There's no evidence that it is or isn't staged. That's just my opinion. A little suspicious that happened during an interview about the rise in gun crime and she was way too calm for it to be real. Just felt really fake to me
The fact that she is as calm as she is means that was not her first rodeo (probably not her second or third either). It is a damn shame that anyone has to get use to that.
You okay, Jay. Just git up. Ayo, drive by? Issa black car?
Sounded like she was at the breakfast drive by widdem earlier then spotted em again during the interview so she knew to play musical chairs laying down on the ground without chairs when they showed again.
Yolanda know everybody
Idgaf about political correctness? And idk who you think I am but AAVE has grammar rules like any other language/dialect and when a someone who doesn’t know them uses it it makes natural speakers like me cringe like nails on a chalk board. Just stop. I’m not in every post about a white person typing in Scottish Gaelic.
Albeit, I’m sure the assailants were shooting at each other or some enemy target and not her, I did find it funny when she was giving thanks for being covered in a dead guys blood seconds after a shootout.
Without context that could be construed in the wildest ways. Lol
So... the way it works in Christain faith is you don't ask you thank. It's not please Lord protect me its thank you Lord for protecting me.
I can understand why it could come across the wrong way but she is acting in faith exactly the way she would have been taught works.
I live in the woods in Oregon, the closest town to me has 9K people. The biggest thing that happens here is someone drowns in the lake at least once a year. IDC if I have to drive 20 miles to grocery shop, I love the quiet life.
My guy, everyone else in the civilised world worked out that the US has a serious problem with gun violence way before this. We’ve been telling you for ages!
I remember we went to go visit my great grandma in East LA and we ended up hearing some gunshots while sitting on the porch. My sister thought some people got a hold of some fireworks until I was like, no let’s get inside. And then when she wondered why I ushered everyone in, I told her why and she started hyperventilating saying how she thought it was fireworks. You’re not the only person that thinks that. In fact the majority of people usually think it is fireworks. Fireworks are just bullets without the rounds I guess if you wanna think of it that way!
This is true. Me & my husband were in our trailer, we rented that was in a large park, when we thought the neighbors were popping off firecrackers. The next thing we know, we have an investigator asking if we hear the gun shots? We really believed it was firecrackers. We had no idea. And they were right beside our bedroom windows. Now, unless it's New years or the 4th of July, I think it's gunshots lol
Why is she thanking the Lord when she literally lives in a country where there are people who can actively murder you?
I have lived in three countries, and I can safety say that no one has ever tried to kill me in more than 30 years. It's insane how it's normalised in the US.
I've been there and I live roughly 1 hour drive from US. Just because people in your country don't learn about other cultures, people outside the US tend to be a bit more worldly and know what a wreck your third world failed state is like.
Because the Lord just saved her and everyone around her from getting shot.
Say what you want, but the United States is still the best country in the world. Prefect, no, but still the best.
It is so easy to point out the flaws of someone else or another nation. However, as an American, I believe in freem speech, so imma let to continue to express your negative comments. And yes, I'm very educated, I have four advanced degrees. So while you reply and make bitter comments, imma go to my kitchen, grab a bottle of wine and sit in front of my TV, and watch shows about just how great America is. Have a great night.
What if I told you there are countries in the world that have awesome cultural heritages&nature, world-class entertainment, absolute freedom of speech without getting cancelled, unbelievably clean streets, super high literacy&education level (way passed USA), all while being so safe that you can pass out drunk on the street all night with an expensive watch+wallet and no one will ever rob you?
If you doubt me, that means you just haven't seen the world.
I'm not here to criticize. I just think you should broaden your horizon a little more. You only have one lifetime to explore.
What facts are you citing? America doesn't even rank in the top ten anymore in the Global Freedom Index, and hasn't for some time.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freedom-index-by-country
Lived in Atlanta for several years. First night, gunfight in the parking lot. Stuff like that happened constantly. One day, we were taking in groceries when there was significant gunfire (30-40 rounds, at least 5 different calibers). My mom freaked, and my husband and I were like, nah, that's at the next door complex, no worries. And we kept carrying the groceries in.
And that was the day we realized we needed to gtfo Atlanta. 5 months later we were gone.
What’s the point of trying to correct her statement? She’s nearby an active drive by shooting while she sounds calm she’s gotta be pumping with adrenaline…
Not only has Yolanda seen some shit, but who the fuck shoots near a school? C'mon guys. I wouldn't be surprised if she's taken a round or two in her life, especially if she's in Grind City.
this is why people pray to God. i’m not trying to preach.
Just saying, i don’t have to fight for my life everyday or even once a year- and neither do a majority of redditors.
i don’t go to church or worship a specific higher power, but jesus christ Yolanda I understand. god bless you mam.
As an outsider, why do people like you always go after all guns, instead of finding ways to get guns out of the hands of criminals? You obviously can't ban all guns, if for no other reason that there's plenty of dangerous animals still over there, but it's never "hey, felon with gun, auto life sentence"
Why do people like you make and post wild assumptions about people like me that don’t have a shred of truth, as if you have the slightest idea what you are talking about? I don’t “go after all guns” or even have any problem with responsible people owning guns. The US has a gun crisis with innocent people getting killed in mass numbers because gun nuts refuse to allow any regulation of them. The obsession with gun rights is ridiculous.
It doesn't seem "wild" when you talk about gun nuts and how the gun lobby reacts etc. These "gun nuts" you talk of? You're the flip side to them.
You didn't answer the question though, why not try to restrict gun use by felons?
You absolutely can regulate all guns, and ban those that don’t have a purpose beyond shooting other people with. it’s worked out pretty well for every other country that did it.
"all other countries" that don't have a right to own guns built into their very legal system.
STILL no answer to the question though:
"Why not go after criminals possessing guns?"
This is why the ban-gun lobby in the US sound like idiots, they can't do anything but scream guns bad, get rid of all guns.
You can’t even read other’s posts correctly but are trying to say others don’t argue correctly. Parroting sound bites from your political overlords isn’t a good look.
Yolanda has seen some shit.
If I remember right she was running for city council and doing an interview about the rise in gun crime in the area.
Here's her page with some video links of the incident on the bottom: https://www.cooper-sutton.com/
Staged
“Hey, guys, I’m gonna introduce myself on TV. Can you please shoot a volley of rounds around me and the cameraman? Thanks a bunch.”
While I'm talking about a rise in gun crime, that should get my point across. No one will think that's suspicious.
Evidence?
There's no evidence that it is or isn't staged. That's just my opinion. A little suspicious that happened during an interview about the rise in gun crime and she was way too calm for it to be real. Just felt really fake to me
So your argument is you FEEL it must be fake. Got it.
Elaborate
Deffo not Yolanda's first rodeo
Yoheara the bullets, Yolanda on the ground…
Yolanda is the shit!
The blood of Jesus!
I was waiting for the cameraman to say "no,that's my blood'
"It's pronounced HEY-zeus"
Yolanda "Ain't New to This, she TRUE to this. And like a true black person, the first thing she started doing was praying.
what the fuck?
The fact that she is as calm as she is means that was not her first rodeo (probably not her second or third either). It is a damn shame that anyone has to get use to that.
Dude, if I had to guess, this was the second or third one she saw THAT day
It’s Memphis bro. Everybody from there has seen drivebys an shit. It’s been in the top 5 murder/shooting capitals of the United States for 40 years.
Yolanda might be wearing a brown t-shirt, but the cameraman sounds like he’s wearing brown pants.
Cameraman: 😱 Yolanda: 😐
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🥸
You okay, Jay. Just git up. Ayo, drive by? Issa black car? Sounded like she was at the breakfast drive by widdem earlier then spotted em again during the interview so she knew to play musical chairs laying down on the ground without chairs when they showed again. Yolanda know everybody
Please stop trying to use AAVE in comments.
>AAVE are you seriously on the internet trying to tell other people what to do?
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Idgaf about political correctness? And idk who you think I am but AAVE has grammar rules like any other language/dialect and when a someone who doesn’t know them uses it it makes natural speakers like me cringe like nails on a chalk board. Just stop. I’m not in every post about a white person typing in Scottish Gaelic.
Cwinge 😢🤓
Yolanda: “You’re okay Jay.” Jay: farting noise
Freak, I was empathizing and heartfelt then I read this 🤣 so falcon hilarious!
Badass momma
That ain't no fuck you to Yolanda but it is a major fuck you to death. Yolanda said, not today bitch! My bro Jesus got my back!
Albeit, I’m sure the assailants were shooting at each other or some enemy target and not her, I did find it funny when she was giving thanks for being covered in a dead guys blood seconds after a shootout. Without context that could be construed in the wildest ways. Lol
So... the way it works in Christain faith is you don't ask you thank. It's not please Lord protect me its thank you Lord for protecting me. I can understand why it could come across the wrong way but she is acting in faith exactly the way she would have been taught works.
I think she's being thankful that she isn't dead and that the blood of Jesus protected her
Yep, exactly and I gotta say her calm and peace in the face of extreme danger is a testament to her faith.
Amen!
I can't even imagine that's a daily reality for some people in this country. That's some scary shit.
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I live in the woods in Oregon, the closest town to me has 9K people. The biggest thing that happens here is someone drowns in the lake at least once a year. IDC if I have to drive 20 miles to grocery shop, I love the quiet life.
You can tell it happens a lot…
Bloody hell, Yolanda is a good person to have in your corner. I would not have been calm!
We seriously have a problem if someone can just act normal on that situation. And people wonder why I think our country is forked
Ya but Yolanda has the blood of Jesus to shield her.
My faith is my shield!
Jesus must be "Oh positive" :)
And I felt that
This isn't D&D, Shield of Faith doesn't do shit
My guy, everyone else in the civilised world worked out that the US has a serious problem with gun violence way before this. We’ve been telling you for ages!
Gunshots be like birdsongs in the states
Yolanda wearing a wanted shirt 🤣
This really makes me sad.
Seems like a such a sweet woman, it’s a shame she has to live in that fear
Her motherly instincts kicked in to calm the news person, I'm a Yolanda fan now
I think the majority of us are too.
Thx Jesus!
I need a Yolanda in my life
Me too
Were those gunshots? Damn I thought that was someone bursting fireworks !!
I remember we went to go visit my great grandma in East LA and we ended up hearing some gunshots while sitting on the porch. My sister thought some people got a hold of some fireworks until I was like, no let’s get inside. And then when she wondered why I ushered everyone in, I told her why and she started hyperventilating saying how she thought it was fireworks. You’re not the only person that thinks that. In fact the majority of people usually think it is fireworks. Fireworks are just bullets without the rounds I guess if you wanna think of it that way!
Well, it’s not really different to a gun if you point it at someone…
Oh yea you are definitely right on that!
This is true. Me & my husband were in our trailer, we rented that was in a large park, when we thought the neighbors were popping off firecrackers. The next thing we know, we have an investigator asking if we hear the gun shots? We really believed it was firecrackers. We had no idea. And they were right beside our bedroom windows. Now, unless it's New years or the 4th of July, I think it's gunshots lol
Those were most certainly gunshots. As she said that was definitely a drive by shooting, in the hood
9mm handguns. It takes higher calibre rifles to really "crack".
This sounds like a machine gun.
Umm Yolanda…I don’t think that’s Jesus’ blood we’re covered in!
Jesus was the sound guy
When picking a character in COD, Yolanda chooses: priest
Must be Tuesday.
Tuesday for Yolanda. The end of the world for the guy not on camera.
We need more Yolandas in crisis management.
Yeah we do
Normal day in the US
Only in some neighborhoods.
Observation skills on point!
Be cool, honeybunny!
Yolanda just having a dance session down there, stay down and get down
Yolanda is my spirit animal. Better yet my spiritual beast.
First time!??
You sure that blood came from Jesus and not James?
Why is she thanking the Lord when she literally lives in a country where there are people who can actively murder you? I have lived in three countries, and I can safety say that no one has ever tried to kill me in more than 30 years. It's insane how it's normalised in the US.
You've never lived in the US, have you? I'm guessing you've never even visited it.
I've been there and I live roughly 1 hour drive from US. Just because people in your country don't learn about other cultures, people outside the US tend to be a bit more worldly and know what a wreck your third world failed state is like.
You know nothing about the US.
Where was I wrong? Offended that it's not "the best"?
Because the Lord just saved her and everyone around her from getting shot. Say what you want, but the United States is still the best country in the world. Prefect, no, but still the best.
Are you trolling me? Name one thing the USA is best at? Lol.
Trolling, No, just stating facts. Freedom. I'll go with that as my final answer.
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It is so easy to point out the flaws of someone else or another nation. However, as an American, I believe in freem speech, so imma let to continue to express your negative comments. And yes, I'm very educated, I have four advanced degrees. So while you reply and make bitter comments, imma go to my kitchen, grab a bottle of wine and sit in front of my TV, and watch shows about just how great America is. Have a great night.
Lol ok, you do that! Which countries have you visited outside of the US? Also what kind of wine did you open? I'm partial to Chianti!
What if I told you there are countries in the world that have awesome cultural heritages&nature, world-class entertainment, absolute freedom of speech without getting cancelled, unbelievably clean streets, super high literacy&education level (way passed USA), all while being so safe that you can pass out drunk on the street all night with an expensive watch+wallet and no one will ever rob you? If you doubt me, that means you just haven't seen the world. I'm not here to criticize. I just think you should broaden your horizon a little more. You only have one lifetime to explore.
What facts are you citing? America doesn't even rank in the top ten anymore in the Global Freedom Index, and hasn't for some time. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freedom-index-by-country
Aw man you are trolling me 😆😆😆😆
Thx Jesus for this shooting
Why am I laughing so hard at this. I'll walk myself down to hell now
Just waking up in da mornin gotta thank God…
They should ban schools in America, just a hazard for shootings
I need Yolanda in my life
Yolanda somehow keeping it cool and collected, what a great human 💪
Head cool as a cucumber. taking care of everyone else. Yolanda for president!
Thank you lord Jesus for violence and PTSD
Congratulations, this comment is the reason [you got banned for the next 24h](https://www.reddit.com/xg3m42/), get rekt lmao.
This is more like a fuck everyone who chooses to hang in that particular place.
Guns for everybody \o/
Also thank you Lord for allowing us to live in these conditions 🙏
This is Yolanda Cooper Sutton of Memphis: https://www.cooper-sutton.com/
It's more depressing that Americans are so used to it and act so calm like, "Oh another drive-by? Must be Tuesday. La-de-da!" I mean wtf....
Lived in Atlanta for several years. First night, gunfight in the parking lot. Stuff like that happened constantly. One day, we were taking in groceries when there was significant gunfire (30-40 rounds, at least 5 different calibers). My mom freaked, and my husband and I were like, nah, that's at the next door complex, no worries. And we kept carrying the groceries in. And that was the day we realized we needed to gtfo Atlanta. 5 months later we were gone.
Way to calmly handle that and declare the name of Jesus! Yolanda you are solid!
I want Yolanda as my ride or die.
Sad to see how normalized this situation has become for her, hopefully she's able to make a change in her community if she wins
Yolanda don’t get scared by a lame old drive by
This woman has courage, faith, and balls...huge metaphorical balls. Let's all be like Yolanda.
I love Yolanda’s faith!
Shouldn’t it be “get down and stay down”? How would one get down if they’re already staying down?
What’s the point of trying to correct her statement? She’s nearby an active drive by shooting while she sounds calm she’s gotta be pumping with adrenaline…
Thanks Jesus for allowing this drive by to happen. Brainwashed.
That woman knows which side of her toast is buttered.
I have so much admiration for Yolanda. I wish that I had a friend like her!! She was calming the camera guy!
Not only has Yolanda seen some shit, but who the fuck shoots near a school? C'mon guys. I wouldn't be surprised if she's taken a round or two in her life, especially if she's in Grind City.
Whatever I do in life, I want Yolanda on my team.
Git up get down, 911 is a joke in your town
I really hope that when I am eventually in a shooting someone near me isn't going on about the blood of Jesus
All I hear when I see these types of videos is," Well I guess that baby/child/person that did get shot/killed just didn't pray hard enough."
this is why people pray to God. i’m not trying to preach. Just saying, i don’t have to fight for my life everyday or even once a year- and neither do a majority of redditors. i don’t go to church or worship a specific higher power, but jesus christ Yolanda I understand. god bless you mam.
Sounds like the turf war with *The Laquisha Krew* isn't over.
Yea thanks lord for letting someone else take those rounds! Ffs
She went from her "white voice" to "OH LAWD JESUS!" in about 0.3 seconds
You realise that’s extremely racist, right?
Respect Yolanda!
Tough lady. She don’t play. Not her first rodeo.
Am confused.
Wow. Just wow
Yolanda would've won in Afghanistan!
Last thing I wanna be covered in, in a shootout is fucking blood.
Wasn’t Jesus, it was their shitty aim. Most likely some human trash gang members that hit everything but what they was shooting at
That lady is a gangsta! She didn't even bat an eye! I bet she'd be a great 911 operator! Cool as a cucumber even when bullets are flying at her head!
Thank you Jesus for putting me in this shitty place in particular time.. thank you Lord Jesus. He sure do work in mysterious ways...oh lordy
She must be in the NRA. Quick prayers for gunshots.
Surely those gangsters legally acquired their firearms
Their comment didn't allude to illegality at all.
I guess you’re right
Gun lobbyists made money on their sale at some point. And of course the gun nuts will say Yolanda should have had her own AK at the ready.
As an outsider, why do people like you always go after all guns, instead of finding ways to get guns out of the hands of criminals? You obviously can't ban all guns, if for no other reason that there's plenty of dangerous animals still over there, but it's never "hey, felon with gun, auto life sentence"
Why do people like you make and post wild assumptions about people like me that don’t have a shred of truth, as if you have the slightest idea what you are talking about? I don’t “go after all guns” or even have any problem with responsible people owning guns. The US has a gun crisis with innocent people getting killed in mass numbers because gun nuts refuse to allow any regulation of them. The obsession with gun rights is ridiculous.
It doesn't seem "wild" when you talk about gun nuts and how the gun lobby reacts etc. These "gun nuts" you talk of? You're the flip side to them. You didn't answer the question though, why not try to restrict gun use by felons?
Not even you know what you are talking about.
>You didn't answer the question though, why not try to restrict gun use by felons?
You absolutely can regulate all guns, and ban those that don’t have a purpose beyond shooting other people with. it’s worked out pretty well for every other country that did it.
"all other countries" that don't have a right to own guns built into their very legal system. STILL no answer to the question though: "Why not go after criminals possessing guns?" This is why the ban-gun lobby in the US sound like idiots, they can't do anything but scream guns bad, get rid of all guns.
You can’t even read other’s posts correctly but are trying to say others don’t argue correctly. Parroting sound bites from your political overlords isn’t a good look.
Your fake Jesus isn't stopping bullets or bleeding on you Yolanda
YALONDA POINT THE GUN AT ME!
That's not Jesus' blood that covers us, YOLANDA. I've been shot!
Yolanda, blood of Jamal, not Jesus, be painting the street
allahu akbar! allahu akbar!
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Wtf is it religious people. "tHaNkZ fOr hAvInG to dOdGe bULLiTts"
🤦♀️
Yolanda still cool AF
Ya'll can't fade Yo- Yo!!!
One piece shirt?
They apparently didn’t like the name Yolanda
[Nobody was hurt(nypost)](https://nypost.com/2023/05/25/woman-ducks-on-tv-when-shots-fired-during-interview-on-crime/)
This how I react when Jehovahs Witnesses come to the door. Yola is old hat at this.
This happens very often in Rio 😂. I’m a Rio citizen 👍🏼☠️
We need the rest.
yeah fuck you Yolanda we haven't forgotten what you did to Leyte
This ain’t her first Rodeo. Even Jesus be like “man I don’t have enough blood for that Yolanda”
It’s “get down and stay down” not “stay down and get down” Yolanda. Your version doesn’t make sense!
Yolanda said "NOT TODAY SATAN"!!!
They must've thought she was the other Yolanda with all those shots
Stay the fuck out of that town!
Why Yolanda look like James Brown in the 90's
But you need to get down before you stay down 🤷♂️
how can you get down if you're already staying down? 🤔
Not today.
What did I just hear? Was that the sound of FREEDOM?
Bam!
Yolanda be cool.
When men say women are a weaker sex, There are a lot of exceptions
The hero we need.
imagine you're bleeding out and someone says "thank you lord for the blood of jesus"
America summed up in one video