- Sometimes, justice ties itself up with a nice, neat bow
and leaves no loose ends. Such was life in Texas, where both bounty hunters and
the fugitive from Minnesota they were tracking left a car dealership in body
bags after a wild shootout in front of panicked customers. The bounty hunters
and their target shot each other dead in a hail of bullets that somehow didn’t
claim any other lives. The two bounty hunters, identified by authorities as
Fidel Garcia and Gabriel Bernal from Corpus Christi, pursued Ramon Michael
Hutchinson to a Nissan dealership in Greenville, located about 50 miles
northeast of Dallas. Hutchinson had allegedly been sought since March when he
failed to appear for a court hearing in Hennepin County, which includes
Minneapolis, on several charges that included assaulting a law enforcement
officer. Minnesota-based company U.S. Fugitive Recovery and Extradition went
lloking for him and two of its employees finally corralled him at the
dealership. They staked out the situation and after several hours, approached
him. Garcia and Bernal drew their weapons and the situation escalated quickly
as Hutchinson responded by drawing his own pistol, which he dropped. Rather
than seize the opening and end things, Garcia and Bernal somehow allowed
Hutchinson to stay alive and the men fought as Hutchinson retrieved his weapon
and began firing. Witnesses reported hearing about 20 shots fired in the span
of six seconds as customers and employees fled for their lives in terror……..
- At this point, Snoop Dogg just seems to be trolling the
world. He’s made enough money and built enough credibility that he seems like
he can collaborate with just about anyone, no matter how square, out of touch
and über-white-bread and succeed, as evidenced by his recent reality cooking
show with Martha Stewart and now, offering to help Simon Cowell find a “hip-hop
star” on “The X Factor.” Not only that, but the D-O-Double-G said last year he
would collaborate with the show’s controversial rapper Honey G, who has been
denounced by most as offensive and at best, outright bad, but Snoop has set his
sights on helping reality karaoke mogul Cowell find an actual credible and
globally popular hip-hop act. “Simon knows I want to find him a hip hop star on
‘X Factor.’ There is so much hip hop talent on the streets of the U.K. — but
they ain’t got nobody to develop it,” Snoop said. “I have spoken with Simon. I
told him I would clear my schedule to come and help out at the audition stages
and find him a global hip hop star and he seems interested — he knows the value
of finding one. The X Factor has done great at finding pop stars, but it still
hasn’t found a hip hop star. They are among the highest-earning artists in the
world. Simon knows it makes sense to try and find one.” As for Honey G, her debut
single ‘The Honey G Show’ failed to crack the top 100 on the charts in her
native United Kingdom, but if Snoop can turn the manure pile that is reality
music shows into an actual, legit act, then he really is magic……..
- Speaking of dumpster fires….Rome. As the world marvels at Circus-Peanut-in-Chief
Donald Trump pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord, some
real pollution was going skyward in Rome, where a junkyard fire spread through
scrapped cars, exploding gas tanks and sending a thick, dark plume of smoke
through the northeastern quarter of the Italian capital. Authorities evacuated
three apartment buildings in the area as the massive blaze quickly spread
through cars that were stacked one on top of the other for demolition, clogging
the afternoon sky with thick smoking and burning through at least 50 cars set
to be scrapped. Firefighters were eventually able to contain the blaze, but not
before it brought Roman traffic to a standstill. Not that a crowded European
capital city needs anything added to the mix to increase its congestion and
degree of difficulty when it comes from getting from one side of town to the
other, but this one definitely accomplished that and ironically, just days
after the roving tire fire that is Trump’s presidency rolled through town.
According to one city official, Pinuccia Montanari, said the fire demonstrated
the dangers of having demolition yards inside the city limits. Yes, a junkyard
in town can cause problems….just ask anyone who has to live with Trump’s
collection of indefensible and imbecilic policies right now in Washington, D.C……..
- Well, that’s definitely one way to get sports fans to give
a damn about boxing. Turn the sweet science into MMA is a great way to bridge
the gap that’s left boxing behind in the sports world, even if it means that
Leon Lawson Jr., the uncle and trainer of interim super middleweight world
titleholder Andre Dirrell, has been suspended indefinitely by the Maryland
State Athletic Commission. Lawson has been benched for his unprovoked attack of
Dirrell opponent Jose Uzcategui after their bout on May 20 at the MGM National
Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, one the commission clearly wasn’t going to
tolerate. "Based on an initial
investigation of events that took place on May 20, 2017 during a professional
boxing show held at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, licensed second
[cornerman] Leon Lawson II was summarily suspended by the Maryland State Athletic
Commission as of May 23, 2017 for exhibiting unruly conduct in violation of
commission regulations," Maryland State Athletic Commission executive
director Patrick Pannella said. Because the Maryland suspension, issued on May
23, is an administrative suspension, as opposed to a medical one, other states
could give Lawson a license to work in the corner for a fight, but it’s
unlikely. Lawson inserting himself into the fight by punching boxer Jose
Uzcategui in the face following the conclusion of the boxing contest between
Uzcategui and Dirrell has also led to him facing two felony assault charges,
one first degree and one second degree, punishable by up to 25 years in prison
and a fine. Ironically, Dirrell was awarded an eighth-round disqualification victory
to win a vacant interim 168-pound world title, but that’s about the only win
his crew had on the evening……..
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