1. Fort Worth officers receive a “no, no” after the raid on a gay bar, which resulted in at least one person being harmed. Some people are unhappy with the lacking severity of discipline. More details on the investigation will be released today. On a related note: several recommendations were made by a diversity task force (which was formed after the raid) to Fort Worth city officials. One proposal was for Forth Worth’s insurance to cover workers’ sex-change operations.
2. You know a story’s going to be interesting when it includes this quote, “Am I killing? Yes, I am,” said Dr. Curtis Boyd. “I know that.” Boyd had to open a surgery center in order to keep performing late-term abortions (which means he can perform abortions on women as late as six months into their pregnancies). He has opened this center recently on Greenville Avenue, which is in Rep. Jeb Hensarling’s district. Remember Jeb? Of course you do. He’s in this month’s print product. Well, he isn’t happy about this.
3. A 12-year-old may have misdemeanor assault charges filed against him as he “shot” a 4-year-old with an airsoft gun. The 4-year-old turned around and said, “Pick on someone your own size.” Then told his parents who told the cops who told the 12-year-old he may have charges filed against him (I’m assuming this is how it went down). This reminds me of a little drama going on over at our sister blog, Overheard. A 12-year-old “accidentally” threatened a blogger. The blogger said, “Oh, really?” Then called the cops who then contacted the kid who then apologized. Bully fail.
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#3 When we were kids we used to shoot bb guns at each other on purpose (as well as bottle rockets and anything else that could put an eye out.) Shockingly, we survived. Of course, this was before the age of the helicopter parent.
Wait a minute… Someone typed “Beware” in a blog post “directed” at a specific person and then that person called the cops about it? Seriously?? In that case, beware, Tim Rogers, beware!
Actually, JS, the commenter threatened the blogger’s family member. And at the time of the post, no one knew it was a 12-year-old.
Regardless, Krista, it was still utter ridiculousness that only my favorite blog could have created.
@Avid Reader- The most beautiful part of that ridiculousness is that I didn’t write it. It’s super refreshing to have someone else getting torn up for something. Although I still got thrown under the bus for it. And threatened by a 12 year old too. But I didn’t start it and that’s the part that matters.
Well, the only thing I could find reporting the “threat” was the note about using the word “beware” — if there was more to it than that, it doesn’t appear anywhere that I could find.
I’m with Avid and JS. Haven’t seen the alleged threat, since they deleted it and won’t reproduce it. Rather than Krista’s scare quotes around “accidentally”, I’ll bet they really belong around “threatened.” We know dear Merritt manages to find drama in everything.
@Merritt- I have been laughing to myself for the last week that for once, as you put it, you didn’t start it and still get pulled into the fray.