3:30 PM:
I
was asleep until about 30 minutes ago, recovering from yesterday's
dialysis treatment, when a clearly unhinged black dude began ranting on
the sidewalk in front of my building. In the wake of yesterday's Kyle
Rittenhouse verdict, I expected those who are off their meds to come out
of the woodwork, but not right outside.
When
I woke up he was in full tilt, with his overall gist being that his
family brought him here from Africa so he could work hard, but it all
amounts to nothing when a white kid can shoot people on the street with
zero consequences. He then alternated between screaming about how "we're
expected to kiss the white woman's ass while all she does is lie to
us," complaints about the NYPD constantly abusing him, mention of his
mother, noting "you all accuse me of being bipolar," and just an ongoing
litany that left no doubt that the guy was not well.
My
down the hall neighbor of course went downstairs with her camera and
photographed the scene, where the incident was responded to by multiple
cops. They wisely opted to let the guy wear himself out while a
soft-voiced female officer attempted to calm him down. After a little
more than a half hour of histrionics, they managed to coax him into a
car by promising to contact "his people," and they only just cleared the
area.
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