Not "trapped" or "abandoned." IMPRISONED at Gunpoint

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Trapped and abandoned are euphemisms for what happened to the people at the convention center.

Trapped sounds like it happened without human intervention. Abandoned implies they were forgotten.

They were imprisoned at gunpoint. That is not inattention.

The men that kept guns pointed at them did not abandon them. They threatened and menaced them.

We must use the words that convey the truth. They were imprisoned. They were abused.

From "Sobbing Geraldo: Let the people go!" link

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"There are so many babies here," Rivera said. "Take a look, I want everyone in the world to see. ... Look in the face of the baby. ... People suffering, let them go! ... Let them walk over this damn interstate and let them out of here!"

...Fox's Shepard Smith explained in a excited negative tone that authorities were preventing survivors from leaving the area.

Reported in post on the Interdictor blog @10:46 PM on Thurs (link)

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National Guard drove over the bridge above them, and tossed out supplies over the side crashing down to the ground below. Much of the supplies were destroyed from the drop. Many people tried to catch the supplies to protect them before they hit the ground. Some offered to walk all the way around up the bridge and bring the supplies down, but any attempt to approach the police or national guard resulted in weapons being aimed at them.

Any attempt to flag down police results in being told to get away at gunpoint....

…many of them with cell phones have contacts willing to come rescue them, but people are not being allowed through to pick them up.