[Padraig Flaherty]

Rather the outer wall of the building itself, before stepping through the door...

[bigred35]

Originally Posted by Icybluegrrl ↗

“San Ysidro, California sits just north of the U.S.-Mexico border.“


The 1984 massacre at a McDonald's in San Ysidro, Calif., in which a gunman killed 21 people and wounded 19 others, is revisited in the tough and emotional, if slightly overlong, documentary "77 Minutes."
Although this horrific event, then the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, may seem a bit like yesterday's news, there's a chilling timeliness to the shooter's purported anti-immigrant sentiments that, some think, may have fueled his attack. (San Ysidro sits just north of the U.S.-Mexico border.)
But director Charlie Minn purposely avoids much talk of the gunman or his motives, unwilling to even mention him by name (it was James Oliver Huberty). He focuses instead on the shooting's victims, survivors and attendant law enforcers, using a mix of wrenching recent interviews, archival news footage and actual crime scene video.
That the carnage lasted 77 minutes until the gunman was killed by a SWAT team member rankled the victims’ families as well as, it seems, Minn, who comes off more as blunt investigative reporter than strict documentarian as he grills former SWAT commander Jerry Sanders (later San Diego’s chief of police and two-time mayor) about mistakes that may have prolonged the rampage.
Like the prolific Minn's other disturbing docs, "8 Murders a Day" and "A Nightmare in Las Cruces," this is a gritty, no frills, at times sensationalistic immersion into grim criminal territory.
'77 Minutes'

All those documentaries are free on tubi except a nightmare in las cruces

[FavaBeans]

My God that poor baby

[AngelAssassin]

Originally Posted by Bunnny ↗

The only thing that would have spiced this twisted act up would have been if the shooter showed up in costume. Ronald McDonald or Grimace?

Like Aurora...Very sad.

Like Aurora? The movie theater shooting? The shooter was not in costume.

[Jrad]

There's a documentary about this either on netflix or prime with all the crimescene vids

[Ozzman]

Can't watch the video because the fucking new ads are overlapping it.

[Ozzman]

Wish I wouldn't have watched the LiveLeak video

[Whoahthere]

Sad

[Omegas3]

None of those white nationalist trolls ever comment on stories like this.

[Sturrminator]

Originally Posted by whatknife ↗

A witness who spotted him as he left his apartment and proceeded down San Ysidro Boulevard with two firearms phoned the police, but the dispatcher gave the responding officers the wrong address.

That person has to feel somewhat responsible even if it was an honest mistake.

Damn.

When you say “that person” are you referring to the dispatcher or the person that placed the call? If it’s the latter, why should they feel responsible? They did their duty reporting what they saw, it’s not their fault the dispatcher fucked up.

And even if the dispatcher gave the right address it wouldn’t have made much of a difference since the cops would have showed up at the perp’s apartment which is the address that was given. He would’ve already been at the McDonald’s when they showed up.

The only people that should feel any form of responsibility in this matter is the suspect’s wife who had foreknowledge he intended to hurt people yet did nothing, and the San Ysidro police department that stood outside the restaurant and let this maniac go on an uninterrupted murder spree for 77 fucking minutes until they lucked out and got a clear shot for the sniper.