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Modern-Day Robber Baron's Firm Hit From Gunman

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crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@lemmy.ml ·
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Morning Coffee: Blackstone shooting: crying in fear, hiding in pantries, barricading doors. Citi’s top banker is leaving

Modern-Day Robber Baron: The Sins of Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman

Edited Title To More Accurately Reflect Incident.

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  • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
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    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/26/blackstone-group-accused-global-housing-crisis-un

    https://pestakeholder.org/reports/helter-shelter-how-blackstone-contributes-to-and-profits-from-californias-broken-housing-system/

    https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/almost-a-crime-report-finds-blackstone-hiked-rent-nearly-double-market-rate/

    https://prospect.org/education/2023-02-28-university-california-blackstone-housing/

    https://www.archpaper.com/2025/01/blackstone-cushman-wakefield-landlords-justice-department/

    While I don’t support mass shootings in general, if someone is so far off the deep end that they’re going to throw their life away in an act of random violence, I at least hope they choose targets like Blackstone instead of a random elementary school. At least they’re smiting someone who deserves it, for once. The country would be a lot better off if we had several hundred corporate shootings and zero school shootings each year. No shooting period would be better. But if you’re going to go on a rampage, at least go after evil people first.

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      Thanks for the extended info. I agree about the shootings. I never understood why lone gun"men" always chose schools and Walmart parking lots. If you are crazy and want to go down guns-blazing, why not aim for the real evils of this world, the ones causing so much pain for no other reason but greed, the oligarchs and their ilk?

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    Weird article, the shooter was targeting the NFL, this has nothing to do with Blackstone

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      What are you talking about? I can see my headline might be confusing, meant to be a play on words, as he has a shady past, but the Blackrock employees were hit and injured, so it did have to do with Blackstone.

      The WSJ reports that a Blackstone employee was shot in the lobby.

      The WSJ says several Blackstone employees needed hospital treatment.

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        Fair enough. I wasn’t criticizing your title at all, I was more confused that the article made it seem like Blackstone was the target, but halfway through they mentioned that the NFL was the target

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          I came here to say this. Guy exited on the wrong floor, although they did injure an NFL employee during the shooting.

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