At least nine people were critically injured early Sunday when a gunman opened fire in a busy entertainment district in Tucson, Arizona, before police officers shot him and stopped the threat, authorities said.
The shooting occurred around 2 a.m. local time in downtown Tucson, as the streets were teeming with people out for a night on the town, Officer Frank Magos, a spokesperson for the Tucson Police Department, said at a news conference Sunday.
This doesn’t even seem to be front page news. The us is desensitized to mass murder.
Right, here it is Monday and this Lemmy posting is the first I’ve heard of the incident. In civilized times, this would have been front-page news from coast to coast. Now, a mass shooting elicits just a shrug of the shoulders, a “oh yeah, again, well whatever” response, and the “media”, such as it is, ignores it.
depends on the demographics of the victims and the shooter too. White on white or white on black is hidden. black on white is considered newsworthy. Political left against anyone is always news. muslim on anyone is always news. Victim is children is always news unless its rape. Victim is jewish is always news. Victim is rich is news. Victim is poor is not news. Victim is christian /mormon/catholic/buddhist/hindu is not news. Shooter is law enforcement is not news.
There was another 9 victim (1 dead) mass shooting in Denver around the same time I think at a nightclub that I only heard about a few days later.
We had a similar one in here in Minneapolis a few days ago too, I know about it because I still lurk the local subreddits otherwise I wouldn’t know about it.
I hadn’t heard about that one. It’s depressing to realize how much shootings have become non-news
The newsworthy part is how a police foot patrol was in the area, responded, and stopped him.
It happens over 400 times a year. That’s no longer news.
“A shooter recklessly began shooting in a crowded area”
Recklessly? Is there some other way to shoot in a crowded area? A “responsible” way?
It’s considered responsible only if the shooter has a badge and the victims are minorities.
It’s considered responsible only if the shooter has a badge
and the victims are minorities.FTFY
NRA says use safety glasses and hearing protection.
or they claim to.
Presumably however the police did it so that they only shot him and not any bystanders.
If only we knew the cause of it?
Oh well…
