"Note that while it’s illegal to flee from the police at a traffic stop, it is no crime simply to run from the police at a house in Georgia"
It is not.
It is *stupid*, and the risk vs reward IN ATLANTA is high.
("Yoiu don't know..." Spare. Me. That. Ish. I know life on Bankhead just _fine_, and it ain't any different on Brown's Mill. I -also- know I'm 50 and my decisions at 50 aren't the decisions of a 16 year old. And a 16 year old has excuses that a 50 or 39 year old ADULT doesn't. Men in our community are not children and have no business not holding themselves to the level of decision making of a grown adult. He call himself Skreet, and he knew just how it was likely to go if he stayed, but instead...)
A 39 year old grown ass man jumped two fences fleeing a house when everyone else in it either had the sense to stay, or caught a case of "what in the hell am I doing?" After they started to run. Every single one of those people is fine.
My work blew up with a dozen knuckleheads saying this Insta or that, said "they shot Scooter." And every word of that turned out to be a lie.
If a man with more than enough money to weather a single night in Rice Street just fine, as a worst case scenario, made a choice that directly resulted in an injury that killed him, caused by no one else, then the majority of the responsibility?
It's with him.
Now what I'm actually curious of is 1. How long did it take to place a call for Grady & 2. if Grady was called and couldn't immediately respond, why are their resources not appropriately supported? Because both of those questions are more important to my life, and the lives of my folks,family & neighbors.
Cause if someone gets hurt, I expect APD to call for help IMMEDIATELY and for that help to be available.
"Note that while it’s illegal to flee from the police at a traffic stop, it is no crime simply to run from the police at a house in Georgia"
It is not.
It is *stupid*, and the risk vs reward IN ATLANTA is high.
("Yoiu don't know..." Spare. Me. That. Ish. I know life on Bankhead just _fine_, and it ain't any different on Brown's Mill. I -also- know I'm 50 and my decisions at 50 aren't the decisions of a 16 year old. And a 16 year old has excuses that a 50 or 39 year old ADULT doesn't. Men in our community are not children and have no business not holding themselves to the level of decision making of a grown adult. He call himself Skreet, and he knew just how it was likely to go if he stayed, but instead...)
A 39 year old grown ass man jumped two fences fleeing a house when everyone else in it either had the sense to stay, or caught a case of "what in the hell am I doing?" After they started to run. Every single one of those people is fine.
My work blew up with a dozen knuckleheads saying this Insta or that, said "they shot Scooter." And every word of that turned out to be a lie.
If a man with more than enough money to weather a single night in Rice Street just fine, as a worst case scenario, made a choice that directly resulted in an injury that killed him, caused by no one else, then the majority of the responsibility?
It's with him.
Now what I'm actually curious of is 1. How long did it take to place a call for Grady & 2. if Grady was called and couldn't immediately respond, why are their resources not appropriately supported? Because both of those questions are more important to my life, and the lives of my folks,family & neighbors.
Cause if someone gets hurt, I expect APD to call for help IMMEDIATELY and for that help to be available.