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(as if there's not already enough people doing this)Friday, February 24, 2006
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I saw this story over at Radical Congruency, regarding a man named Cory Maye in Mississippi. Maye had no criminal record, but is now on death row for killing an intruder who broke down the door of his home. He lived in a duplex, and the police had a drug-related warrant for his neighbor, but also proceeded to storm into his side of the duplex as well. He was sleeping and awoke to the noise of someone breaking through the door to his home. He was unaware it was the police, and in order to protect his 18-month-old daughter, shot and killed the first person through the door. When the remaining officers announced themselves as police, he ceased firing. He was only doing what any of us would do - trying to protect his family. Unfortunately for him, the man he shot and killed was the son of the white police chief. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot - Maye is black
I find this hard to believe (although considering it's in Mississippi, maybe I shouldn't.) There's a lot written about it online, so Google and blog searches will turn up a number of stories. There are a few links in the post I've linked to above, and those with further links. I am going to try to follow this story more and see what happens, as I find it a pretty troubling story.
I heard about this story a couple of days ago, first by seeing the highlights on ESPN, then on Good Morning America. It's the story of Jason McElwain, who is a senior manager of his high school basketball team. He is also autistic. In the teams final home game, the coach had promised him he'd let him dress with the team. With the team well on it's way to winning the game, the coach inserted McElwain into the game.
Over the course of his 4 minutes on the floor, McElwain hit 6 of 10 shots from 3-point range and scored 20 points. At the final horn, the students emptied from the stands and poured onto the court, mobbing McElwain. He was then carried off the floor by his teammates.
Check out this post over at Pastor Jon's blog about needing more faith. I thought this was a pretty good response by the radio host.
I find this hard to believe (although considering it's in Mississippi, maybe I shouldn't.) There's a lot written about it online, so Google and blog searches will turn up a number of stories. There are a few links in the post I've linked to above, and those with further links. I am going to try to follow this story more and see what happens, as I find it a pretty troubling story.
I heard about this story a couple of days ago, first by seeing the highlights on ESPN, then on Good Morning America. It's the story of Jason McElwain, who is a senior manager of his high school basketball team. He is also autistic. In the teams final home game, the coach had promised him he'd let him dress with the team. With the team well on it's way to winning the game, the coach inserted McElwain into the game.
Over the course of his 4 minutes on the floor, McElwain hit 6 of 10 shots from 3-point range and scored 20 points. At the final horn, the students emptied from the stands and poured onto the court, mobbing McElwain. He was then carried off the floor by his teammates.
Check out this post over at Pastor Jon's blog about needing more faith. I thought this was a pretty good response by the radio host.
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