To what end...?

"It's really unfortunate that it happened," stated John Wilson.







The police were called to the Moore Funeral Home Eastland Chapel on April 30 2015 at about 5 pm to handle a disturbance.  They arrived at the funeral home on the 1900 block of South Memorial Dr in Tulsa OK to find that the body of a woman that was waiting to be interred had been vandalized.  They reported that they found what looked like her hair on the floor and her makeup had been smeared.

On a closer examination, a vertical cut was found that ran from the woman's hairline to the tip of her nose.  Family members stated that they had caught Shaynna Lauren Sims, aka Shaynna Smith in the dead woman's apartment and they believed that she was the one who had slashed the dead woman.  Sims had told the relatives that she was there picking up jewelry to wear to the funeral but they had not given her permission to be there.

The police found Sims in possession of scissors, a box cutter, various makeup items and a folding knife with the deceased's hair still on it.  Family members stated that they had observed Sims near the casket with her hands inside of it before she left and the damage was found shortly afterwards.  Sims was arrested and is being held on a charge of illegal dissection as well as a previous charge of assault and battery, each of which has a $10,000 bond.

She could also face a more serious charge of desecration of a corpse.  Court records show that she had pleaded guilty on April 15th to an amended charge of assault and battery after being charged in February 2015 of child neglect.  She had received an 18 month deferred sentence for that plea.  Sims has not stated what motivated her to slash the dead woman but it has been reported that she was possibly dating the dead woman's ex boyfriend.

The funeral director, John Wilson stated that he has never seen anything like this in the past thirty years.  It certainly is taking things to an extreme and if she had some kind of difficulty with the deceased, it should have been put to rest with the woman's death.  Slashing her body in a casket would make no difference now and only hurt the living.



http://www.newson6.com/story/28970732/woman-arrested-for-dissecting-corpse-at-tulsa-funeral-home

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/tulsa-woman-jailed-on-report-of-vandalizing-corpse/article_8470c61f-8ed4-5c4c-85b2-7ee20d5a2bce.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/okla-woman-slashed-face-boyfriend-dead-cops-article-1.2210681

There was no need.......

The Morrow's of kings Mountain NC had rescued Libby six years ago and tragically lost her on April 30 2015.  The blind beagle had gone outside where they reported she liked to just lay around but they became concerned when she hadn't come back in by the early evening.

The police were called to the Morrow home on the 100 block of South Gaston St at about 7:47 pm that evening.  A family friend had gone into the backyard to look for Libby and found what was left of her between the two trees that she had loved to sleep under.  Someone had jumped the back fence and broken into their shed.  They had stolen an axe, a sledgehammer, a shovel and a propane tank.

The thief had also killed Libby and decapitated her, which left a scene so gruesome that the Morrow's had to leave many details out when they told their children that she was dead.  The police were back out to the house during the daylight the next day to continue their investigation and search because Libby's head was missing.  The police did manage to find her collar but so far they have few clues to go on.

Dennis Morrow stated that they keeping a close eye on their remaining two dogs and feel especially sorry that Libby was killed in the manner she was.  He stated that she was so friendly that if someone were to touch her head, she would probably lie down and let whoever was there pet her.  He added that being blind would have meant that she would have had no idea what was going to happen to her.

The Kings Mountain police are asking for anyone who has information about the crime to contact them and an animal shelter has offered a $5,000 reward to the conviction of the criminal involved.

It seems obvious that Libby did not bark and give them away when they broke in so there is no real reason for killing a defenseless, handicapped dog and then taking her head.






http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/community/news-alliance/wbtv-news/article20071194.html

http://www.wistv.com/story/28955787/police-dog-decapitated-during-home-break-in

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/burglar-decapitates-blind-deaf-dog-in-backyard-of-north-carolina-home/

Do the right thing?

"As parents we wanted Allen to do the right thing," stated Bobbi Smallwood.





A nation watched on April 27 2015 as what had begun as another day of peaceful demonstrations grew into a violent night of wild destruction.  There have been various theories as to why the day progressed the way it did and they may well figure that question out in the not too distant future.  What is known is that by the next day, Allen Bullock's picture was known world wide as a symbol of what happened that day.

The riots had turned ugly on April 25th when a group that had been protesting the death of Freddie Gray turned violent outside the Baltimore Orioles game at Camden Yards that evening.  People who were inside watching the game were delayed in leaving because of the rioting.  Bullock was photographed there smashing a police cruiser with a traffic cone and his picture ended up on the front page of the Baltimore Sun the next day.

His mother Bobbi and stepfather Maurice Hawkins, 44, had told Allen that the police would find him, knock down the door and beat him if he did not do the right thing and turn himself in.  They felt that he was dead wrong in what he did and needed to be punished but not as severely as the charges will face in court.   Allen did turn himself into the police and now his parents are very upset and publicly stating that they wish they had not.

Allen is facing eight charges which include rioting and malicious destruction of property as well as a bond of $500,000 which is why his parents have changed their minds.  They feel that he has been singled out and made an example of with a bail that high.  I would almost jump on that boat as well since about half of those arrested between Saturday and Monday have been released on their own recognizance and most of the remaining are facing bail of about $10,000.  I can not back the pleas for softer treatment of Bullock though after reading more of the evidence.

It has been stated on the site begging for donations to raise Bullock's bail money that he was so angry about the lack of information that had been released about the death of Freddie Gray that he broke the windows on the police car.  He was caught on film as well as in stills smashing away at the car with a friend who his parents now refuse to name since he has not been charged yet.  The most serious charge bullock faces is the inciting a riot charge which his parents and supporters claim is false.  What you can readily see though is that the pair is surrounded by onlookers who did not join in on the destruction.

Bullock may have been angry but he had no reason to lead the charge in destroying the police car.  In fact, he had no business getting in any legal trouble at that time.  Bullock was already on probation at the for juvenile convictions that included fighting and theft, so he was breaking his probation conditions just by breaking the law.  I do understand where they could find a charge of inciting a riot because he is the primary person to smash the car and by doing so, he was either showing off to the surrounding crowd or trying to get some of them to join in.  I would be much more sympathetic if he had been grabbed by the police out of a crowd of hundreds and arrested for just being there.

Other sites tell the tale of how both of his parents have had their own arrests, his mother on prostitution charges in 2003 and the lack of jobs available to blacks in Baltimore.  Bullock isn't one of those poor downtrodden,never going to have a chance young men though.  He was on probation for juvenile arrests but he had caught some pretty significant breaks as well.

 He was living with a cousin in East Baltimore and was earning $15,600 a year working in sanitation for the city in a program for juveniles on probation.  He had graduated middle school in 2012 and had attended night school once in an attempt to get his GED but left that after he failed to graduate.  His parents also stated that he was running his own successful car detailing business and was making anywhere from $900 to $3,000 a month depending on business.

If that figure is just roughly rounded off, he could have been making an additional $10,000 a year which also could have been tax free if he had not been claiming on his tax form.  That means that the he could have been bringing in roughly $25,600 a year which many adults would state is a fair wage for a years work.  The estimated poverty level wages for a single adult is $11, 670 in the US so without counting his side business pay, Bullock was already above that bare minimum.  He is making with just the one job, what anyone else working a minimum wage job, full time for a year would make.

Then take into account the additional pictures and postings that Allen had made.  Bullock posted a picture of him smashing the police car on his own Facebook page as well as pictures circulating of him wearing a police officers hat.  He does not make any attempt to link the pictures and comments to the death of Freddie Gray or the unfair treatment alleged of the police in general.

His parents are concerned that he may not receive the medications he needs to treat his ADHD while he is in jail as well as the possibility that he will lose his job.  Bullock has gotten breaks from the legal system and was set up in a job opportunity that could have left him with a fairly decent paying career job.  He chose to not only be down there for the protests but also to jump on a police car and start bashing it.  He can not claim that he was swept up in the crowd choices because he was performing for the crowd.

Unfortunately, now he faces eight charges in adult court, one of which could have him facing life but will most likely end up with 4 to 8 years in jail.  He is being made an example of but then, there are many more that joined into the destruction of their own neighborhoods, businesses and property over those few days.  Bullock's friend will be arrested as well as the police in Ferguson MO have shown.  They will take their time and round up more of the vandals who acted like thugs and they will be charged.  Allen did do the right thing in the end but the right thing should have been to not destroy a police cruiser in the first place.

Welcome to the world of adults Allen Bullock......... there are all kinds of choices and there are also consequences for those choices, good or bad.  May this be a lesson that many can learn from.  You have free speech but you do not have the right to destroy.



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http://wreckvhavoc.blogspot.com/2015/04/just-destruction.html

http://wreckvhavoc.blogspot.com/search?q=fake+gun

http://wreckvhavoc.blogspot.com/2014/08/where-is-outrage.html

http://wreckvhavoc.blogspot.com/2014/11/its-fair-burn-it.html

http://wreckvhavoc.blogspot.com/2014/10/it-is-their-job.html

http://wreckvhavoc.blogspot.com/2014/08/justified.html







http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/30/baltimore-rioters-parents-500000-bail-allen-bullock

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3062532/Mother-Baltimore-rioter-REGRETS-telling-18-year-old-son-turn-smashing-cars-police-cone-bail-set-500-000.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/baltimore-mom-regrets-making-rioting-son-surrender-police-article-1.2205190

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaJYvwOX_Us

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-the-family-of-allen-bullock-post-bail

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/05/02/3654160/teen-turned-riots-faces-bail-higher-cops-charged-freddie-gray-death/


Update May 12 2015:

Allen Bullock has been released on the $500,000 bond that he had been held with after he turned himself in.  His mother stated that they had raised the funds for his bail through friends as well as over $8,000 that had been raised on a fundraising site.  She added that they are still trying to get his bail lowered and complained that he was being held on a higher bail than any of the police officers that have been charged with Gray's death.  None of those officers though have a previous criminal history and they had not broken parole as Bullock had done.

While they do state that he broke the law and he needs to be punished for it, they continue to state that he has been unfairly targeted with the high bond.  He did do the right thing in turning himself in but it can be easily seen that he had no mob helping him destroy the police cars.  The pictures from the scene show hundreds standing around and watching him flail away with a traffic cone.  The excuse that he was acting out on his emotions doesn't float well.  He is 18 with a record and had been given a huge chance already by his placement in the job he had.  Maybe with the high bond he has, he will learn to control those emotions a lot better now.




http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bal-teen-charged-with-rioting-released-on-500000-bail-20150508-story.html

Speed kills.......

"We don't have anyone who can confirm that they were racing," stated police LT Rich Lawhead.






The police do know that around 10 pm on April 29 2015, two cars were traveling at a high rate of speed eastbound and switching lanes near Highland Ave and Macy St in San Bernardino CA when a crash occurred.  The 1992 Mitsubishi 3000 that Mark A Jimenez, 19, was driving slid into the path of a 2011 Toyota Corolla that was traveling west on Highland Ave. and hit it head on.

Jimenez was killed in the crash and the three people riding in the Toyota were taken to area hospitals  with injuries.  The driver of the car, a 23 year old is in critical condition and the other two were rushed into surgery for internal injuries.  All three that were in the Toyota are expected to survive their injuries and police stated that Jimenez died instantly in the crash.  His brother was driving a black Chevy Impala alongside Mark and he declined to make a statement to police.  At this time, he has not been charged with anything.

The police have stated that there have been several accidents on that stretch of road in the past but they have not had a problem with street racing there before.  It is described as a very flat, straight stretch of road and it would be very well suited for racing though.

Jimenez was very popular and well liked at his alma mater Arroyo Valley High School and the students there are very upset by the news of his death.  He was described as having a great smile and while there may have been doubt of his graduating during his junior year, he managed to buckle down and graduate the following year.  He is remembered for the times he would arrive at school in his cowboy style clothing, sometimes adding a hat as well.

The police are still investigating the crash so it is still unknown if the brothers were just fooling around or actually racing.  Either way, it looks as though a poor choice has led to another young life gone far too soon.






http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-kills-injures-3-drag-race-brother-article-1.2207627

http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20150430/san-bernardino-man-killed-in-possible-street-racing-crash-identified-3-others-hurt

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Teen-Killed-Deadly-Street-Race-San-Bernardino-301808111.html

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-brother-killed-sibling-street-race-20150430-story.html

Three strikes too many.........

"He took the life of Joshua, you know, he was just a baby," stated Joseph Rodriguez, the boy's stepfather.







Blaine T Boudreaux, 34, had his first encounter with the Houston TX police at 3:30 pm on April 26 2015 when he rear ended a car near the Texas Medical Center.  The police responded to the accident on the 6600 block of Fannin where Boudreaux had crashed his black Dodge Ram pickup into the back of another car.  The two occupants, a adult and a two year old were taken to the hospital with injuries and later released.  Boudreaux was issued a citation for failure to control speed and allowed to leave the accident scene and he did not appear to be drunk at that time.

At some point between 5:15 pm and 6:00 pm, he was driving along the 4400 block of the Texas 5 Spur and he ended up on the 1400 block of Lockwood and the East Freeway feeder road.  He apparently passed out at a red light there but awoke when another driver honked his horn. Boudreaux then accelerated  ran the red light and hit a Honda Civic at 6:10 pm.

Joshua Medrano, 6, was riding in the car with his mother Cynthia and both were taken to area hospitals.  Joshua was taken to the Texas Children's Hospital where he was pronounced dead even though he had been seatbelted in.  Cynthia was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital with broken bones and a collapsed lung and she is still there.

Boudreaux was suspected of being intoxicated at the scene and failed a field sobriety test at the scene.  He was taken into custody finally but on Monday the 27th another body was discovered.  Leonard Batiste, 61, was found dead alongside the 4400 block of the Texas 5 Spur along with the front bumper and license plate off of Boudreaux's truck.  The police report that it looks as though the truck left the roadway and hit Batiste, who is believed to be homeless, and then regained the roadway to travel on.

He has now been charged with intoxication manslaughter, failure to stop and render aid involving death and intoxicated assault.  In less than three hours, Boudreaux was involved in three accidents which caused injuries and the death of two people.  The police are still investigating the hit and run of Batiste and the first accident.  They would like to know for certain if Boudreaux had been intoxicated then as well or if he had begun his drinking after that accident.

One can only hope that he had not been intoxicated during the first accident and the police missed an opportunity to save two lives and prevent the pain and suffering of the families they have.






http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Man-charged-after-string-of-crashes-kills-6229991.php

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/A-Houston-man-accused-in-a-fatal-wreck-implicated-6228814.php

http://www.khou.com/story/news/crime/2015/04/28/man-faces-intoxication-manslaughter-charges-in-2-weekend-accidents/26516507/

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/drunken-houston-man-kills-2-3-crashes-3-hours-cops-article-1.2203211

Just destruction.......

Freddie Gray, 25, was laid to rest on April 27 2015 and his family had asked that there be no protests that day to allow for them to mourn his death.  He had been arrested on April 12 by the Baltimore MD police for possession of a switchblade.  The initial report state that sometime after he was arrested, he suffered a medical emergency.

It took 11 minutes after his 8:40 am arrest for him to be placed in the van and 30 minutes later paramedics were summoned to take him to the hospital.  Gray was in a coma within an hour of his arrest and died in the hospital on April 19th.  He had three fractured vertebrae, a throat injury and his spine was 80% severed in the neck area.

Gray had a police record but it was for minor offenses and drug related charges, nothing that should have led him to dying in police custody.  The Baltimore police suspended six officers that were involved in the arrest and transport.  They and the DOJ have also opened an investigation as to what had gone so horribly wrong with his arrest.  For days there had been peaceful protests until the 25th when the protest in downtown Baltimore turned violent.

That violence looked like a kindergarten fight compared to what developed on the 27th.  There were rumors of a protest being held for young people that afternoon and now, reports have stated that it had also been advertized on social media as a "Purge" like the film.  What it became was nothing like a protest backing the belief that black lives matter.  News stations nationwide showed the developing firestorm and night of destruction and looting.

Reporters questioned why the police were not being more forceful in handling the crowds and others tried to whitewash the behavior as young people who are frustrated with their situation and venting.  What I watched was nothing more than people running wild, looting, destroying property, attacking the police and burning their own neighborhoods.  I do not know how you can spin people breaking into businesses and strolling out with whatever they want as part of a protest of police brutality.

As it got closer to evening, views from the ground and helicopters showed people driving up to various businesses and leaping out with trash bags to fill as they ran into businesses.  The police had come under fire by crowds of people throwing whatever they could get in their hands at the officers or their vehicles.  Several police cars could be seen destroyed and claimed as though they were a spoil of war.

At one point, the CVS store, which reportedly had been convinced after many years of diplomacy to open there was set on fire.  Reporters in the area wondered why the fire department had not rushed over there quickly to put out the flames.  A police car and van could be seen further down the street from the CVS, abandoned and burning as smoke began to roll out of the looted store.  Finally the police moved in as a line and the firetrucks could be seen trying to snake their way through the crowds while rocks and bottles were thrown at them.

The fire department finally arrived and the police had to create a ring around the equipment and trucks so that they could try and put out the fire.  The mob around could be seen doing whatever they could to prevent the firemen from doing their job and it could be seen now why it had taken so long for them to respond.  Everyone was fair game now to attack or destroy and it had nothing to do with a young black man dying after he was arrested.  The situation was quickly spinning out of control and there did not seem to be enough police to even take a chance at arresting anyone.

What happened next I am sure shocked more than a few people........ someone came up to the fire hose and stabbed it several times and then walked away.  The police were forced to expand their safety perimeter around not only the fire trucks but the hoses as well.  I can think of no reason as to why you would want the prevent the fire department from putting out a fire since it could easily spread and take out a whole block of buildings.  This was not a protest and it was done right in front of reporters broadcasting live.  No one did anything to stop the man either, as if this was an everyday thing to do.

There were several reporters who were now stating that they had been threatened, one was attacked and his camera stolen and many were starting to move away from the direct action.  Usually they have no end of people who want to get on camera and voice their specific complaints but that was not happening now.  As the sun was going down, reporters were looking for cover and the fires were beginning.

Reporters that had been filming looting and destruction were told that they should move away if they knew what was good for them.  They had dropped the use of the word "protesters" as the mobs became more destructive and most had stopped trying to speculate why the police were not moving in to break things up.  All someone had to do was watch their television and they could feel the tension of the mob.  They were waiting for one more reason to just let loose and destroy anything nearby.

It seemed that whenever the police moved to a new area to try and settle things down, the mob would move back in and continue to loot and burn.  At one point, the the new senior housing and community center that the Southern Baptist Church had been building caught fire.  The $16 million dollar complex was scheduled to open in December of this year with 60 units of affordable housing for seniors.  It also had a community center that would be able to offer work-force training and various other services and programs for all ages in the neighborhood.

More than 60 church members arrived at the building site in an attempt to try and stop the continued destruction or to just stare at a years long dream go up in flames.  As the night wore on there were more news reports and films of mobs setting fires, destroying cars and looting shops of their goods that they just dragged outside and fed to the street fires.  This had nothing to do with being frustrated.... it had everything with being able to run as a mob and doing anything they felt that they wanted to at the moment.

In the morning it had been reported that there had been 20 police officers injured, 19 structure fires, 144 cars burned and 235 people arrested.  What was left was the clean up and some store owners chance to see if their business had survived the looting.

Baltimore has struggled like so many other large cities that have lost major businesses.  What happened last night will not encourage more business to invest in a store there.  They were not protesting their conditions or grievances..... they were destroying the dreams of hardworking neighbors of theirs.  No one guarantees that you get a break in life or that you will be handed a good job, fancy car and a roof over your head.  You have to work at it like every one else.

The cars that were burned, they belonged to people who may still have to make payments and it may be their only transportation to work.  No one gave them that car but you took it away quickly.  The CVS store that is looted and burned out....... they won't rebuild and reopen there so people are out of work and many have no where else to shop or fill prescriptions.  The various other small stores that were looted or burned....... the owners have worked hard to open that business and now their dream is trashed.

That was not an attempt to vent your frustrations with being held back from success....

You just wanted to run wild, destroy and enjoy the moment.  I can bet that things are going to be a bit rougher now that you tried to destroy your own homes.  Destroying the dream of a church to give back to the elderly and needy in the neighborhood is about as low as you can go and I can't entertain any complaints you may have about how tough life is for you.

I can't take your complaints very seriously when you are willing to destroy a dream that was aimed at helping those most in need......

Black lives matter and the protests and outrage should be pointed towards every life that is taken by gunfire, not just those few who die in police hands......



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http://wreckvhavoc.blogspot.com/search?q=fake+gun

http://wreckvhavoc.blogspot.com/2014/08/where-is-outrage.html

http://wreckvhavoc.blogspot.com/2014/11/its-fair-burn-it.html

http://wreckvhavoc.blogspot.com/2014/10/it-is-their-job.html

http://wreckvhavoc.blogspot.com/2014/08/justified.html




http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/baltimore-riots-scar-city-burning-cars-buildings-article-1.2201633

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-freddie-gray-violence-chronology-20150427-story.html#page=1

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/28/us/baltimore-riots/

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/04/27/massive-fire-destroys-future-senior-center-amid-riots-in-baltimore/

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-fire-20150427-story.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3059073/Baltimore-begins-clean-night-rioting.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3058359/Masked-rioter-caught-live-TV-cutting-hose-firefighters-tried-blaze-broke-pharmacy-looting.html