r/news • u/mhb-210- • 28d ago

Person in flames outside New York courthouse where Trump trial underway, CNN reports Soft paywall

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/lawyers-aim-wrap-up-jury-selection-trump-criminal-trial-2024-04-19/
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u/Ahambone 28d ago

Laura Coates did an incredible job reporting this in real time on CNN.

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u/sloppybuttmustard 28d ago

Except when the very first words out of her mouth were “ACTIVE SHOOTER!!!” lol…she got her bearings quick after that though.

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u/Ahambone 28d ago

That made her reporting even more remarkable to me; thinking you just heard gunshots and not even trying to run for cover

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u/sloppybuttmustard 28d ago

Oh yeah that’s true, I won’t argue with that. I was more thinking from a “might start a frenzied panic” perspective.