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Crazyass gunman killed in Dallas, Texas

William Parcher

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He shot up a Federal courthouse but nobody got hit. It's uncommon to see good closeup photos of an active shooter on the prowl but we have them of this guy.


Suspected gunman shot dead while wearing mask and tactical gear after witnesses say he opened fire on Dallas federal courthouse

Daily Mail said:
The man who was shot after exchanging gunfire with officers outside a federal courthouse in downtown Dallas on Monday morning has been identified as 22-year-old Brian Issack Clyde...
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...xchange-gunfire-outside-Texas-courthouse.html

Photo: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/06/17/18/14902718-7150541-image-a-47_1560792389343.jpg
 
William Parcher said:
He shot up a Federal courthouse but nobody got hit. It's uncommon to see good closeup photos of an active shooter on the prowl but we have them of this guy.


Suspected gunman shot dead while wearing mask and tactical gear after witnesses say he opened fire on Dallas federal courthouse



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...xchange-gunfire-outside-Texas-courthouse.html

Photo: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/06/17/18/14902718-7150541-image-a-47_1560792389343.jpg
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Man killed while wearing black?
 
How is it that the Daily Mail always seems to have in depth coverage of such events before US media?
 
The news this morning had him still alive, and one news source still reports him being transported to a nearby hospital, but others have him dead on the scene. Any clarification yet on which it is? Not that it matters so much, I suppose, as it sure looks like a suicide by cop.
 
bruto said:
The news this morning had him still alive, and one news source still reports him being transported to a nearby hospital, but others have him dead on the scene. Any clarification yet on which it is? Not that it matters so much, I suppose, as it sure looks like a suicide by cop.
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I always prefer if they're alive. Aside from not wanting many people dead, I usually like to know if we can get their reasoning behind such nonsense.

ETA: According to Dallas News:

Clyde died at the scene and was taken to Baylor University Medical Center, officials said.
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So a little of both I guess.
 
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Diablo said:
Wow, it's all amusing isn't it, a man shot dead.
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I don't know if "amusing" is the word I would use to describe it, but to each their own I guess.

No one here is glorifying anyone being shot. Perhaps celebrating the fact that no one innocent got killed, but no one here woke up this morning thinking "I hope someone in Dallas gets killed today so I can be amused."

Or maybe they did. Lots of ****** up people around.
 
plague311 said:
I don't know if "amusing" is the word I would use to describe it, but to each their own I guess.

No one here is glorifying anyone being shot. Perhaps celebrating the fact that no one innocent got killed, but no one here woke up this morning thinking "I hope someone in Dallas gets killed today so I can be amused."

Or maybe they did. Lots of ****** up people around.
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That's the trouble here, there's no real morality. People just take the piss.
 
Diablo said:
That's the trouble here, there's no real morality. People just take the piss.
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I'm confused. How is there no morality? If people are happy no innocent people got hurt, and they aren't "happy" that the gunman got killed. What part of "morality" is missing? What is the appropriate reaction? What would you have wanted to see as a result here? Just no one talking about it? Public shootings in the U.S. are a social issue and a current event (obviously). I'm seriously confused as to your complaint here.
 
According to that same news source:

Dallas police detonated a suspicious device about 10:40 a.m. that was found in the 2003 Nissan Altima Clyde had driven to the courthouse. The blast was strong enough to shake sapling trees blocks away.
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It sounds like a domestic terrorist attack. They also said Clyde was ex-military, discharged in 2017.
 
William Parcher said:
It doesn't look like that to me. Too much ammunition and tactical gear.

A person can accomplish suicide by cop with only an unloaded gun.

This was something else.
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A good point, of course, but coming up on a courthouse in broad daylight and expecting not to be shot seems to entail at very best a very high risk of being killed. Of course it's true that a person who wants simply to be shot by cops could probably do it otherwise, but then again, there's a fairly high probability that this person was crazy enough not to make a lot of sense.
 
alfaniner said:
I understand that they don't do anything like oh, verifying sources, making unbiased reports, and such.
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And I think they pay a significant amount of money for photos, particularly if they are fresh from the scene.

I thought about researching and confirming that statement, but then I decided to take my lead from The Mail and not bother.
 
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