GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Thursday, October 28, 2021

SANTE FE DISTRICT ATTORNEY: WILL SHE SUCCUMB TO WOKE CULTURE PRESSURE?

ICHEOKU says "I didn't know the gun contained live bullets" is not a defense to killing a person. A gun in the hand of a person is presumed loaded and pointing it at another person is an assault on its own; and then pulling the trigger consummates the crime of battery. If the person struck by the fired bullet or projectile dies, then we are looking at the degree of homicide involved. There was no reason for Alec Baldwin to point the gun at Halyna Hutchins who was not acting in the movie; yet he pointed the gun at her, squeezed the trigger and fired off the shot which killed her. If there is any explanation at all for the acts preceding her death, it still does not and will not excuse killing her. That she was killed on a movie set is also not an excuse, as in make believe fantasy production, make believe plastic guns should have been used instead of the real deal. 

There were three activities involved in this incident: he was handed a gun; he pointed the gun and he fired the gun. He was handed a gun but he was never told to point the gun at Halyna Hutchins nor to pull the trigger, firing off the projectile with which he killed her. The two subsequent actions following being handed a gun were entirely Alec Baldwin's and he is absolutely responsible for them. At minimum, he should be held accountable for his own portion  of the actions that ultimately led the death of Halyna Hutchins. But the poor excuse of "I didn't know the gun contained live bullets" is akin to a driver of a vehicle who just ran over and killed a pedestrian on a crosswalk, claiming that the vehicle was given to him by a third party. 

So, all the defenders and apologists of Alec Baldwin should fully appraise themselves of these vital factual issues triggered in this case; and understand that it is what Alec Baldwin did, and on his own volition, that is under the microscope here and not what an armorer did. The armorer only handed him a gun but what Alec Baldwin decided to do with the gun was entirely his own act. We should therefore be discussing his level of contribution to the death of Halyna Hutchins and not that someone handed him a gun and said "cold gun" is an excuse. If he did not point the gun at Halyna Hutchins or pulled the trigger, Halyna Hutchins would not have died, whether or not the gun was handed to him and irrespective of it being loaded. 

ICHEOKU says is prepared to give him the benefit of doubt that he did not intend to kill her, but he killed her anyways. The absence of malice aforethought in what he did will only operate to reduce his culpability but not extinguish it nor exculpate him from all responsibility in her killing. Halyna Hutchins died because of Alec Baldwin's action, he killed her, period. Any other story being bandied out there regarding other surrounding circumstances of her death will only help to mitigate Alec Baldwin's jeopardy. Halyna Hutchins deserves justice; her death needs to be atoned for and only through the prosecution of her killer Alec Baldwin will she finally find some rest. 

Killing her was not an accident because it was a targeted shot. The pointing and pulling of trigger were deliberate or intended; and it is a reasonable believe that any person who a gun was pointed at and the trigger squeezed could die as a result. It would have been different if the gun was being held in a barrel-down position when it went off and the bullet ricocheted on the floor and struck her. It would have been different if the gun was holstered when it went off and the bullet stuck her. It would have been different if the gun was pointed elsewhere at a different target or direction and it misfired and flying shrapnel struck her. It would have been different if Alec Baldwin did not pull the trigger at all. But he actively carried out all the processes involved in firing a gun at a target, he pointed at it and he shot at it; and no one directed him to do so. 

Members of the filming crew were relaxing after lunch and have not resumed shooting any movie scene when Alec Baldwin decided to play John Wayne's styled Texas quick draw and shoot from the hip, while seated. At minimum Sante Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies should indict him with involuntary manslaughter and let the jury decide if his conduct were excusable. But to not prosecute him will be denying justice to his victims, both the dead and the survivor; and it will also add credence to the prevailing believe in America that American Justice System is only for the poor and the downtrodden. OJ Simpson got away with two murders, will Alec Baldwin also get away with an apparent involuntary manslaughter or even reckless endangerment. He pointed the gun and squeezed the trigger. But will she prosecute or will we see another 'Jussie Smollett type-free pass by Kim Foxx' due to pressure of woke culture political correctness?

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