We're Gettin' There...
Christmas is coming like a jail-on-wheels...that's a fact.
And it makes me wonder if all the "sales" from Black Friday and Cyber Monday will be truly worth it, after the shoppers see even LOWER prices during the next 25 or so days...something to ponder. Do you buy NOW, or wait for better sale prices in the next several weeks?
Don'cha just HATE all those "executive decisions"?
I know I do.
*** But before we go any further, let's update the story of the 25th homicide in our fair city.
And those of you who followed this from this past January, you knew I predicted this number, even though the year isn't over yet.
(( Victim in shooting ID’d; 25th homicide - Jeff Wiehe The Journal Gazette
The man found dead in an alley in the 2200 block of Chestnut Street was identified Monday and declared Allen County’s 25th homicide of the year.
The victim – 33-year-old Patrick Lee Bennett of Fort Wayne – died from at least one gunshot wound, according to the Allen County Coroner’s Office.
Bennett’s body was found by a resident in an alley behind a home in the east-side neighborhood at 12:45 p.m. Sunday. Police at the scene said he suffered "obvious trauma," but how he died was not revealed until the coroner’s office completed the autopsy Monday.
Police said there were no reported disturbances in the area Saturday or Sunday nights. No arrests have been made in the case, which remains under investigation.
Bennett was wanted in Allen County on a felony charge of possession of marijuana before his death. In 2002, he was convicted of dealing cocaine and pointing a firearm and served some prison time. He had also been arrested on domestic battery charges in the past. ))
Oh, gee...another "stellar" citizen of the ghettohood is found DEAD...why is this NOT a surprise (to me)?
Already had an active *14* (warrant) for felony possession at his TOD..amazing.
Priors out the butt, too, INCLUDING a firearms violation AND domestics (helluva man beating on a woman).
And he was used to wearing ORANGE (prison attire)...sound like a good recipe for cheesing someone off, doesn't it?
Yessir, I'm sure his mama would say he was "such a good boy...always joking around..."
Sorry, mom...your 33 yr old boy is now just a statistic.
What I find incredulous, is that NO ONE in the area either saw NOR heard anything...gunshots tend to be loud enough to be heard, unless a suppressor is used. Then it sort of sounds like a BB pistol. No one noticed any "suspicious" vehicles in the area, people that don't belong...nothing out of "the ordinary" to them.
To me, that says three things:
1- Someone is covering something up.
2- People around there really DON'T give a sh*t and life IS cheap to them.
3- The body was dumped there from another location.
Be nice to see if the amount of blood was consistent with the area the vic was found at.
It's always weird to see so little blood from such a trauma (the head bleeds easily, thanks to all those capillaries) - that's why over 25% of heat loss in winter is FROM THE HEAD, and it wasn't really cold enough to NOT bleed out.
Makes me want to sit down and chat with the coroner to find out the specifics.
Given the number of gunshots in the SE over the last few days, I'd track back to THOSE locations and start questioning neighbors in THOSE areas.
But I'm a little O/C when it comes to skulling that kind of stuff out.
I just like to know the FACTS, and eliminate all the other garbage along the way. I'm sure the FWPD is on this...
*** Just like they were on catching the four white-trash punks of a burglary ring up north.
Here's the story on this collar:
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20101130/LOCAL07/311309932
Guess being a good citizen wasn't on THEIR short-list...but I'm sure they'll have PLENTY of time to mull their bad decision-making skills over in the hoosegow.
Hope they like the color ORANGE.
*** And another HAPPY ENDING lands in the Summit City.
Here's the link to the article:
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20101130/LOCAL03/311309985
Just another case of stupidity run amok in the minority community...with absolutely NO outcry for the act committed.
Astounding!
Naturally, the appeals will drag on, seemingly forever, but at least that's ONE less RPIA to deal with, right?
Guess these people really DON'T care about one another, otherwise, they'd have a much better handle on this and we'd see a helluva lot LESS of these acts perpetrated upon others in the city.
I suppose as long as these gangstas KEEP killing one another, the rest of us can breathe a bit easier.
That's predicated upon the notion that these assholes can shoot straight!
(most of them cannot, that's why we don't see even MORE homicides...they're NOT skilled...just "lucky" once in a while.)
But maybe we can turn this off for a while - put it on the back burner for a spell.
It's the holiday season, and although the homicide vics cannot partake in it, WE certainly can.
It's time to dust off the decorations and think about putting them up again.
I know a few in my part of the ghettohood had their outside lights up as EARLY as Halloween...
(WTF???)
Yeah, they're the SAME ones that will leave them up until AFTER EASTER.
And you'd think that in THIS day and age, telling time would be a lot EASIER...guess not for some folks.
And one thing you MIGHT want to think about is those smoke-detectors in your houses.
With all the decorations, it's too easy to overlook something like those.
Better to check the batteries and swap 'em out NOW, than after you get that nice blue spruce indoors and light that bugger up.
It's the right time of year to make your house SAFE from harm, and that includes INSIDE as well as OUTSIDE.
Be sure to check all the cords for wear, including the plugs themselves.
Replace any damaged ones NOW, while the prices are good (actually, the prices are even better AFTER the holidays, so get some then as well).
An ounce of prevention IS worth a pound of cure..and certainly worth the lives of your loved ones, at this time of year.
And it sure beats having to live in a motel with nothing but the clothes on your back because the house burned down, right?
Let's not make the fire department's task any harder by doing dumb things, fair enough?
They have plenty of "job-security" (as does the local PD), so we need to be on OUR game as well when it comes to being safe around the house for the holidays.
You do YOUR job at home when it comes to safety first...so they don't have to.
In the meantime...
Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay safe out there, America.


(( Only 25 shopping days until Christmas))