New Beginnings

In light of all these tragedies, Sam and I got engaged on 5/21/14! I'll officially be married to the lawman in late 2015.

Up in arms

Can I just take a second and say "Good lord what is going on in our country lately? Its asinine!"

I've been preparing for a battery of questions from friends, family and coworkers about what I or Sam think about what has happened with events in Ferguson, New York, and now most recently in Berkeley. I'm surprised that no one has really brought it up to me personally, though I'm sure Sam deals with it while on duty. I'm glad though that no one has brought it up to me. I really don't want to discuss it. That doesn't mean I don't care about what's going on, it's just that I don't have all or enough information to even begin a discussion about it.

This probably the first time I've opened my mouth to anyone about the situation and it was done on Facebook. It got my blood to a slight boil when I read it and I just couldn't keep quiet. The post was shared by a friend of mine on Facebook and below is my response in the comments. Please take a moment to read:

I don't think I was too off the rocker in my reply but it just irked me that this person is trying to get their point across on the Berkeley shooting by using examples that aren't even relative to the situation. Had they used examples such as Ferguson, or other past shootings, that again are similar in their situations (I haven't had time to research any), I probably wouldn't have commented. I would have read it, grumble under my breath and scroll on through the news feed.

I had to further get this off my chest without doing so on Facebook.