Chamblee54

Fred

Posted in #NationalPoetryMonth, Poem by chamblee54 on April 4, 2018

Conspiracy Of Loons

Posted in #NationalPoetryMonth, Poem by chamblee54 on April 4, 2018

William B. Hartsfield

Posted in Georgia History, GSU photo archive, Politics by chamblee54 on April 3, 2018


As you may have noticed, this blog uses a lot of pictures from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. There is one face which keeps turning up, always seeming to find the camera. This is the face of William Berry Hartsfield, the Mayor of Atlanta between 1937-1941, then again between 1942-1961. He is the namesake of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and Willie B, the gorilla at Zoo Atlanta. Mr. Hartsfield is one of the reasons ATL airport is the aviation powerhouse that it is. He probably had little to do with the conception of Willie B, although one can never be too sure. This is a repost.

Mr. Hartsfield was born March 1, 1890, in Atlanta. He did not finish high school or attend college. At 25, he began work as a legal secretary, reading law journals at night. Mr. Hartsfield was admitted to the Georgia Bar on July 7, 1917.

In 1909, Coca Cola mogul Asa Griggs Candler bought some land near Hapeville, GA, and built a racetrack. There was only one season of racing (with an appearance from Barney Oldfield), before the track was shut down. There was a series of aviation exhibitions on the site in the following years, and talk of using the land as an airport.

In 1922, William Hartsfield was elected to the Atlanta City Council, and started to promote the idea of an airport. The 285 acres of the Candler racetrack was leased in 1925, On April 13, 1929, the city bought the land for “Candler Field” for $94,400. During World War II , Candler Field was declared an army air base, and doubled in size.

In 1936, Mr. Hartsfield defeated incumbent James Key to become Mayor of Atlanta. He guided the city through the last years of the depression, only to be defeated by Roy LeCraw in 1940. When Mr. LeCraw was called into military service after Pearl Harbor, Mr. Hartsfield won a special election for the Mayor’s job. He held the job until the election of Ivan Allen in 1961.

Atlanta grew tremendously during the Hartsfield years. During the civil rights era, it kept a cool head, and integrated the schools peacefully in August 1961. (After Mr. Hartsfield had announced his retirement) He was a tireless promoter, both of himself and the city. It was said that if Atlanta could suck as hard as it blows, then the oceans would be pulled up to the borders, and Atlanta would be a seaport. This might not be a good thing.

Mr. Hartsfield was the ideal mayor for this up and coming town. He never met a camera he did not like. The metropolitan area went over a million people shortly before his retirement, and “city of a million people” was a new motto. William B. Hartsfield died February 22, 1971. On the way to his eternal destination, he changed planes in Atlanta.

Grace To Know

Posted in #NationalPoetryMonth, Uncategorized by chamblee54 on April 2, 2018

Two Wrongs

Posted in #NationalPoetryMonth, Poem by chamblee54 on April 2, 2018

Study Whiteness

Posted in Weekly Notes by chamblee54 on April 2, 2018


Police search for man they say fatally stabbed 2 people, including teen ~ Teen returns to church he vandalized to apologize before turning himself in ~ The Stormy Daniels 60 Minutes interview, Has anyone ever seen @StormyDaniels and #kellyanneconway together? Maybe they are the same person. ~ Claudia Rankine: why I’m spending $625,000 to study whiteness ~ Bright Neocon Years ~ CHARAT ~ 19 Great Truths My Grandmother Told Me on Her 90th Birthday ~ Alaska State Troopers Press Release of Saturday, March 24, 2018 Any charges reported in these press releases are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. ~ Body Language Success & Emotional Intelligence ~ mapping police violence ~ Kentucky teen used money mom gave him for tattoo to buy AR-15 to shoot up school, police say ~ Car leaves road, climbs a wire near Emory ~ Spurious charts ~ Wow. 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Under Section 5, jurisdictions covered by these special provisions could not implement any change affecting voting until the Attorney General or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia determined that the change did not have a discriminatory purpose and would not have a discriminatory effect. ~ terminate gerrymandering ~ GA congress districts ~ extreme gerrymander ~ Court Draws Georgia Map Of Congressional Districts The State Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, ceded responsibility for drawing new Congressional lines to the courts in September when it failed to agree on a plan in a 20-day special session. That session was called after the United States Supreme Court ruled in June that Georgia’s 1992 Congressional map was unconstitutional because race played a dominant role in the configuration of the 11th District. Represented by Cynthia A. 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The mysteries of the universe didn’t used to involve the mysteries of social media, but that is no longer the case. ~ It is a magic moment when you look at the word count, and see 665. All you have to do is add one more word. ~ “We are monitoring this situation closely #Monkenzie. According to the Fraternal Order of Police handbook, and Codex of the Blue Wall of Silence, police can only get away with running over #Negroes and #Niggralinos. They are authorized to run over certain types of white people. The woman in this case appears to have been completely innocent and was just going on about her business, not bothering anybody. We’ll conduct a thorough, internal investigation to see if this cop was actually responding to a high priority call, or speeding past traffic to hurry up and get some donuts or something. Similarly to the case of a woman in a town outside of Buffalo, who was walking in the woods near her house, who was shot and killed by a hunter (who was hunting after hours) who thought he was shooting a deer – we may very well take some minimal criminal action against this officer. We’ll have to finish our investigation to sort out all the details. #LonnieBarlowShow #Niggerology” (311) ~ @TweetPotato314 Jesus: *doing crossword* I’m stuck on 2 across. ~ @pdxjohnny99 The last time I danced in public people gave me money to find a cure. ~ In 2016, 574 white people were killed by police, while 266 black people were killed by police. source In 2016, there were 6,576 white homicide victims, and 7,881 black homicide victims. source If you divide the first number by the second number, you get the percent of homicides by police. For white people, it is 8.72% For black people, it is 3.32% ~ selah

Killed By Police April 1

Posted in Killed By Police by chamblee54 on April 1, 2018


25 people were Killed By Police in the United States last week. Here are the links: 289 Zander Clark 290 Nikolai Yakunin 291 Jallen Jones 292 293 Nathan Curtis Castle 294 Jose Aaron Gonzalez 295 Holly Knighton 296 Evan C. Bashir 297 Isaac Michael Scroggie 298 Juan Carlos Romero 299 Robert B. Shaw 300 George Pappas 301 Jesse Kilgus 302 William John Dominguez 303 Gerald Richard Johns 304 305 Aaron Ibrahem 306 Christopher M. Gatewood 306 Pedro Ramirez 307 Marco Antonio Saavedra 308 Rodney Toler 309 Dishon McBride 310 James K. Decoursey 311 Susan LoTempio 312 313 Edward Van McCrae

13 of the victims were white. (290, 295, 296, 297, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 307, 310, 311) 4 of the victims were black. (291, 308, 309, 313) 3 of the victims were latino. (294, 298, 306) 289 Zander Clark was native. The race of 4 of the victims is unknown. (292, 293, 304, 312) 2 of the victims were female (295, 311)

6 of the victims fired at an officer. (292, 298, 305, 307, 308, 310) 11 of the victims displayed a weapon. (289, 293, 294, 296, 299, 300, 302, 306, 309, 312, 313) 302 William John Dominguez, was possibly suicidal. 4 of the victims were in a car chase. (299, 302, 307, 308) A taser was used on 4 victims. (297, 304, 305, 306) 3 of the victims died without a shot being fired. (291, 304, 311) 3 of the victims were in a domestic dispute. (290, 298, 306) 2 of the victims were in an altercation with police. (290, 297) 2 of the victims used a vehicle as a weapon. (295, 303)

310 James K. Decoursey is accused of killing Hopkinsville KY officer Phillip Meacham. “HOPKINSVILLE, KY A man suspected of fatally shooting an off-duty police officer in a small Kentucky city was killed by law enforcement officials in Tennessee, authorities said Friday. James K. Decoursey, 34, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, “had a brief encounter with law enforcement” officials in Clarksville, Tennessee, where he “was shot and died from his injuries,” Thursday evening, Kentucky State Police Trooper Rob Austin said in a statement. Authorities haven’t described Decoursey’s motive for shooting the officer, but Hopkinsville Police Chief Clayton said DeCoursey had a prior arrest record, was known to police, and that while he wasn’t positive the two men knew each other personally, “considering they’re both from here, it’s very likely.” Kentucky State Police said Decoursey fatally shot 38-year-old Hopkinsville officer Phillip Meacham Thursday afternoon, then fled on foot and drove away in a pickup truck. The details about his final encounter with law enforcement in Tennessee weren’t immediately released.” (310)

CORRECTION: 306 Pedro Ramirez was killed Thursday, June 22nd 2017, 306 Christopher M. Gatewood is the correct incident for this week. “The shooting happened at the Siegel Suites Apartments in the 2000 block of Paradise Road which is near S. Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue. Everything unfolded in a third-floor apartment in the complex. After 9-1-1 got a call from a woman about the domestic fight, officers approached the apartment to arrest the man, but he came out armed with a knife. “The officers gave the male numerous commands to drop the knife, which he ignored, and then quickly advanced towards the officers,” said Sgt. Jeff Clark, Metro Police. “The officers fired, striking the male. The male was declared deceased at the scene.”” (306)

California had a bizarre incident wednesday. “An early Thursday morning report from Sonoma Police Chief Bret Sackett said that at about 9:50 p.m. Wednesday deputies from the Sonoma Police Department and the Sheriff’s Sonoma Valley substation were dispatched to a suspicious person in a mobile home park on Ramon Street in the city of Sonoma. Several park residents called to report a male subject was yelling, breaking glass and slamming into things, Sackett said. While deputies were en route, Sackett said other callers reported the subject was naked and punching out decorative street lamps with his bare hands. The deputies located the subject in the street near the entrance to the park. Sackett said the man was large, naked, noncompliant and moving towards them. Sacket said the deputies deployed their Tasers and struggled to handcuff him. The subject continued to resist and was placed into maximum restraints in order for the deputies to gain control of him. The man went into medical distress, so the deputies immediately summoned emergency medical personnel. Sackett said the deputies removed the maximum restraints and began life-saving measures until the medics arrived. The subject was transported to the Sonoma Valley Hospital where he later died.” (304)

Alaska had two police killings last saturday. “The incident began at about 6:30 p.m. at the Home Depot store near the Northway Mall, according to APD spokesperson Renee Oistad. The male suspect stabbed a female victim in the parking lot, who ran into the store with a non-life-threatening injury, she says. The suspect slashed two tires at the Home Depot’s parking lot, Oistad said, then ran away. An officer saw the suspect in the parking lot of a Burger King restaurant south of the mall. “The suspect ignored the officer’s commands and continued to run toward the Penland Parkway trailer park,” Oistad wrote. “The officer gave chase on foot. After entering the trailer park, the suspect turned around with knife in hand and ran straight towards the officer. The officer fired; the suspect was declared deceased at the scene.” Aubri Bolynn “My friend saw it happen, he never charged the cop, the cop shot him in the back and another person I don’t know saw it and said the same thing that the cop shot the kid in the back 6 times” (289)

“On Saturday, March 24, 2018, at approximately 1417 hours, Alaska State Troopers received a third party report that Nikolai Yakunin, age 42 of Nikolaevsk, was in contact with a female in violation of Yakunin’s conditions of felony probation. It was determined Yakunin had a condition of release from a recent court case stating he was not to have contact with the female. Alaska State Troopers responded to an address on Nikolaevsk Road to contact Yakunin at approximately 1907 hours. While on scene at the residence where Yakunin was located, Yakunin attacked the first responding State Trooper, injuring him and incapacitating him where the Trooper was unable to adequately defend himself. Additional AST units responded to assist the injured Trooper and apprehend Yakunin. Upon arrival of the first backup Trooper, Yakunin continued his assaultive behavior, and he was shot to prevent further assaults on any Trooper or bystander. Yakunin was pronounced dead on scene.” (290)

“An inmate who died Sunday at Garner Correctional Institution was serving time for a gas station robbery in Waterbury. Jallen Jones, 31, was being transferred to the facility’s mental health unit when he became “non-compliant and combative with staff” and then became non-responsive, a spokeswoman for the state prisons system said.Life-saving measures were performed on scene before he was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. Department of Correction Commissioner Scott Semple said in a statement there were “no immediate indications suggesting that excessive force was utilized.” (291)

“The Montgomery Police Department responded to a suspected stolen vehicle in the 100 block of Kiwanis Street late morning,” MPD reported on its Facebook page. “As officers approached the vehicle on foot, it accelerated, dragging one of the officers under the vehicle. A second officer fired at the vehicle, fatally wounding the driver, an adult female.” (Holly Knighton ) (295)

“Peggy Purves … told Channel 3 that she was outside walking her dog when a man she described as in his late 20s pulled his car up next to her. She said that he looked confused and mistook her for someone else. “He says are you Jodie? And I said no I’m not Jodie. So I was worried about that so I watched him and then he went down the road and he did a U-turn and he came racing back so that’s when I knew something was wrong,” said Purves. … she ran inside and called 9-1-1. “I was in the hallway talking to 911 and I said you get here soon. He is going to gain access to this house. He is going to come in. I said someone needs to come here immediately,” … Purves said that the individual then broke through her window on the side of her home. “He had glass all over him and blood all over him, he didn’t care,” said Purves. She somehow persuaded the suspect to go outside, where a Santa Rosa Sheriff Deputy was waiting to arrest him, but there was a struggle. Purves said that the officer first tried to tase the suspect. “Then the police was on the floor struggling with this kid and said ‘I’m going to have to shoot you. Stop’. Really quickly I heard four quick shots so I didn’t know if the policeman was down and the kid had the gun I looked around the policeman was down on one knee and so I called 9-1-1, I said officer down” (297)

“The incident started around 8:40 a.m. on Pine Plain Road when a state trooper went to a disabled vehicle. When the trooper approached the vehicle the occupant reportedly fled the area on foot with a bag. Deputies later saw a man who fit the description of the suspect driving a pickup truck in Columbia around 9:30 a.m. and a pursuit began. During the pursuit, officers of the City of Cayce issued a tire deflation device near Old Dunbar Road. At this time deputies learned the man was armed as they saw he had a small gun to his head when the truck spun out of control. The man continued to flee with a deflated tire and made his way back to I-26 eastbound where he spun out of control again, stopped and locked himself in his car for more than four hours. During their investigation authorities were able to determine that Shaw was wanted for failure to appear in General Sessions court for his charges of unlawful carry of a pistol, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, possession of methamphetamine and failure to stop for blue lights. Deputies along with a tactical team of negotiators contacted the man on this cell phone in an attempt to get him to surrender. Negotiations were going well for about two and a half hours until the man made what deputies say was a “sudden movement” in the car and deputies fired shots.” (299)

“Police shot and killed a man outside John Hardin High School on Wednesday minutes after he allegedly killed his wife at their home. Jesse Kilgus, 51, was shot in his van after he went to John Hardin to check his child out of school, according to Kentucky State Police spokesman Jeff Gregory. Gregory said KSP received a call about a possible shooting at Wise Lane and found the body of 46-year-old Ruth Marie Kilgus around 12:40 p.m. Police learned that Jesse Kilgus planned to pick his child up from school and confronted him there less than 20 minutes later. After a brief exchange, seven officers from three law enforcement agencies opened fire, killing Kilgus, Gregory said.” (301)

“State police chased a suspected shoplifter through the Walmart store in Lower Macungie Township on Wednesday night before he ran outside and died in gunfire, store employees said. The young man (Aaron Ibrahem) was shot about 9:25 p.m. outside the 1091 Mill Creek store, just south of Hamilton Boulevard. The man got into a white minivan, parked about 50 yards from the store, and died there, the workers said. Minutes later, police were looking at his body, which ended up either in the driver’s seat or on the pavement just outside the driver’s door, the workers said. … Store employees said the man was reported shoplifting earlier in the evening and may already have carried stolen items from the Walmart to the minivan when he came back inside and was confronted by the trooper. About 50 customers and 25 employees were in the store when the trooper started running after the young man, an employee said. No shots were fired inside the store, he said. The young man ran out the Walmart’s “grocery” entrance, which from the parking lot is the entrance to the right, employees said. The second of the two entrances is the “home and pharmacy” door, to the left. Only seconds after trooper followed the man outside, shots rang out, the workers said.” “A theft suspect in a mask and wig pulled a semiautomatic pistol and fired once at a trooper before being fatally shot Wednesday night outside a Lehigh Valley Walmart, authorities said. Pennsylvania State Police Capt. Richard D’Ambrosio said the Berks County man, whom they were not immediately identifying, was shot multiple times by a trooper with the Fogelsville barracks and died at the scene.” (305)

“Authorities have identified the man who was shot to death by a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development agent after allegedly pointing a gun at the agent Thursday morning in north suburban Zion. The agent was sitting in a vehicle at 6:09 a.m. in the 3000 block of Ezekiel Avenue when several people, including a 19-year-old Dishon McBride of Waukegan, approached the vehicle armed with a handgun, according to Zion police and the Lake County Coroner’s Office. The agent shot him through the vehicle’s window after McBride, who was wearing a bandana over part of his face, “displayed the handgun to the agent,” authorities said. The rest of the group then ran away. Paramedics arrived and determined that he was dead at the scene, and investigators found a handgun nearby, police said.” (309)

“A woman was killed Friday morning in North Buffalo when she was struck by a car driven by a police officer responding to a call, Buffalo police said. The woman, (Susan LoTempio,) who was in her 60s, was hit at about 6:30 a.m. near the intersection of Hertel and Tennyson avenues. Police have not released the woman’s name, but a neighbor on Rugby Road identified her as Susan LoTempio. Police said the woman may have been on her daily walk.” (311)