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Nevilledog

(55,121 posts) Sat Jun 4, 2022, 08:25 PM Jun 2022

Grieving Uvalde family member told to stop living in the past... [View all]

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Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Grieving great grandfather asks police in Uvalde why they didn’t do anything to help his great granddaughter who was murdered. A random White man tells him to stop living in the past. So on brand.

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8:05 AM · Jun 4, 2022

What a prick.

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Grieving Uvalde family member told to stop living in the past... [View all] Nevilledog Jun 2022 OP

the loss of a child is devastating.. agingdem Jun 2022 #1

Poignant, heartbreaking words. Every parents' nightmare. yonder Jun 2022 #18

I won't say what I wish I could say SoonerPride Jun 2022 #2

Neither will I. Boomerproud Jun 2022 #4

I don't know enough swear words to express what I think of that random white man. highplainsdem Jun 2022 #3

Dox him. exboyfil Jun 2022 #5

Oh my goodness, no! That wouldn't be civil!! /s Grokenstein Jun 2022 #19

This. Name him and shame him and show his photo. He knew his statement would Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #37

Typical behavior from a clueless, insensitive person Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #6

Hollow platitudes from the unaffected blogslug Jun 2022 #7

Despicable! Idiots say all sorts of egregious MerryBlooms Jun 2022 #8

Why in the hell is that asshole even there? nt chowder66 Jun 2022 #9

To be an asshole. niyad Jun 2022 #23

"There's nothing we can do." skypilot Jun 2022 #10

What a goddamn asshole dalton99a Jun 2022 #11

Same here Rebl2 Jun 2022 #20

They would have had to pull me off of that SOB. What a worthless POS. n/t Evolve Dammit Jun 2022 #12

You relive it every day of your life. Butterflylady Jun 2022 #13

Pinche cabron! lunatica Jun 2022 #14

Good Grief! Aren't they still having funerals? Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #15

Better to be thought you are an xxqqqzme Jun 2022 #16

What a scum bag...I hope that man never has to feel the pain the Great grandpa is feeling. Bluethroughu Jun 2022 #17

May that white person, and all like him, receive everything they deserve. niyad Jun 2022 #21

I had a friend who lost his daughter at age 10 to leukemia. panader0 Jun 2022 #22

Random white dude's actually unintentionally right in one way, you know. SeattleVet Jun 2022 #24

The right will lick police boots every chance they get. The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #25

If I said what should be done to the asshole moonshinegnomie Jun 2022 #26

Not going to watch it. ShazzieB Jun 2022 #27

STOP LIVING IN THE PAST???? PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #28

Not surprised someone would say that. Solly Mack Jun 2022 #29

I lost my 25 year old step daughter 5 years ago Cheezoholic Jun 2022 #30

This is a metaphor of how our country is turning into a shithole. Oneironaut Jun 2022 #31

I want that piece of shit Doxxed Takket Jun 2022 #32

I hope karma comes around and bites that jerk off in the ass. roamer65 Jun 2022 #33

FFS MustLoveBeagles Jun 2022 #34

You mean the past, which was only about a week ago, where his granddaughter was alive? MiniMe Jun 2022 #35

Heartless gunhumper. Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #36