Anonymous wrote:Look, it is a tragedy he, and the others on that copter (including 2 children) were killed. It's understandable to recognize his importance to the sport, to pop culture, to his family/friends. I hope they are able to grieve and find some peace.

But can we stop with the "hero" labels? He wasn't a hero. And let's be honest, his character is up for debate. I'm not going to engage in a debate of that. But, labeling him as a hero or elevating to some sort of god like status for playing basketball is incredibly distasteful.

Anonymous wrote:Look, it is a tragedy he, and the others on that copter (including 2 children) were killed. It's understandable to recognize his importance to the sport, to pop culture, to his family/friends. I hope they are able to grieve and find some peace.

But can we stop with the "hero" labels? He wasn't a hero. And let's be honest, his character is up for debate. I'm not going to engage in a debate of that. But, labeling him as a hero or elevating to some sort of god like status for playing basketball is incredibly distasteful.

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Anonymous wrote:This from the Sherriff.... TMZ is slammed for its quest to become first. In doing what they did, they become last in compassion.

Must have been leaked by his staff so he is just deflecting.

Doesn’t matter - other news outlets knew, but chose not to report it initially.

Except rumors were already all over Twitter and people were wondering if it was hoax. Better to actually know than to wonder. Cops need to work under a new model, they could have easily informed quicker.

People? So what if “people” were wondering if it was a hoax. I did too before it was confirmed and only TMZ was reporting it. It is more important for the families to know than for me to know for sure.

The fact is the cops need to notify the family before their kids/family hear about it on Twitter.

The cops need to do a better job.

That is why the cops are blaming TMZ, it's a red herring and you fell for it hook, line and sinker.

Do you work for TMZ, you dip$hit?

No LEO and I know better than you.

Anonymous wrote:A lot of disrespect for the 7 victims not named Bryant.

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Anonymous wrote:people here lost their children, their parents, their families. i doubt that hearing about it in person vs. on the phone makes all that much difference.

Yeah, but I’m sure hearing about it from TMZ wasn’t the best way for this to happen.

it was certainly not the best way to hear about it but at the end of the day a minor wrinkle in the big scheme of things which is so enormously devastating for everyone involved. RIP

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Anonymous wrote:people here lost their children, their parents, their families. i doubt that hearing about it in person vs. on the phone makes all that much difference.

Yeah, but I’m sure hearing about it from TMZ wasn’t the best way for this to happen.

Anonymous wrote:The cops job is to look for survivors and then notify families once it is established that there are none or they have found and are treating any that they have found. That takes time. Also, this is the kind of news you show up at someone's house to tell them, not via a phone call. But go off.

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Anonymous wrote:This from the Sherriff.... TMZ is slammed for its quest to become first. In doing what they did, they become last in compassion.

Must have been leaked by his staff so he is just deflecting.

Doesn’t matter - other news outlets knew, but chose not to report it initially.

Except rumors were already all over Twitter and people were wondering if it was hoax. Better to actually know than to wonder. Cops need to work under a new model, they could have easily informed quicker.

People? So what if “people” were wondering if it was a hoax. I did too before it was confirmed and only TMZ was reporting it. It is more important for the families to know than for me to know for sure.

The fact is the cops need to notify the family before their kids/family hear about it on Twitter.

The cops need to do a better job.

That is why the cops are blaming TMZ, it's a red herring and you fell for it hook, line and sinker.

Do you work for TMZ, you dip$hit?

Anonymous wrote:people here lost their children, their parents, their families. i doubt that hearing about it in person vs. on the phone makes all that much difference.

Anonymous wrote:Oh for FFS, TMZ was not sitting at the foot of the mountain, they were tipped off by somebody who had knowledge. Blame them, not the person that answered a phone call.

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Anonymous wrote:This from the Sherriff.... TMZ is slammed for its quest to become first. In doing what they did, they become last in compassion.

Must have been leaked by his staff so he is just deflecting.

Doesn’t matter - other news outlets knew, but chose not to report it initially.

Except rumors were already all over Twitter and people were wondering if it was hoax. Better to actually know than to wonder. Cops need to work under a new model, they could have easily informed quicker.

People? So what if “people” were wondering if it was a hoax. I did too before it was confirmed and only TMZ was reporting it. It is more important for the families to know than for me to know for sure.

The fact is the cops need to notify the family before their kids/family hear about it on Twitter.

The cops need to do a better job.

That is why the cops are blaming TMZ, it's a red herring and you fell for it hook, line and sinker.