I don't hang out in Pasadena, Texas. I don't hang with folks who do.....I don't stop when passing thru. Let's say I was fore-warned years ago. Back in the early 90's, some friends and I were on our way to watch one of our other friends, who was a boxer, fight in boxing match. The friend who was scheduled to fight was a white cat some of you may know. His nickname was Termite. Anyway, on the way to the fight we were pulled over by the Pasadena Police. I guess four black guys riding around in their city was too much for them to handle. They approached our vehicle as if we were suspected murderers. They questioned us as to who, what, when, where, how. They then asked us how long we were expecting to be in their city. How long were we gonna be in their city? I was amazed at their altisonant attitude and their blatant view of young black men as proleterian to say the least.
So how has this great city changed over the years?
I was flipping thru the T.V. news stations a few days ago when I noticed a breaking headline referencing something that had happened in Pasadena. This judge was speaking about a case in which he was going need to sit on the jury. His reasoning for wanting to sit on the jury was, as he stated it, "To insure that the defendants involved received a fair trial leading to an acquittal". Maybe I'm wrong but, is it really legal for a juror to discuss an upcoming trial on T.V.?
Here's an excerpt about the case from a recent article:
A woman who was driving by during the arrest testified that she called 911 to report that officers were beating a man, later identified as Gonzales.
Click here for entire story........p.s. The officers, recently acquitted, are recovering from the whole traumatic set of events. Oh! the burden of dealing with the litigious dead.
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