OT: Oscar Pistorius allegedly shoots girlfriend
Very sad news from South Africa this morning. Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee olimpic runner, has been arrested over the shooting death of his girlfriend (who he may have mistaken for an intruder).
RIP to the young woman.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics---blade-runner--oscar-pistorius-a…
February 14th, 2013 at 6:54 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 6:59 AM ^
I didn't see an update to the Yahoo! story, but USA Today states that the police in fact plan to charge him with murder and plan to also oppose bail for Pistorius.
The story mentions that there has been some speculation that Reeva Steenkamp might have been planning a Valentine's Day surprise for Pistorius, as she tweeted hours before (according to the story in the Guardian) that she was excited about Valentine's Day.
Very tragic, and thoughts and condolences to the victim and her family.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:57 AM ^
CNN is reporting that there had been previous domestic dispute incidents between Oscar and his girlfriend. This might not be the "he shot her because he thought she was an intruder" thing but instead "he shot her because they had a fight." Either way this is sad and my thoughts and prayers go out to her family.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/14/world/africa/south-africa-blade-runner-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
February 14th, 2013 at 7:58 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 10:09 AM ^
You don't fire 4 shots at an intruder...you fire 4 shots when you want to kill someone.
February 14th, 2013 at 10:40 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 7:59 AM ^
So many jokes...
February 14th, 2013 at 11:50 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 8:02 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 8:08 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 9:13 AM ^
Not unless they can prove that she really pist him off.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:48 AM ^
I am very thankful that I didn't have coffee in my mouth when I read that post. I'm sure my laptop is very thankful too. DOOD...
February 14th, 2013 at 8:25 AM ^
I hope lightning doesn't strike the board for that comment!
February 14th, 2013 at 8:30 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 8:32 AM ^
Roses are red,
Violets are glorious,
Dont ever sneak up on,
Oscar Pistorious.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:52 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 9:51 AM ^
Hey, I read Reddit too.
February 14th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^
Meh, a coworker told me it this morning.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:39 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 8:45 AM ^
If that's not an appropriate use of the word "allegedly", could someone please provide a better example?
February 14th, 2013 at 8:50 AM ^
It's not allegedly to NJIH because he was there when it happened, so he knows.
Or maybe he's just wrong on this one, allegedly.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:55 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 9:03 AM ^
Please forgive my poor wording. I agree that this is an inappropriate use of "allegedly". In order to educate this sports journalist and others who may use the word in the wrong context, I was hoping the brain trust of the board could provide better examples of where you might use "allegedly".
Anyone?
February 14th, 2013 at 9:06 AM ^
when something hasnt been proven.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:19 AM ^
CJK5H, allegedly. That's how we keep the lawyers from feasting on us.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:54 AM ^
Allegedly murdered her. definitely killed her.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:11 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 9:01 AM ^
I dont get it. Why do people in arguements, no matter what they're over, decide the other person deserves the death penalty because of it? I guarentee you (and no I wasnt there - just NJIH) whatever it was over wasnt close to throwing away two lifes over it - hers and his.
So sad. So senseless.
February 14th, 2013 at 10:59 AM ^
That's the thing - they don't make a concious decision. It's impulsive behavior. If they have a gun they shoot - if not they hit. Unfortunately in this case he had a gun.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:09 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 11:06 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 12:30 PM ^
what I believe mGrowOld meant (and he can correct me if I'm wrong) was that if indeed this was some sort of domestic dispute/argument that escalated, it is a shame that Pistorius felt that whatever his girlfriend had done was worthy of killing her over, i.e. giving her the death penalty. her life is now over, and his life is now ruined as well as he'll likely spend the rest of it behind bars, hence two lives ruined.
February 14th, 2013 at 2:11 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^
I thought he was replying to MGrowOld since I couldn't see the post on the App. mods must've deleted it - i've noticed stuff they kill from the website tends to remain in the app version.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:24 AM ^
At least he did'nt use a blade.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:25 AM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 9:41 AM ^
South Africa is to smoking hot girls what Australia is to good cinema. Considering the smaller sample size of the population, they go toe-to-toe with anyone in the field in terms of sheer quality.
With that out of the way, that's awful news. And sadly, not alledged. Like Jimi said, he gave her the gun...he shot her.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:56 AM ^
Pistorius was arrested by....wait for it...... Rick Deckard.
February 14th, 2013 at 10:23 AM ^
I've nearly shat myself from laughing this morning.
February 14th, 2013 at 11:36 AM ^
Thank God I have you knuckleheads here to make me laugh about it. Go Blue and God Bless America!
"I don’t wanna live in Rainbow Land, and you can’t make me!"
February 14th, 2013 at 11:42 AM ^
This thread is pretty damn disgusting. A woman was shot to death last night. Be f*cking humans for two goddamn seconds.
Jesus.
February 14th, 2013 at 12:13 PM ^
A beloved athlete is in the news for doing something horrible? What else is new. I also fail to see the humour here. Very sad story.
February 14th, 2013 at 1:15 PM ^
February 14th, 2013 at 11:48 PM ^
This is awful. She was beautiful and he did not deserve her.