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IcyPeas

(21,889 posts)
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 02:52 PM Mar 2021

"It was a really bad day for him" says law enforcement (about atlanta killer) (video)

"Yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did" -- a law enforcement official explains Robert Aaron Long's decision to kill 8 people in a strange manner


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"It was a really bad day for him" says law enforcement (about atlanta killer) (video) (Original Post) IcyPeas Mar 2021 OP
I don't think his story will have a "happy ending". Funtatlaguy Mar 2021 #1
WTF, is this funny to you? Nt USALiberal Mar 2021 #5
I understand the urge for gallows humor ChicagoRonin Mar 2021 #15
It was a really bad day for the eight people he gunned down. sop Mar 2021 #2
It was a really, really bad day for all the people he killed. tanyev Mar 2021 #3
It was a worse day for his victims. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #4
black guy selling loosies gets strangled to death by police..... Takket Mar 2021 #6
To be fair he's not a bad looking guy Rustyeye77 Mar 2021 #7
I really don't know what's up with chin beards robbob Mar 2021 #8
Really? Umm, ok. hlthe2b Mar 2021 #11
The beard and the hair are his expression of his personality csziggy Mar 2021 #12
I've noticed a lot of the evangelical and oath keeper types Rustyeye77 Mar 2021 #16
Awwe jcgoldie Mar 2021 #9
A bad day for him? Why? Is he a good swimmer? Will this ruin his career? Aristus Mar 2021 #10
I saw the press conference. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #13
FTP. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #14
It was a Really Bad Day for Him to Be Able to Buy a Gun on Same Day as Killings Stallion Mar 2021 #17
According to Chosun Ilbo in South Korea soryang Mar 2021 #18
I hope that phrasing was Georgia-style sarcasm JHB Mar 2021 #19
Yes, it was a bad day. maxsolomon Mar 2021 #20
Just want to point out Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #21

ChicagoRonin

(630 posts)
15. I understand the urge for gallows humor
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 03:12 PM
Mar 2021

And generally I don't like language policing, but please reconsider posting stuff like that.

Maybe to you mentioning stuff like "happy endings" is innocuous, but it cheapens the conversation. And it makes light of very real problems of prostitution and human trafficking among immigrant Asian women.

And if it turns out the parlors hit were less reputable ones, well frankly jokes like that make it even worse, in my opinion.

Takket

(21,577 posts)
6. black guy selling loosies gets strangled to death by police.....
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 02:59 PM
Mar 2021

"he was a thug"
"he was no angel"

white guy guys down 8 people

"he had a bad day"

no... having a bad day is when you fuck up something at work and your boss is mad, or you make your spouse upset. that's "having a bad day". KILLING EIGHT PEOPLE means you are a fucking monster. Period.

 

Rustyeye77

(2,736 posts)
7. To be fair he's not a bad looking guy
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 03:00 PM
Mar 2021

Lose the beard, fix the hair, get a personality, and he’d be ok.

Oops, too late.

robbob

(3,531 posts)
8. I really don't know what's up with chin beards
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 03:04 PM
Mar 2021

And the “faux-Hitler” combovers. Such a repulsive look.

hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)
11. Really? Umm, ok.
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 03:06 PM
Mar 2021

Classic incel-look if you ask me. But then, I can't get past the Hitler hairstyle and the weird beard so???.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
12. The beard and the hair are his expression of his personality
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 03:07 PM
Mar 2021

At this point he's a lost cause. The best that can be done is to make sure he never gets the opportunity to damage other people again.

 

Rustyeye77

(2,736 posts)
16. I've noticed a lot of the evangelical and oath keeper types
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 03:23 PM
Mar 2021

really like those chin beards..

It’s not a happening look.

Aristus

(66,388 posts)
10. A bad day for him? Why? Is he a good swimmer? Will this ruin his career?
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 03:06 PM
Mar 2021

Shit cop...

It was a pretty fucking bad day for the people who got killed and their loved ones, too, fuckhead…

hamsterjill

(15,222 posts)
13. I saw the press conference.
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 03:09 PM
Mar 2021

I didn’t feel that the comment was downplaying the situation but was, rather an answer to a question about what might have set this guy off mentally.

That said, cops don’t need to be giving anything except facts in these pressers.

Stallion

(6,476 posts)
17. It was a Really Bad Day for Him to Be Able to Buy a Gun on Same Day as Killings
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 03:29 PM
Mar 2021

(assuming the reports I read that he purchased gun yesterday)

48 hour waiting period?

soryang

(3,299 posts)
18. According to Chosun Ilbo in South Korea
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 05:02 PM
Mar 2021

An Atlanta Korean community newspaper reported an employee witness at the Gold Massage Spa quoted the suspect
…saying, “i’m going to kill all the Asians,” while he was committing the crime.

17일 한국일보 애틀랜타는 총격 사건이 발생한 마사지 업소 ‘골드 마사지 스파’ 종업원 A씨의 말을 인용해 범행 당시 용의자가 ‘아시아인을 다 죽이겠다’고 말했다고 전했다.

https://www.chosun.com/international/us/2021/03/17/XSDXYLMAQZCC5JWMQ4HGRZGOG4/

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
20. Yes, it was a bad day.
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 05:06 PM
Mar 2021

He woke up and was flooded with emotions that overwhelmed his ability to reason.

Good thing he could instantly buy a handgun.

Too bad he didn't just kill himself with it 1st.

Mr.Bill

(24,303 posts)
21. Just want to point out
Wed Mar 17, 2021, 05:08 PM
Mar 2021

that yet another white armed mass murderer was arrested without a scratch or a bruise.

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