i hope oceangate gets sued to hell for violating basic safety principles in pursuit of profit, i hope a teenager doesn’t die a horrible death, and i hope the world pays much more attention to the fact that 500 migrants died that same horrible death last week in a completely preventable sinking that was engineered by bureaucratic racism and cruelty. where were their millions of dollars and manpower hours in rescue efforts?
idk how much this made the news in the Americas but the Hellenic coast guard watched as a vessel carrying more than 400 (some estimates say 700) migrants capsized and sank in the Mediterranean. 104 people survived. official death toll is 79 because the rest is missing, and might never be found. There are claims that many children were below deck.
Frontex and the Hellenic Coast Guard was aware of the vessel and the dangerous situation it was in for days, but did not intervene
The coast guard released this photo. They came this close but did not intervene. EU and the Greek coast guard sat and waited for this boat to sink
Survivors and rescuers claim that the boat capsized after being towed by the coast guard at high speed.
if this is true, at best they caused an accident out of carelessness and immediately retreated to cover it up, or they committed a massacre.
id: a series of tweets about a boat, with migrants on it, capsizing and leaving 104 survivors.
tweet one, from niki kitsantonis, reads: âPhotos of migrant boat taken by Greek coast guard helicopter on Tuesday indicates hundreds were aboard. Official death toll so far 79 with 104 survivors. Shipping Ministry official says boat sunk in spot where sea is 4,000 meters deep, so retrieving other victims may be impossible.â
the photos attached are of a blue (?) boat with people packed like sardines in the middle of the water.
tweet two reads: âThe vast search and rescue operation continues with hundreds missing and at least 78 dead, the Hellenic Coast guard said in a statement on Thursday. A new photo has been released by #Greeceâs coast guard showing the fishing vessel that appears to be photographed at night time.â
the photo attached is of the boat at night time.
tweet three, from iasonas apostolopoulos, reads: â[thread emoji] New item that completely changes the data! Rescuers revealed that the new coast guard was towing them at high speed, this destabilized the boat and sank it! If this is true, we are not talking about criminal negligence, but about an act that caused the death of 600 people.â
the video attached is of a middle-aged man, with his arms folded, wearing an n95 mask, surrounded by people.
This isnât to say that male victims of domestic violence and sexual assault donât matter or donât suffer. But I am so tired of the way MRAâs and woke misogynists use male victims of sexual assault and domestic violence as a sort of âgotchaâ to try to shut up feminists, when data shows that if you sexually assault a man or murder a male intimate partner you are much more likely to face severe consequences, meanwhile if you sexually assault a woman or murder a female intimate partner youâre more likely to get a slap on the wrist if you even face any consequences at all.
