If you have brown skin, avoid Florida at all cost. I realize some may take this as race baiting or even challenge it on the grounds of demographic make up, but trust, Florida is not it. I’m not even talking about ‘Florida Man’ that law which provides the news with so much ‘general’ information about the ongoing insanity of Florida residents. I am talking about the way these folks are actually trying to rewrite history and ‘put colored folk in their proper place’. For this argument you need look no further than the Terrion Arnold debacle. This man lost his entire livelyhood in a Castle Doctrine state, because his people took the law into their own hands and decided to lure and beat down a dude who they thought robbed Arnold’s Airbnb. To make matters worse, Arnold is the only one facing life in prison over the matter. The brother got a raw deal.
He should have known. He’s from Florida. He lived in Tallahassee. Nobody hates an upwardly mobile black male more than a Floridian. Honestly, the only ones they really got behind are O’Neal and Wade. I think we can safely say that if Arnold played (or agrees to play) for the Miami Dolphins, things would change quickly. I suspect this might be the outcome of all the drama. They’ll put this case to bed if he gets picked up as a low cost free agent. That’s the bonkers kind of place Florida is, and the bonkers kind of world we live in. Speaking of which…
Some Thoughts:
- Absolutely Bonkers Headline of the Day: “Inspectors enter Manhattan high-rise after building stops moving: FDNY” You read right. STOPS moving. That think was shaking like a reed in the wind, and not in the ‘I can support the weight’ kind of way. The building was shedding bricks. Right there on 42nd street. Wild times.