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Posted by 4949:
Posted by nysportsfan11:
Posted by 4949:
Posted by BigC:
Posted by 4949:
Posted by BigC:
Posted by Nalod:
I do feel for Eddy.
Why does eddy have a 3 year old son when he is married with 4 kids with his wife? He denied the murdered little girl was his. she was 9 mos old. Why does he even have to deny this?
This is tragic.
Eddy needs to focus on his family and his profession. He seems to just be a big sweetheart of a guy, which is fine, but we eddy is a professionall basketball player who is really failing at upholding his commitment to his team, fans and his contract.
He needs to take care of things. I wrote awhile back that I feel Eddy is getting extorted by someone. We can say that he needs to get focused all we want but we are not in that position. At this point it's not about the fans.
Not to be mean about it, but Curry has had the resources to move his family away from the Murder Capital of the World. It's the place were Curry was tied up himself and robbed. The place were Q's bro was also shot to death. There's nothing 'sweet home' about chicago.
I hear what you are saying but do you remember what happened to Jennifer Hudson? She repeatly told her mother to move and her mother did not move out of Chicago. The end result was the death of her mother. Does that mean someone should not feel sorry for that person?
Of course not!
What I'm saying is it's not like it's some poor family who couldn't get out of that situation. There are better parts of town in chicago, if you have the money. But it's not just getting away from a bad part of town. It's the people you know. Friend or no friend, if they are involved, then get away from them and stay away. Change your life! What else can anyone say or do? chicago has some horrible gang infested territory's and people are constantly being shot to death there.
I'm the kind of person who doesn't show my feeling sorry for emotions like most people do 'as much' even though I feel sorry for them. But instead I look for more direct solutions to problems and potential problems to avoid all problems to begin with. I believe instead of feeling sorry for anyone directly, I'd rather bring perspective to their sorrow in an attempt to make them stronger. That's just me.
[Edited by - 4949 on 01-25-2009 12:24 PM]
Thing is, she was IN a better part of town. She was an educated woman. Eddy fully supported his son financially and the woman lived in South Loop, not the Southside. South Loop is an affluent suburb. She lived in a neighborhood of million dollar condos and the boyfriend that she had a restraining order out against is a lawyer. So this is not some "cautionary ghetto tale" of a family that could have done better but chose not to, or a case of some millionaire ball player keeping his baby's mother in the hood.
You ever been to the south loop? There's lot's of crime there. People being held up at gun point, robbed either early in the morning or later in the evening. This crap happens on the north too. The south loop has gone much more condo in the last ten years and the wage brackets have gone up also, but there is still a lot of crime in those areas. You don't believe me? Look up the chicago police department website and it has a map of different crimes that happen in any area of the city. And those are the crimes that 'are reported'.
And the second part of what I said about being able to live somewhere better, it's who you know and hang out with also. She should have moved somewhere were no one knew. Believe me, I know these situations all to well. I have first hand experience with these kinds of situations and know plenty of people who went through/gone through this crap also. I don't mind saying that I virtually had my family move away and stay away from those bad situations also. It comes down to who you know and none of us know those kinds of people anymore. And guess what? No problems.
This is one of the things I don't like about chicago. It's all politics! They like to pretend this kind of thing doesn't happen there city. BS!
And I don't want to be ignorant to the fact that a lot of people who live in these bad situations cannot get out of it, because they don't have the resources. Those are the people I feel really bad for. They have to live in it every single day, in fear, constantly watching over their backs. I hope Obama message of improving schools to the state of the art includes improving the education of these young cats, before they become thugs and become a part of the drug and gang infested problem. There is much, much more important things in life then living this kind of life.
Where does it stop? It stops within the family, but someone has to take the lead and be the example.
[Edited by - 4949 on 01-26-2009 9:21 PM]
Trying to make it seem like this all could have easily been prevented is not reality and almost never is in a domestic dispute. Let's not exaggerate the situation to make it seem like she was living in the hood with some sloppy ex who just got out of the pen. The man was a lawyer who knew her. As a matter of fact, he was her hired counsel. Your neighborhood argument serves no relevance. She wasn't randomly targeted based on geography and the guy wasn't some street thug or gang member that she had no business being with or hanging around.
The woman was in hiding. The ex was a nut job. There was not much else she could have done. She went to the police. She even moved out of the condo Eddy bought her to get away from the ex. She practically gave up her freedom. She had family watching her. According to the family, the man allegedly tried to blow up her car by putting sugar in her gas tank, stalked her and ****ed with her every chance he got.
No amount of money is going to stop a bullet with your name on it. Any person who would kill an infant and have a toddler watch his mother's murder is obviously not wrapped tight and likely didn't just wake up one day and decide he was going to kill her. He had been after her for a while.
And I've been in the exact area she was killed. The mayor doesn't live to far from her. It's gentrified heaven. The whole "keep better company" line people trot out whenever they hear "athlete" and "crime" in the same sentence doesn't always apply and is usually just a convenient way to dismiss the victim as being careless as opposed to understanding the real story. Saying she should have been watching her back is like saying someone living in Manhasset should be watching theirs. Of course they should, because crime is a fact of life no matter where you are. This was an educated mother who had a productive life. It was a domestic dispute which could have happened anywhere and happens to all kinds of people no matter what type of company you keep. Crazy exes who'd rather you be dead than with anyone else come in many forms and sadly, our law enforcement isn't equipped to do much to help until their crazy asses succeed. She could have moved next door to the Obamas' old spot. If he wanted to find her, he would have. |
