USA Today has done a thorough and extensive investigation of the security videos from the gas station in question and they ve done something Matt Lauer and Bob Costas sure haven t done. They interviewed the actual witnesses who were there the night of the incident. Their report today paints a very different picture of the media narrative Americans have been fed since Friday morning:
But a narrative of the night s events constructed by USA TODAY Sports from witness statements, official investigations, surveillance videos and media reports supports Lochte s later account in which he said he thought the swimmers were being robbed when they were approached at a gas station by armed men who flashed badges, pointed guns at them and demanded money.
Where I come from (Detroit) when someone points a weapon at you and will not let you leave until you give them money, it s called armed robbery. Yes, even in Detroit. Now maybe the standard for armed robbery is different in Brazil.
via hotair.com