Greenwood mall shooting

[jamil]

Yeah. I mean. It's just thugs shooting at each other and not hitting anything. Hopefully. Can you have such bad aim that you can't even accidentally shoot anyone? Probably not. I'd rather not argue about which is worse. But one thing about it, the media drops it like a used rubber when it's gang violence. No political gains to be made there.

 

[jamil]

Media: Shooting at the mall? Let's go. Oh, dang. It's only gang people shooting each other. No story here.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Yeah. I mean. It's just thugs shooting at each other and not hitting anything. Hopefully. Can you have such bad aim that you can't even accidentally shoot anyone? Probably not. I'd rather not argue about which is worse. But one thing about it, the media drops it like a used rubber when it's gang violence. No political gains to be made there.

Yep. No gains. Only downsides for their boy on the 25th floor. (and democrat led city council)

No hard questions, no complaining that he wont do serious pressers. Only fluff pieces like road work, weather warnings, new city parks, etc.

And not one "journalist" will ask where he was the weekend of the "Mostly Peaceful Protests"(tm). And the problem isnt that he is Mayor. Its that he is also the self appointed head of public safety. THAT is what makes that question doubly important.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I haven’t been to a mall anywhere for probably 20 years. The possible exception would be an outlot restaurant or peripheral store. My impression of malls, based on the last times I went to them, was that they were becoming hangouts for people there not to do the same kind of shopping I was.

Is it any wonder businesses like Amazon have grown so much over the years.

 

[wtburnette]

I haven’t been to a mall anywhere for probably 20 years. The possible exception would be an outlot restaurant or peripheral store. My impression of malls, based on the last times I went to them, was that they were becoming hangouts for people there not to do the same kind of shopping I was.

Is it any wonder businesses like Amazon have grown so much over the years.

I was just thinking about this the other day. Getting ready for the "Great Christmas Blizzard that wasn't" I figured I'd head to Meijer or Walmart to get some shorts. Seeing how Winter is just starting to hit, stores should be setting out their Summer stuff about now, right? I always found this sort of thing extremely stupid that stores would start putting out stuff so far in advance of the actual season it was for. Then thought about how that likely drives a lot of Amazon business. That plus what you're talking about are probably good reasons why brick and mortars lose business.

 

[actaeon277]

I was just thinking about this the other day. Getting ready for the "Great Christmas Blizzard that wasn't" I figured I'd head to Meijer or Walmart to get some shorts. Seeing how Winter is just starting to hit, stores should be setting out their Summer stuff about now, right? I always found this sort of thing extremely stupid that stores would start putting out stuff so far in advance of the actual season it was for. Then thought about how that likely drives a lot of Amazon business. That plus what you're talking about are probably good reasons why brick and mortars lose business.

Yup.
Hey, my coat got F'd up, I better go get another.
Nope, swimsuits are out.

 

[actaeon277]

I understand they don't want to deal with left over stock at the end of the season, but WTF

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I was just thinking about this the other day. Getting ready for the "Great Christmas Blizzard that wasn't" I figured I'd head to Meijer or Walmart to get some shorts. Seeing how Winter is just starting to hit, stores should be setting out their Summer stuff about now, right? I always found this sort of thing extremely stupid that stores would start putting out stuff so far in advance of the actual season it was for. Then thought about how that likely drives a lot of Amazon business. That plus what you're talking about are probably good reasons why brick and mortars lose business.

Yup.
Hey, my coat got F'd up, I better go get another.
Nope, swimsuits are out.

Yeah, my brother and I were talking about this very thing yesterday. Thankfully, with my iPad I’m no longer limited by what the local stores decide to stock and when. He went after something seasonal, during the season they had already put that stuff away and were on to the next thing.

 

[actaeon277]

It's like when you try to buy something that's not the 'newest and greatest'.
Nope, they stopped selling it years ago.

I needed a cat5 splitter.



My Christmas light show controller daisy chains cat 5 from controller to controller.
So, one in, and one out.
When you break a socket, then you can make it the last one in the chain.
Break one in a second controller, and now you're F'd, unless you want to solder in the box.

So, I spent the good part of a day checking out all the Best Buys, Office Depots, and such.
Trying to 'buy local'.
Ended up buying it on Amazon in just a few minutes.

My mom mentioned 'you should support local stores'.
I told her I did TRY.
But if they don't want to stock it, or order it, then I'm not really taking their business away, because they DON'T SELL IT.

 

[dudley0]

Yup.
Hey, my coat got F'd up, I better go get another.
Nope, swimsuits are out.

I have had that happen when I needed to buy an air conditioner. Went in to Lowes and they were all gone. Asked about it and they had none in stock, replaced with Christmas décor. My tenant was not happy as we had a hot end of fall that year.

 

[Ark]

I'll take thugs shooting each other over a wacko killing random innocent people any day of the week.

The only thing upsetting about it is the location.

Yep. Neither are great situations to be in, but I know which I'll take. Thug shootings are over in a few seconds, all you gotta do is duck behind something solid and then evac.

 

[Sigblitz]

Is the mall safe now? I'm sure the shooters are good boys who unfortunately got into a gun fight.

 

[jamil]

Yep. No gains. Only downsides for their boy on the 25th floor. (and democrat led city council)

No hard questions, no complaining that he wont do serious pressers. Only fluff pieces like road work, weather warnings, new city parks, etc.

And not one "journalist" will ask where he was the weekend of the "Mostly Peaceful Protests"(tm). And the problem isnt that he is Mayor. Its that he is also the self appointed head of public safety. THAT is what makes that question doubly important.

I don't know your mayor. I suspect if he's like about any Democratic Mayor of a large-ish American city I can use my imagination.

 

[Sigblitz]

I don't know your mayor. I suspect if he's like about any Democratic Mayor of a large-ish American city I can use my imagination.

3 masters degrees, and his original campaign was more street lights.

 

[Sigblitz]

We need a meyor with some b@llz.

 

[thompal]

And the problem isnt that he is Mayor. Its that he is also the self appointed head of public safety. THAT is what makes that question doubly important.

And the fact that even though he promised to only serve two terms, he has decided to run for a third.

 

[Sigblitz]

And the fact that even though he promised to only serve two terms, he has decided to run for a third.

Because he has no other job offers in government.

 

[DRob]

Is the mall safe now? I'm sure the shooters are good boys who unfortunately got into a gun fight.

Originally reported to us by text that several people were shot in the mall. This from a guy who claims, among other things, to be connected to the Johnson County SD. Turns out the shooting was in the parking lot, nobody was shot, and the only injury was a person who fell trying to run away.

 

[Sigblitz]

Maybe the crime is out of his control. The prosecutor and judges are elected. IMPD answers to him and they're doing a good job. So what's on the other side of the revolving door that needs fixed?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Maybe the crime is out of his control. The prosecutor and judges are elected. IMPD answers to him and they're doing a good job. So what's on the other side of the revolving door that needs fixed?

This was a Johnson County issue, not IMPD or Marion County.