Rode up on homeless person sleeping on bike trail.

[Rexlion]

I just cancelled a planned trip to ride the Ohio & Erie Canal Trail near Akron OH due to the recent mass shooting:

One dead, dozens hurt in Ohio mass shooting

At least 25 people have been shot in the US city of Akron, police say.

www.bbc.com

No sense in taking the risk, no matter how remote, when there are safer places to ride!

I attended college in Akron 50+ years ago and things have certainly changed since then!

Seems like the odds are pretty low that a second mass shooting would occur in the same locale so soon afterward. Sort of like lightning striking twice in the same place. But definitely do what feels comfortable.

 

[Mr. Coffee]

Seems like the odds are pretty low that a second mass shooting would occur in the same locale so soon afterward. Sort of like lightning striking twice in the same place. But definitely do what feels comfortable.

Actually lightning strikes the same place all the time. Think about tall buildings and mountain tops. And speaking from personal experience, lightning can strike the same place (or nearly the same place for all practical purposes) multiple times in rapid succession. Which sucks when you are right next to it when it happens.

 

[6zfshdb]

Seems like the odds are pretty low that a second mass shooting would occur in the same locale so soon afterward. Sort of like lightning striking twice in the same place. But definitely do what feels comfortable.

There are other incidents in the area as well. Back in March, a man was killed near the trail in Cuyahoga National Park:

Woman charged with murder of man found dead in Cuyahoga Valley National Park last March

A woman is charged with the murder of a man in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park last March; investigators cite DNA, other evidence

www.beaconjournal.com

Cuyahoga National Park is one of the most scenic parts of the Ohio & Erie Canal Trail, and a big reason to go there in the first place.

Sure, the chances of incidents like this happening are very small but as I said, why take a chance when there are many other safer places to ride.

 

[Chargeride]

This is a gospel true. My gf Brix who lives in South London was once walking by the Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton. Out of sudden, she could see something she could not quite understand (she wore headphones and had no situational awareness). A man with a shotgun was running straight at her. She got petrified as the man almost bumped into her! Fortunately for her, he didn't shoot. That was one of the "gang wars".

How horrific, and utterly unheard of only 20 years ago.
They are simply letting them shoot it out, theyve been interviewing the actual targets, out on trackers, Major Turkish heroin dealers, the articles almost praises their celebrity.

Weve gone internet mad.

 

[Urbancowboy]

The end product with all of this is, ordinary Tax paying Citizens eventually will have had enough and then the vote somebody into power (Hitler comes to mind) which cleans the Streets and our Freedoms disappear overnight into thin Air.

Would be much better for everybody to give those on the Streets proper Shelter in a closed Camp away from Town, Hustlers, Pimps and Drug Dealers. Reeducate the ones without Mental issues and make them to learn a Trade while others learning to look after the many mentally ill. No release from Camp until they have demonstrated they are fit for the outside World.
Cheers

 

[Chargeride]

Yes, riots across the UK now, they will fizzle out, but we are right on the edge of rce wars.

 

[Brian-s]

The end product with all of this is, ordinary Tax paying Citizens eventually will have had enough and then the vote somebody into power (Hitler comes to mind) which cleans the Streets and our Freedoms disappear overnight into thin Air.

Would be much better for everybody to give those on the Streets proper Shelter in a closed Camp away from Town, Hustlers, Pimps and Drug Dealers. Reeducate the ones without Mental issues and make them to learn a Trade while others learning to look after the many mentally ill. No release from Camp until they have demonstrated they are fit for the outside World.
Cheers

That would require us valuing people over profits. And all those good evangelical Christians in leadership who converted to the prosperity Gospel rather than the Christian gospel would actually have to learn how to be compassionate towards their fellow humans again.

 

[Mr. Coffee]

The end product with all of this is, ordinary Tax paying Citizens eventually will have had enough and then the vote somebody into power (Hitler comes to mind) which cleans the Streets and our Freedoms disappear overnight into thin Air.

We're well on our way to that happening.

Three states have new camping ban laws this year - Streetlight

Service providers worry the laws will set back efforts to reduce homelessness

streetlightnews.org

Does the US Supreme Court ruling on public camping bans criminalize homelessness?

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that cities can ban camping and sleeping in public, even if there is no shelter to send them to, overturning a previous ruling that has guided cities' approaches to homelessness for years.

www.kuow.org