>The USA Today did some digging that put to shame the story line that has been spun by most of the media. “But a narrative of the night’s events…supports Lochte’s later account in which he said he thought the swimmers were being robbed when they were approached at a gas station by armed men who flashed badges, pointed guns at them and demanded money.An extensive review of surveillance footage by a USA TODAY Sports videographer who also visited the gas station supports swimmer Gunnar Bentz’s claim that he did not see anyone vandalize the restroom, an allegation that in particular heightened media portrayals of the four as obnoxious Americans behaving recklessly in a foreign country. Meanwhile, Rio authorities have declined to identify the guards or offer any details beyond confirming they are members of law enforcement who were working a private security detail. “
>A later USA Today story reports “Police in Rio never questioned four U.S. swimmers about their alleged vandalism of a gas station restroom, further evidence that a poster was the only property damaged by Ryan Lochteduring a stop that ended in a heated exchange with security guards and set off an international controversy that upstaged the Olympics.I wrote . USA Today reports that “João Batista Damasceno, a Rio judge, does not discard the possibility that the guards’ actions could be rightly interpreted as a robbery.”
>I was right. Moore was right. Lauer and the apologists for the Brazilian authorities, wrong.
Is anyone surprised? Brazilians are dishonest inbred shitheads bordering on subhuman
Easton Carter
American swimmers were shaken down for cash by armed Brazilian security guards after tearing down a poster. When the robbery was reported Brazilian authorities went apeshit and tried to cover it up, but video evidence contradicts their testimony.
Wyatt Sullivan
Hues gonna hue
Isaiah Cruz
>When Matt Lauer interviewed Lochte, he characterized the payment as a “negotiated settlement to cover up” the incident. That wasn’t fair, nor was it accurate. It was less a ‘negotiated settlement’ and more a shakedown. It was 5am and Lochte was on his knees with a gun pointed at his head with security guards demanding, in a foreign language, money. This was not a negotiation between two willing participants with equal bargaining power. It was something far more frightening. The smartest thing Lochte did that night was pay off the security guard. For Lochte and his teammates, it probably felt like a robbery.
>This is precisely the reason Rio Judge João Batista Damasceno hasn’t cleared the security guards of wrongdoing, comparing the incident to a landlord collecting rent from a tenant with a gun in his hand. The Court had legitimate concerns that Lochte and his teammates were subjected to excessive and disproportionate force.
Fucking hues
Brody Torres
Gas the monkeys, species war now
Samuel Russell
basically a bro dude acted bro dude in a foreign country. Corrupt country acted corrupt to said bro dude.
They where both wrong. One cancels the other. Can we move on?
Jaxon Wright
no one talks about vandalized restroom. the damage was done outside of it. the official police version talk about the restroom being closed. that is the reason why a swimmer pissed outside actually. they never entered the bathroom. they damage the advertisement sign outside of it and that is where the trouble with security started.
Carter Reyes
>a robbery >in brazil >where the cellphone and wallet aren't stolen whatever floats your boat, jeah
Matthew Murphy
I'm sure that USA Today is an unbiased source
Connor Johnson
>THE RUNDOWN FAVELA OF RIO DE JANEIRO
BRAZIL BTFO
HUES ON SUICIDE WATCH
Caleb Hernandez
Anybody who didn't know this was exactly what went down right from the beginning is pretty fucking stupid IMO.
John Collins
your country is pretty fucked up if pointing guns at someone and demanding cash isn't considered a robbery
anyways, enjoy your socialism and brown people
Leo Rogers
>USA today >Not biased Nice source amerifats.
Nicholas Gomez
Lol, being this ignorant.
Fact is they demanded money at gunpoint. That's robbery by USA standards. Sorry you live in a place that money is acquired by gun point and its considered normal. I'm glad I live in USA instead of Hueville. As long as you're happy there. Enjoy your high murder rate country.
Hudson Gutierrez
your country is a cesspool of cockroaches
William Lee
Well shit, it's too late now isn't it
Brazil's public image went up like 200% after this Lochte event, how do you americans feel about this?
Lincoln Wilson
>leaf questioning the reliability of anyone else's media outlets
Now I've heard it all family
Colton Powell
It will go back down once the real zika figures come out
Jaxson Martin
In this picture you can see how many people actually gives a fuck about this.
Landon Price
Its over for you. Shitzil has been exposed and permanently BTFO.
Samuel King
>thinking someone who sees blatant media bias every day wouldn't notice blatant media bias in another country
Kevin Wood
need a link
Gabriel Cox
google
usa today lochte
Wyatt Gutierrez
>The other swimmers -- Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and James Feigen -- have since publicly shared their version of the events with stories that differ from Lochte's original tale and essentially match surveillance video released by Brazilian police.
Quick! Change the real facts so we don't look so dumb and stupid!! We r USA we best LOL
>The 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro ended on 21 August. From the reports WHO received from national health authorities, there have so far been no laboratory confirmed cases of Zika virus in spectators, athletes or anyone associated with the Olympics. The situation is being closely monitored; a few cases may still occur, especially given the approximately one-week incubation period of the virus.
Zika is a meme.
Easton Edwards
Whatever
Jaxon Collins
>defending a literal retard I wish they would have shot him in his faggot face
Alexander Cruz
Fuck off Canada you've been demoted from the first world
Joseph Bailey
A F L
Isaac Anderson
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Nathan Thomas
He lost his endorsments, we won PR and taught a thing or two about natural selection in the jungle.
>don't fuck with BR because BR will fuck with you (HOLLAND, Dexter)
