He thought the gun showing in his pocket made him look dangerous.
The criminal saw something else.
An opportunity.
That is the part people miss.
Most people see a gun and leave you alone.
But you are not carrying because of most people.
You are carrying because of the person who does not care.
The person who sees you bent over.
Sees your guard down.
Sees the gun exposed.
And thinks:
I can take that.
Your gun is not a warning sign.
Not to everybody.
To the wrong person, it becomes a target.
A homing beacon.
And now the thing you brought to protect yourself is in another man’s hand.
That is why awareness matters.
That is why concealment matters.
That is why control matters.
Because having a gun on you does not replace paying attention.
It makes paying attention even more important.
Be honest: does visible carry make you safer, or does it make you a target?
“What I want is to see people understand the power of words and music and to make choices that are healthy for them.”
India Arie addresses the online backlash she received over her comments about Yung Miami’s song “Spend Dat” and also says a lot of the stories coming out about Clive Davis are true, while standing firm behind her statement that her experiences with Clive Davis was an irritation.
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BREAKING: Chicago Teachers Union President admits they engage in political activity so that "Black women.. can maintain a standard of living" and "have the ability to sustain life without a husband."
It's not about the kids. The union wants to maintain a jobs program for adults.
Strange to me that it always seems to take a man wearing traditionally female attire for it to be considered a groundbreaking redefinition of masculinity. 🤦🏾♂️
Hideki Sato, the designer of Sega consoles such as the Master System, Genesis/ Mega Drive, Saturn, and Dreamcast has sadly passed away at age 77
https://t.co/sC1RWoQXTZ
Wild how the "all women are allies" set consistently gets their economic asses handed to them by ONE particular group of women...and never say shit about it.
@BigBoolaBoola@BSO There was one, Jim Caldwell. He interviewed for the Bears head coaching position in 2022, but they hired Eberflus.
https://t.co/QaQBRv7Irx
The Ring is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former Ring Magazine super-lightweight champion, Ricky Hatton.
Our deepest sympathies are with Ricky’s friends and family at this time.
Super Sky Point to the great George Foreman. This one hurts. A kid who arrived on the national scene when he won gold in Mexico City in 1968 and waved American flags. Who became the most feared boxer of his era after destroying Joe Frazier and Ken Norton in a combined four rounds. An invincible force who was outthought and outboxed by an allegedly washed up Muhammad Ali in Zaire in 1974 and who retired three years later, exhausted after another upset loss and changed by the subsequent religious experience that prompted him to retire in his prime.
Big George left public life and went home to Texas for a decade before returning to boxing to raise money for his church. He was mocked for being fat and written off as a joke as he knocked over a slew of tomato cans. But he persevered to regain that heavyweight title he lost in that African night just over 20 years later at age 45 with a right hand that rendered an undefeated champion unconscious. “It happened! It happened!” shouted Jim Lampley as Michael Moorer laid on his back in a fog after meeting the same right hand that had separated so many other men from their senses.
He learned how to smile during his second act. Now bald and cherubic, the same folks who once feared him and teased him suddenly loved him. He became a genial teddy bear who made millions hawking that damn grill.
Goodbye to Big George, a man who achieved a dream he believed in for two decades - the dream only he thought was possible. A man whose goodness redeemed him from the darkness that prevented him from enjoying his initial fame, fortune, and acclaim. He won so much more in his middle age than that heavyweight crown he prized so much.
I never met George Foreman but I loved him. Rest in peace, champ.
"I'm gonna remember this for the rest of my life."
- Justin Fields talking to @Amanda_Balionis about hearing WE WANT FIELDS chants raining down from @ChicagoBears fans