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16 Dec 2012, 6:15 pm

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As a tow truck driver lay pinned between a car and a metal wire, it was a passerby's quick thinking that saved his life.

Jamaryon Middlebrooks was driving along North Emerson on a Sunday night when a frantic person waved him off the side of the road. Middlebrooks found a chaotic scene, as the tow truck driver went unconscious and witnesses described him turning blue.

"He wasn't breathing. ... They felt a pulse but that was about it," Middlebrooks said.

Middlebrooks made a split-second decision, grabbing his handgun out of his truck and firing nine shots at the chain, eventually dislodging it. Bystanders rushed to help the driver.

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"(A woman) opened his shirt and pushed on his chest, and he just took a deep breath and started breathing," Middlebrooks said.

That driver survived and is now in the process of a long recovery. Paramedics at the scene called Middlebrooks a hero for his actions and quick thinking.

"I don't see myself as a hero. I just figured hopefully someone would do that for me if I was in that situation," Middlebrooks said.


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16 Dec 2012, 6:29 pm

MakaylaTheAspie wrote:
CyborgUprising wrote:
I had a glance of the perpetrator when checking my email. I wonder how long it will take for the Newsbots to conclude that he was part of the "goth culture"/some BS satanic cult by virtue of his stretched earlobes and his dark clothing. The real problem lies in several areas, most notably the individual's personal issues and the parents' inability to spot the warning signs or their selective ignorance in regards to them, the ease of which said individual can acquire (legally or illegally) weapons without anyone noticing anything "off" about the person and how various attempts at intervening have failed (if any attempts were made).


The newscast a couple of days ago interviewed people he knew, and they all said that he was a pretty nice guy who didn't seem capable of something like that. My mom had a co-worker that actually went to school with him, and she said that he was a good kid.

It must have been an inner turmoil thing, or something related. I have no clue how it could have ended up like that. The investigators don't have a clue, either. :shrug:


Guess what I just saw when prowling the Internet: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/1 ... 06736.html Now they're saying he was a "loner, nerd and goth." http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2012/12 ... s-student/
also declaring his allegiance with the wardrobe-challenged.
and this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... aster.html
claims of his mother being a "prepper."
Other articles describe the perpetrator as being "troubled" and a "ticking time-bomb" whose mother knew but "gave him shooting lessons anyways."

Oh sweet mechanoid Jesus on a gluten-free pretzel with pepperjack cheese...
I'm beginning to think school uniforms are a good idea.



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17 Dec 2012, 1:43 pm

CyborgUprising wrote:
MakaylaTheAspie wrote:
CyborgUprising wrote:
I had a glance of the perpetrator when checking my email. I wonder how long it will take for the Newsbots to conclude that he was part of the "goth culture"/some BS satanic cult by virtue of his stretched earlobes and his dark clothing. The real problem lies in several areas, most notably the individual's personal issues and the parents' inability to spot the warning signs or their selective ignorance in regards to them, the ease of which said individual can acquire (legally or illegally) weapons without anyone noticing anything "off" about the person and how various attempts at intervening have failed (if any attempts were made).


The newscast a couple of days ago interviewed people he knew, and they all said that he was a pretty nice guy who didn't seem capable of something like that. My mom had a co-worker that actually went to school with him, and she said that he was a good kid.

It must have been an inner turmoil thing, or something related. I have no clue how it could have ended up like that. The investigators don't have a clue, either. :shrug:


Guess what I just saw when prowling the Internet: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/1 ... 06736.html Now they're saying he was a "loner, nerd and goth." http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2012/12 ... s-student/
also declaring his allegiance with the wardrobe-challenged.
and this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... aster.html
claims of his mother being a "prepper."
Other articles describe the perpetrator as being "troubled" and a "ticking time-bomb" whose mother knew but "gave him shooting lessons anyways."

Oh sweet mechanoid Jesus on a gluten-free pretzel with pepperjack cheese...
I'm beginning to think school uniforms are a good idea.


Loner, Nerd, and Goth have nothing to do with one's temperament. All three are also labels.

I have no idea how to respond to the prepper statements, actually. :scratch:


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20 Dec 2012, 3:25 pm

MakaylaTheAspie wrote:
CyborgUprising wrote:
MakaylaTheAspie wrote:
CyborgUprising wrote:
I had a glance of the perpetrator when checking my email. I wonder how long it will take for the Newsbots to conclude that he was part of the "goth culture"/some BS satanic cult by virtue of his stretched earlobes and his dark clothing. The real problem lies in several areas, most notably the individual's personal issues and the parents' inability to spot the warning signs or their selective ignorance in regards to them, the ease of which said individual can acquire (legally or illegally) weapons without anyone noticing anything "off" about the person and how various attempts at intervening have failed (if any attempts were made).


The newscast a couple of days ago interviewed people he knew, and they all said that he was a pretty nice guy who didn't seem capable of something like that. My mom had a co-worker that actually went to school with him, and she said that he was a good kid.

It must have been an inner turmoil thing, or something related. I have no clue how it could have ended up like that. The investigators don't have a clue, either. :shrug:


Guess what I just saw when prowling the Internet: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/1 ... 06736.html Now they're saying he was a "loner, nerd and goth." http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2012/12 ... s-student/
also declaring his allegiance with the wardrobe-challenged.
and this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... aster.html
claims of his mother being a "prepper."
Other articles describe the perpetrator as being "troubled" and a "ticking time-bomb" whose mother knew but "gave him shooting lessons anyways."

Oh sweet mechanoid Jesus on a gluten-free pretzel with pepperjack cheese...
I'm beginning to think school uniforms are a good idea.


Loner, Nerd, and Goth have nothing to do with one's temperament. All three are also labels.

I have no idea how to respond to the prepper statements, actually. :scratch:

I did not imply they did. The comment was intended to show how the Newsbots always fall back on their preconstructed formula for what a spree killer is. Ever since Columbine, this stereotype has been what they broadcast to the public, so it comes as an expectation that whenever something of this nature happens, this profile will be brought up, whether accurate or not.