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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (1077061)	7/6/2018 9:58:53 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 1583503

"Man who challenged black family’s use of pool loses job" It feels good, but doubt he'll be more kindly disposed towards black people tomorrow than he was yesterday. What about making him go to Tolerance University for diversity workshops? Maybe his better angels are hiding from him, and he can re-discover them.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (1077061)	7/7/2018 6:08:22 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583503

Dallas mom shoots man in head after he attempts to steal SUV with kids inside DALLAS — A Texas mother shot a suspected carjacker in the head after he tried to steal her SUV with her two children in the backseat. Michelle Booker-Hicks said she was paying for gas at a Shell gas station near Interstate 35 around 10 p.m. Wednesday when the suspect climbed inside her SUV and attempted to drive away with her two sons in the backseat, according to KTVT. “I proceeded to jump in my backseat and told the gentleman to stop… to get out the car. He would not get out of the car. He turned around and looked at me. I reached over the arm rest to get to my glove compartment and that’s when I fired at him,” she told KDFW. Booker-Hicks shot the man in the face causing him to crash the SUV through a fence. He was arrested at the scene and will likely face kidnapping and carjacking charges. The children were not injured. “I’m not a killer but I do believe in defending what’s mine,” she told KTVT. “I hope that woke him up.” cw39.com

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (1077061)	7/7/2018 6:11:36 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583503

Lake deputy shoots gator with AR-15, freeing girl trapped in tree — 'please hurry!' mom pleads to 911 operator ith a single shot from his AR-15 rifle, a Lake County deputy sheriff quickly put an end to a large alligator that had a teenage girl trapped in a tree for nearly an hour, authorities said Monday. Jordan Broderick, 15, was eventually able to climb safely down from the tree, according to a sheriff’s report. Just after 3 p.m. Friday, the Sheriff’s Office received calls from Michael Henderson of Titusville and other family members, saying that his daughter couldn’t come down from a tree near a boat ramp because a 10-foot alligator sat at the base of the tree hissing at her for more than 30 minutes, the report said. “My daughter’s stuck in a frickin’ tree and there’s gators surrounding her!” the teenager’s mother said frantically to a 911 operator. “Oh my God! Please hurry! Please hurry!” Jordan was floating on a raft in the creek near Forest Service Road near Alexander Springs park in the Ocala National Forest, 55 miles north of downtown Orlando, when the alligator quickly approached her, authorities said. That’s when the girl grabbed a large branch hanging over the water and climbed into the tree, according to the report. The alligator then waited in the water at the base of the tree underneath the girl hanging from the branch. When Deputy Mitch Blackmon arrived, he found the girl in the tree screaming that she was tired from hanging on to the branch, the report said. “My presence failed to scare the alligator away, and it began encroaching on my area at which time I fired one single 223 round from my Bushmaster AR15 killing the alligator,” Blackmon wrote in his report. The alligator sank into the water and did not reappear, the report said. A Lake County marine biologist confirmed the alligator had died, according to authorities. Sheriff’s Sgt. Fred Jones said July is when the alligator mating season is coming to a close and residents should be cautious along shorelines or in bodies of water. “The end of mating season for alligators means that gators are acting more aggressive and territorial,” Jones said. sun-sentinel.com