Rio Olympics: US swimmer Ryan Lochte and three others robbed

[JonLP24]

Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen were stopped by people posing as armed police, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) said in a statement.

The robbers demanded money and other personal belongings.

Initially the International Olympic Committee (IOC) denied reports of the robbery, before the US committee confirmed it had taken place.

Lochte said on Twitter that he and the other athletes were "safe and unharmed", and thanked all those who had given him support.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37077172

[rocktivity]

1. Before he became known as the ultimate symbol of U.S. arrogance, white privilege

and the delusion of American exceptionalism, Ryan Lochte seemed like a relatively harmless dudebro who we all forgave for being a douche because he won swim races and has a very symmetrical face...

Look, you want to get hammered till 6am after years of swimming your ass off to qualify for, and then actually competing in the Olympics? Have at it; who cares. But you don’t...show up at a gas station to use the restroom, and finding it locked, tear the door off its frame and pee on the building. While you’re at it, you also do not—as Lochte reportedly did, for no reason—“punch an advertisement in a metal frame, which fell noisily to the ground and attracted the attention of staff.” You also, to continue a theme, don’t refuse to pay for the damage you did and instead make up a story about being robbed at gunpoint.

Third World criminals is one Lochte and company were fully aware of and used to their advantage. (For the record, Ryan Lochte is Cuban-American...

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/8-reasons-why-ryan-lochte-worst

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