OT: High School Football Player dies a hero
A high school player in Tennessee died yesterday. He acted as a human shield to protect 3 girls from the bullets shot at random towards their group. I share this only to ask that we pray for his family and friends and to call attention to a true act of bravery on the kid's part. Link http://247sports.com/Bolt/HS-football-star-Zaevion-Dobson-killed-saving-three-girls-42144309
December 19th, 2015 at 12:20 PM ^
What the fuck is wrong with people?
December 19th, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
I have a hard time believing this is random. People don't do this randomly.
Sadly people have been killing each other since time immemorial and it will never stop.
December 19th, 2015 at 12:28 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 12:28 PM ^
its what they do. some perceived slight is all it takes. i can't tell you the number of murders i prosecuted where the provocation was virtually nothing. we'd have 5 shootings a weekend just between two rival gangs amongst the hundreds of gangs in our area. ou shoot us friday night, we get you back. same deal on saturday night. clean up shooting on sunday.
December 19th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^
Good info. Where were you?
December 19th, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^
thats where the real gang culture started and virtually all others are varying degrees of copycat.
December 19th, 2015 at 12:42 PM ^
That's what I had in mind. Crazy how many gangs are in SoCal.
December 19th, 2015 at 2:21 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 12:46 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 1:26 PM ^
comes from socal. many started out as car clubs, and were mostly hispanic. they were called 'pachecos' at the time. indeed, your version of a gang called 'los counts' is a spanish language take-off, and that didn't come because of the influx of hispanic auto-workers from the south. detroit was a vibrant city without those types problems in the 50's, unlike california, both north and south where by the 50's the gangs were well established. the most dominant gang in chicago is or was the 'FOLKS', which is an acronym for 'family of latin killers', again a reference to the roots of that gang which were in socal.
rap music and much of what the kids in the '80's and '90's were wearing comes straight out of the california gang culture and prison system, a system that is run on the inside by various gangs.
December 19th, 2015 at 2:05 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 12:59 PM ^
Hey I thought it all started in Detroit with the Purple Gang.
In all seriousness my thoughts go to the young man and his family. As far as random it's only random in the targets. Senseless.
December 19th, 2015 at 6:53 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 8:25 PM ^
so now is a good time. the freezers are full. will give you load of eggs, too. our layers are in prime production right now and happy to share.
mrs XM was a prosecutor too, she and mrs L will get along famously, without a doubt.
December 22nd, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
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December 22nd, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^
Considering it was a gang-related incident, I wouldn't be surprised if it were random. They have no respect for life. Prayers to the family...
December 19th, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^
And that...is the rest of the story.
Surprised Knoxville has gangs.
December 19th, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 12:28 PM ^
I read an article about this yesterday. Already at 16 he was a recognized mentor to other players and students. Heart goes out to family and friends.
December 19th, 2015 at 12:55 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 12:56 PM ^
Congratulations to Zaevion Dobson. Lots of people die without ever having done anything great in their lives. It sounds like a senseless killing, but Zaevion went out in a way that people can be proud of.
December 19th, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
This kid showed a lot of courage. Sucks to go out that way, but good to know a human person that age was willing protect others at his own expense.
December 19th, 2015 at 1:53 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 2:03 PM ^
Why don't you try and eliminate gangs who did this? Ask the police, or strike out on your own.
December 19th, 2015 at 2:54 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 5:53 PM ^
Oh give me a fucking break. Nobody is pro-gang. However, it's fair to question the methods that have been used in the past to combat gang violence.
December 19th, 2015 at 7:55 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 4:16 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^
how many days and nights have you been in a black and white in the varrio? how many search warrants have you served or how many homicides scenes have you had to step through the blood carefully so as not to disturb the evidence and to get to a grieving family member or friend of the deceased? you interviewed lots of witnesses at those scenes, and if so, in what language(s)?
cops can do bad things and be lazy like any other group, but that type of broad brush is inaccurate and unfair to the many who do the job and do it under some tough, tough circumstances.
December 19th, 2015 at 5:35 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 5:47 PM ^
Oh for fuck's sake.
December 19th, 2015 at 2:03 PM ^
greatest common characteristic of most gangsters is that they come from a single-parent household. you going to legislate no children out of wedlock? good luck with that in today's culture, and not a discussion for this board as it will dive into the double shock rails of politics and religion. i'm staying out of that one.
December 19th, 2015 at 3:57 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 4:11 PM ^
If you have such strong feelings for it, I hope you display those same feelings in your real life.
December 19th, 2015 at 4:14 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 4:17 PM ^
you have heartfelt and sincere thoughts, but this board isn't the place for them.
December 19th, 2015 at 9:43 PM ^
Exactly, thank you
December 19th, 2015 at 8:50 PM ^
I wasn't questioning you at all. As I said, if you're so passionate about it, I hope you put it into action in your real life. There's no way for me to know whether you're doing that or whether you're actually Christopher Lloyd.
December 20th, 2015 at 12:20 AM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 8:28 PM ^
single most correlative factor, yes it is.
December 19th, 2015 at 9:25 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^