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Possible snipers seen at OSU. Administration says they're not snipers but should be treated like they are. (midwest.social)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Update, yes there are snipers:

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Source?

Edit: downvoting someone for asking to provide source for your claim. Guess we’re cool with making stuff up. To those interested: look into how Russia was caught with their Facebook farms setup in Africa to sow disinformation ahead of the 2016 election season.

I won’t feel bad for asking for legitimate source information.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/04/26/snipers-college-protests-gaza/

Nothing conclusive I can see yet from AP etc, but it is a bit suspicious the universities and police are not responding/stonewalling requests for information from journalists, if they had no snipers how hard would it be to say there were no snipers?

Also a healthy skepticism isn't afraid of questioning sources I wouldn't apologize for it either, but it can also be a rhetorical tactic that sometimes is difficult to tell if it's genuine or not. Not an excuse just an observation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I appreciate your candor and civility, it's much easier for us to talk and correct any miscommunications when we're at the same level. Thank you.

I totally agree, the whole thing screams PR/scrambling to quench any flames, rather than to just come forth with the raw, uncensored/stretched truth. We deserve to have that from our government at the very fucking least.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It does look like the top right of the banner in the OP

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Agreed, but I still want to know what the source is.

I’ve also come to learn about marksman which are basically cops setup at major events with lots of people to prevent suicide bombers

Now that’s a double edged sword, especially because of, well all that the police have been doing since, well the beginning it would seem. I can’t trust a cop to do a routine traffic stop without shooting someone, I certainly would be concerned about one with a sniper at a high-stress/high movement event like this.

I can definitely see this being real now, but I’m not sure if I agree with it or not - I agree that a terrorist attack at an event like this would be devastating and I wouldn’t want that to happen either, but I don’t trust that the police are being trained appropriately or being audited/actioned on appropriately.

Ultimately my shitty initial tone and attitude were what bit me in the ass in this thread, despite just trying to get confirmation on the information from an appropriate source, so I’m just going to leave well enough alone now.