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onecaliberal
(32,859 posts)dalton99a
(81,486 posts)Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,591 posts)He was anchoring the news while I grew up in Philly and left in 1984. He was one of Action News's two "jimmies" (not sprinkles, but jimmies are a Philly thing), Jim O'Brien and Jim Gardner.
Freddie
(9,265 posts)A true Philly institution. And we all know what happened to Jim OBrien ☹️. I think of him when I watch Frazier reruns on Cozi, Roz is his daughter and she looks just like him.
BigmanPigman
(51,591 posts)peggysue2
(10,828 posts)Gardner was the 'It' guy in Philly news before I left PA for TN. I had no idea he was still around. And yeah, I remember Jim O'Brien, too.
The good ole days.
Sympthsical
(9,073 posts)Looks like three white woman just walking down the street attacked at random.
Amishman
(5,557 posts)If that is the case, we'll hear about it soon enough
Sympthsical
(9,073 posts)I thought it was worth an eyebrow raise that one motivation was assumed but the other not.
And with how much anti-AAPI hate has been minimized, ignored, or explained away in the past few years, I've gotten very sensitive to eliding over motivations that at least deserve similar consideration.
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)Not so much young strong men
The Asian assaults seem to skew older
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,765 posts)Kyle Rittenhouse beat a girl, then got a gun and escalated to shooting people.