TFW you remember all the commenters quick to agree with the police who were treating Gamboa as almost certainly a would-be mass-shooter and treating the actual shooter who killed a dad of two young kids as a hero who had an unlucky shot which killed a bystander as just an unfortunate cost of safety.

People who were like "wtf you guys have this ass-backwards" were downvoted and chastised.

https://lemmy.world/post/31465959/17697626

This is an insane mentality to try and wrap your head around when you don't live in the US.

I remember seeing the video where they caught "the shooter" trying to hide amongst the other participants. Of course later it turns out the person they "caught" was Gambia, who had not shot at anyone. Good reminder that first impressions from an incident like this can be misleading, and if you don't check in later you may continue to hold that false impression.

Good to see Gamboa is free, and the "security volunteer" is being tried. Liberals - listen up: Just because someone has a fancy title, doesn't absolve them of wrong doing.

This is a great discussion with a lot different perspectives. However, I've done more comment removals and bans on this post than in all my communities since I started them.

Please disagree respectfully. Strong opinions are welcome, rudeness and insults are not.

Thanks for engaging, it's nice to see this place gaining popularity.