OT: So were the US swimmers robbed or not?
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Anyone that works in a firm that has South American offices knows how dangerous it is down there. My last firm had specific protocols for traveling there that included security as well as procedures for hostage negotiation. Also, it's well known that the "authorities" are corrupt and it's best to avoid them when possible.
Yea, I heard Lochte say that. Maybe he was lying. Who knows.
One thing we all know. You are a huge douche. Like DT.
First round pick and a member of a WS champion team. I'd hardly call your career a wash, tbf.
Just another thing to add to the 'ol bucket list.
I scratched that one off in 2004, LOL
Arturo Gatti's family is wishing the Brazilian police showed this much interest in his murder.
@sethmeyers: Starting to think @SethMacFarlane played Lochte too smart in 2012
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/weekend-update-ryan-lochte/n27676
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/weekend-update-ryan-lochte/n27676
What a stupid jerk Lochte is. So they broke a bathroom door at a gas station, security confronted them and they gave their money to the gas station attendant for the damages. No gun was ever drawn. Edit- those security officers did draw their guns. I suppose he was so wasted that he may really have had a false memory of an armed robbery in his brain.
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A gun was drawn by security because the swimmers initially didn't want to pay for the damages. Good luck on those endorsement deals.
Trump said he saw the whole thing go down on TV and he supports Lochte's version. He said the so called security guards looked just like the Islamic fundamentalists he saw jumping for joy on 9/11 in Jersey City- also seen on his TV.
A few things are clear. Lochte likely embellished the story. However, there was a gun drawn, so this isn't entirely made up.
Per their police chief, when two parties settle a case, which is what happened here with Lochte giving the gas station manager the money he requested, the government doesn't get involved.
The "damage" in question was the equivalent of $30.00 U.S.
It's apparent this is being used as some sort of marketing ploy by the Brazil police.
What crimes are they being charged with? No one made a claims to the police.
Per their police chief, when two parties settle a case, which is what happened here with Lochte giving the gas station manager the money he requested, the government doesn't get involved.
The "damage" in question was the equivalent of $30.00 U.S.
It's apparent this is being used as some sort of marketing ploy by the Brazil police.
What crimes are they being charged with? No one made a claims to the police.
That Brazil isn't as horrible as advertised because one person has murky details about being held up.
Why else would you make an international incident over a smashed mirror that cost $30?
Why else would you make an international incident over a smashed mirror that cost $30?
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Some might be but rio is still a decomposing, downward-spiraling shithole! That will only get worse after these awful games are over!
Maybe. But Rio is every bit the pit it is advertised to be, and a broken mirror by 1 drunk ain't changing that.
Getting a piece pulled on you by a security guard in a gas station is an especially great advertisement.
LOL there are American cities less safe than Rio.
This thread has everything- usual suspects resistant to facts, called for their hypocrisy, doubling down with no evidence lol
Sad!
This thread has everything- usual suspects resistant to facts, called for their hypocrisy, doubling down with no evidence lol
Sad!
Whatever.
I'm more interested in the ideal punishment for Ryan Lochte.
Which would be, I feel, to walk up to him on the street and stick an actual gun in his face, while somebody videotapes him pissing himself, to be posted on every social media web site.
I'm more interested in the ideal punishment for Ryan Lochte.
Which would be, I feel, to walk up to him on the street and stick an actual gun in his face, while somebody videotapes him pissing himself, to be posted on every social media web site.
Zaapaa I bELieve one of Craig Biggo's ex Seton Hall teammates told me Biggio destroyed a toilet with a bat.
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Yeah but with you it was a "Fat Darryl" sandwich-the swimmers apparently a bat...
Yeah but with you it was a "Fat Darryl" sandwich-the swimmers apparently a bat...
Good call, I forgot about the dugout sinks, toilets and water coolers getting abused.
Don Baylor would destroy them all.
NYTimes story linked above said:
What if this were a shakedown the entire way? A service station restroom that has broken shit in it accompanied by the smell of urine?
The video shows service station staff right there as the swimmers left the restrooms. Either that was because they were loud and wreaking havoc and attracted attention, or maybe they saw the rich Americans leaving the cab for the restroom and decided to get a payday.
That's the story they should have gone with... if it were true. But what if there were a language barrier where the service station people shaking them down did not make it clear they were saying they damaged the restrooms? It would look like a hold-up by a "security guard".
If Lochte was behind all this as "the ringleader", I blame NBC's Today Show cast... in particular Al Roker. They had Ryan Lochte on the side of the set hanging out after an interview.. then Roker gets up to do his weather thing and asks Lochte if he has seen the Candaian Broadcaster's mistaking he and Phelps in the race the night before. Then Roker and crew played it for him... complete with lines like "FINALLY Lochte is going to beat Michael Phelps!". One of the biggest failures of Lochte's life, played out and laughed at by the Today Show crew.. all of them.. he handled it well.. at that time. Maybe he needed to let off that steam later and did it poorly. No excuse for a 30+ year old... if he was guilty.
