Good Morning and Happy Thursday. If by any chance you seen the results show of Idol last night, Ryan Seacres was hilarious in his appearance. I laughed my ass off. Oh and yes, Sanjaya has survived another vote… No idea what to tell you except perhaps that little crying young lady voted over a million times.
Here is a story that kind of sets the precedence for where we are in the world today, I think we all have heard of people going over and above the call of duty to be reprimanded for the actions even though the actions either saved a life or stopped a felon in the process. Case in point, A security guard was arrested for carrying his revolver on school property in chase of a felon and then also charged with trespassing. What kind of lame ass laws do we have now? The following is the article from a Mississippi Newspaper. :
Unclear on the Concept
Steven McCuller, 20, was arrested twice in a two-week period for burglary in Pascagoula, Miss., but it was the earlier January arrest that was the more controversial. George Stevenson, 33, a security guard on duty at the Eastwood Town homes complex, saw McCuller on the grounds late at night and chased him until the pursuit took both men to the nearby Arlington Elementary School, where Stevenson apprehended McCuller and waited for police to arrive. McCuller was charged in that matter, but Stevenson, also, was arrested and charged both with trespassing at a school and carrying a weapon (his service gun) on school grounds (even though, obviously, no students were present). [Mississippi Press (Pascagoula), 2-7-07]
Ok, now I tell you. What is worse? Letting the felon go because, oh, he went on school grounds and he has the right to, but the guard doesn’t or pursuing him and getting arrested in the process? I shake my head on the law of the land now days. Yes I think some force is excessive, (Rodney King) but, holey smokes…Doing one’s job does sometime take us over and about the realm of possibility. So next time you are over to a friends house and oh, by the chance that you do not have a Lifeguards license and training, make the choice for yourself. If someone is drowning do you jump in, or wait for your license to do so…..
Have a wonderful day. I can’t tell you how many times I have so called trespassed on school grounds practicing with Amanda and her team mates after school…
A Huge Hug and a dangerously wicked pat
Marrtay
