skinsmarydu Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Trying to elude police IN DC, especially after 9/11...not gonna end well. From what I can see, police held their fire originally because they saw the child maybe??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Have they said how old the kid was? I hope the kid isn't old enough to remember this. Poor kid must have been absolutely terrified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconBlue Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Yeah this is looking more and more like a case of fatal stupidity. skinsfan 1215's theory is more or less whats gone through my mind on this. Talk about the ultimate bad day...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 ABC is reporting that she was a 34 year old from Stanford Connecticut with a history of mental illness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetoaster Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Have they said how old the kid was? I hope the kid isn't old enough to remember this. Poor kid must have been absolutely terrified. I think they accidently showed the child on CNN earlier before they realized what the footage was. I would guess the kid was 2ish. They did not show it again once they realized that was the child in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 https://twitter.com/dougmillsnyt The US Capitol Police car that was part of the police chase and shooing is seen on Constitution Ave pic.twitter.com/982TAF3F7c 4:04 PM A Hill Staffer checks his phone as Capitol Hill police take aim on the grounds of the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/Mmm0YSJy12 4:29 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Glad to see that we don't seem to be getting the usual media race to be the first on the air with every unsupported rumor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I think they accidently showed the child on CNN earlier before they realized what the footage was. I would guess the kid was 2ish. They did not show it again once they realized that was the child in the car. That kid will grow up and be able to look up videos of what happened to mommy. Can you imagine how weird that would be? I hope he/she winds up in a better situation than the one that ended today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 They are saying there is another woman hospitalized connected to this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Channel 9 just played a video of an officer carrying a child away and she looks older than 2 to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Per MSNBC, Capitol police to give statement any minute now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 The guy speaking isn't saying anything that we didn't already know. Everything is "under investigation". The Secret Service chief dude said the girl is 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 An eyewitness account of events... http://voiceofrussia.com/us/2013_10_03/Eyewitness-jumps-in-bushes-after-Capitol-Hill-shooting-2791/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonArtest15 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Something needs to be done about mental health treatment. This is an underlying issue with a lot of these incidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 They tried to do something about it in the ACA, but Repubs blocked it. They tried to do something with gun laws but Repubs blocked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 They tried to do something about it in the ACA, but Repubs blocked it. They tried to do something with gun laws but Repubs blocked it. what do gun laws have to do with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Something needs to be done about mental health treatment. This is an underlying issue with a lot of these incidents. our treatments themselves might be partly to blame in a lot of instances, but I'll leave that to the experts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetoaster Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 They tried to do something about it in the ACA, but Repubs blocked it. They tried to do something with gun laws but Repubs blocked it. I am far from a gun-toting Republican, but that is oversimplifying things just a bit. You can put a lot of things into a bill that is probably not going to pass and then point fingers at the other party when it doesn't. How about we just have a bill concentrating on mental health and not try to just slip it into something else and then point fingers when it does not pass for an unrelated reason. I am pretty fed up with congress right now because all anyone wants to do on both sides of the aisle is point fingers. But alas, this is not a political thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/miriam-carey-dental-hygienist-at-the-center-of-car-chase-and-shooting-near-the-capitol/2013/10/03/ad805fec-2c83-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html Police suspect dental hygienist Miriam Carey was behind the wheel of Capitol chase She had a toddler with her, confounding everyone who watched the car crash through barriers and lead police through the heart of high-security Washington. Law enforcement officials said the black Infiniti was registered to a 34-year-old mother named Miriam Carey, a dental hygienist from Stamford, Conn. They think it was Carey, with her 1-year-old daughter sitting behind her, who flattened barricades outside the White House, struck officers and then set off at high speed down Pennsylvania Avenue. The initial portrait of Carey that emerged suggested a person unlikely to be found in the center of such violence. Carey, according to public documents, friends and family members, had finished college and established a work history as a dental hygienist. Her sister, Amy Carey, a Brooklyn nurse, was incredulous when she was reached Thursday afternoon and told what had happened. “That’s impossible. She works, she holds a job,” said Amy Carey, who confirmed that her Stamford-based sister drove a black car. “She wouldn’t be in D.C. She was just in Connecticut two days ago, I spoke to her. . . . I don’t know what’s happening. I can’t answer any more.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Not really the picture I had in my head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Anyone who has gotten to know me on here over the years, gotten to know my story/background, knows that I'm the very last person to carry water for the police. Ever. But with that said, after seeing the video, her damn near driving over multiple officers, of the damaged police vehicles that she hit, etc, I have no problem with them shooting her. That said, it's still a really sad situation. Especially with a toddler in the car. Thank God he/she wasn't struck. From what I can see, police held their fire originally because they saw the child maybe??? That's what it seemed like to me I am far from a gun-toting Republican, but that is oversimplifying things just a bit. You can put a lot of things into a bill that is probably not going to pass and then point fingers at the other party when it doesn't. How about we just have a bill concentrating on mental health and not try to just slip it into something else and then point fingers when it does not pass for an unrelated reason. I am pretty fed up with congress right now because all anyone wants to do on both sides of the aisle is point fingers. But alas, this is not a political thread. How is adding mental health help to a healthcare law, slipping something in? And I actually think we need to be pointing more fingers. Acting like everyone is to blame, all sides are equal, is part of the problem. Nobody gets held responsible then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrabR Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 My wife has a friend ans she was down here and texted her what was happening in real time yesterday. My wife told me the suspect was a woman and dead way before tv did. She works part time as security for my wifes place of employment and was texting her about the schedule yesterday when it all started. . Let me clarify also she texted her when it started and after it was over not during as she was busy in pursuit I dont think this woman would have been shot if this was pre 911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 OK, so off out of left field.. we've seen dramas and read novels about bad guys who force people to do things through various threats.. We've seen people rob banks with bombs strapped to them. I wonder how far out of the realm of possibility that might be? ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGoonie55 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Sad, really. Good to see the officers utilize proper escalation of force, instead of being trigger happy. You know they have been briefed about crazies and political nut jobs possibly targeting the government buildings considering the ineptness going on in the capitol. Hopefully the child has a good life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 man... those infinitis must be really really well made cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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