At least nine people were critically injured early Sunday when a gunman opened fire in a busy entertainment district in Tucson, Arizona, before police officers shot him and stopped the threat, authorities said.
The shooting occurred around 2 a.m. local time in downtown Tucson, as the streets were teeming with people out for a night on the town, Officer Frank Magos, a spokesperson for the Tucson Police Department, said at a news conference Sunday.
Right, here it is Monday and this Lemmy posting is the first I’ve heard of the incident. In civilized times, this would have been front-page news from coast to coast. Now, a mass shooting elicits just a shrug of the shoulders, a “oh yeah, again, well whatever” response, and the “media”, such as it is, ignores it.
depends on the demographics of the victims and the shooter too. White on white or white on black is hidden. black on white is considered newsworthy. Political left against anyone is always news. muslim on anyone is always news. Victim is children is always news unless its rape. Victim is jewish is always news. Victim is rich is news. Victim is poor is not news. Victim is christian /mormon/catholic/buddhist/hindu is not news. Shooter is law enforcement is not news.
There was another 9 victim (1 dead) mass shooting in Denver around the same time I think at a nightclub that I only heard about a few days later.
We had a similar one in here in Minneapolis a few days ago too, I know about it because I still lurk the local subreddits otherwise I wouldn’t know about it.
I hadn’t heard about that one. It’s depressing to realize how much shootings have become non-news