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This topic was created in the Miscellaneous forum by HouseCleaning on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 and has 42 replies.

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Two US journalists have been shot dead during a live TV report in the state of Virginia, their employer has confirmed.

WDBJ7 TV reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were killed during an interview in Moneta, Bedford County, the TV station said.

During the live broadcast, shots could be heard, sending the reporter and the woman she was interviewing running.

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Get the story, no matter what the cost.....That's what the journalist world believes.

It's really sad, though, I feel for their families. They were just doing their jobs.

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It's unfortunate, but that's why the government is trying to get more control over people.

They already can see what we say on the internet, phone, and put camaras in everything. And you know what? At this point I'm glad they do.

A few people in my own town I went to school with got arrested for saying crazy stuff about politicians just the other day.

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Breaking update:

Authorities say they are looking for former WDBJ employee Vester L. Flanagan, who is driving a 2009 Grey Mustang, according to the Augusta County, Virginia, sheriff’s department representative. The representative said they are looking for Flanagan in connection with Wednesday’s killing of two WDBJ journalists, but stopped short of calling him a suspect.

Flanagan worked at WDBJ as a reporter about a year using the on-air name Bryce Williams. The former employee said Flanagan was fired from the station, though the reason for the firing was not made public. A law enforcement source briefed on the search said it is believed that Flanagan is still in the Virginia area.

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The man suspected of killing two WDBJ7 employees Wednesday morning killed himself on I-66 in Faquier County, according to state police.

The suspected shooter has been identified as Vester Lee Flanigan, also known as Bryce Williams.

He is a former WDBJ7 employee.

Earlier Wednesday, state police released this picture of the suspected shooter.

Flanigan killed himself near mile marker 17 on I-66 around 11:25 a.m. Wednesday.

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Flanagan, whose TV name is Bryce Williams and was employed by WDBJ7, began tweeting Wednesday at 11:09 a.m. ET about the incident. Flanagan tweeted that Parker made racist comments and that he filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission report. He also tweeted that Ward went to human resources on him "after working with me one time!!!"

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Posted by Finbuff
He apparently did it because he had some complaint against the female reporter over racial statements made by her, and did not feel they were properly addressed by the stations personel department. Racial statements, from his apparently "warped" perspective. Actions on his part got him fired, so he did this.

Probably another product of the rainbow coalition, or other government program, to help unqualified minorites get hired in positions they had no business being hired for. Another example of the heightened racial tensions fomented by the "man of color" commander in chief that said he was going to racially heal the country. They have done the exact opposite. Nice work progressives - way to take control. These people couldn't manage their way out of a proverbial paper bag, let alone administer over affairs of the USA.

he wouldn't have been president if it wasn't for whites voting for him...BOOM

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Posted by Finbuff
Posted by DAMEN VI
Fukk that racist bytch and im glad he sent her to hell

You are a low life scum bag. You're the problem in this country - condemming people without having the facts. Just go back to Africa, I'm sure you'll love it in Tanzania, wearing that loin cloth and chucking spears for dinner. LOL - loser.

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thats quite possibly one of the dumbest racist quotes worthless white trash like yourself can use...

ok, how about this: i'll go back to africa only if whites pay for it & help build the land up for us for free for 400 years...DEAL?

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Posted by Finbuff
Posted by DAMEN VI
Posted by Finbuff
Posted by DAMEN VI
Fukk that racist bytch and im glad he sent her to hell

You are a low life scum bag. You're the problem in this country - condemming people without having the facts. Just go back to Africa, I'm sure you'll love it in Tanzania, wearing that loin cloth and chucking spears for dinner. LOL - loser.

thats quite possibly one of the dumbest racist quotes worthless white trash like yourself can use...

ok, how about this: i'll go back to africa only if whites pay for it & help build the land up for us for free for 400 years...DEAL?

No problem - it was attempted by prev admin but blacks refused. One way ticket to Tanzania you'll be happy with the ancestors. No more feeling inferior or picked on. You wanna come here and say how happy you are she's dead, I give it right back! How does it feel to have your stupidity come right back at you with the equal?

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link please thanks

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Posted by DonJohnson
the slave argument makes no sense. he didn't pick a single day of cotton and none of the white men today owned slaves.

it's actually retarded.

but someone has to be blamed for their failures.

he told me to go back to africa like i wasn't born in america thou..how retarded is that?

thats like me telling you to go back to china even thou you were raised on the mean streets of canada

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Posted by DonJohnson
Posted by DAMEN VI
Posted by DonJohnson
the slave argument makes no sense. he didn't pick a single day of cotton and none of the white men today owned slaves.

it's actually retarded.

but someone has to be blamed for their failures.

he told me to go back to africa like i wasn't born in america thou..how retarded is that?

thats like me telling you to go back to china even thou you were raised on the mean streets of canada

i wouldn't even get offended.

so i can't grasp you giving these words that much power over you to justify murders SMH

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who said it was justified?

it was indeed extreme but hey..people shoot innocent people while they're in church so fuck it..it is what it is.

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Posted by Finbuff
Posted by DAMEN VI
Posted by Finbuff
Posted by DAMEN VI
Posted by Finbuff
Posted by DAMEN VI
Fukk that racist bytch and im glad he sent her to hell

You are a low life scum bag. You're the problem in this country - condemming people without having the facts. Just go back to Africa, I'm sure you'll love it in Tanzania, wearing that loin cloth and chucking spears for dinner. LOL - loser.

thats quite possibly one of the dumbest racist quotes worthless white trash like yourself can use...

ok, how about this: i'll go back to africa only if whites pay for it & help build the land up for us for free for 400 years...DEAL?

No problem - it was attempted by prev admin but blacks refused. One way ticket to Tanzania you'll be happy with the ancestors. No more feeling inferior or picked on. You wanna come here and say how happy you are she's dead, I give it right back! How does it feel to have your stupidity come right back at you with the equal?

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No thanks - do your own research loser boy. Yeah I said BOY. You disgust me

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yea i thought so cac..i bet you weren't nearly as emotional over those black people killed by that whiteboy in church

so like i said, fukk that white bytch and i'm glad she died..my only wish is more blacks folks start murdering racist whites instead of just talking about it

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Posted by DAMEN VI
Posted by Finbuff
Posted by DAMEN VI
Posted by Finbuff
Posted by DAMEN VI
Fukk that racist bytch and im glad he sent her to hell

You are a low life scum bag. You're the problem in this country - condemming people without having the facts. Just go back to Africa, I'm sure you'll love it in Tanzania, wearing that loin cloth and chucking spears for dinner. LOL - loser.

thats quite possibly one of the dumbest racist quotes worthless white trash like yourself can use...

ok, how about this: i'll go back to africa only if whites pay for it & help build the land up for us for free for 400 years...DEAL?

No problem - it was attempted by prev admin but blacks refused. One way ticket to Tanzania you'll be happy with the ancestors. No more feeling inferior or picked on. You wanna come here and say how happy you are she's dead, I give it right back! How does it feel to have your stupidity come right back at you with the equal?

link please thanks

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Look up "Liberia"

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Posted by Finbuff
Posted by DonJohnson
Posted by DAMEN VI
Posted by DonJohnson
the slave argument makes no sense. he didn't pick a single day of cotton and none of the white men today owned slaves.

it's actually retarded.

but someone has to be blamed for their failures.

he told me to go back to africa like i wasn't born in america thou..how retarded is that?

thats like me telling you to go back to china even thou you were raised on the mean streets of canada

i wouldn't even get offended.

so i can't grasp you giving these words that much power over you to justify murders SMH

The difference is the Chinese in North Amercia aren't on the streets killing each other and screaming racism! They are actually highly intelligent and take responsibility for their success. Contrast DI's writing with yours - no comparison.

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lol @ this..

dj is a 30+ year old loser with no kids or wife who spends too much time on the internet talking about womens fashion, facial bone structure, and racial shyt on-line..im glad you look up to'em thou..LMAO

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Posted by Wynter
The interview with Vester Lee's momma should be airing soon.

Can't wait.

Hmm. Doesn't look like there will be one, because she died years ago.

But the former employer gave an interesting interview.

Flanagan, 41, who also used the name Bryce Williams, was employed at WDBJ between 2012 and 2013 as a multimedia journalist, the station’s general manager, Jeff Marks, said on Wednesday.

Speaking Wednesday on air, his former WDBJ colleagues said that Bryce Williams was the name he used on television.

“Vester was an unhappy man. We employed him as a reporter and he had some talent in that respect and some experience,” Marks said. “He quickly gathered a reputation of someone who was difficult to work with. He was sort of looking out to people to say things he could take offense to. Eventually, after many incidents of his anger, we dismissed him. He did not take that well. We had to call police to escort him from the building.”

Marks said he believed that Flanagan fabricated complaints of racial discrimination at the station, saying they could not be corroborated by anyone at WDBJ.

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And when the higher power busts your door in for your guns and to take people who seem antagonistic away to an unknown place from how they act on the internet and in life you will wish you could have seen things from a better perspective. If your even alive long enough to think that.

No time left for stupid people. Time to progress.

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Man, I had a Libra coworker like him. He creeped everyone the fuck out. He finally got fired and then tried to con one of the dumb girls up front to give him the employee phone list so he could sue the company and who knows what else with our phone numbers.

But he was one of those types that used his race as a cover up to get away with shit. Ex: being lazy as fuck, doing things all fucked up on purpose, etc. Trying to get fired on purpose, then pulling out the race card. It was an amazing thing to witness...