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INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEGUN into an incident where an off-duty FBI agent allegedly shot a man in a Colorado nightclub after doing a backflip.
A video obtained by local television stations and shared widely on social media shows a man dancing in the centre of a crowd before he performs a backflip.
The video shows a gun falling out of his trousers and fires – allegedly hitting another man in the lower leg, according to local media reports.
The Denver Police Department said the agent “was dancing at a nightclub when his firearm became dislodged from its waistband holster and fell onto the floor. When the agent retrieved his handgun an unintended discharge occurred.”
The shooting victim was recovering in hospital from non-life-threatening injuries, the local ABC television affiliate said.
The agent was taken to Denver Police headquarters and was subsequently released to an FBI supervisor.
In a statement to CBS, an FBI spokesperson said that “the investigation is active, ongoing, and a personnel matter so we cannot provide comment at this time”.
- with reporting from © – AFP, 2018
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I still can’t believe a company that basically allows you to hitch a lift with unlicensed strangers for a fee is a viable business model.
I must be getting old.
Oh no, I find myself in agreement with John Gahan. Uber is a company run by deeply unethical people – people who threaten to smear journalists, people who try to interfere with fundraising for rivals, people who try to weasel out of responsibility when one of their drivers kills a 6 year old girl, people who hike up their prices during natural disasters. I uninstalled the app people ai ever had the chance to give a penny to these kinds of people.
Uber are sc-um. End of story.
Plus, why would you need them when we’ve already got a perfectly good Hailo?
That $40bn valuation is a joke, tbh.
@JohnGahan in Ireland all uber drivers are licensed. If it’s uber black they are licensed corporate limousines and they driver holds a spsv licence which is the same as test a taxi driver sits. It is the vehicle licence which is different and you will see the license on the corner on the front and rear windows. All these licenses are issued by the National Transport Authority and an Garda Siochana
Been there, done that..
Imagine the possibilities if uber invested in self driving cars. Your smart phone would become your car keys. Or if they expanded into buses, no more 3 hour 20 minute bus eireann trips for hour and half journeys.
My smart phone is my car key.
The door opens automatically when I’m 10 feet from the car – even though the phone in my pocket/bag.
Its been around for years, the technology – and the android system has added new dimensions with its new management/use of GPS etc.
When an app like that gets valued at €40bn – it’s time to sell all your tech stocks as soon as humanly possible.
Tick tock tick tock …
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