Possible snipers seen at OSU. Administration says they're not snipers but should be treated like they are.

https://mander.xyz/post/12358294

Possible snipers seen at OSU. Administration says they're not snipers but should be treated like they are. - Mander

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/11490010 [https://midwest.social/post/11490010] > Update, yes there are snipers: > > > > [https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/108cc8bb-36fb-4162-b5a2-b5cf790270a7.jpeg]

So I have a question I sort of posted in there too but figure I’ll bring the conversation over here (in a more respectful way)

These are called spotters/marksman and they have them at football games, the Olympics, presumably political events, etc. to handle the threat of suicide bombers and other mass-population terrorist threats

How should we handle these threats without police intervention/snipers to quickly take out a bomber?

Looking for civil discourse if at all possible, but I also understand this is a high stakes discussion and directly affects some more than others

“These threats” what fucking threat?? People protesting? These snipers have never once protected protestors from the violent freaks that show up to run people over or shoot people.
From my point of view/questioning, it’s the threat of suicide bombers and other terrorist efforts (acid, dirty bombs, driving through a crowd of people) when it comes to protesting middle eastern matters in the states. Hell we have American terrorists doing terrorism here too, how do we better prevent that or are we stuck only responding?
dirty bombs are movie plot threat, bombers, suicide or not are not an issue in usa because alternatives are more easily available. your take sounds weird and disingenuous

We’ve had several bombings, including suicide bombers in the us. Not everything is pushed into the news cycle by the media state because “it encourages copy cats” or whatever other bullshit they’ll come up with to only report what they want to push.

  • San Bernardino Attack (2015): 14 people were killed and 22 were seriously injured (mass shooting and attempted bombing)

  • Boston Marathon Bombing (2013): 3 people killed and injuring several hundred, including 16 who lost limbs. (bombing)

  • Times Square Car Bomb Attempt (2010): Attempted car bombing, non injured

  • Nashville Bombing (2020) - Suicide RV Bombing

  • Your take is ignorant.

    Your take is just fear mongering and pushing the narrative that the police in the US are being militarized to protect people. You are talking about a 14 year period where 18 people died from 2 successful attacks, and hundreds injured. A stat line that is eclipsed by the number of people killed and injured by police every year. In case you are wondering that would be >600 killed and 250,000 injured per year.

    …uic.edu/u-s-data-on-police-shootings-and-violenc…

    The idea that this cure is better then the illness is just not born out in data.

    U.S. Data on Police Shootings and Violence | Law Enforcement Epidemiology Project | University of Illinois Chicago

    Data on police shootings and violence impacting civilians in the United States, as prepared by the Law Enforcement Epidemiology Project.

    It’s very obvious you aren’t even reading my comments anymore, I think we can be done now. I’m not going to participate in bad faith discussions. Obvious troll at this point. See ya.

    Or I am taking my time responding as I just woke up.

    But don’t let me stop your victory lap. Clearly you are not at all projecting.