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Sunday, February 18, 2018
OPINION: My Remarks On The Recent School Shooting
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Monday, December 7, 2015
OPINION: The Administration's Screwed Up Priorities
Loner, crazy shooter attacks a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic. Media and Presidential Administration blame Conservatives, Christians, and Republicans though the guy was none of it.
Islamic extremist couple shoot up innocent people, leave a bomb, carried multiple weapons and improvised explosives, expressed ISIS sentiment, and had known terrorist connections. The Media and Presidential Administration are trying to spin this as workplace violence. (Like the Fort Hood Muslim terrorist shooter that killed solders? That kind of "workplace violence"?)
Attorney General Loretta Lynch is more concerned about "Anti-Muslim" speech rather than the fact that terrorists are already here and need to be weeded out.
Islamic extremist couple shoot up innocent people, leave a bomb, carried multiple weapons and improvised explosives, expressed ISIS sentiment, and had known terrorist connections. The Media and Presidential Administration are trying to spin this as workplace violence. (Like the Fort Hood Muslim terrorist shooter that killed solders? That kind of "workplace violence"?)
Attorney General Loretta Lynch is more concerned about "Anti-Muslim" speech rather than the fact that terrorists are already here and need to be weeded out.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
OPINION: Cecil The Lion - A Tragic Double Standard
Just one
day after news broke of the death of Cecil the Lion killed by hunter Walter
Palmer, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday they will investigate the
killing. This response comes after many death threats against Palmer who
had to close his dental practice and go into hiding. Protestors outside of his
dental facility and residence continue to call for Palmer to face justice for
the murder of Cecil the Lion.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
AP: Police storm protest camps; 278 dead across Egypt
REPORT: Riot police backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters Wednesday swept away two encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, setting off running street battles in Cairo and other Egyptian cities. At least 278 people were killed nationwide, many of them in the crackdown on the protest sites.
READ STORY HERE
Monday, July 30, 2012
My Way News - Colorado suspect charged with 24 counts of murder
REPORT: Colorado prosecutors have formally charged a former doctorate student with 24 counts of murder in the shooting at an Aurora movie theater.
Twenty-four-year-old James Holmes appeared Monday and was also formally charged with 116 counts of attempted murder. Twelve people were killed and 58 people were wounded or injured. The breakdown of the charges was not immediately clear. He's also charged with a one count of possession of explosives. Authorities say he booby trapped his apartment.
Holmes was arrested early July 20 outside a Century 16 theater in Aurora during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie. Legal analysts expect his court the case to be dominated by arguments over his sanity. Holmes was a student at the University of Colorado Denver before withdrawing last month.
READ REPORT HERE
Twenty-four-year-old James Holmes appeared Monday and was also formally charged with 116 counts of attempted murder. Twelve people were killed and 58 people were wounded or injured. The breakdown of the charges was not immediately clear. He's also charged with a one count of possession of explosives. Authorities say he booby trapped his apartment.
Holmes was arrested early July 20 outside a Century 16 theater in Aurora during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie. Legal analysts expect his court the case to be dominated by arguments over his sanity. Holmes was a student at the University of Colorado Denver before withdrawing last month.
READ REPORT HERE
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
OP ED: Violence in America
Violence. That's the topic of discussion in the wake of the Aurora, Colorado shooting rampage. Violence and the cause and effect thereof. At the moment, the internet is abuzz over gun laws "not being strict enough" or too "stringent." There's a lot of chatter over what seems to be acceptable as entertainment or downright bad taste. Movies are a national pastime. It’s a place to escape our world and visit times and places we've only read about in books or seen in our dreams. Sometimes, those stories are depictions of this day and age. No matter how real or how fake the images on screen are, we know it was "just a movie."
Of course, there will always be those that try to imitate art.
James Holmes, the madman behind the Aurora theatre shootings, claimed to be "The Joker" - Batman's nemesis. Naturally, that madman's claims have sparked an uproar against The Dark Knight Rises as being the sort of film that inspires such madness.
TOLD YOU SO: Multiple Arrests at Theatres Over Incidents Following Aurora Shooting
The world has changed. I wrote over the weekend that the movie-going and social experience will never again be the same. Now these reports are people being arrested at theatres for threats and suspicious activity are coming in. This is only the beginning. So sad.
-Andres
MY OP ED: The Dark Knight Rises $163 million opening weekend; Shooting tragedy affected box office grosses.
READ STORIES HERE:
Man Arrested on Suspicion of Making Criminal Threats in Norwalk Movie Theater
'Dark Knight' showing halted in Bergen County because of unusual activity near emergency door
3 arrested in separate 'Dark Knight' incidents
-Andres
MY OP ED: The Dark Knight Rises $163 million opening weekend; Shooting tragedy affected box office grosses.
Man Arrested on Suspicion of Making Criminal Threats in Norwalk Movie Theater
'Dark Knight' showing halted in Bergen County because of unusual activity near emergency door
3 arrested in separate 'Dark Knight' incidents
Monday, July 23, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Colorado shooting spree could have been worse; shooter’s gun jammed, official says - The Washington Post
REPORT: Sunday was a prayerful day of official and unofficial mourning in this shattered community. The president of the United States flew into town to console the families of those slain and wounded, thousands of residents gathered for an evening memorial service, and hundreds more huddled in the rain for a prayer vigil across the street from the site of Friday’s shooting rampage.
It now appears that the casualties could have been even more horrific. The gunman’s semiautomatic assault rifle jammed and prevented him from emptying a 100-round magazine of ammunition, according to a law enforcement source.
There also emerged a new twist in the narrative that indicates that the alleged shooter, identified by authorities as James Holmes, 24, did not immediately surrender to police and could have come close to eluding capture by slipping away in the guise of a SWAT team officer.
Holmes, being held without bond at the Arapahoe County Jail, will appear in court for the first time Monday.
“Aurora is strong” said one handwritten sign at a makeshift memorial site marked with 12 white crosses near the Century 16 movie complex, where the gunman burst into a midnight screening of the new Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises.”
READ STORY HERE
It now appears that the casualties could have been even more horrific. The gunman’s semiautomatic assault rifle jammed and prevented him from emptying a 100-round magazine of ammunition, according to a law enforcement source.
There also emerged a new twist in the narrative that indicates that the alleged shooter, identified by authorities as James Holmes, 24, did not immediately surrender to police and could have come close to eluding capture by slipping away in the guise of a SWAT team officer.
Holmes, being held without bond at the Arapahoe County Jail, will appear in court for the first time Monday.
“Aurora is strong” said one handwritten sign at a makeshift memorial site marked with 12 white crosses near the Century 16 movie complex, where the gunman burst into a midnight screening of the new Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises.”
READ STORY HERE
OP ED: The Dark Knight Rises $163 million opening weekend; Shooting tragedy affected box office grosses
Thursday night I went to bed seeing a headline that read: "Shooting at Colorado theatre. Developing..." No details were available. In the morning, that's the news that was plastered everywhere. At least 12 dead and dozens were injured over the senseless, mindless, stupid killings by a crazed madman. The attack which occurred during a midnight showing at Aurora, Colorada undoubtedly affected the box office potential of The Dark Knight Rises which was tracking on par with Marvel's The Avengers. That no longer matters. The Dark Knight Rises will not set any records beyond the biggest superhero midnight opening. Its expected to make $163 million for the weekend, but because of the shooting tragedy, Warner Bros will not be releasing any box office numbers until Monday.
July 20, 2012, will not be remembered for the massive box office opening the latest Batman film could have been. Instead, this date will be remembered in infamy for changing the entire movie experience altogether - for the worst. Parents and patrons will live in fear of possible copycats attempting to repeat the attacks. Theatre chains will beef up security and perhaps even install metal detectors. Don't rule out possible "TSA-like" security from being implemented at the theatres, shopping malls and other public places. The entire social experience that we knew and enjoyed has now been changed by the doings of a maniac that deserves the death penalty for the lives he's taken, and the families he's destroyed.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes jailed in solitary: ‘All the inmates were talking about killing him’ - NY Daily News
REPORT: MOVIE MASSACRE suspect James Holmes remained unapologetic and irrational Saturday in a Colorado jail where his life was at risk from inmates bent on revenge.
Holmes, held under suicide watch in solitary confinement, remained in his murderous “Joker” persona after arriving at the Arapahoe Detention Center, a jailhouse worker told the Daily News.
“Let’s just say he hasn’t shown any remorse,” the employee said. “He thinks he’s acting in a movie.”
The man accused in the midnight theater massacre was still acting bizarrely a day after his rampage at a screening of “The Dark Night Rises” — the last film in the Batman trilogy.
“He was spitting at the door and spitting at the guards,” one released inmate told The News outside the jail. “He’s spitting at everything. Dude was acting crazy.”
Two other just-released inmates said the concerns of jail officials over Holmes’ survival were well-founded.
READ REPORT HERE
Holmes, held under suicide watch in solitary confinement, remained in his murderous “Joker” persona after arriving at the Arapahoe Detention Center, a jailhouse worker told the Daily News.
“Let’s just say he hasn’t shown any remorse,” the employee said. “He thinks he’s acting in a movie.”
The man accused in the midnight theater massacre was still acting bizarrely a day after his rampage at a screening of “The Dark Night Rises” — the last film in the Batman trilogy.
“He was spitting at the door and spitting at the guards,” one released inmate told The News outside the jail. “He’s spitting at everything. Dude was acting crazy.”
Two other just-released inmates said the concerns of jail officials over Holmes’ survival were well-founded.
READ REPORT HERE
Friday, July 20, 2012
THE JOKER: 14 Dead In Colorado Theater Shooting During Midnight Showing Of New Batman Movie « CBS New York
REPORT: New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the gunman suspected of attacking a crowded movie theater in Aurora, Colorado resembled Batman’s arch-villain “The Joker” at the time of the shocking attack.
“It clearly looks like a deranged individual. He had his hair painted red, he said he was ‘The Joker,’ obviously the ‘enemy’ of Batman,” Kelly said about the suspect, 24-year-old James Holmes, at a news conference Friday.
A source also told the Associated Press the suspect is not cooperating and has asked for a lawyer.
READ REPORT HERE
“It clearly looks like a deranged individual. He had his hair painted red, he said he was ‘The Joker,’ obviously the ‘enemy’ of Batman,” Kelly said about the suspect, 24-year-old James Holmes, at a news conference Friday.
A source also told the Associated Press the suspect is not cooperating and has asked for a lawyer.
READ REPORT HERE
BREITBART: Exclusive: Contra ABC News, Dark Knight Aurora, CO Shooting Suspect James Holmes Could Be Registered Democrat
REPORT: James Holmes, the suspect arrested in connection with the mass shootings at a screening of the new Batman movie early this morning in Aurora, CO, could be a registered Democrat, according to documents obtained by Breitbart News. Earlier, ABC News' Brian Ross and George Stephanopoulos speculated on Good Morning America that Holmes was a Tea Party member, based solely on a name appearing on a Tea Party website.
READ STORY HERE
13 Dead After Shooting During ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Movie | CBS Denver
REPORT: A terrifying shooting at an Aurora movie theater overnight left 13 people dead and about 38 people hurt.
The shooting happened at about 12:30 a.m. at the Town Center in Aurora at the Century 16 theater on East Alameda Avenue. Reports first came in that there were explosions in the theater showing the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises." Shots then rang out, and a frantic scene followed.
Police said a gunman with a gas mask on and dressed in black shot and killed dozens and dozens of people. Authorities say the suspect, James Holmes, 24, killed 10 people inside the theater complex and that three others died after they were taken from the scene. A three-month-old was among the dozens who were hurt, but the baby was treated and released from the hospital.
"Witnesses tell us he released some sort of canister. They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire," Chief Dan Oates said.
The midnight showing of the movie had just started when the violence began. Donovan Tate and his girlfriend escaped from the packed theater.
READ REPORT HERE:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/07/20/aurora-colorado-mall-shooting-town-center-century-16/
-Andres
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Fox News: Suspect In Custody After 1 Student Killed, 4 Wounded In Shooting At Ohio High School
Civil deputy Erin Knife with the Geauga County Sheriff's Office said the shooting was reported around 7:30 a.m. Monday at Chardon High School.
The suspected gunman, believed to be a student, fled the school on foot and was later apprehended after turning himself in. Authorities have not released the juvenile's name because he has not been charged yet.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/27/ohio-high-school-on-lockdown-after-reports-shooting/#ixzz1nbVM55yN
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