I followed that story quite closely, and there are things starting to emerged, and I was waiting for some of them because both parties, including the Rio police's chief, were hiding some important facts. For example; that restroom @ the petro gas station...the police did say that it was vandalized..couple mirrors broken and the soap dispenser damaged.
To me the police's chief way over exaggerated, actually lied because no damage was done to the toilet room...none whatsoever.
Ryan removed a poster that was already hanging from an outside wall inside its frame, and Ryan and another guy simply urinated in a small bush behind a wall adjacent to the restroom. The restroom's door was locked...out-of-service, and when you have to pee you gotta pee, and without a toilet in the taxi they made a quick stop @ the gas station and went inside first for the restroom, but there was none...so they went outside where she was...
Sure, Ryan was intoxicated, and so probably twelve more million people across the continent @ the same time.
I'm looking @ this from a fair perspective, from all angles. Sure Ryan over exaggerated the story too. But sure too, two guns were pointing towards their direction.
The deal here is that those two prison guards, off duty, they decided to take action of their own by demanding money for the poster...that's it. The poster was worth twenty bucks according to a petro staff guy, but they gave them $70 all together. Then they were free to leave.
The police won't reveal the names of those two off duty prison guards on fear that their reputation could be damaged! This is a big clue, because there are laws too in Brazil.
And were they allowed to demand financial restitution for the damaged poster with their guns??? To me it looks like two bad dudes them two prison guards. They feared the swimmers, they feared Ryan actually because he was verbally "altered", and they draw their guns in fear.
To me there are no angels here, including the Rio's chief police officer. One of the swimmer had to donate $11,000 to a judo club (charity), so that he wouldn't be charged! Wow, Rio police you sure know how to extort money from Americans.
You have to look @ the two sides of the medal here.
? Check this out (read it all):
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...yan-lochte-rio-olympics-authorities/89082232/
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And of course this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ot...bricated-claim-robbery-Olympics.html?ITO=1490
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rops-ryan-lochte-after-rio-olympics-incident/
It is unfortunate, not only for Ryan, for his three swimmer friends, for team USA, for Rio, for the Olympics, for the police (who also lied), for those two prison guards drawing their guns, and which the police is hiding their identity, but for us too...part of our world, our continent, our people.
Ryan is not the only one learning a lesson, the Rio's police chief too, and all of us...the entire world watching and looking for the truth.
Don't judge too quickly before all the facts are in...and now it is becoming more clear.
I had to share this, because I want to know all the facts, and how human nature reacts without having all their facts together first...men's history through centuries...
It's so easy to blame the neighbor...the other. But then, who's the real neighbor? It's us, our own family!
...An Olympic story in Rio in the year 2016 during the summer games.
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And now, just for humor, but that humor could also be directed to Rio's police chief who doesn't have a clue to what he's talking about when he mentioned that the restroom was vandalized with broken mirrors and soap dispenser. ...And making pay one of the swimmers $11,000 to a judo school charity so that he won't be charged. ...And by not releasing the names of them two prison guards in fear of damaging their reputation. But the four US swimmers, their names and their reputation are already damaged forever.
Read that article above (?), read what a Brazilian lawyer is saying, read all there is to read, read what the police said, read between the lines, read behind and further into all aspects and purposes of man's nature. And that translator/witness guy ...
"The witness, Fernando Deluz, says he got involved after one of the guards pulled a gun on the men.", Fernando Deluz, without him there it could have been very very bad. He's probably the true hero in that entire saga...to me he is.
Ok, now just for humor:
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Good behavior is important, and not lying is part of good behavior. And I hate guns! Because guns were used here without any solid foundation. A drunken guy with a big mouth is not a life threatening situation; it certainly wasn't here. Those two guards should be charged and pursued in justice...IMO.
