Fast Eddie Friday...Fear and Loathing in Kansas City

Stop the spin and let me off. It's been a busy week here and around the city. The levels of stupidity and thick headedness have reached epic proportions. My bloggy business is pointing out and ridiculing the perpetrators of moronic behavior. And baby business is BOOMIN!!!

I've got a couple of points I want to make on the Waldo Rapist thing. But first let me just say that this will be my last post on the subject until something actually happens concerning the case. When KCTV 5 lead the news with the famous scary voice guy, promising to take us inside the mind of the rapist, in all his scary voicedness, for me that was the breaking point. The media has finally managed to strip away any semblance of responsible reporting. And while I could give a shit less how many middle class reactionary people I piss off, I don't take rape or any form of sexual abuse lightly. So out of respect to the victims, something that has been lost among the more militant segment of the Waldo activists and media, after today I'll keep my dog out of the fight, unless the guy is caught, or in the event that another attack takes place, or god forbid, should some Vigilante screw up.

That said I would be a major hypocrite and a bigger douche bag than normal, if I failed to comment on the two latest bits O news coming out of Waldo.
There was a prayer walk/vigil thing in Waldo last night. Not for nothin, but that's been done to death already.
Prayer walks are about as useful as a condom at a convent. Folks have walked holes in the sidewalk in areas that have more crime before noon , than Waldo sees in a year. I suppose it's a nice sentiment and all, and hopefully it makes someone feel better, but you can't pray away a rapist, and everyone in the Metro, including the rapist is well aware that everyone is watching. All he needs to do is read facebook and watch the news. I'm going to guess that all of the attention will push this guy to a different part of town. Good news for the folks around Waldo and Brookside, bad news for his next hunting ground. There is always the possibility that he will strike in the area again, but he is gonna need to get a wig and some face paint. Same goes for any chubby bald black Jehovah's witnesses.

Now to our Hero.

The genius who chased a guy over to Quindaro has broken his silence. Well actually his wife did it for him first. But to his credit, I did read that he admitted he was overzealous and made a mistake. As it turns out, KCTV 5 interviewed the man who was followed, this would be the same guy who was referred to as " another scumbag" over on the Lets get this prick Facebook page. There has been plenty of talk about how he had warrants, turns out he had a couple of traffic warrants. It also turns out he was just as scared as the douche that followed him to his home. Oh, and other than being black he doesn't fit the description. Still the self entitled morons continue to call the hunter, a hero. It's important to note that other than claims by the man who followed the guy to his home, there is no evidence and there have been no charges of gun fire. I could spend the rest of this post ripping into the numerous knuckleheads over on Facebook who are still busy talking about cutting off peoples meat whistles, and showing each other pictures of their guns, much like little boys crossing swords while peeing their names into the snow. But that's too easy.


However, as you all know, I'm still in my transitional period, and I don't want to hurt, I want to help. Based on the composite sketch, and the numerous comments on Facebook and in the news, I think I have some suspects the police should take a look at.
This first suspect is clearly trying to be all incognito and shit. But he does loosely fit the description.
This next guy I saw on TV just last night. I have no idea who he is, but he was sitting in between two white ladies and some smarmy British prick. And he was using street slang, he kept saying "kind of pitchy Dawg". I'm sure this fucker is The Guy. Besides, he was wearing epaulets on his jacket, and I hate that shit.

This cat is obviously a good candidate, he has priors, a deep voice, and a bald head.

And last but not least, there is this dude. As you can see he is stalking that nice Norwegian lady.
Say what? None of these guys look like the suspect? What can I tell you, seems to be a lot of that going around these days. While none of these men are really the Waldo rapist, if you toss them in a car, have them drive through waldo after dark, you can bet your ass someone will call the police or worse, take the law in to their own hands.

I actually have a point, one that seems to be getting lost in the frenzy. One that is of little importance to the facebook lynch mob and street vigilantes. There are 5, count em, 5 victims . Unlike the tools who are playing tough guy with a gun on face book, these victims want the right guy to be caught. The 5 victims deserve justice, and they also deserve some dignity and respect. Turning the horrific crime these women were subjected to, into an excuse to spout racially charged, violent, one liners, from the safety of facebook and comment sections, is disgraceful and it's disrespectful to the victims. While popular sentiment seems to be that anyone loosely fitting a composite sketch is fair game, it sets a bad precedent, and it invades the privacy and lives of innocent people. This isn't a game of cowboys and black guys. Lives have been forever changed, and contrary to the media hype and facebook ramblings, this isn't about citizens chasing random black men through the streets. Nobody is going to catch this creep by being a facebook killa, or by playing whack-a-mole and knocking on the doors of every black man in Waldo.

Stay safe, have a good weekend.