8 Dead, 1 Injured in 3 Massage Parlors in Atlanta

[PCHOI]

Thread will prob get thrown into The Round Table within 24 hours but man ... horrible, senseless killings in Atlanta today

While the motives of the suspect are NOT yet known, it’s sad regardless. Thank God we have great PD’s that worked in conjunction together (Cherokee, Crisp, etc) and they were quickly able to locate this guy. Honestly had to look up what a PIT maneuver was.

Again, I don’t know the motives but this reminds me a little of Dylan Roof situation back in Charleston.

Atlanta is home to me but having many friends (and fraternity brothers) from Charleston, and falling in love with the city whenever I visited, that one hit Home too. This one does as well. 9/11 was hard, and these two being close to Home sort of sucks

So far ... 6 Asian women, 1 whites female, 1 white male ... all dead. 1 Hispanic injured with no update to his condition

 

[CUT93]

Roof was a racist scumbag. This guy is also appears to be scum, but there are multiple races and sexes involved. I don't see the similarity?
I guess it is possible the non Asian's tried to stop him and were killed.

 

[PCHOI]

Roof was a racist scumbag. This guy is also appears to be scum, but there are multiple races and sexes involved. I don't see the similarity?

Just saying it hit home. As in, I consider Atlanta Home and love Charleston so the impact is similar in that regard

 

[CUT93]

Just saying it hit home. As in, I consider Atlanta Home and love Charleston so the impact is similar in that regard

Understand now. It's terrible no matter the motive.

 

[treetiger]

My dad was born and grew up in Atlanta. He moved to Charleston, SC at age 12. His older brother remained there until he died in 2003. My grandfather (my dad's father) died in the Terminal Hotel fire in Atlanta on 16 May 1938. It was one of the worst hotel fires in US history. I went with my dad to visit his brother in the late 1980's. Watching the morning news in the motel before we set out, I swear, it was over 30 minutes of news at the beginning of the news on just who got raped, robbed, and murdered the day before. Coming from Charleston, SC made seeing that hard to digest. My uncle drove us around showing me the places where they lived, most at time it was roll the windows up and lock the doors moments. Atlanta at that time was mostly a drug infested and crime ridden Hell Hole. I never felt so happy that my grandmother and dad left Atlanta and moved to Charleston after my grandfather's death. I imagine it is exponentially worse today.

 

[MoneMan]

That is some crazy ....

 

[TMcGrady1]

My dad was born and grew up in Atlanta. He moved to Charleston, SC at age 12. His older brother remained there until he died in 2003. My grandfather (my dad's father) died in the Terminal Hotel fire in Atlanta on 16 May 1938. It was one of the worst hotel fires in US history. I went with my dad to visit his brother in the late 1980's. Watching the morning news in the motel before we set out, I swear, it was over 30 minutes of news at the beginning of the news on just who got raped, robbed, and murdered the day before. Coming from Charleston, SC made seeing that hard to digest. My uncle drove us around showing me the places where they lived, most at time it was roll the windows up and lock the doors moments. Atlanta at that time was mostly a drug infested and crime ridden Hell Hole. I never felt so happy that my grandmother and dad left Atlanta and moved to Charleston after my grandfather's death. I imagine it is exponentially worse today.

Parts of Charleston aren’t exactly a Sunday Picnic.

 

[TheValley91]

Lived down the street on Piedmont Rd from a couple of the locations. Surreal and very sad.

IMO, it is absolutely racially motivated. These places are known to have Asian women working there and add the fact that there has been an increase in violence toward Asians this past year, it isn't a ridiculous leap to make.

 

[Intracoastal]

Parts of Charleston aren’t exactly a Sunday Picnic.

Lol no kidding. North Charleston is one of the most dangerous places in the US. The violent crime rate there is higher than Atlanta. There are a lot of areas in around Charleston that are really really bad and I'm not talking about just the outskirts.



Having said that, I just booked a random semi last minute weekend getaway there next weekend. Got a suite at the Emeline, dinner reservations Fri/Sat, and brew hopping(for me)/Shopping(for her).

 

[PCHOI]

Lived down the street on Piedmont Rd from a couple of the locations. Surreal and very sad.

IMO, it is absolutely racially motivated. These places are known to have Asian women working there and add the fact that there has been an increase in violence toward Asians this past year, it isn't a ridiculous leap to make.

Yessir. That’s the part that makes it very real for me. Passion City Church is right around there which I’ve been to quite a few times. My ex gf lived close to there. Several friends have condos or homes around there. Kinda surreal

 

[cuandcofcfan]

Parts of Charleston aren’t exactly a Sunday Picnic.

They are compared to Atlanta

 

[TMcGrady1]

Lol no kidding. North Charleston is one of the most dangerous places in the US. The violent crime rate there is higher than Atlanta. There are a lot of areas in around Charleston that are really really bad and I'm not talking about just the outskirts.



Having said that, I just booked a random semi last minute weekend getaway there next weekend. Got a suite at the Emeline, dinner reservations Fri/Sat, and brew hopping(for me)/Shopping(for her).

That area right at the entrance to the old Cooper River Bridge on the inland side was always interesting as well.

Speaking of North Charleston, one of my best friends who is now a hedge fund manager in NYC got a drunk in public ticket walking back from The Windjammer on the beach to our house in Isle of Palms. The drunk tank near IOP was full, so they took my friend to the North Charleston jail on Leeds Ave. Will never forget going to get him the next day and as we pulled up, an unmarked suburban pulled up with a dude in full shackles being escorted in by like 10 Marshall type guys. The guy had undoubtedly just killed someone and my friend got mixed in that place for being overserved at The Windjammer!

 

[firegiver]

 

[CUFam98]

Crazy. I drive through 92 and Bells Ferry probably 3 times a week.

 

[Tigerman93]

Roof was a racist scumbag. This guy is also appears to be scum, but there are multiple races and sexes involved. I don't see the similarity?
I guess it is possible the non Asian's tried to stop him and were killed.

You really don’t see the similarities? 6 Asian-American women at 3 different massage parlor/spas are dead from the same lunatic who went spa-to-spa murdering them. You think it was some kind of coincidence that they just happened to be the same ethnicity? He got a bad massage one day and had enough with their technique?

I’d be stunned if the gunman DOESN’T have a swastika tattoed on him somewhere...

 

[hodgson74]

Mental illness is a terrible thing. Pictures of the guy look like he was off his rocker

 

[Harrison.Booth.]

You really don’t see the similarities? 6 Asian-American women at 3 different massage parlor/spas are dead from the same lunatic who went spa-to-spa murdering them. You think it was some kind of coincidence that they just happened to be the same ethnicity? He got a bad massage one day and had enough with their technique?

I’d be stunned if the gunman DOESN’T have a swastika tattoed on him somewhere...

I’ll take the bet he doesn’t have a swastika tattoo. He could very well be racist, but weren’t all of the parlors ones that had extra services? I’m taking the incel/mentally disturbed odds.

 

[PawPride]

Are these rub and tug massage parlors? Just saying instead of jumping to racism claims how about we pursue the angle we’ve got a loser who is disgruntled from a bad rub and tug experience or perhaps was banned from coming back to them.

 

[TICrack]

Are these rub and tug massage parlors? Just saying instead of jumping to racism claims how about we pursue the angle we’ve got a loser who is disgruntled from a bad rub and tug experience or perhaps was banned from coming back to them.

A bad rub and tug experience? That's a bit of a leap, no?

Agree lets hold off until more is known but it's not hard to see the likely motive.

 

[PCHOI]

I didn’t want to jump to any assumptions.

The part that struck me as odd was his dad being a pastor and his involvement at church. I don’t watch a lot of those crime series things on Netflix but where those guys all (on the outside) normal-seeming human beings? I’m curious what his motive is/was.

I’m all for sports being an outlet. It is and always will be. I went to bed at 0300 last night (I guess technically this am) watching clips of Spring Training and NBA games. So my bad if this just clutters non-sports related content on TWZ.

But dang, this is sad

 

[AsianOrange]

The media, once again doing its part to spread copycat crimes.

 

[XTIGERK]

They are compared to Atlanta

Ground zero here is actually Acworth and Acworth isn't Atlanta.

 

[Clemtron]

A terrible thing. Now more than ever we need to protect our rights to self defend because we are seeing a degradation of society.

 

[deshaunwatson4]

I’ll take the bet he doesn’t have a swastika tattoo. He could very well be racist, but weren’t all of the parlors ones that had extra services? I’m taking the incel/mentally disturbed odds.

When it’s a white guy it’s because he has mental issues

F that. Guys a terrorist and a racist. Treat him like such

 

[PawPride]

A bad rub and tug experience? That's a bit of a leap, no?

Agree lets hold off until more is known but it's not hard to see the likely motive.

Perhaps he has a micropeen and the only place he could get some was the parlor.

 

[PawPlanner]

 

[WapPride]

Perhaps he has a micropeen and the only place he could get some was the parlor.

Sounds like quite a bit of self contempt going on.

 

[PAWrocka]

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Last week this legislation was introduced

https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/pu...stein-cicilline-introduce-assault-weapons-ban

the overwhelming reason provided is the "rise in domestic terrorism and white supremacy". Keep that in mind everytime you see a story like this.

 

[TICrack]

Perhaps he has a micropeen and the only place he could get some was the parlor.

Welp, it looks like your assumption may be closer than mine.

 

[TICrack]

Last week this legislation was introduced

https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/pu...stein-cicilline-introduce-assault-weapons-ban

the overwhelming reason provided is the "rise in domestic terrorism and white supremacy". Keep that in mind everytime you see a story like this.

I don't feel exceptionally comfortable with the federal govt tracking gun purchases but this bill seems reasonable.

Agree, gun rights are important but not sure why a civilian needs an assault weapon. Just my two cents.

 

[PAWrocka]

I don't feel exceptionally comfortable with the federal govt tracking gun purchases but this bill seems reasonable.

Agree, gun rights are important but not sure why a civilian needs an assault weapon. Just my two cents.

I used to think the same way you do ...... then this past summer I saw police forces over run, and precincts burned to the ground by violent anarchists with little to no consequence.

My wife and I now have two AR-15s.

 

[Willence]

I don't feel exceptionally comfortable with the federal govt tracking gun purchases but this bill seems reasonable.

Agree, gun rights are important but not sure why a civilian needs an assault weapon. Just my two cents.

That's why we have the 2nd Amendment. Once the government starts deciding what people need to have, it's all over. And not one of these measures would prevent things like this. It's so strange how we never get to that part. They won't stop any of it.

 

[WapPride]

I used to think the same way you do ...... then this past summer I saw police forces over run, and precincts burned to the ground by violent anarchists with little to no consequence.

lol no you didn't

 

[PAWrocka]

lol no you didn't

...now .... F* off

 

[WapPride]

...now .... F* off

So you saw a single precinct burn to the ground, also please tell me more about these police that were overrun.

Also, I wait for the link to the "anarchists"

 

[PAWrocka]

So you saw a single precinct burn to the ground, also please tell me more about these police that were overrun.

Also, I wait for the link to the "anarchists"

Im not wasting my time .... the articles, pics and videos are endless. Those pics are from Minneapolis, DC, Baltimore, and Portland.

F off

 

[Harrison.Booth.]

When it’s a white guy it’s because he has mental issues

F that. Guys a terrorist and a racist. Treat him like such

No, it’s because he looked crazy like he had mental issues. And why did he do it? Bc he wanted to rid the area of “temptation”. Some acts are just heinous without a racial angle being played

 

[PawPlanner]

SHOCKING!!!

Democrats rush to blame 'White supremacy' for Atlanta shootings, but police point to sex addiction

Democrats rush to blame 'White supremacy' for Atlanta shootings, but police point to sex addiction

National Democrats rushed to Twitter on Wednesday to blame "White supremacy" and "racism" for the mass shooting spree that targeted massage parlors in the Atlanta area.

www.foxnews.com

 

[TICrack]

That's why we have the 2nd Amendment. Once the government starts deciding what people need to have, it's all over. And not one of these measures would prevent things like this. It's so strange how we never get to that part. They won't stop any of it.

My issue is there has to be a line, right? To go to the utmost extreme nobody wants individuals to have say chemical weapons or a nuke?

Yes I’m going to the extreme with this example. But should a normal citizen have a tank, rocket launchers, etc.?

To me, hunting rifles and small firearms seem to be all one should have if not in the military. In reality, if a group of rioters want you dead, it’s gonna happen AR 15 or not. It’ll feel good taking a few of them out sure but you can still get easily over run. And, seriously how likely is that situation?

 

[Willence]

My issue is there has to be a line, right? To go to the utmost extreme nobody wants individuals to have say chemical weapons or a nuke?

Yes I’m going to the extreme with this example. But should a normal citizen have a tank, rocket launchers, etc.?

To me, hunting rifles and small firearms seem to be all one should have if not in the military. In reality, if a group of rioters want you dead, it’s gonna happen AR 15 or not. It’ll feel good taking a few of them out sure but you can still get easily over run. And, seriously how likely is that situation?

If I have learned one thing this past year it's that the right to bear arms is more important than ever. Respect your views but disagree completely. The radicalism I see in this country needs a check and about the only one people on our side of the fence have left is the working end of a rifle.