but mitigating the attack is not what they did there…
At least by my layman definitions. Does mitigate mean something else in cop talk?
I guess they could be saying there was potential of him going somewhere else and doing a mass shooting there, so maybe that’s what they mean?
That’s fair, but then in this context, how does mitigating apply?
Is it because they made it less severe somehow? Or this is just from a pure risk assessment standpoint? As in, they mitigated a potential threat to the public?
Ok, yeah I think that last one makes sense if that’s what you’re meaning. (I think my issue may be pedantic af but this is what it looks like when I’m intentionally trying to not be a definition stickler lol)
Based on what I read, they mitigated the situation by shooting the guy outside which resulted in zero injuries inside the school, rather than doing an Uvalde where the shooter was given free reign to continue shooting.
They shot the guy far away from the school, after they identified the car… They did nothing to mitigate the school situation, that was 100% the school worker who did the mitigating by somehow not letting this person in. The mitigation happening in this story does happen, but the cops aren’t the ones doing it, and then taking credit for it is weird, is what I’m trying to get at.
Though let me go read it again, it sounds like you and I almost read different articles…
Yeah, no, the cops weren’t at the school until well after shots were fired.
In a letter to families, obtained by CNN affiliate WHBQ on Monday, the Margolin Hebrew Academy said the suspect tried to enter their school, had a “brief confrontation” with a contract worker and fired two shots from the gun he was carrying, “while retreating from this worker.”
A short time later, Memphis police officers found a vehicle matching the description and stopped the driver. The suspect got out of the truck with a gun in his hand and was shot by an officer, Crowe said.
It’s no Uvalde for sure but this is… Just weird behavior on the cop’s part, I don’t understand it tbh. It’s splitting hairs but I still don’t like them patting themselves on the back using those words because that’s not what happened…
But like my opinion on how mitigation the word should be used, ultimately, this doesn’t matter. Good job to the cops, thank goodness the kids are safe, and hopefully one day I’ll figure out how to be more chill about shit that doesn’t really matter lol
I can’t imagine the impact is going to be very big but a large study saying fermented food is potentially helpful or neutral or bad…sure, I’ll take it.
Remember that in the legal process, discovery uncovers all truths and communications. Depositions are the one sand trap for people like Trump and Musk. If you lie under deposition, you get prison time. That’s why they rarely if ever agree to it.
I’ll bet a lot of money no suit is filed. This is all posturing for crazies to assume X sued them and it must not be true. Threatening to sue is the new spin doctoring.
There is no way a 200 capacity room had one door. Surely that would be a fire code violation. The other doors are probably kind of hidden so people don’t leave out them on the regular.
I can sympathise with a former student at a Jewish school wanting to get rid of it. Obviously not with such violent means, but those places are horrible.
I wish I remembered the site, but there’s a website that has images of the objects and backgrounds from csa materials that people can see and if you recognize a distinct object like a unique art piece or bedsheets in this case, you can report where you know it from.
All pictures are sanitized in the below website links - I am loathe to suggest reddit under most circumstances these days, but in this case I’ll make an exception: r/TraceAnObject is active and has links to a few websites where you can try to help ID stuff:
my guess would be patterns on industrial-used linens. guy worked for centers that likely used laundry services with patterns generic to some or all industry,
Hotels sometimes have monogramed items, ie: a logo printed or embroidered on sheets, towels, etc.
Or they use a certain patterned sheet style so the cleaning services they use know who the sheets belong to (vs. all motels/hotels using plain white sheets that are redistributed willy nilly).
I've been watching a lot of Forensic Files lately, and I could very easily imagine an episode of that based on this crime, complete with disturbing narration by Peter Thomas.
I would guess it’s a pattern only sold in certain areas. For example, an Australian children’s cartoon character print. Combine that with other stuff like the type of wall outlets, or any other branded products only sold in certain countries, and you can start to narrow it down.
My rent went up $800 in one year! And because it was a two year lease it was justified. After living in CA my whole life and renting for decades, I had to move as simply couldn’t afford it. Had I not had family to help me get out, I suppose I’d be homeless or have to squat. Every time I made more money, rent and cost of living took more. Never had a rich family member die and leave me money to buy a house. Housing shouldn’t be a money making scheme for those who already have money. I feel like it should be pretty simple to see it’s wrong.
People would say, “you just have to save up for it.” Save what?!
“Housing shouldn’t be a money making scheme for those who already have money.”
Found the communist! What even is life for if I can’t exploit literally everything around me to make even more money that I definitely don’t need because I already own a ton of shit!?
It’s what God™ intended! It’s literally in the Bible, Posteriorface 24:7 says “The Lord looked down on creation and spoke to man these words: Hey fuck-o, theres a plot of land left you didn’t buy or take from the natives. I’m sending your neighbors to stone you to death now. Get thy shit together, Dolla dolla bills y’all.”
Thank you! The fact that I have my late grandfather’s estate to fall back on to be able to have my mother buy a house that I might be able to inherit is both incredibly lucky for me AND incredibly depressing.
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