OT Multiple casualties in downtown Portland incident

[tlongII]

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/05/multiple_casualties_in_downtow.html

Not sure what this is about, but thought I should post it here.

 

[tlongII]

A car crash maybe?

 

[tlongII]

Dang. Pretty close to the Cheerful Tortoise. I used to hang out there all the time when I was in grad school.

 

[tlongII]

Sounds like somebody purposely drove a vehicle into a group of people. Sick.

 

[Chris Craig]

Sounds like a mentally ill person drove onto a sidewalk and ran over 3 to 4 women on 6th ave by PSU. Glad its not some terrorist group, but this is still terribly fucked up. My thoughts are with the victims. I was wondering when this type of thing would come here. Ever since the FBI did that sting awhile back with the guy trying to buy the explosives for his van...(he bought fake explosives from undercover FBI and parked the van at Pioneer Square and attempted to set it off during new years eve I think, or the Christmas tree lighting) I wondered about when terrorists would strike here in Portland. A scary thought.

 

[Natebishop3]

As someone who went to PSU, my first thought was that it was a few people who crossed without looking. The number of people who just walk across the street while staring at their phones is insanely high. It's a miracle that more people don't get hit around there.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

As someone who went to PSU, my first thought was that it was a few people who crossed without looking. The number of people who just walk across the street while staring at their phones is insanely high. It's a miracle that more people don't get hit around there.

The problem with this is the driver drove away.

That's why it's called a hit and run.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Sounds like a mentally ill person drove onto a sidewalk and ran over 3 to 4 women on 6th ave by PSU. Glad its not some terrorist group, but this is still terribly fucked up. My thoughts are with the victims. I was wondering when this type of thing would come here. Ever since the FBI did that sting awhile back with the guy trying to buy the explosives for his van...(he bought fake explosives from undercover FBI and parked the van at Pioneer Square and attempted to set it off during new years eve I think, or the Christmas tree lighting) I wondered about when terrorists would strike here in Portland. A scary thought.

I was staying a block from there that night at the Paramount!

 

[BonesJones]

Why the hell would you put casualties in the title when no one died...?

 

[Natebishop3]

The problem with this is the driver drove away.

That's why it's called a hit and run.

That literally has nothing to do with what I'm saying. If you walk out into the street without looking, you're putting your life in the hands of a lot of very stupid people. So many people around that campus just walk out into the street while staring at their phones. A lot of them jaywalk. It's not smart at all.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

That literally has nothing to do with what I'm saying. If you walk out into the street without looking, you're putting your life in the hands of a lot of very stupid people. So many people around that campus just walk out into the street while staring at their phones. A lot of them jaywalk. It's not smart at all.

Again, your rant about people and their phones has nothing to do with this. The old man went up on the sidewalk and drove down it while striking people with his car. These were not people not paying attention while crossing the street.

Bond, 48, said he was sitting outside of the Starbucks at Southwest Sixth and Mill drinking a coffee when he heard a scream. He looked up the street and saw the SUV coming towards him. He jumped up and stood against the brick wall next to the tables as the driver made for him.

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Patrol Sgt. Pat Kelly said the driver plowed onto the sidewalk and “really banged up a lot of people.’’​

 

[SlyPokerDog]

A Portland police source said the registered owner of the SUV is flagged in the bureau's database as suicidal with mental health issues. Police also believe the crash was intentional based on witness statements.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...e_casualties_in_downtow.html#incart_big-photo

 

[Natebishop3]

Again, your rant about people and their phones has nothing to do with this. The old man went up on the sidewalk and drove down it while striking people with his car. These were not people not paying attention while crossing the street.

Bond, 48, said he was sitting outside of the Starbucks at Southwest Sixth and Mill drinking a coffee when he heard a scream. He looked up the street and saw the SUV coming towards him. He jumped up and stood against the brick wall next to the tables as the driver made for him.

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Patrol Sgt. Pat Kelly said the driver plowed onto the sidewalk and “really banged up a lot of people.’’​

I didn't say they did. I'm not ranting.

I said my first thought.

Get the fuck over yourself Sly.

 

[Chris Craig]

I was staying a block from there that night at the Paramount!

Wow! Yeah, its scary to know the guy was so close to doing that. What is stopping someone else from trying

 

[CupWizier]

I didn't say they did. I'm not ranting.

I said my first thought.

Get the fuck over yourself Sly.

That was a very inappropriate response as Sly was clearly trying to explain to you the situation of which you would have known if you read the articles. Coming up with some theory without knowing the facts is called "jumping to a conclusion" and that's how false stories start to get spread and then you compound it by attacking sly.

 

[Natebishop3]

That was a very inappropriate response as Sly was clearly trying to explain to you the situation of which you would have known if you read the articles. Coming up with some theory without knowing the facts is called "jumping to a conclusion" and that's how false stories start to get spread and then you compound it by attacking sly.

Again.....

I'm not talking about THIS situation. I was saying it's a miracle more of these kinds of things don't happen because of how completely unaware most of the students are of their surroundings. It was a musing. A thought. I didn't come up with a theory. I said my first thought when I heard about it.

Accusing me of ranting is also out of line.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Accusing me of ranting is also out of line.

How is accusing you of ranting out of line?

It's not an insult.

 

[barfo]

How is accusing you of ranting out of line?

It's not an insult.

Damn, now we gotta wait in line to rant? How long is this line?

barfo

 

[Hobbesarable]

Again.....

I'm not talking about THIS situation. I was saying it's a miracle more of these kinds of things don't happen because of how completely unaware most of the students are of their surroundings. It was a musing. A thought. I didn't come up with a theory. I said my first thought when I heard about it.

Accusing me of ranting is also out of line.

So, we just need to say you are "ranting" and that will be the easy way to yank your chain.

 

[THE HCP]

Walk thru Manhattan at ANY time on ANY day.....now THAT is craziness. Downtown Portland is like walking thru Forest Park compared to that.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Walk thru Manhattan at ANY time on ANY day.....now THAT is craziness. Downtown Portland is like walking thru Forest Park compared to that.

You just think walking is crazy.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Why the hell would you put casualties in the title when no one died...?

Because casualty is not the same thing as fatality.

Casualty: a person killed or injured in a war or accident

BNM

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Because casualty is not the same thing as fatality.

Casualty: a person killed or injured in a war or accident

BNM

Technically but I can't remember the last time someone used that word when nobody died.

 

[Strenuus]

Walk thru Manhattan at ANY time on ANY day.....now THAT is craziness. Downtown Portland is like walking thru Forest Park compared to that.

I did this wednesday night... And yes, it was freaking crazy.

 

[barfo]

Technically but I can't remember the last time someone used that word when nobody died.

I did this wednesday night... And yes, it was freaking crazy.

barfo

 

[BrianFromWA]

Damn, now we gotta wait in line to rant? How long is this line?

barfo

Elder statesmen like you and Marazul get to the front of the line.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Technically but I can't remember the last time someone used that word when nobody died.

happens a lot in military after-actions...

"Bomb went off with 11 casualties." Sometimes "Bomb went off with 11 casualties, 2 pronounced dead at hospital" or something.

 

[barfo]

Elder statesmen like you and Marazul get to the front of the line.

Bless you, sir. At my age I need to get my rant in quick before the next trip to the restroom. It's goddamn annoying, I tell you, why do they put the urinals behind walls where you can't find them, anyway? I gotta pee but first they want me to run a maze like I was a damn rat in a lab! Why, when I was a boy we'd just unzip and pee wherever we were, we didn't have any fancy 'restrooms'. And everybody liked it. Why change something that worked for thousands of years? It's the gummint, I tell you! Ever since the war they've been at this... now what was I saying? Oh, right, these damn dandelions, it's those people down the street that breed them. You know the ones.

barfo