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It's nice to hear Diane Rehm talking about Baton Rouge, but I wish it was for another reason.
There are videos floating around online if you want to go watch. I wouldn't recommend unless you want to see someone on the ground shot 6 times.
As a Baton Rouge resident and father my thoughts are...
Fuck
He should have complied instead of resisting police. They didn't come guns drawn and followed the steps they were supposed to. Vocal commands (all through out), tasers, physical force, finally lethal force.
It looks really bad that both officers body cameras failed. With a couple family members, that work for emergency service agencies, this is in keeping with the type of shit I've heard talked about their response to such measures.
I'm glad the governor turned it over to the DOJ. Our last guy (who royally screwed us while trying to run for president) was so anti Obama, he would've never done this, but it's the right move. Good job John Bell.
He couldn't legally have a gun, but had one anyway for his own protection. It arguably is what got him killed.
I had a run in with him a year or so ago and never felt threatened. He was always trying to hustle money from people by selling CDs. I told him I wasn't interested, and he got kind of pushy and asked why I didn't want to support local artist. I grabbed the 3 that I have for sale out of my car and told him I'd buy one of his if he'd buy 3 of mine. He laughed, told me I was alright, and walked away.
There was a vigil last night I was unable to go to because the GF had to go the ER again and get some stitches (she really needs to stay home on Wednesdays). After leaving the hospital, she said she was hungry and made me take her to Red Lobster. As what basically amounts to a hipster from South Louisiana, this is not something I normally abide, but she was on morphine and had a rough day so whatever. While waiting for her food, I saw someone leave the restaurant too drunk to drive, and give his keys to his lady friend. I have no problem with this and applaud the guy for not getting behind the wheel.
The problem is he was open carrying. How is this ok? I know it isn't supposed to be, but the reality of the situation is this is reality. That gun at Red Lobster didn't save anybody. If anything it was a liability. I felt more uncomfortable in this situation then when "The CD Man" tried to push his product on me.
As a dad, I get to explain all this to my daughter.
Fuck
She's nine and while there might be plenty of people that say this doesn't need to be explained to a person that young, I've never subscribed to that school of thought. We a good conversation about it last night.
She had heard the terminology "Black Lives Matter" on the radio and such, so it was worth while to give it some context. I hate that these events are the catalyst. That terminology is something she was confused about, because we have a policy in my house where we don't use terms like black or white to describe people. She understands that other people use those other words and that we purposefully don't, but I suppose explaining again is a good thing. If skin color is needed to describe somebody, we say a person with brown skin or peach skin, which to me makes more since because it's more descriptive, doesn't come with the same connotations those other words might have, and reinforces that they are a person first. The kid started saying chocolate or vanilla, which I'm ok with because in her words "everybody likes ice cream."
There are videos floating around online if you want to go watch. I wouldn't recommend unless you want to see someone on the ground shot 6 times.
As a Baton Rouge resident and father my thoughts are...
Fuck
He should have complied instead of resisting police. They didn't come guns drawn and followed the steps they were supposed to. Vocal commands (all through out), tasers, physical force, finally lethal force.
It looks really bad that both officers body cameras failed. With a couple family members, that work for emergency service agencies, this is in keeping with the type of shit I've heard talked about their response to such measures.
I'm glad the governor turned it over to the DOJ. Our last guy (who royally screwed us while trying to run for president) was so anti Obama, he would've never done this, but it's the right move. Good job John Bell.
He couldn't legally have a gun, but had one anyway for his own protection. It arguably is what got him killed.
I had a run in with him a year or so ago and never felt threatened. He was always trying to hustle money from people by selling CDs. I told him I wasn't interested, and he got kind of pushy and asked why I didn't want to support local artist. I grabbed the 3 that I have for sale out of my car and told him I'd buy one of his if he'd buy 3 of mine. He laughed, told me I was alright, and walked away.
There was a vigil last night I was unable to go to because the GF had to go the ER again and get some stitches (she really needs to stay home on Wednesdays). After leaving the hospital, she said she was hungry and made me take her to Red Lobster. As what basically amounts to a hipster from South Louisiana, this is not something I normally abide, but she was on morphine and had a rough day so whatever. While waiting for her food, I saw someone leave the restaurant too drunk to drive, and give his keys to his lady friend. I have no problem with this and applaud the guy for not getting behind the wheel.
The problem is he was open carrying. How is this ok? I know it isn't supposed to be, but the reality of the situation is this is reality. That gun at Red Lobster didn't save anybody. If anything it was a liability. I felt more uncomfortable in this situation then when "The CD Man" tried to push his product on me.
As a dad, I get to explain all this to my daughter.
Fuck
She's nine and while there might be plenty of people that say this doesn't need to be explained to a person that young, I've never subscribed to that school of thought. We a good conversation about it last night.
She had heard the terminology "Black Lives Matter" on the radio and such, so it was worth while to give it some context. I hate that these events are the catalyst. That terminology is something she was confused about, because we have a policy in my house where we don't use terms like black or white to describe people. She understands that other people use those other words and that we purposefully don't, but I suppose explaining again is a good thing. If skin color is needed to describe somebody, we say a person with brown skin or peach skin, which to me makes more since because it's more descriptive, doesn't come with the same connotations those other words might have, and reinforces that they are a person first. The kid started saying chocolate or vanilla, which I'm ok with because in her words "everybody likes ice cream."
