This Ohio shooting/killing went unnoticed.

Of course it was silly. I was being silly.

 

National news is what I meant. I should have clarified that.

 

What's the back story behind the 2nd instance? Was it inadvertent? Was it as malicious as the cop was in the George Floyd instance?

 

Oh shoot if they covered every instance of black on black crime was covered on national news, there wouldn't be any time for anything else.

 

Yes it is that bad in those neighborhoods. In Memphis, we are beyond careful of who we deal with and where we go. Just that city alone has that much going on. It's just a cycle that goes back so many generations. They never get educated the right way, and never get surrounded by people like us. My wife grew up on the south side of Memphis. Her father was a minister and ruled with a iron fist. Her mother was a housewife. He father was a provider to the max and did everything he had to do. She was fortunate to come from a family that didn't lead that type of life. That said, once I moved out there and got with her, there were still certain ways that I had to show her, and it took years to make some improvements. So many folks have a mentality that gets passed down generation to generation. The next generation sees what their parents go through and it's a struggle. Teen pregnancies, teenagers getting into drugs, people fighting, stealing, it gets to a point to where it's about survival. Some people will be driven by materials, or just trying to make ends meet. When a job or jobs don't pay enough, enter the fast money. For some of these people in these environments, if they have to take out someone else to sustain their own, they will do it. It's an environment that you don't want to get caught in. It isn't the easy, nor sleazy way either. I promise you, if they were able to do it a better way they would. The streets will either get these folks killed or locked up. Then the cycle continues. Yet who goes in there to show them another way? That said, you won't see this stuff in the suburbs of Memphis. Within city limits, oh yes. You better believe it. I ain't making this stuff up either man...I used to keep that type of company. That's part of the reason I feel so indebted to this industry. It saved my life in a lot of ways. I knew better than to get caught up with that lifestyle because i didnt grow up that way. Didn’t grow up rich. We were poor, but not in survival mode. I don't know that those people in those neighborhoods knew any different.

 

It's easier said than done. Have you spent some time in those low income neighborhoods? Some of them may get improvements. Most them don't. They are run down to the max. You ain't gonna see the same resources there like you will in other neighborhoods. You'll see liquor stores, convenient stores, a grocery store that ain't necessarily a chain store, title loan places, rent to own places, that's it. When's the last time you saw a Barnes and Noble in a low income neighborhood?