Sasha Has Been Shot.

[royfromaus]

https://news.sky.com/story/black-equal-rights-activist-in-critical-condition-in-hospital-after-being-shot-in-the-head-12315288

[Stickybottle]

Is it common for users to use first name terms in header posts or is she personally known to you, royfromaus?

[davebro]

Reading the heading you would think she was famous - in fact I'd genuinely never heard of her before this thread.

[ummmm]

Assumptions can be corrected.

[Sunk]

Stickybottle,
I was very concerned for the Welsh DJ for a moment :-)

[Sqad]

I was confused a I thought it was Sacha Distel 5he singer as he died years ago.
Sorry......never heard of her.

[Stickybottle]

Same davebro

On the bbc site their story suggests she has got caught in a beef between rival gangs and is not a targeted attack but who knows

[Sunk]

ummmm

The assumption (or accusation) was that she is a bad mother. It can be corrected. Or it could be just not be said in the first place until we know properly what happened.

[Peter Pedant]

and the third is - she shot herself - since it was from outside a car it is unlikely
Hope she is all right
shot in the head ( any part ) blimey! hang in there gal!

[Peter Pedant]

// Sorry......never heard of her.//
sorry Henry Gray that is like saying you never heard of Quain (*) or Abernethy or Percivall Pott - you know he of Potts disease ( fwee)

anyway I thought you had done a BLM blam! post - or not
She is the one that started it all and got it to get up and run

currently we "retain and explain" - rather than rewrite history

[Peter Pedant]

(*) Quain - yeah good one - apparently that was the favoured anat text book 1832 before Gray's

[Paigntonian]

BBC this morning said she's a campaigner for equal rights for 'the black community'. What rights are they not getting?

[Peter Pedant]

yeah I was sorry for the Charlotte Sahkespeare drive by shooting
Turned out it was her half-cousin who was peaky about being chucked out of the party ....

[Sunk]

I also had never heard of her until this morning. Perhaps I am the wrong demographic or in the wrong geographical area. She may be well known in London, or among black people.

Media outlets sometimes do this when they are grooming someone for stardom such as Pippa or Maisie.
Will we get “Will Sasha pull through? And “Our hearts are with Sasha” headlines for the rest of the week?

[Peter Pedant]

decent jobs, places at medical skool, being a lawyer, being a qc being a judge

hey what jobs DO they get - dutbin men, bus driver, taxi drivers, smugglers, pimps, blaggers
( er dont they CHOOSE this god awful way of life ......no hey dont)

[maggiebee]

Oh dear, when I first read the headline to this post I thought it was Sasha from Holby City. What a numpty!

[youngmafbog]

Most merderers are known to their victim but this lady may well have ruffled some feathers so who knows. Lets wait and see.

One thing I would like to say is that although I do not agree in any way with this ladies views I do respect her right to say them. "IF" someone has murdered her for these views it will be a dark day for the UK.

[Peter Pedant]

a generalist notes generally:

Perhaps ay am the wrong deemographic or in the wrong geographical area - no - what about just being stupid and ignorant? generically, no names, no names.

[Peter Pedant]

I am wrong innit - merderers go round doing more than swearing "Ah merde!"
900 mairders (d) last year - 300 committed suicide, 300 were found unfit to plead - and that leaves 300 which are all in London and drug related - - - no no just making that up....

so we have around 600/900 knowing each other

home office says 60% - - - know each other

[Sqad]

PP.
I have never heard of Abernethy or Quainton.
I fear that I am a big disappointment to you.

[Sunk]

Apparently I am “stupid and ignorant” because I have not heard of her.
I’m sure there’s a better reason than that :-/