Thread for obviously newsworthy stuff

[Proteus_MST]

O.K., according to the article it also happened while she was off duty.
Maybe the "I felt threatened" - jail evasion card for police officers only can be played if you shoot/kill someone on duty

Considering that her victim was a black man, I guess that her trial will be closely observed by the BLM crowds and will draw in lots of protests, if she gets free without sentence

[Proteus_MST]

The priest is also an idiot.

Perhps he thought (maybe even justified so),
it would draw tourists into the village and church

[Broken_Erika]

Depending on which side you're on, this is either far-left socialist fake news or far-right propaganda.

The End of Neutrality
Society’s shared middle ground is quickly turning into a battlefield. What will that do to democracy?

https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...society-219616

[pchang]

The priest is also an idiot.

[-Jrabbit]

Cops took samples for alcohol/drug testing. They are not treating it as a "officer-involved shooting."
Probably will end up in a manslaughter charge.

[Broken_Erika]

The Spanish really seem to have a problem with amateur restorations.

Spain parishioner botches Jesus and Mary statue restoration
A set of 15th Century sculptures have been garishly repainted by a Spanish parishioner in the latest botched amateur restoration attempt to attract derision in the country.

In one of the previously plain wooden statues, Jesus was given a bright green robe while Mary got a bright pink headscarf and eyeliner.

Another statue showed St Peter, now dressed in deep red.

They are in a chapel in a hamlet in northern Spain's Asturias region.

One of the 28 residents of El Ranadoiro, Maria Luisa Menendez, was given permission from the local priest to paint the figurines, local newspaper El Comercio reported.

"I'm not a professional, but I always liked to do it, and the figures really needed to be painted. So I painted them as I could, with the colours that looked good to me, and the neighbours liked it," she told the newspaper, quoted by AFP.

• Botched Spanish art restoration criticised
• Restoration amateur ruins fresco

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45455125

[Proteus_MST]

Considering that she obviously felt threatened, I am sure that the trial against the texan officer will end with a verdict of "not guilty"

[Broken_Erika]

Texas officer kills man in flat she mistakes for her own

A police officer in the US state of Texas has shot and killed a man in a flat after mistakenly thinking she was in her own unit, police say.

The unnamed Dallas officer entered the apartment after her shift on Thursday night and confronted the victim, 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean.

Jean was treated on scene and taken to hospital, where he later died.

The officer has been placed on leave while the police and District Attorney's Office investigate.

Local media report Jean was a native of St Lucia.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45450558

[Giancarlo]

Lol

[JohnT]

You know, this is beyond the pale. I am stunned that someone could be so cruel, so crass, so full of hate that they would use mental disabilities as a weapon with which to mock and disparage others.

Why, right here on the OT, we have a poster who is so mentally challenged, their mind incapable of processing reality to a point where they...

:blinks:

:squints at screenname:

... oh.

Never mind. If anybody can use that word here, you can. I'm sorry for yelling, and I hope I didn't cause your caretaker any difficulties. Want to watch Thomas the Train with me?

[-Jrabbit]

Classy, Kid.

[Kidlicious]

[Broken_Erika]

And yet they still have longer life expectancy. And a fraction of the health care costs.

[Broken_Erika]

I see. You don't have an intelligent response, so instead you argue against a caricature. That will convince many idiots. Good for you.

[self biased]

Donkey!