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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Coming February 6, 2024 . . . MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Pre-order at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
It is interesting when people you don't know perish and you feel like you're mourning for family members.
https://www.theroot.com/kobe-bryant-dead-at-41-killed-in-helicopter-crash-rep-1841238163
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Note she listed all the hashtags being used.
by artappraiser on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 2:56am
For all his positives, his rape in Colorado should be remembered as a major blemish in these Harvey Weinstein trial days, especially as the accuser felt intimidated into not testifying. Bryant bought his wife a $3 million ring to make up for his "adultery". I hope the victim got something on the same order in usable funds in their settlement.
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 4:44am
Oops, I should suspend myself
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/27/kobe-bryant-reporter-suspe...
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 01/28/2020 - 1:44am
It's an interesting phenomenon there, sort of cancellers getting cancelled. When an overall pop hero dies, there's an effort to keep him a perfect hero, no nuance about a human not being perfect, no greys allowed. Because it's been too easy to smear with cancel culture? "Influencers" know that, for sure. Anyhew, I note there is also a considerable effort on Twitter to support her. At same time "don't speak ill of the dead" seems to still be a strong cultural factor here, hasn't gone away...
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/28/2020 - 2:09am
Now they want to make him the NBA icon?
#MeToo is dead already, even as Weinstein goes on trial. When's Bill Cosby's comeback tour?
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e2faa80c5b6d34ea10432e2
#BlackGirlsMatterToo (not that I'm sure the victim was black)
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 01/28/2020 - 4:38am
The young woman was white.
Here is what the defense team was ready to do
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/27/us/in-kobe-bryant-case-issues-of-power-not-of-race.html
Here is part of Kobe's statement
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/sports/basketball/kobe-bryant-rape-case.html
After the case was dropped:
https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-01-26/what-happened-kobe-bryant-sexual-assault-case
The NYT, LA Times, Business Insider all have articles discussing the rape case.
by rmrd0000 on Tue, 01/28/2020 - 8:31am
Tragedy. Noted Shaq had the compassion to give condolences to families of the other crash victims.
Final minutes of flight path and Tower communication with Kobe Sikorsky twin engine chopper "N72EX', flying VFR (visual flight rules). link
The LAPD had grounded all its helicopters that morning due to fog, weather not meeting departments minimum safe conditions.
by NCD on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 10:45am