OT: US Swimmers removed from airplane by Brazilian authorities
Per USOC, USA swimmers Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were removed from their flight back to the US by Brazilian authorities this evening. Obviously limited information at this point and I know another thread addresses this issue but figured it would get buried. Will update the OP as more info comes out.
Link: https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/766091610102915072
August 18th, 2016 at 7:30 AM ^
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Imperialist scum. We will ignite a million rocket fires along your coast. Your capital will burn with the brightness of one million Joe Biden veneers!
August 18th, 2016 at 12:02 AM ^
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No freedom until they beat their biggest rivals, Argentina and Chile.
I know it's not funny anymore but I just wanted to be in on the joke so bad.
August 18th, 2016 at 1:33 AM ^
Until they get freedom right but the damn Brazilian Steak houses are so good we should let the pinkos go. Chimmichuri is a hell of a drug.
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August 18th, 2016 at 10:49 AM ^
The facts are apparently that no police report was ever filed, so no crime took place. Merely telling untruths isn't a crime, even (especially?) in Brazil.
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August 17th, 2016 at 10:50 PM ^
of fantasy land do you live in where this is a pretty harshe response? Brazil clearly feels they have proof or they wouldn't have done this. Unless you are trying to say Brazil has the ballz to hold American Olympians prisoner without proper cause. If you go to a foreign country and file a false report, and the police find evidence of that, what country would let you just leave before you are put in front of a judge?
August 17th, 2016 at 11:04 PM ^
filing a false report, including Brazil. False reporting a crimes is almost never prosecuted. If this were not Olympic swimmers making the allegedly false report there is zero chance the brazilian authorities would pull them off a plane and take their passports.
August 18th, 2016 at 7:30 AM ^
Did they file a false police report? I thought Ryan told his mom and she informed the press. Hard to be charged with filing a false police report when you all you did is lie to your mom. Now the authorities may have spoken to them about the incident and were lied to but that is not the same as coming in and filing a false felony police report.
August 17th, 2016 at 11:49 PM ^
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August 18th, 2016 at 10:52 AM ^
What kind of fantasy land do you live in where no government officials ever do dumb things for dumb reasons, and therefor all government officials should always be assumed correct?
No report, false or otherwise, was filed, according to Brazilian police. What fantasy world do you live in where no report = false report?
August 17th, 2016 at 10:58 PM ^
Well, they've provided multiple conflicting versions of the story and there is surveillance of them at places that conflict with their stories by multiple hours. They're shown entering the village 3 hours later than they said they did, placing wallets and phones into bins at the metal detectors. So, I think Brazil might have a case to at least want some more answers. The lesson is, do not break any laws in a foreign country, ever. You are left up to their judgment whether you think it's fair or not.
August 17th, 2016 at 11:07 PM ^
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August 17th, 2016 at 11:27 PM ^
we get your point, but the certainty you speak of is unwarranted...weakens the arguments you made.
August 17th, 2016 at 11:55 PM ^
At least he has some cause to speak with certainty. Other people on this thread seem to be speaking with plenty of certainty despite not having talked to reporters themselves in Rio.
MGoBlog has a long history of people generally reporting "true" things... Yes, mostly about things happening in Ann arbor that are not technically public knowledge. But, still, the community here holds high standards and I don't assume someone is making up a story for S's & G's on MGoBlog. Generally, people that claim some inside knowledge on this site are telling the truth to the best of their ability.
August 18th, 2016 at 8:49 AM ^
I think that reporters can only report what they are told, wether or not the information is fact or not should be backed up by evidence. showing them returning at a different time than they said, is in my opinion not enough evidence to pull them off of a plane. Hopefully they can provide more evidence.
Either way in the end someone is going to have egg on their face. Brazil has a lot more to lose.
Oh and September 3rd can't get here fast enough!!!!!
August 17th, 2016 at 11:03 PM ^
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In others, the image is of someone finally standing up to the very worst stereotype of American tourists.
August 18th, 2016 at 12:16 AM ^
August 18th, 2016 at 12:24 AM ^
At this point we don't know what allegation we're talking about. Several suspicions have been tossed about; you and I each apparently have our preferences among them.
Maybe the truth will be more clear when Lochte takes off his sunglasses.
August 17th, 2016 at 11:01 PM ^
I think is the opposite. I'm waiting for the swimmers to have to make a public apology and we will all look stupid because of them. You're defending guys who were out until 7 am drinking, doing who know what else, causing them to potentially make up a story that embarrassed an entire country in front of the world.
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August 17th, 2016 at 11:26 PM ^
of these thousands of foreigners we detain for less than a false police report?
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