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Washington Post journalist is suspended after tweeting a link to a 2016 story about Kobe Bryant's rape case just hours after he died in helicopter crash
The Daily Mail ^ | 27 Jan 20 | By Ariel Zilber

Posted on 01/27/2020 3:15:13 AM PST by SkyPilot

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To: SkyPilot

Not me. I saw a tweet today from Baltimore Sun asking “What did Kobe Bryant mean to you?”

I almost tweeted “ Nothing”

I feel badly for the anonymous others on the helicopter


61 posted on 01/27/2020 4:59:20 AM PST by cyclotic (Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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To: A_perfect_lady; dp0622; 2banana; MeneMeneTekelUpharsin; TheZMan; redshawk; Alberta's Child; ...
"I am surprised by how many Freepers feel that him raping a woman is a minor detail that we should all just let go....."

Yes, I agree.

Some folks simply feel that if he actually had "turned his life around" (stopped wanting to cum in girls' faces, etc.), then some drooling reverence is due him.

Baloney.

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Wish peace to the families of the dead, and may they have better days ahead.

But the media can take the incessant reverence for Kobe Bryant and place it in the toilet where it belongs.

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See post # 44.

As of 2017 Kobe said he'd take a knee with the other morons. Mr Burgess Owens is quite the opposite.

62 posted on 01/27/2020 5:01:19 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: a little elbow grease; A_perfect_lady

Boy you went absurdly over the top in what sounds like envy or jealousy or something. I’m not sure what is really angering you so much.

It’s sad that some of you are going Insane on a thread about a young girl dying.

Your hatred blinds you from sympathy.

It’s an embarrassment to the board.

But there will always be some...


63 posted on 01/27/2020 5:03:53 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: SkyPilot

Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, let him RIP, biggest story in the world as the 500 million dollar man went down in his chopper. How about some thoughts and prayers for the GI’s killed in the middle east since the first of the year?


64 posted on 01/27/2020 5:05:14 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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To: redshawk

Info on the other folks, including the baseball coach and his family that died.

https://heavy.com/sports/2020/01/john-altobelli


65 posted on 01/27/2020 5:05:55 AM PST by Atlantan
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To: Vermont Lt; SkyPilot; All

“The “rape” story was a stick up. No “rape” happened.”

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Mularkey, baloney, bull!

Read the police report ... his character THEN is on blazing display!

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kobe-bryants-disturbing-rape-case-the-dna-evidence-the-accusers-story-and-the-half-confession


66 posted on 01/27/2020 5:07:35 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: SkyPilot
It is a very sad story all around.

But, it is a Freeper tradition that Freepers hate scumbags except when they are on their sports team.

Then they will defend them through thick and thin.

I have read Freepers defend Ped State during the Sandusky scandal and Aaron Hernandez during his murder trail.

It doesn't matter what happened in Colorado, what is true and what is not, Kobe will be defended here because he was a great basketball player on their favorite team.

67 posted on 01/27/2020 5:11:01 AM PST by deadrock
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To: dp0622
You’re allowed to disagree.That’s why we live in America :)

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You’re allowed to disagree ...... in America >>>>> ....... so far.

;-)

68 posted on 01/27/2020 5:11:25 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: SkyPilot

It wasn’t just this one alleged false imprisonment and rape of a 19-year old young woman with mental health problems (she had twice attempted suicide and had been hospitalized only a few months earlier). Bryant also admitted to a long term adulterous affair with a woman he identified as “Michelle.” I’ll make the leap that Bryant had sexual encounters in many of the cities in which he played or partied.
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This is what I remember about Bryant, not his basketball achievements.


69 posted on 01/27/2020 5:12:24 AM PST by twister881 (Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself)
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To: deadrock

+. Sad isn’t it.


70 posted on 01/27/2020 5:12:35 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: bramps
Reading many posts here, I have an idea where many here stand.

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Excellent. Reading comprehension comes in handy in life.

71 posted on 01/27/2020 5:15:20 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Are you implying Kobe was the pilot? I don’t think that is right.


72 posted on 01/27/2020 5:17:08 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: 9YearLurker
Because someone in a family forgives a rapist isn’t all it takes. Do you forgive John McCain for his repeated treason because his wife and daughter forgive/deny it?

We have no odea if he was guilty of it or not and his fame and fortune could well have contributed with his getting away with it. But we don’t label the supposedly guilty as guilty in this country unless we have substantive proof and/or such a verdict in a court of law. And yes, of course, we are all mixed, fallen souls and any level of criminal can ultimately be forgiven in Christ.

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...... well said.

73 posted on 01/27/2020 5:17:23 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: a little elbow grease

If I remember correctly the rape test for this woman came back with 3 different DNA in her underwear.

The case was quickly settled after that.


74 posted on 01/27/2020 5:17:41 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: SkyPilot

Horrible tradegy. So was a helicopter crash years back, when I was in the service of our great nation. Marine copter went in ,purposely avoiding populated area. All crewmen were Killed. Those are my heroes. My father and Grandfather are my heros. We have lost our way.


75 posted on 01/27/2020 5:19:03 AM PST by MGunny (l)
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To: Vaquero; SkyPilot
Someone in a different thread said that Bryant said he would have taken a knee if he was playing and the national anthem or God bless America was performed. I don’t know the veracity of this, but if true... screw him.

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It's true.

The article referencing it is up thread if you care to read it.

76 posted on 01/27/2020 5:19:09 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: ronniesgal

The rape allegation was the first thing I thought of too. But Kobe has become a saint now that he has transcended this life.


77 posted on 01/27/2020 5:19:48 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: a little elbow grease

And now he Is dead. That should satisfy your outrage.


78 posted on 01/27/2020 5:20:25 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: silverleaf

“salacious” -— a rather inappropriate adjective


79 posted on 01/27/2020 5:21:53 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: 9YearLurker

Clearly, the “victim” was satisfied with the end.

His wife obviously forgave him.

He is dead. And you guys just want to rant. Give up the hate.


80 posted on 01/27/2020 5:22:01 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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