this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2024
269 points (95.9% liked)

News

36419 readers
3034 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.


Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.


7. No duplicate posts.


If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.


All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Samuel Moreno-Carranza, age seven, was injured after his mother fired a rifle inside church and police responded, killing her

A boy who was shot in the head at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch on 11 February has lost “a portion of his frontal lobe” while recovering at the hospital, according to his grandmother.

In a Facebook post three days after the shooting, Walli Carranza said her seven-year-old grandson, Samuel Moreno-Carranza, “has lost a major part of what makes us who we are” after “half of his right skull [had] to be surgically removed during two surgeries done in less than 24 hours”. Samuel had endured “cardiac arrest multiple times, and no one can determine whether he has significant brain activity because his scalp tissue is too friable” to let doctors attach electroencephalogram wires to him, Carranza added in a post that doubled as a criticism of the US’s lack of meaningful gun control.

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (20 children)

So the good guys with the guns may have shot and killed a 7 year old? Great argument to justify not doing anything resembling gun control.

On another note, Houston has an excellent Medical Center and I wish the little boy the best of luck. How awful for the entire family.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

The ,"good guys with guns" shoot and kill a lot of Innocent people.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't it crazy to begin with that Texas's churches have armed guards? Shouldn't Jesus protect them?

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (18 replies)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

That's also true about a lot of non-shot members of Osteen's church.

Poor kid though. He didn't deserve any of what he got.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Right. Are we sure he had it when he came in?

[–] S_204@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

His Mom was a murderous terrorist supporter, he was fucked before he ever stepped foot into the Church. Poor kid. Hope he gets quality care for the rest of his life.

[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He won't and may already be functionally dead. The chance to save any of these people evaporated a long time ago. It was deemed "not profitable".

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And yet, it was the cops that shot him.

[–] S_204@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Hey, next time maybe don't bring your kid along when you plan on doing terrorist things while supporting a fucking terrorist organization.

Sucks for the kid, but this is mom's fault all the way down the line. I say that as a strong acab believer too.

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

A small price to pay so that the NRA can earn more money.

load more comments
view more: next ›