Posted on 10/24/2015 10:45:17 AM PDT by God luvs America
TILLWATER, Oklahoma -
We're told three people are dead and several others are hurt at the Oklahoma State University Homecoming Parade Saturday. A vehicle ran into the crowd causing the deaths and multiple injuries.
The Stillwater mayor has confirmed the three fatalities. The mayor reports two people are in critical condition and 27 have been taken to the hospital. Eight helicopters in all responded to the scene.
Witnesses tell News On 6 it was terrifying as a car crashed into parade watchers at high speed. The car was not part of the parade but was on Main before crashing into the crowd at the intersection with Hall of Fame. A police motorcycle unit was also hit, according to reports.
No word yet on the driver of the car or why it crashed into the scene. Witnesses say the scene was very chaotic, with victims everywhere - men, women and children.
(Excerpt) Read more at newson6.com ...
Me, neither. Nor the father.
Hey.... at least she could still be on her parents insurance....
Wow. Holy cow is right.
Nothing to see here folks, just a normal Midwest White girl who got a little tipsy first thing in the morning and slaughtered a bunch of people...
"M.I.A.'s commentary on the oppression of Tamils, Palestinians and African Americans has drawn praise and criticism.[213] The United States has restricted her access into and out of the country during her career since the release of her debut album.[214] M.I.A. notes that the voicelessness she felt as a child dictated her role as a refugee advocate and voice lender to civilians in war during her career."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._%28rapper%29#Activism
"Consequently, she has been accused of being a "terrorist sympathiser" and "LTTE supporter" by the Sri Lankan government,[2][228] even by public figures such as Oprah Winfrey, as was stated in a Rolling Stone magazine article, where the singer recalled their exchange: "She shut me down. She took that photo of me, but she was just like, I cant talk to you because youre crazy and youre a terrorist. And Im like, Im not. Im a Tamil and there are people dying in my country and you have to like look at it because youre fing Oprah and every American told me youre going to save the world."[229]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._%28rapper%29#Activism
"Like Kanye, the dissemination of Mayas ideas unfairly suffers because she doesnt speak with the slickness of an advertisement. But her disavowals of American imperialism are subsumed by her aesthetic. She is a visual artist turned dance musician, writing nursery rhymes for post-colonial angst. Racialized along post 9/11 orientalism, her music videos are sufficient manifesto. Those who cant parse the iconography of diaspora assume the experience doesnt exist. For the rest of us, M.I.A provides its soundtrack."
- Ayesha A. Siddiqi is a writer and cultural critic. She tweets at @pushinghoops
https://noisey.vice.com/blog/mia-matangi-ayesha-a-siddiqi
Yeah, I heard a Mia song long ago where she gave a nod to the PLO. I assume it’s the same singer girl, whose father is a Tamil Tiger, that is being referenced here.
A fourth victim, a two-year old, has died.
Eight still critical, nine others in serious condition, and 17 with less serious injuries. Several of them are children.
http://www.koco.com/news/several-hurt-in-crash-at-osu-parade/36027322
May God be with them all.
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