Grayfox54

From all reports the money was the source of most all the production problems. Namely, they were too cheap to spend any. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Reportedly complained long before the shooting that they had her doing several jobs other than armorer and she had little time to actually do the job she was hired for.

Absolutely that one. The world is full of young people who genuinely believe "its not my fault!"

I'll go along with what's already been mentioned. But I'll add learn to listen to, respect and learn from your elders. Good manners and common courtesy. As far as practical skills, by age 8-10 a child should know how to properly and safely use and care for a knife. The four firearms safety rules. How to fix simple no cook meals. Cereal, sandwiches and such.

According to the report, Baldwin missed the mandatory on-set firearms safety briefing. Then when he was getting a private safety briefing, he spent most of the time on his phone and not paying attention. He should never have been allowed to hold a gun. The production was plagued with safety issues all along to the point that some of the crew quit. The State of New Mexico has already heavily fined the production for numerous safety violations. From the DA: "The filing comes nearly two weeks after she first announced that Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed would be prosecuted for what authorities have described as a pattern of criminal disregard for safety. " The assistant Producer that actually handed Baldwin the gun struck a plea deal and avoided charges. In total, 3 people handled that gun and none of them properly checked it. In short: Baldwin thought he was too big a star to bother with the little things. That arrogance got someone killed.

Today Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were officially charged with Involuntary Manslaughter. I hate it for the girl, but the guns were her job. As for Baldwin: 'Bout damned time!

Right now I'm kinda wondering if the funeral will happen tomorrow. For those who may not know, there's a huge ice storm covering West Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. Memphis has got a 1/2" sheet of ice on all the streets and its plumb dangerous out there. I'm thinking they may have to postpone.

CBS evening news says V.P. Harris is coming to the funeral tomorrow. Al Sharpton is delivering the eulogy. The politicos are coming out of the woodwork to grab their 15 minutes.

Has anybody heard anything about the person in command of the Scorpion Unit? They were the unit's direct supervisor. I don't even think a name has been mentioned. But I'm sure their head is on the chopping block as well. Or maybe Scorpion worked directly for Davis?

I already told you. Davis is politically correct. The liberal media won't attack a black woman in a position of authority. Goes against everything they believe. As stated: SHE set up the Scorpion Unit. SHE failed to properly supervise them. SHE let them get out of control. I'm sure as this goes on that more and more wrong doing by this unit will come out. SHE is ultimately responsible. SHE needs to go.

Before this is over, a lot of heads will roll. I believe Davis will be one of them. Just give it time.

I've been saying it since day one. She was hired simply because she's a black woman. The politically correct choice. She's never impressed me any. I don't live in Memphis, but right next door. So her lack of leadership does have an effect on my little town. I believe that all this "transparency" in the Nichols case is mostly an attempt by her to save her own butt. While these officers are obviously bad, she sure threw them under the bus awfully quick. Even before all the facts came out. CYA is not an effective leadership style.

Where were you in 62? Great movie!

Yes indeed rumors do abound. I heard one that says at least two of those cops are members of the Vice Lords and it was the gang that ordered the beating. Don't believe anything until it can be proven in court.

Y'all did a lot better than me. After just a few minutes my BS meter pegged out and I turned that sh!t off.

It was Hemphill's body cam you were watching in the video of the initial stop. He was the guy with the taser. He was not involved in the later confrontation and beating.

Very likely what most of the lawyers in this case are doing. They'll get millions of dollars worth of publicity out of it.

MPD has been a mess for at least 30 years. Back in the 1990s I was a Boy Scout Leader. We had two very active Troop Dads, both of whom were MPD officers. Both had about 10 years on the job. Both were looking for a way out of Patrol Division. One was a Lieutenant who got himself a position supervising the Reserve Unit. The other got himself transferred to K-9s. They both gave the same reason. They said the the new officers Memphis was hiring at that time were just plain stupid. They were a danger to themselves and others. These Dads just didn't want to be out on the streets with them. Remember, this was 30 years ago. The situation has not improved since.

Yeah, that was on the news last night. Bonner has always struck me as a level headed kinda guy. But every cop is under the microscope here right now. And he has said he plans to run for Mayor. Politics I guess.

There was one report that said one of the former officers said he never requested the Scorpion Unit. He was just assigned to it out of the blue. I kinda get the impression that admin was looking to fill this unit with a certain type. For the record, I am and always have been a firm supporter of Police. When I worked for Bartlett, I dealt with our cops on pretty much a daily basis. The vast majority of them are good people. We would get an occasional bad apple, but they never lasted very long. But then, I dealt with the person not the cop. OTOH: being right next door to Memphis, I have had to deal with MPD from time to time. Frankly, they don't impress me one bit. Most of them come off as dumb as a box of rocks. Its been well known around here for quite some time that Memphis has trouble recruiting new officers. Therefore they have lowered their standards quite a bit. It shows. Another big issue with MPD is that good candidates will get hired on because its fairly easy. They get trained, work a couple of years for experience and then take off for greener pastures. They just can't keep the good ones.

I seems that around 9:00 pm the protesters moved off the bridge. They marched a little around downtown and made their way back to the park where they originally gathered. Now they've gone home. However, they did say that they will be back tomorrow and the next day as long as they are needed. One interesting note: the video showed many of them were carrying professionally printed signs saying things like "Jail Killer Cops" and something about Police terrorist. At the bottom in smaller print it read "Party of Socialism and Liberation". I have no idea what that's all about or what it might mean. But it don't sound good. Out of town instigators maybe?

Actually the female version of a Man Cave is called a "She Shed". Its usually a small outbuilding in the back yard where she can do her hobbies or just get a little alone time.

Watching the local news. Downtown Memphis is practically a ghost town. No protesters, but not the usual Friday night crowd either. Many places are closed. Just a few folks here and there. I guess everybody is playing it safe. One large crowd of protesters has walked up on the I-55 Mississippi River bridge and has stopped traffic both ways. They aren't being unruly or violent. In fact they're pretty quite. But they are making their point. So far, no serious problems at all.

I watched all 4 videos released on the City website. The people I saw didn't look like Police officers. They may have been wearing the uniform and driving the cars, but these were not Police officers. What I saw was a group of disorganized, incompetent thugs trying unsuccessfully to restrain one skinny dude. Failing that, they beat the poor guy into submission. There was absolutely nothing professional about them. Case in point. One guy has Nichols in a wrist lock while another is screaming "Give me your hands!" There was little to no teamwork there. The whole thing was wrong right from the start. They never gave Nichols a chance to exit the car. Instead, they opened the door and drug him out. It just got worse from there. IDK, maybe I'm just too jaded. What I saw was a clear case of Police brutality, but I didn't find it "shocking" or "horrifying" as it was claimed to be. Just me I guess.

On the local news a little while ago they were showing where some businesses in downtown Memphis are boarding up their windows. That doesn't bode well.