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I’m back, I’m not getting any feedback from the animal control about the 13 pit bulls up against my fence. They smell blood and trying their best to conquer us, but not so. On June 10th my dog Rust was attacked in his own yard. And the dog weighed at least 100 pounds. They belong to a man next door named Brown. I’m still a lot nervous. The pits also attacked a man. I don’t know his status. Whether not he died or what. Maybe the pit bulls bit his mouth off. I see he’s not talking about it. You can give some people a box of chicken and a six pack of beer and they will forget the whole thing. Brown is operating a puppy mill in city limits. They better get the hell out of Dodge. Before their loved ones look in the casket and say they sure look natural.

[ Editor’s Note: I’ll be quick to admit I’m not a huge fan of the pit bull ( although I’m pretty willing to concede that if raised properly, they pose a far lesser threat), so I feel for you. If animal control has been contacted to no avail, I would try the police department. In any event, I would caution you from taking any direct action and not make any thinly- veiled threats]

*** I agree with the question that was asked in Friday’s text the times. Why are these kids 8-17 walking the streets at all hours of the night? The other night I heard a commotion around 12:40 a.m. and went outside two young men were walking down the street with spray paint can’s. You can’t blame the police!!! BLAME THESE PARENTS FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOBS!!! [ Editor’s Note: In 1967 by Mel Epstein, the Director of On- Air Promotions at New York's WNEW- TV, in an effort to curb juvenile crime as well as crimes against children, launched a public service announcement campaign with the tag line, “ It’s 10 p. m. Do you know where your children are?” It eventually grew into a nationwide campaign that lasted through out the 70s, and even into the 80s in various circles. The goal was to get “ Gen X” parents to keep better tabs on their kids, described by many sociologists as “ one of the least parented, least nurtured generations in U. S. history.” Fast- forward to 2016, when those kids are now grown up and have their own kids, that same idea applies today, perhaps even moreso. If your 13- year- old is walking down the street at midnight, he or she isn’t necessarily up to something bad, but they are most definitely not up to something good]

*** If the bridge protest was about animal rights or the environment, everyone would be in support of it. But because it was about black lives, it is being looked at as a negative thing. This newspaper is very biased and its being written by white media who have no idea about the problems black people face in this country. Yes, all lives do matter, but the only reason people say that is so they can undermine what people of color are trying to achieve. Keep in mind, the KKK was in Memphis last weekend also, but have they plastered on the front page of the Evening Times? Plus, who ever replies to “Text The Time,” if you have something smart to say, keep it to yourself, because you know everything I just said is true. I’m not meaning to be rude, but this is ridiculous. This newspaper is clearly against black people protesting, but protesting has gotten the black race everything we have today: desegregated schools, better jobs, and the right to vote. At the end of the day, I want everyone with hate in their hearts to be slow to speak and quick to listen, I firmly believe that all races are equal, but getting to a place of peace and equality won’t happen by ignoring the voices of an often disenfranchised race. [ Editor’s Note: I was born in 1973. I started school in 1978, which, if you know yor local history, was less than a decade after local public schools were integrated. I have seen racism in all its ugly forms my entire life. To say I don’t understand racism because I have never experienced it in the first person, that’s fair enough. But I assure you I understand racism. In this community, in my youth, I heard “ the Nword” used in everyday conversation the same way you’d hear the word “ apple” or “ pencil” and no one batted an eye. We told racist jokes the same way you’d tell a knockknock joke today. I had a very close friend, my next door neighbor, who was mixed race, which was somehow worse than just being black ( I think you can figure out why). He endured all sorts of casual and overt racism. To deny racism exists is to deny oxygen exists.

But to assume that anyone of any race has the right to put other lives in danger to make some sort of statement? That sort of action undercuts the very purpose of the argument. And the disenfranchisement argument doesn’t hold water. One can not be disenfranchised if one does not exercise one’s right to vote, which is what many ( of all races) do. By simply choosing not to vote, citi-zens disenfranchise themselves every election cycle]

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