From Reuters - A U.S. Olympic swimmer has accused his team mate, Ryan Lochte, of playing a key role in an incident that has tainted South America's first Games, saying he tore a poster off a wall and argued with armed security guards at a Rio gas station.
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In his first account of last week's incident, the youngest of the four swimmers involved, Gunnar Bentz, 20, said the guards confronted them after they had urinated behind some bushes and Lochte tore a metal-framed advertising poster from a wall.
It is the first time any of Lochte's companions has spoken publicly of the 32-year-old's role in the incident, and it contradicts Lochte, one of America's most decorated swimmers, who told U.S. television that he and his team mates were robbed at gunpoint.
Brazilian police have denounced Lochte's account as a fabrication designed to cover up for the group's bad behavior after a night spent partying until dawn, prompting apologies from both Lochte and the U.S. Olympic Committee this week.
What we have learned from Rio has been the confirmation that the USA have lots of liars, only some examples as follows:
It is the first time any of Lochte's companions has spoken publicly of the 32-year-old's role in the incident, and it contradicts Lochte, one of America's most decorated swimmers, who told U.S. television that he and his team mates were robbed at gunpoint.
Brazilian police have denounced Lochte's account as a fabrication designed to cover up for the group's bad behavior after a night spent partying until dawn, prompting apologies from both Lochte and the U.S. Olympic Committee this week.
What we have learned from Rio has been the confirmation that the USA have lots of liars, only some examples as follows:
(1) The Americans (USA-ites) lied about the 1964 incidents in the Gulf of Tonkin, North Vietnam
(2) The USA-ites lied about WMD in Iraq in 2003
(3) The USA-ites lied in Rio in 2016, as described in above Reuter report.
Footnote: The use of the term 'USA-ites' has been an acknowledgement to my South American matey that 'Americans' mean the people of North and South Americas, not just the citizens of the USA. He preferred to call them 'gringos' but I have been more generous, calling them 'USA-ites' instead.
Footnote: The use of the term 'USA-ites' has been an acknowledgement to my South American matey that 'Americans' mean the people of North and South Americas, not just the citizens of the USA. He preferred to call them 'gringos' but I have been more generous, calling them 'USA-ites' instead.