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Possible snipers seen at OSU. Administration says they're not snipers but should be treated like they are. (midwest.social)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Update, yes there are snipers:

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This is a US thing

[–] dream_weasel 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which would make it not unusual for US events yes?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

For a protest on a university campus? I mean, the US already has a great history with innocent students being murdered for speaking out, so... Yeah, not unusual for the US.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Europe has snipers at football stadiums too. One of the first, mainstream, acknowledgements of them was when a protestor parachuted onto the field during the Germany-France Euro match in 2020. When people got mad they said it was common practice to have snipers at most events of this size.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, cuz thrice-weekly mass shootings are a US thing. I'm not getting into a chicken-and-egg circkejerk with anyone about which came first, but as long as "we the people" are gonna keep shooting large gatherings of our fellow citizens...especially if we think they disagree with us, then any controversial or highly public event is gonna be crawling with armed police...including snipers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Honestly, I'd have snipers at any large gathering. Mass shootings/stabbings/drivings/bombings have recently taken place in Europe, Russia, and other parts of the world. It's good to have security when there are tens or hundreds of thousands of people gathered in a place (eg, the Olympics, mega concerts, wtc)