i have hot take on that.

everyone is busy slandering the swimmers and lochte on tv..
everyone is calling for lochte to be banned from swimming and to lose all his endorsements and he's being degraded as a liar

but looking at all the information he technically didnt lie, he just omitted information.

the police confirm a gun was pulled out, and while the gun was out the people asked them to pay

you can call it justifiable but isnt pulling a gun and forcing someone to pay robbery? fear of death isnt a legal way to reclaim debt

the Brazilian police was saying the gun was pulled out to contain them, but if you watch the security footage (below), they were calm and then had their hands up and walked to the side, they werent being aggressive
https://twitter.com/JMKTV/status/766332822831390720

the other swimmers are saying they fabricated the story but being faced with jail time wouldn't you say whatever the Brazilian police wanted

even in the press conference they are already demanding apology "to this great city of rio"

all in all i find it strange every US media outlet is siding with brazil, almost none are mentioning a gun was pulled out. almost all are saying he flatout lied..some are reporting he got in a fight (that didnt happen)..everyone is siding with brazil who clearly has ulterior motives (repairing its name and reputation) and not with the swimmers who had no reason to lie...

yes they omitted they broke a door and the extortion was to make them pay the debt. but what they said wasnt a lie

im even more surprised their isnt a public outrage demanding the swimmers be released it just mostly jokes

the missing information is why they broke the door..if it was because it was jammed im not sure they were in the wrong at all..

if they were just drunk idiots they are in the wrong but not to the extent the media is treating them