A Vile Monday, a Full Belly, and a Lizard Decapitation
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sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself i’ve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. it’s strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize you’re evolving. it’s only when you look back that you realize how far you’ve come, how many lives you’ve already lived in the same skin.
Outstanding, hopefully will get some more people thinking about solutions that don't involve making schools a Maginot line and staffing them with Special Ops wannabes.
In fairness, though, all southern cops aren't Rod Steiger in Cool Hand Luke or Jackie Gleason in Smokie and the Bandit, and those aren't limited geographically. This is another example of the need for improved training and supervision in law enforcement everywhere as well as the need you point out to provide help for those who need it as soon as we become aware of their needs.
You'reright, which is why I qualified it with "in my experience," which was pretty much limited to Killen TX in the late 60s at The Oleo Strut. It was really "funny" being harassed by Barney Fife.