RIP my friend, Bones.

**** UPDATED BELOW 4/22 ****

It was early December, I think. I hadn't seen him in a decade. We stood outside Kelon's house, in the cold, and hugged. It was snowing. His face was a tad gray but he was smiling. I was happy to see him and wanted to help him stop drinking.

















Bones came back to Cincinnati last winter. He came over a few times with Kelon and we talked and shared crazy stories. He stayed off the drink for a couple months. I gave him some job leads.

After a while I heard he was drinking again.

Then last Monday morning, the cops shot and killed him. I heard about it via text and the news spread fast on Facebook. I made a few calls and got down to the real story behind the shooting, which I won't disclose on this blog until the investigation is out in the open. It's still too raw and the details are shocking. Just know this:

The Cincinnati Police Department are known for killing unarmed men.
The community is outraged.
His friends are talking to reporters.
The cop who killed him has been known to use excessive force in the past.

I am sad and angry. Bones was a kind spirit, never harmful to anyone. He was sitting on a fucking stoop drinking a 40 and was shot and killed in a violent manner.

HE DID NOT DESERVE THIS! HE WAS A GOOD MAN!!!

RIP Bones.

*******Update 4/22********
No video of the actual shooting from police car camera.
Cop had been previously disciplined for not following procedure.

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