Wednesday Feel Good Stories
Generally speaking, it’s better to bring your own gun to a gun fight.
BRPD says LSU athletes shot, killed man who tried to rob them
Juliana Mazza
BATON ROUGE, La. — Baton Rouge police said 18-year-old Kobe Johnson was shot during an attempted robbery of two LSU athletes Saturday afternoon, according to WDSU’s Baton Rouge affiliate WVLA.
According to police, the two student athletes were trying to sell an electronic item when Johnson pulled out a gun, attempting to rob the athletes. Authorities said one of the athletes was able to get the handgun away and fire, hitting Johnson multiple times WVLA reports.
Johnson died at the scene on 68th Ave. around noon Saturday.
The two students were detained for questioning after calling police to report the incident. After questioning and reviewing evidence, police released both of the student athletes from BRPD custody without charges. Sources say police are investigating whether the shooting was self-defense.
Read the rest of the article and watch the video at: WDSU News
Stubborn or stupid?
Bradenton man shot during break-in, Sarasota sheriff says
By Carlos R. Munoz
The homeowner shot the 28-year-old man who tried to enter his home in self-defense Friday night.
SARASOTA — A 28-year-old Bradenton man who attempted to enter a home illegally on Friday night was shot by the homeowner in self-defense, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said.
The victim was identified as James Jarvis of Bradenton, who detectives say left a bar Friday after 1 a.m. and, at about 2 a.m., attempted to enter a home through the back door in the 2800 block of Mayflower Street.
Jarvis was confronted by the homeowner, who told him to leave, but he refused, and the homeowner shot him in self-defense, according to detectives.
He is currently at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in critical but stable condition.
The entire article may be viewed at: The Herald Tribune
Category: Feel Good Stories
Ex-PH2
Sister Mary needs to pencil whip (ouch!) the “journalist” that wrote the top line of the second story, “The homeowner shot…. “. A cursory glance and read through will point to the obvious flaw.
He was entering the home in self defense?
Yes, Sister Mary Grace saw that, but it was corrected in the body of the story, so it gets a SPLAT and a pass – for now.
The “self defense” line ran as a sub-head. Usually they’re written by copy editors who are supposed to be wizards at catching main story errors of spelling and grammar. Define irony.
What’s also unclear is why the sub-head was even included. The main headline and story work just fine without it.
The Whiz Wheel™® shoots and scores!
Kobe Johnson (SIBLDAM*) 27 x 6 = 162
*Self Inflicted Bernathian Level Dumb Ass Move
On the other hand, there is some cost savings if you use the bad guy’s ammo. Of course, you have no quality control over the products involved that way.
Total change of subject: What IS the point of publishing any “news” story when you need a code book to figure out what they are trying to say? It’s almost as if the only concern of “journalists” these days it to get words out there whether they make sense or not.
They get paid by the word count?
DamnedifIknow, OWB. I just post ’em for the enjoyment of TAH readers, and the daily FGS is a tradition here. I can almost hear the whines and bitchin’ if I took off more than one day a year for Christmas.
My objection is certainly not with YOU, Ed, for posting what the “journalist” crowd produces! No, no, NO! Anything but.
And to be fair, not everyone in the publishing business and beyond writes so unintelligibly. It is also not a new phenomena.
I didn’t take it as a hit on me- no worries, OWB.
I do take the occasional shot- that just goes with the territory- and I don’t lose sleep over those, so it’s all good.
A couple of law enforcement casualties over the last few days.
KY police officer killed by a drunk driver during a traffic stop:
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/police-officer-killed-during-traffic-stop-impaired-driver-002308480–abc-news-topstories.html
FL police dog killed while chasing suspect:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/12/25/florida-police-mourn-k-9-officer-slain-christmas-eve/2411462002/
There’s an affinity between military and EMS- it’s the shared experience of duty and service that most civilians do not comprehend. It’s always a kick in the gut reading these, but seems even worse this time of year.
Fair winds and following seas.
Just a note, anyone heard from Frankie Cee lately? (Missing Kyle Barwan “just out of prison, starting new scam”) updates.
Obviously, more concerned about Frankie Cee.
Thank you.
You can call me Ray and you can call me Jay but you don’t have to call me Johnson