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Woman Speaks Out: I Saw a Gun Pulled on the Swimmers
https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-speaks-witnessing-ryan-lochtes-210437444.html ^

Posted on 08/19/2016 8:04:43 AM PDT by Scythian_Reborn

Bruna Castro-Ruiz, 28, says she saw part of what unfolded early Sunday at a gas station in Rio, as Lochte and his teammates headed back to the Olympic village. (She says she has already spoken to police about what she saw.) Lochte has said the foursome was robbed at gunpoint after stopping at the gas station on the taxi ride home – an account he has changed slightly from earlier versions given to media. But local police later told PEOPLE that one of the swimmers in the group was seen on security video allegedly damaging a bathroom at the gas station, and that the swimmers gave over their wallets as payment for the incident.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016olympics; brazil; eyewitness; lochte; lochteeyewitness; olympics; teamusa
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1 posted on 08/19/2016 8:04:43 AM PDT by Scythian_Reborn
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To: Scythian_Reborn

“seen on security video allegedly damaging a bathroom” -— Funny how the Brazilian authorities never released that video...


2 posted on 08/19/2016 8:07:51 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Scythian_Reborn

My personal opinion is that these guys probably got drunk and damaged the bathroom the the police were called and the police asked for payment to make them go away. Call it being held up call it extortion call it what ever you want but if you believe the official Brazil side of the story I have a bridge to sell you.


3 posted on 08/19/2016 8:09:06 AM PDT by BobinIL
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To: Scythian_Reborn
and that the swimmers gave over their wallets as payment for the incident

See, that's where I don't trust the Rio police on this. The police say the swimmers handed over their wallets. Who does this? Even if the security guard supposedly demanded cash for supposed damages, who would hand over their entire wallet? If it's only cash, why not just take out some cash?

This whole thing stinks, and the more that comes out, the more I'm inclined to believe our swimmers, not that they're angels, but that it looks more and more like the Rio police are trying to cover up the third-world turd-hole mess they have there.

4 posted on 08/19/2016 8:09:41 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
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To: Scythian_Reborn

1) I don’t trust Big Media. They are known liars and known to hate America.

2) I don’t trust the Brazilian government in particular, and third world governments in general. They are known to be corrupt, and dishonest, and hate America.

3) I don’t trust armed “security guards” in third-world hellholes. The distinction between them and armed robbers can be difficult to make.

4) I don’t trust video with huge gaps in it.


5 posted on 08/19/2016 8:11:32 AM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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To: PghBaldy

never released that video...

Levin was saying the other nite that the video was altered.


6 posted on 08/19/2016 8:14:16 AM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: IYAS9YAS

Brazil is like a commie country, they will spend more money quashing rumors their country is a crime infested wasteland than money actually being used to fight crime...


7 posted on 08/19/2016 8:15:34 AM PDT by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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To: Uversabound
Levin was saying the other nite that the video was altered.

Specifically, he was quoting TMZ saying that. TMZ are an odd bunch; they remind me of the National Enquirer. They're tabloid trash with positive credibility.

8 posted on 08/19/2016 8:16:07 AM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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To: IYAS9YAS
This whole case is stupid. Had the Brazilians not made anything of it, the whole thing would have disappeared by now. Pulling the two swimmers off the plane, sweating out a "confession" to get them the finger the other two, and then letting them go is crazy. How is this different from all the other stories of athletes and other Olympics people being robbed?

My guess is that once back in the States they will go back to their original story and slam the Brazilian police.

9 posted on 08/19/2016 8:16:35 AM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: PghBaldy

Drunk and stupid, vandalized a toilet. Security guard extorts them for hush money. It’s not that complicated.


10 posted on 08/19/2016 8:18:02 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: BobinIL

One of them even paid the Brazilian authorities $11,000 to drop the charges. It was a bribe no matter how you look at it.


11 posted on 08/19/2016 8:18:49 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
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To: NorthMountain

Do you trust someone that got caught lying on national TV?


12 posted on 08/19/2016 8:18:51 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: USNBandit

Had Lochte not lied on TV the whole thing would have disappeared.


13 posted on 08/19/2016 8:20:45 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

He didn’t lie ...


14 posted on 08/19/2016 8:22:17 AM PDT by Scythian_Reborn
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To: TexasGator

1) I don’t trust Big Media. They are known liars and known to hate America.

2) I don’t trust the Brazilian government in particular, and third world governments in general. They are known to be corrupt, and dishonest, and hate America.

3) I don’t trust armed “security guards” in third-world hellholes. The distinction between them and armed robbers can be difficult to make.

4) I don’t trust video with huge gaps in it.


15 posted on 08/19/2016 8:22:33 AM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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To: NorthMountain

You ducked ...


16 posted on 08/19/2016 8:24:20 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: PghBaldy
“seen on security video allegedly damaging a bathroom” -— Funny how the Brazilian authorities never released that video...

So what? The Media has already found them guilty and the Brazilian Police are spending the money - move along.

17 posted on 08/19/2016 8:25:21 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (KAINE-Voting For Hillary Will Put American Women On Par With Women In Iraq, Afghanistan = Sharia Law)
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To: USNBandit

This whole case is stupid. Had the Brazilians not made anything of it, the whole thing would have disappeared by now.

Had Lochte not told his mother about their visit to the gas station, none of this would have been in the news.


18 posted on 08/19/2016 8:26:07 AM PDT by freedom1st
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To: TexasGator

No.

I told you the things I’m certain of.


19 posted on 08/19/2016 8:27:10 AM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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To: NorthMountain

No. You didn’t duck or

No. Tough don’t trust what Lochte says?


20 posted on 08/19/2016 8:29:54 AM PDT by TexasGator
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