An Impromptu Speech
August 8, 2019
HAVING allegedly lost not one, but two relatives in the Dayton, Ohio shooting event last weekend, Dayton’s Damon Davenport was able to deliver a moving political speech the same day without confusion, tears or the speechless shock that normally follows the murder of relatives. You can see his speech in this report by CNN. Many videos about the shooting have been removed from Youtube, but this one is safe and sound.
By his own account, Davenport was at “a loss for words.”
At minute 2:27, an unnamed young black woman who witnessed the shooting (does the white woman next to her look like the type of person who would be clubbing with her?) was less impassioned. She seemed bored, as if reading a script, and was almost smiling.
Did you know that 59 people were shot in Chicago last weekend, but only seven people died? That death rate makes sense. Shooters are rarely able to hit their targets perfectly. And surgeons often can remove bullets in those who have been shot and bring victims back to life. But when people get shot in events that, like the Dayton shooting, are widely publicized and involve a political agenda (Chicago victims don’t count), the number of survivors are always extremely low and the marksmanship of the perpetrators, most of whom look like they have spent years playing video games not practicing at shooting ranges, cannot be surpassed by even the most highly trained combat snipers. In the Dayton shooting, Connor Stephen Betts, the 24-year-old alleged perpetrator who had no military background, was reportedly able to shoot fatally ten people (including his sister, Megan) and injure 14 more in 30 seconds. (See Wikipedia timeline.) In 30 seconds. He was instantly shot dead by police.
By the way, Newsweek has addressed claims that Connor Betts looked suspiciously like another Connor Betts of roughly the same age who also had a sister named Megan. The other Connor Betts died four years ago. The idea that they were the same person is “irrational,” the magazine says.
The Megan in the news, we are told, was a “closeted trans man.” Read More »