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George Floyd mural struck by lightning

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by rlvaughn, Jul 14, 2021.

  1. rlvaughn

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    George Floyd mural in north Toledo reduced to rubble after being struck by lightning
    A north Toledo mural has been reduced to rubble after it was reportedly struck by lightning Tuesday.

    Toledo Fire and Rescue responded to the scene at Summit and Lagrange Streets, where a large mural dedicated to George Floyd — who was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last year — had collapsed.

    The piece was created by Toledo artist David Ross just about one year ago. He said the artwork stands as a memorial and reminder to never forget what happened that day in May of 2020.

    A witness who saw the wall fall told TFRD they had seen a lightning bolt strike the building. The department later confirmed the strike to be the cause of the collapse.​
     
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    Certainly a random act of the environment caused it
     
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    Wasn't Floyd a reformed criminal who was active in his church and in charitable causes?

     
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    Doubtless. Still, it bears a rather strong resemblance to having been targeted. Wonder how much lightning was occurring in that area at the time.
     
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    That's at least twice with that comment. What precludes an active criminal from appearing "reformed" and being "active in his church and in charitable causes?" Answer: Nothing.

    In Floyd's case, there doesn't seem to be any connection between the incidents that led up to his death and your cited description of him. He does, however, appear to have been hanging out with his drug dealer, ingesting illegal substances, and passing counterfeit money prior to his violently resisting arrest.
     
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    He was a criminal (not reformed, but no recent history of being violent....so maybe partially reformed). He was high, had illegal drugs and was passing fake money (I don't know if he knew the cash was counterfeit).

    He was murdered by a police officer (probably neglect rather than pre-meditation, but he did not deserve to die for being on drugs, carrying drugs, and committing a non-violent felony).

    He is probably the worst symbol of a cause for police reform as there are innocent people who have been victims of excessive force and social issues. But he was a tool when a tool was needed.
     
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    No, He was a dope head thief.
     
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    If he had not over dosed, he would still be alive.
     
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    Really? I thought God controlled everything. Oh, that's only on the Calvinist sub forum.
     
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    The jury said he was guilty - Had I been on that jury - I probably would have voted not guilty.



    I thought it was global warming
     
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    I hope your post is ‘tongue-in-cheek’ while dragging in the wiki fairytale of the day.
     
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    I do not know. You have a source for this info?
     
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    So do you think it was a deliberate act made to make people to think it was lighting?
     
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    Honestly, my first though was that that must have been an act of God. But then I posted otherwise anyway.
     
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    This has more to do with God hating Ohio than anything else...

    Go Blue!
     
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    A Yahoo report says "A lightning strike, disrepair, and vandalism have all been pointed at as the possible culprit." The same report says that there are witnesses who claimed to see it struck by lightning, and that channel 13abc's Doppler radar showed there was a lightning strike at around 4:30 p.m. -- the same time witnesses were saying they saw the strike.
     
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    Witnesses say lightning struck. It could be that insurance is right about this particular incident, as in "Somebody" targeted a portion of that mural. It certainly bears a striking resemblance to such, but I have no inside info.
     
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    Where's the funny button in this forum? Some of the posts were intelligently funny.
     
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    The Admin council got rid of it a while back. It was primarily being used for insults.
     
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    Funny.
     
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