17 Dead in Canadian province of Nova Scotia in a mass shooting

oftenreading

Up to 23 identified victims now, and more details about the shooter, who was apparently fascinated with the RCMP. It seems he would purchase old police vehicles at auction and restore them so they looked original - I’m not sure why that’s even legal (perhaps if they aren’t licensed to drive on-road?). 

1ThoughtKnown

oftenreading said:

Up to 23 identified victims now, and more details about the shooter, who was apparently fascinated with the RCMP. It seems he would purchase old police vehicles at auction and restore them so they looked original - I’m not sure why that’s even legal (perhaps if they aren’t licensed to drive on-road?). 

The fact an ordinary citizen can do this and make it look that authentic is really quite frightening.

Meltdown99

ontario was sending out amber alerts to our phones to tell travellers to self quarantine...so the RCMP decided to warn people via twitter instead of an Amber Alert...WTF.

A major RCMP fail...

1ThoughtKnown

Meltdown99 said:

ontario was sending out amber alerts to our phones to tell travellers to self quarantine...so the RCMP decided to warn people via twitter instead of an Amber Alert...WTF.

A major RCMP fail...

Yes. That does not reflect well on the RCMP. Perhaps Twitter can be used... IN CONJUNCTION with more established emergency notification tools at their disposal. 

I am not sure how they justify that decision. 

oftenreading

1ThoughtKnown said:

Meltdown99 said:

ontario was sending out amber alerts to our phones to tell travellers to self quarantine...so the RCMP decided to warn people via twitter instead of an Amber Alert...WTF.

A major RCMP fail...

Yes. That does not reflect well on the RCMP. Perhaps Twitter can be used... IN CONJUNCTION with more established emergency notification tools at their disposal. 

I am not sure how they justify that decision. 

I don’t think they are justifying it. From what I’ve read, they had admitted it wasn’t the right decision, but didn’t realize initially  quite how widespread the massacre was. 

Meltdown99

1ThoughtKnown said:

Meltdown99 said:

ontario was sending out amber alerts to our phones to tell travellers to self quarantine...so the RCMP decided to warn people via twitter instead of an Amber Alert...WTF.

A major RCMP fail...

Yes. That does not reflect well on the RCMP. Perhaps Twitter can be used... IN CONJUNCTION with more established emergency notification tools at their disposal. 

I am not sure how they justify that decision. 

I know the amber alert system works...they sent out a covidc19 alert while I was at work...the alert went off from every corner of the building and everyone reaching for their phone.

1ThoughtKnown

oftenreading said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

Meltdown99 said:

ontario was sending out amber alerts to our phones to tell travellers to self quarantine...so the RCMP decided to warn people via twitter instead of an Amber Alert...WTF.

A major RCMP fail...

Yes. That does not reflect well on the RCMP. Perhaps Twitter can be used... IN CONJUNCTION with more established emergency notification tools at their disposal. 

I am not sure how they justify that decision. 

I don’t think they are justifying it. From what I’ve read, they had admitted it wasn’t the right decision, but didn’t realize initially  quite how widespread the massacre was. 

It was more of a general statement, I’m not pointing fingers... 
One thing I’ve learned in my profession is that people make decisions because it was the right decision at the time. 

Obviously they have more important things to investigate right now, but to “close the gaps” on future situations the RCMP would want to learn why that decision was made and ensure a documented process on how to communicate emergency situations to the public will be done going forward. Essentially, take the human element out of it. After all, all humans make mistakes. 

lindamarie73

rgambs said:

tbergs said:

JimmyV said:

nicknyr15 said:

Meltdown99 said:

I hope this was not Covid 19/financial pressure led to this...but that was a thought that can mind.

however, it seemed welled planned.  The shooter had a police uniform and similar police cruiser that the RCMP use.

With everything going on, mental health is definitely something that I’ve been worried about since this started. What a tragedy 

All kinds of people have all kinds of time on their hands right now. Most are reading, watching tv, listening to music, etc. Some are planning shit like this. 

It's something I was wondering about the other day. What kind of future are we setting ourselves up for based on the impacts of this virus? Between the virus and the continued political divides, I'm very intrigued about how children will come out of this time period. Many are resilient as hell and will be fine, but I feel that in some ways there's a fostering of extremism that could result in some serious ramifications 10 - 15 years from now.

My nephew is 6 years old and harboring some alarming anti-Chinese sentiment.

Its sure is interesting how kids can see through all of our BS and call a spade a spade....I wish I had the ability to look at things w/ a fresh untainted brain.  

benjs

lindamarie73 said:

rgambs said:

tbergs said:

JimmyV said:

nicknyr15 said:

Meltdown99 said:

I hope this was not Covid 19/financial pressure led to this...but that was a thought that can mind.

however, it seemed welled planned.  The shooter had a police uniform and similar police cruiser that the RCMP use.

With everything going on, mental health is definitely something that I’ve been worried about since this started. What a tragedy 

All kinds of people have all kinds of time on their hands right now. Most are reading, watching tv, listening to music, etc. Some are planning shit like this. 

It's something I was wondering about the other day. What kind of future are we setting ourselves up for based on the impacts of this virus? Between the virus and the continued political divides, I'm very intrigued about how children will come out of this time period. Many are resilient as hell and will be fine, but I feel that in some ways there's a fostering of extremism that could result in some serious ramifications 10 - 15 years from now.

My nephew is 6 years old and harboring some alarming anti-Chinese sentiment.

Its sure is interesting how kids can see through all of our BS and call a spade a spade....I wish I had the ability to look at things w/ a fresh untainted brain.  

I wish you did too.

Spiritual_Chaos

lindamarie73 said:

rgambs said:

tbergs said:

JimmyV said:

nicknyr15 said:

Meltdown99 said:

I hope this was not Covid 19/financial pressure led to this...but that was a thought that can mind.

however, it seemed welled planned.  The shooter had a police uniform and similar police cruiser that the RCMP use.

With everything going on, mental health is definitely something that I’ve been worried about since this started. What a tragedy 

All kinds of people have all kinds of time on their hands right now. Most are reading, watching tv, listening to music, etc. Some are planning shit like this. 

It's something I was wondering about the other day. What kind of future are we setting ourselves up for based on the impacts of this virus? Between the virus and the continued political divides, I'm very intrigued about how children will come out of this time period. Many are resilient as hell and will be fine, but I feel that in some ways there's a fostering of extremism that could result in some serious ramifications 10 - 15 years from now.

My nephew is 6 years old and harboring some alarming anti-Chinese sentiment.

Its sure is interesting how kids can see through all of our BS and call a spade a spade....I wish I had the ability to look at things w/ a fresh untainted brain.  

Speaking of tainted brains and not being able to see through BS and not being able to call a spade a spade





Maybe you should make an effort.

F Me In The Brain

lindamarie73 said:

rgambs said:

tbergs said:

JimmyV said:

nicknyr15 said:

Meltdown99 said:

I hope this was not Covid 19/financial pressure led to this...but that was a thought that can mind.

however, it seemed welled planned.  The shooter had a police uniform and similar police cruiser that the RCMP use.

With everything going on, mental health is definitely something that I’ve been worried about since this started. What a tragedy 

All kinds of people have all kinds of time on their hands right now. Most are reading, watching tv, listening to music, etc. Some are planning shit like this. 

It's something I was wondering about the other day. What kind of future are we setting ourselves up for based on the impacts of this virus? Between the virus and the continued political divides, I'm very intrigued about how children will come out of this time period. Many are resilient as hell and will be fine, but I feel that in some ways there's a fostering of extremism that could result in some serious ramifications 10 - 15 years from now.

My nephew is 6 years old and harboring some alarming anti-Chinese sentiment.

Its sure is interesting how kids can see through all of our BS and call a spade a spade....I wish I had the ability to look at things w/ a fresh untainted brain.  

So do we all

hedonist

Mmmmm. 

I love the smell of bullshit in the morning. 

lindamarie73

benjs said:

lindamarie73 said:

rgambs said:

tbergs said:

JimmyV said:

nicknyr15 said:

Meltdown99 said:

I hope this was not Covid 19/financial pressure led to this...but that was a thought that can mind.

however, it seemed welled planned.  The shooter had a police uniform and similar police cruiser that the RCMP use.

With everything going on, mental health is definitely something that I’ve been worried about since this started. What a tragedy 

All kinds of people have all kinds of time on their hands right now. Most are reading, watching tv, listening to music, etc. Some are planning shit like this. 

It's something I was wondering about the other day. What kind of future are we setting ourselves up for based on the impacts of this virus? Between the virus and the continued political divides, I'm very intrigued about how children will come out of this time period. Many are resilient as hell and will be fine, but I feel that in some ways there's a fostering of extremism that could result in some serious ramifications 10 - 15 years from now.

My nephew is 6 years old and harboring some alarming anti-Chinese sentiment.

Its sure is interesting how kids can see through all of our BS and call a spade a spade....I wish I had the ability to look at things w/ a fresh untainted brain.  

I wish you did too.

Buy a mirror 

Meltdown99

How did this thread go from a mass shooting in Canada to anti-Chinese sentiment>to tainted brain>to someone posting a picture of some unknown people that are not connected to this mass shooting...WTF

dudeman

This place..   . It just isn't surprising any more. 

Meltdown99

Turns out the RCMP shit the bed on that amber alert...

the agency responsible for issuing amber alerts reached out to the RCMP and the RCMP never responded...wtf

who the fuck is running the RCMP should be terminated...

unacceptable and lives were likely lost due to inaction by the RCMP.

rgambs

Meltdown99 said:

How did this thread go from a mass shooting in Canada to anti-Chinese sentiment>to tainted brain>to someone posting a picture of some unknown people that are not connected to this mass shooting...WTF

I apologise for my part in that, I must have thought I was in the Coronavirus thread when I responded to a musing about the post-COVID world.
"Listen Linda" and her Sveedish troll... I can't take responsibility for that foolishness.

Please everyone, back to the tragic topic, with respect.

PJPOWER

Sad for the victims and their families.  When stuff like this has happened in the past, people didn’t have to worry about hugging and grouping together to help each other through the trauma...I hope they can still find comfort or closure somehow.  

Meltdown99

rgambs said:

Meltdown99 said:

How did this thread go from a mass shooting in Canada to anti-Chinese sentiment>to tainted brain>to someone posting a picture of some unknown people that are not connected to this mass shooting...WTF

I apologise for my part in that, I must have thought I was in the Coronavirus thread when I responded to a musing about the post-COVID world.
"Listen Linda" and her Sveedish troll... I can't take responsibility for that foolishness.

Please everyone, back to the tragic topic, with respect.

No apologies needed...

it’s all ggod

Meltdown99

The US Consulate in Nova Scotia did a better of of alerting ex pats that there was an active shooter on the loose.

if the RCMP wasn’t to be considered the Canada’s National Police Force they need to do better, much better.

After this incident I hope the provinces who use the RCMP start thinking about their own provincial forces...Ontario and Quebec have their own police...