News ban

Well, I continue to want to ban the news/politics in my home and car. For the most part, I'm still succeeding. But with all the talk about Jared Fogel, I had to hit up a couple news sites to read the story. I also caught up on a couple other stories and then bailed! So, that disgusting pig. I don't for one second believe he feels bad for anything he's done. He feels bad because he got caught. Period. I feel sad for his family though. Yuck. I hope he's very popular in prison - I don't care that that's a mean though. 


I guess I need to revise this since they said today that the suspect was shot in the back. but my point still stands. Don't commit a crime!! But it's not cool to shoot someone in the back. 
The other bullshit story I glanced at, was about another black young man who was shot and killed in St. Louis. I say it's a bullshit story because he had committed a crime, ran from the police, was armed, and aimed said firearm at the cops. I fail to see what people think that cop should have done? Stand there and just hope the criminal wouldn't shoot him?? 

This was the part of the article that killed me though;

"Another youth down by the hands of police," Dex Dockett, 42, who lives nearby, told a reporter. "What could have been done different to de-escalate rather than escalate? They (police) come in with an us-against-them mentality. You've got to have the right kind of cops to engage in these types of neighborhoods."

Umm, dude, I'm pretty sure it IS us-against-them. Duh. What could have been done differently? How about stop committing crimes? That pissed me off so I immediately changed gears....did you know Jennifer Aniston got married?? And Len Goodman quit on Dancing With The Stars. That's ok, he was too grumpy anyway. More joy please!!