{"id":24940,"date":"2016-08-23T05:30:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T09:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=24940"},"modified":"2016-08-22T11:21:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T15:21:58","slug":"did-rio-cops-distort-the-lochte-robbery-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/08\/did-rio-cops-distort-the-lochte-robbery-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Rio cops distort the Lochte robbery story?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

An investigation by USA Today\u00a0<\/em>says that there is more to the Ryan Lochte\/US swim team robbery story <\/a>than the Rio police have said. \u00a0Reportedly, a uniformed security guard did point a gun and demand money. \u00a0In his mind, he was telling the swimmers to pay for vandalism they committed. \u00a0In Lochte\u2019s mind, the swimmers were being robbed. \u00a0That communication confusing came from neither side understanding each other\u2019s language.<\/p>\n

Read the USA Today<\/em> story after the jump.<\/p>\n

From <\/span>USA TODAY Sports investigation raises questions about Rio cops, Lochte incident<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Seven days after an incident that will in part define the Rio Olympics, details are becoming clearer about what happened during a gas station encounter between four U.S. swimmers and security guards, and not everyone has concludedRyan Lochte and his teammates are entirely in the wrong or that the account offered by Rio authorities is entirely accurate.<\/p>\n

Lochte has admitted he exaggerated his initial description of how the four men were stopped in their taxi and robbed by men who flashed badges, as well as his sensational\u00a0allegation of a gun being held to his forehead.<\/p>\n

But a narrative of the night\u2019s events \u2013 constructed by USA TODAY Sports from witness statements, official investigations, surveillance videos and media reports \u2013 supports Lochte\u2019s 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\u00a0and demanded money.<\/p>\n

[Keep reading. . .]<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An investigation by USA Today\u00a0says that there is more to the Ryan Lochte\/US swim team robbery story than the Rio police have said. \u00a0Reportedly, a uniformed security guard did point a gun and demand money. \u00a0In his mind, he was telling the swimmers to pay for vandalism they committed. \u00a0In Lochte\u2019s mind, the swimmers were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[600,43],"tags":[4605,4743],"class_list":["post-24940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","category-sports","tag-rio-olympics","tag-ryan-lochte"],"yoast_head":"\nDid Rio cops distort the Lochte robbery story?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An investigation by USA Today\u00a0says that there is more to the Ryan Lochte\/US swim team robbery story than the Rio police have said. \u00a0Reportedly, 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