Thursday, April 21, 2016

The company he keeps

Obama is certainly looking in some strange places for solutions to the country's burgeoning crime issues:
It was an awkward situation for rapper Rick Ross when his ankle-monitoring bracelet went off while attending a high-level meeting with other rappers in Washington, D.C., about criminal justice issues.

What made the situation even more awkward for him -- and everyone else involved -- is that the meeting took place at the White House, and his electronic monitor started beeping right after President Obama finished speaking to the assembled group.
So, what did Ross do, exactly, that requires him to wear an ankle-monitor? I'm glad you asked!
Ross is out on $2,000,000 bond for kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated battery of a man working on one of his homes. According to police, Ross and his bodyguard allegedly "forced the worker into a guesthouse bedroom and pistol-whipped him with a .9-mm Glock" after an argument.
Maybe one effective response to the increase in violent crime would be to lock up more people like Rick Ross; another might be to avoid giving such overpriviledged thugs the kind of false credibility that comes with invitations to the White House.

5 comments:

rinardman said...

...another might be to avoid giving such overpriviledged thugs the kind of false credibility that comes with invitations to the White House.

I dunno, if Obama had a son, he'd look just like Rick Ross.


BTW, that .9mm Glock sounds interesting.

RebeccaH said...

Eric Holder's people.

Deborah said...

rman, Richard (my gun expert) says the .9mm Glock is plastic (polymer) so the slide will pop off if it's used to pistol-whip too hard. So what's the use if it isn't hard? Has anyone ever done a light pistol-whipping?

rinardman said...

Deborah, I was thinking about the .(point)9mm caliber designation in the story.

.9mm would be about the size of a pencil lead. Lot's of penetration, but not much 'stopping power', I would suspect. Another case of reporter ignorance of firearms.

Paco said...

R-man: Good catch. I completely missed the decimal point in front of the 9.