Don't leave out....... We believe these are kids from good families who made bad choices," Rev. Vincent James, pastor of Elim Baptist Church
Maybe the trouble would stay away if there were dog poop everywhere.
Cell phones and social media make these impromptu gatherings possible. Our local news has been very quiet as to the racial makeup of the mob and of the victims. I wouldn't want to be "that guy" who was attacked by a mob of teenagers and had to defend myself with deadly force. The national news media would be all over this as another Trayvon Martin incident. Looks like the Big Four Bridge project isn't turning out to be such a great idea. First they ban dogs because people wouldn't clean up after them and now it looks like a magnet for troublemakers.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with pointing out that these crimes are perpetrated by black youth. It's neither racist nor insensitive. I personally, being black, find it embarrassing, but it's a fact. It's something that needs to be pointed out, regardless of whose feelings it hurts, and addressed to find a solution.
I will point out, that the constant references to Martin, should have zero bearing in likening these instances. If the media attempted, or anybody else, to make a comparison to a person randomly attacked by a mob and that person intelligently trying to avoid, and if needed, employ deadly force to the Martin-Zimmerman dynamic, they'd be flat wrong.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with pointing out that these crimes are perpetrated by black youth. It's neither racist nor insensitive. I personally, being black, find it embarrassing, but it's a fact. It's something that needs to be pointed out, regardless of whose feelings it hurts, and addressed to find a solution.
I will point out, that the constant references to Martin, should have zero bearing in likening these instances. If the media attempted, or anybody else, to make a comparison to a person randomly attacked by a mob and that person intelligently trying to avoid, and if needed, employ deadly force to the Martin-Zimmerman dynamic, they'd be flat wrong.
I've been involved in a couple of armed conflicts since moving here...
I personally, being black...
If you're an armed bystander, how do you approach the situation?
Then there is this. Wait for the response from Louisville Councilwoman Attica Scott. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPqBf2WvHVs
Then there is this. Wait for the response from Louisville Councilwoman Attica Scott. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPqBf2WvHVs
Your purple was eaten by the purple people eater.Just more excuses for the good kids from good families that have just made bad choices occasionally.
We need compassion and understanding for these misunderstood youths.
Young and Offensive is just a lifestyle anyhow, we just don't have the compassion necessary to understand.
So really, it's everyone else's fault.
If you're an armed bystander, how do you approach the situation?