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Team GB athlete ROBBED at gunpoint in Rio as officials warn they could impose an [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | August 18, 2016 | Martin Robinson and Chris Irvine

Posted on 08/18/2016 5:31:00 AM PDT by C19fan

A Team GB athlete has been robbed at gunpoint in Rio while on a night out and officials could impose an outright ban on partying in the city 'after dark', it was revealed today. The incident, which happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning, has led to a warning that it is 'not worth the risk' to leave the athletes village, or wander around in their Team GB branded kit. The athlete, who has not yet been named, is believed to be in shock but was uninjured after being robbed by the gunman.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: crime; olympics; rio
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#RioSucks. I hope the British gets this guy out of Brazil before he arrested by the corrupt gov't trying to save face.
1 posted on 08/18/2016 5:31:00 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Another one?


2 posted on 08/18/2016 5:31:46 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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Will the authorities yank his passport and yank him off the plane in a fit of machismo anger at insulting their crummy country?


3 posted on 08/18/2016 5:34:13 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: C19fan

Quick - detain the victim


4 posted on 08/18/2016 5:34:43 AM PDT by Stingray51
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To: C19fan

In Rio, cops are criminals too.


5 posted on 08/18/2016 5:34:53 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: C19fan

Adds credence to our own athletes statements - Rio is using the Olympics to try to gain some crooked judge’s power over the USA so it has bragging rights as the most insignificant entity to force us to our knees - yay Obama.....


6 posted on 08/18/2016 5:36:12 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Stingray51

Next up is the imprisonment of the spectator who advised shocking the green pool.

Sure am glad I or loved ones are not there, because from here all these 3rd world antics are very entertaining.


7 posted on 08/18/2016 5:36:58 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: C19fan

This athlete and the American swimmers are lucky they’re not dead. The uncle of a good friend of mine in Rio was shot and killed in a robbery a few years ago. Same sort of thing happens every day there. The spectacular scenery, and it is unbelievable, is matched by the spectacularly dangerous streets. Everybody who visits Rio is warned never to go out walking at night. It would be safer to walk into a tiger cage with raw meat draped over your neck.


8 posted on 08/18/2016 5:37:34 AM PDT by katana
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I have a friend that lives in Brazil and he says Rio is by far the most unsafe place in the country. Crazy to have the Olympics there, IMO.


9 posted on 08/18/2016 5:38:05 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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When the brazilians start working for a living and stop trying to make their living off “rich Anglos” they will begin to amount to something.


10 posted on 08/18/2016 5:41:58 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic PartyÂ’s press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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Recall when this was jump ball between Crimecago and Rio?? I guess Oturd did not have the touch the clinton crime family had for extorting the IOC into coming there. Too bad, it would have been an industrial sized moment to demonstrate exactly how much of a third world country we have become under his rule. I am sure our domestic locusts were also upset, all those pickings going to Rio.
11 posted on 08/18/2016 5:42:00 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

Brazil still has peoples who will eat you. Any more questions?


12 posted on 08/18/2016 5:42:16 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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A business associate, his wife and another couple visited Rio on vacation some years ago. 15 minutes after hitting the beach, he was relieved of his wallet and wristwatch at gunpoint.


13 posted on 08/18/2016 5:42:39 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

Actually it is probably a relief that the olympics are in Tokyo next time. Just avoid the sushi made from the fish with the poison sac. All will be OK.


14 posted on 08/18/2016 5:42:41 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: T-Bone Texan

I are glad you am not there too.


15 posted on 08/18/2016 5:48:49 AM PDT by shibumi (I am the Nexus One I want more life Muthah I ain't done *~)
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To: C19fan

Are the Olympic Games on? I’m surprised I haven’t read about it taking place - thought it was last year or sumpin


16 posted on 08/18/2016 5:54:02 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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"There has been a robbery. Round up the usual victims."


17 posted on 08/18/2016 5:56:24 AM PDT by Gamecock (There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
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To: C19fan

Sounds like the Rio Olympics have officially become the Hunger Games.

I’ve also seen it reported now that the entire city smells like an open sewer. No mention of it early on so as not to spoil the ratings.


18 posted on 08/18/2016 6:03:11 AM PDT by IamConservative (Hillary walks while 100's of teens get prosecuted for mishandling Miley Cyrus MP3's..)
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The Rio cops are all upset they didn’t think to yank the American athletes’ passports for publicly exposing their robbery at gunpoint a few days ago.

What’s the percent of take do the cops get off these muggings?


19 posted on 08/18/2016 6:28:10 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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All these stores about being robbed at gunpoint are obvious fakes. Everyone knows it is impossible to own a gun in Brazil - the entire country is a gun free zone.


20 posted on 08/18/2016 6:30:10 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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