welshbairn Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 On 31/01/2023 at 16:44, Brother Blades said: Saw some rumours online that one of the police sent a picture of Tyre after he’d been beaten up to his (cops) ex girlfriend, apparently she & Tyre worked together & rumours of a relationship, it would explain why the Scorpion unit were in the neighbourhood they were in (relatively affluent & low crime) if it was a case of targeting Tyre. Could all be a load of absolute bullshit of course & I don’t want to come across all @detourment. Probably bullshit, according to the family anyway.. How an unproven rumour about Tyre Nichols fits a larger victim-blaming pattern 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 12 hours ago, welshbairn said: Probably bullshit, according to the family anyway.. How an unproven rumour about Tyre Nichols fits a larger victim-blaming pattern Victim blaming - or looking for an explanation for behaviour which defies reason? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 8 hours ago, hk blues said: Victim blaming - or looking for an explanation for behaviour which defies reason? With the groups promoting this, victim blaming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 13 hours ago, TxRover said: With the groups promoting this, victim blaming. But it seems the rumours started in the community itself and then spread to other groups later - I'm doubtful if they (the local community) would be victim blaming. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 9 hours ago, hk blues said: But it seems the rumours started in the community itself and then spread to other groups later - I'm doubtful if they (the local community) would be victim blaming. The rumours most certainly started with the police, not the community. In all these police violence cases, the police, especially the unions, are out front trashing the person shot pre-emptively. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I wouldn't think shagging a cops ex-girlfriend would seriously damage someone's reputation, neither would it excuse the murder, rather it could make it premeditated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 5 minutes ago, welshbairn said: I wouldn't think shagging a cops ex-girlfriend would seriously damage someone's reputation, neither would it excuse the murder, rather it could make it premeditated. Yea, it was a strange move, but it certainly seems it was a police rumour based upon a number of people in the community stating where it came from. Probably from the involved officers rather than the union in this case, but you can never tell after the first couple of rounds of the rumours. Failing that, my guess would be internet sleuths seeing two FedEx employees. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 On 04/02/2023 at 22:34, TxRover said: The rumours most certainly started with the police, not the community. In all these police violence cases, the police, especially the unions, are out front trashing the person shot pre-emptively. Not what the posted article says though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 6 hours ago, hk blues said: Not what the posted article says though. Which article? The most recent reports seem to suggest it’s the relatives of police that started the FedEx discussion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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