Not that we have to cover every little repetition or variation of this tired old script (depression - broken family - killing spree - killing self - people hugging each other in shock), but just to comment the little imagery I could find about this event (granted I didn't search much).
http://news.google.com/news/story?cf=i& ... 4yM&ict=ln
fat cop
same fat cop
same fat cop
one fat cop on the scene is usually enough
"Gunman kills seven, self in 7/7 Grand Rapids massacre"
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Re: "Gunman kills seven, self in Michigan massacre"
Judging by this "cop" looks he somehow escaped public spending cuts in this troubled state
Re: "Gunman kills seven, self in Michigan massacre"
Hmm. Unexpectedly, I found this:
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/20 ... cial-mediaMichigan shootings highlight power of smartphones, shortcomings of social media
A police standoff Thursday with a suspect in seven fatal shootings in Grand Rapids, Mich., shows how smartphone apps for police scanners are giving citizens a new mobile window on crime fighting.
By Christina Kim, Contributor / July 8, 2011
The man suspected of killing seven people, engaging police in a shootout in Grand Rapids, Mich., and a car chase had holed up in a house in Stephanie Sicard’s neighborhood.
He had hostages. He was demanding Gatorade.
Ms. Sicard, a college student, sat enthralled, listening on her iPhone to the 5-0 Radio Police Scanner application that was giving her pieces of information unavailable through mainstream media.
The tragedy Thursday in Grand Rapids shows how smartphone applications, many free or costing a few dollars, are giving citizens a mobile window on police crime fighting. It also highlights how social media such as Twitter, can be a first – and often poor – source of information.
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As Sicard followed the events via police scanner on her mobile phone, she saw first-hand how raw, unverified information can lead to confusion.
“The [major media outlets] can’t report things that aren’t confirmed, but some people were giving out anything they heard [on scanners]” Sicard said. “There was a lot of misinformation."
A Twitter stream following the event had a number of people relaying information, attributed to police scanners, that later proved to be false.