Posted on 12/19/2015 8:30:38 PM PST by BBell
A 15-year-old high school football player was hailed a hero after he was fatally shot as he covered three girls when a man ârandomlyâ opened fire on a crowd in Tennessee, police said Friday.
âZaevion Dobson, a 15-year-old Fulton High School student and football player, was struck and killed after he had jumped on top of three girls to shield them from the shooters,â Knoxville police Chief David Rausch said, appearing emotional as he held back tears during a news conference.
None of the three girls were injured, according to a GoFundMe page for Dobson, that said he was âour hero.â
Thursdayâs deadly incident began when Brandon Perry, 23, shot his mother, Lisa, in the back several times, police said.
She suffered non-life threatening injuries, and a 10-year-old who was also inside the residence was not injured, according to the Knoxville Police Department.
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I’m shaking in my boots, Laz.
if this kid had survived being shot he is the type you invite to the white house not some twerp that put an alarm clock into a suit case and fooled a principal into thinking he made a bomb...
There is a time and a place.
In this instance, you chose poorly no matter your intention.
The more you defend it, the more it appears that you have no respect for the Young Man’s Life being robbed from him.
The ‘Amish” comment is used to show irony. Would you have used it if the Young Man Murdered defending others was White instead of Black?
Just my $.02, your Mileage may vary.
Carry on.
Well, for starters, you can flood any FR thread involving a black shooting with "Amish" comments.
Except this one, of course. You're not sophisticated enough, maybe.
Heck of a brave kid. Prayers for him and his family.
If not here, where? If not now, when?
I've seen countless threads here on FR polluted with "Amish" comments. Some, even, that did not involve the "Amish" when the truth was known. And you are complaining that I "polluted" one thread? By pointing the pollution out?
I know the area from the late 70’s.
Knox Fulton was OK. I cannot speak for 2015.
I am far removed. I am thankful this young man showed courage beyond his years.
You stated it well.
But, you see, 1rudeboy has gone full troll. That's why he doesn't give a FFFF about time and place.
He's the guy who farts at the wedding party and is glad he stunk.
You should.
One thing I never imagined after I made my initial comment(s) on this thread is that you would arrive to defend the propriety of FR etiquette. I’ll be laughing about this for some time.
Let it go.
LOL
It’s amazing. I got what he was doing immediately.
I’m sure you think I care about your opinion. I’m SURE of it.
Like I said, a time and a lace.
I can’t explain it further. If you don’t get it, you don’t get it. You’re now the Belle of the Ball, congrats.
It is just my opinion, take it or leave it.
Can’t and won’t.
Wrong. Again. You are meaningless to me, Laz.
You asked a question. Is that correct?
You posted a picture.
Explain.
You define the word meaningless, punk.
Well, in a way one could argue that I’ve given this story more exposure on FR than it would’ve gotten otherwise, but that wasn’t my intention. My intention was to make fun of the over-use of the “Amish” meme. I think I did ok, there . . . but did anything change? Not likely. Don’t care much about that, either.
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