[Bones McCoy]

Former Pakistan premier and cricket captain Imran Khan has been shot in the leg in an assassination attampt.
He is reported as "out of danger" in hospital.


As an off-colour aside: Two local umpires denied that he was hit in the leg, and awarded runs for byes.

[Oboogie]

"A gunman has opened fire in central Paris, killing three people and wounding three others.

The attacker targeted a Kurdish cultural centre and shot members of the local community. A possible racist motive is being investigated.

A suspect, aged 69, was quickly arrested and it soon emerged he had been freed from prison recently.

Clashes later broke out between police and a group who had gathered at the scene in the aftermath of the attack.

Footage showed people starting fires in the middle of the street and smashing car windows, with officers clad in riot gear responding by throwing tear gas.

The unrest came after a man, described by witnesses as tall, white and elderly, shot dead two men and a woman on Rue d'Enghien in the 10th district of Paris.

Of the three people injured, one was said to be in a critical condition and the others were receiving treatment for serious injuries.

There is no confirmed motive for the shooting, but Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the suspect had previously been charged with racist violence."


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64077668

[kreuzberger]

For fuck's sake.

Old, white men like us are an absolute menace. In fleeting moments, I wonder whether we need guns too.

(Spoiler: we don't)

[Watchman]

Would we be the “good guys with guns”?

[Oboogie]

We'd be the chalk outlines on the pavement, surrounded by "Police incident scene. Keep out" tape.

[Tubby Isaacs]

There is no confirmed motive for the shooting, but Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the suspect had previously been charged with racist violence."

I'm sure the Chief Prosecutor of Paris knows the law in France (I don't even know the law here) but isn't it a bit, well, prejudicial, to say "we got the racist attack guy, and he's been charged with racist violence before"? Does the judge tell the jury "You need to put of your head anything that's been put in the public domain by sensationalist newspapers and, er, the prosecutor's office".