From the local news...


This is a story about a drunken fight that ended in a killing and the lunacy that surrounds it. By lunacy, I mean the complete delusion most people react with. A tragedy it is, yes. but there have been other words used...cowardice and evil are two of them. There is one fundamental aspect no one seems to ask the story: Why was a drunk guy walking around with a gun? He had been booted from the casino for being too drunk. He goes to a house, tries to crash a party, gets booted out, starts a fight, gets beaten down not once but again, pulls a gun..I remind everyone, HE pulled the gun first, then gets shot by the guy dominating the fight. For a year now, I have listened to the word tragedy used in this young man's life, but no one in public has dared ask the question..what was he doing running around town drunk with a gun? My only explanations are two elements. The killer, another young man, is black, and therefore suspect. The other is mass delusion as people do not wish to state the obvious: He got himself shot by being drunk, obnoxious, having a gun and starting multiple fights.