dave
06-26-2003, 19:58 PM
<p>Called a “juvenile” by police, he handled things like a man last Sunday. As his girlfriend was locking up and getting ready to take the cash bags to the bank early Sunday morning, a masked assailant attacked her. He sprayed her in the face with mace and grabbed the bags of money. What the suspect didn’t count on was the girl’s boyfriend sitting close by. Before he could get too far, the boyfriend (name not released due to age) stepped up and gave the suspect what he had coming. According to policed reports, the boyfriend “fought with the suspect and recovered the money bags.” The boyfriend did a good enough job to be able to remove the suspect’s mask and identify him for police as 21 Y.O. Stephen D Johnson. If anyone knows who the guy and girl are, invite them to post their accounts on the site. I’d love to hear there take on the events.</p>
“It is very little food on each meal.”
<p>Poor grammar aside, Tommy Cox makes his case to the Democrat-Reporter about poor conditions at the Marengo County Jail. He specifically cites Kevin McKinney as the one responsible for the poor conditions. Among his claims are: Small food rations (contributing to a loss of 62 lbs in the “few months” he was incarcerated there), nasty showering facilities, poor phone service, hard to obtain medical attention, too many prisoners for a small dayroom, and $300 in “property” he still hasn’t been able to recover since his arrest. Are we supposed to feel sorry for this guy? This is JAIL, not the Best Western. Doing time shouldn’t be nice, or comfortable, or even pleasant. If it was, you couldn’t call it punishment. It has to suck being in prison, otherwise what’s the point?,<p>
More talk of corporal punishment in schools.
<p>Michaela Curtis is claiming “victory” for Alabamians. The Mobile, AL school board recently voted to ban school paddling. Curtis has been battling corporal punishment in Demopolis schools since her son was paddled and subsequently bruised on his buttocks for “picking his nose”. She first launched a campaign against corporal punishment that included full color pictures of her son’s bruised buttocks; these pictures were shown to anyone that would look, even posted on the internet. She also has written numerous letters to local and national media, even was interviewed by ABC Nightly News. When the momentum of her cause seemed to die out, she changed her focus from her son’s bruises to her view that black students are paddled more unfairly that white students. Her message was misleading at best, and had no relevance to her son’s case. We’ve found here that the majority of people in our community support corporal punishment in schools. Michaela Curtis has been good enough in the past to discuss the topic on this website. Perhaps she’ll be good enough to do it again.</p>
“It is very little food on each meal.”
<p>Poor grammar aside, Tommy Cox makes his case to the Democrat-Reporter about poor conditions at the Marengo County Jail. He specifically cites Kevin McKinney as the one responsible for the poor conditions. Among his claims are: Small food rations (contributing to a loss of 62 lbs in the “few months” he was incarcerated there), nasty showering facilities, poor phone service, hard to obtain medical attention, too many prisoners for a small dayroom, and $300 in “property” he still hasn’t been able to recover since his arrest. Are we supposed to feel sorry for this guy? This is JAIL, not the Best Western. Doing time shouldn’t be nice, or comfortable, or even pleasant. If it was, you couldn’t call it punishment. It has to suck being in prison, otherwise what’s the point?,<p>
More talk of corporal punishment in schools.
<p>Michaela Curtis is claiming “victory” for Alabamians. The Mobile, AL school board recently voted to ban school paddling. Curtis has been battling corporal punishment in Demopolis schools since her son was paddled and subsequently bruised on his buttocks for “picking his nose”. She first launched a campaign against corporal punishment that included full color pictures of her son’s bruised buttocks; these pictures were shown to anyone that would look, even posted on the internet. She also has written numerous letters to local and national media, even was interviewed by ABC Nightly News. When the momentum of her cause seemed to die out, she changed her focus from her son’s bruises to her view that black students are paddled more unfairly that white students. Her message was misleading at best, and had no relevance to her son’s case. We’ve found here that the majority of people in our community support corporal punishment in schools. Michaela Curtis has been good enough in the past to discuss the topic on this website. Perhaps she’ll be good enough to do it again.</p>