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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
Mon May 4, 2015, 03:11 PM May 2015

Another black man has been shot in Baltimore(who knows what happened now?)

@greta:
young black male shot in Baltimore by police witnessed by Fox crew

@cmcampbell6:
Commander at the scene confirms it was a shooting. Man had a gun, police tried to arrest him, it fell and went off, he says.

It fell?
Several tweets about this. Riot police and gawd are there.
If true, what a hot mess.

Unconfirmed:
@ssdance: Fox News is saying police shot someone in the back at North/Penn.

Lawd help if this is true!

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Another black man has been shot in Baltimore(who knows what happened now?) (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries May 2015 OP
"it fell and went off" ManiacJoe May 2015 #1
Good point. NCTraveler May 2015 #10
A Facebook friend in Bmore just posted that he was tased. cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #2
CNN saying now he was not shot.... panader0 May 2015 #3
The story being told by the cops seems suspicious. ManiacJoe May 2015 #4
Police are reporting that the guy was not shot. sufrommich May 2015 #5
I am hearing this over MSNBC, and about to turn the scanner on nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #6
Baltimore Police say it didn't happen bigtree May 2015 #7
Athena Jones on CNN says there were many eye witnesses sufrommich May 2015 #8
It's being reported he was not shot. herding cats May 2015 #9
Do we trust Fox News' reporting now? FSogol May 2015 #11
No. Are_grits_groceries May 2015 #12
locals aren't going to trust the BPD either bigtree May 2015 #13
Yep, unfortunately, they are less than credible too. n/t FSogol May 2015 #15
They're not the only ones. nt B2G May 2015 #17
It has to be at least one notch above random "tweets" from unknown random people snooper2 May 2015 #16
New police version bigtree May 2015 #14
Sounds like someone is trying to stir up a flash riot. nt Snotcicles May 2015 #18
Foxnews now apologizing for getting it wrong. ManiacJoe May 2015 #19
Salon.com yet to retract OR apologize B2G May 2015 #20
Fox should go back to Baltimore riot pictures. Oh, wait........ nt Eleanors38 May 2015 #21

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
1. "it fell and went off"
Mon May 4, 2015, 03:26 PM
May 2015

Highly unlikely. Modern guns do not do "go off" when dropped unless they are broken and already in need of repair before being dropped.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
10. Good point.
Mon May 4, 2015, 03:36 PM
May 2015

But there is nothing modern about an enormous amount of weapons in public. Not only not modern, but very poorly cared for.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
3. CNN saying now he was not shot....
Mon May 4, 2015, 03:29 PM
May 2015

ETA: Police now say the man was hit by his own bullet when he tossed his gun.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
5. Police are reporting that the guy was not shot.
Mon May 4, 2015, 03:31 PM
May 2015

They say he had a handgun that misfired when he dropped it, but no one was shot. We'll see.

bigtree

(85,915 posts)
7. Baltimore Police say it didn't happen
Mon May 4, 2015, 03:33 PM
May 2015

Baltimore Police @BaltimorePolice · 10m 10 minutes ago
The reports of a man being shot at North and Pennsylvania Ave are NOT true. Officers have arrested a man for a handgun at the location
754 retweets 129 favorites



Colin Campbell @cmcampbell6
Commander at the scene confirms it was a shooting. Man had a gun, police tried to arrest him, it fell and went off, he says

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
9. It's being reported he was not shot.
Mon May 4, 2015, 03:34 PM
May 2015

The official story now is the guy threw his gun down and it went off, but no one was hit.

He was however taken to the hospital, so we shall see.

Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
12. No.
Mon May 4, 2015, 03:42 PM
May 2015

I threw in that tweet to see what came of their reporting.
There now seem to be a brazillion stories.

bigtree

(85,915 posts)
13. locals aren't going to trust the BPD either
Mon May 4, 2015, 03:42 PM
May 2015

...same force that claims people can sever their own spines in custody.

FOX reporter didn't see anyone get shot, but he was going to claim he saw the whole thing if it actually happened.


Zane Zodrow ?@ZaneZodrow 11m11 minutes ago
BREAKING: Fox Reporter Says He Saw Black Man Shot While Running From Police @TPM http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-news-witnesses-baltimore-shooting … … #BaltimoreUprising #BlackSpring

bigtree

(85,915 posts)
14. New police version
Mon May 4, 2015, 03:45 PM
May 2015

8m8 minutes ago

TC ?@tchopstl retweeted Colin Campbell
New police version. #Baltimore

Colin Campbell @cmcampbell6
Man was fleeing from police, pulled out gun and it went off, police say. Arrested, hospitalized "out of an abundance of caution."

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