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Treating others how you would want to be treated is a great thing and it’s funny (tragically) in this case how nastiness comes fully around. It reminded me of the bible verse Luke 6:31 “Do to others as you  would have them do to you” I am sure the passage is slightly different in many bibles (Yeah why is that?) but the overall message is the same.

EMT Accused of Ignoring Dying Woman Is Shot Dead

(July 19) — Police are searching for the gunman who fatally shot a New York City emergency medical worker under investigation for allegedly ignoring a dying pregnant woman.

Jason Green, 32, was shot twice Sunday at 5 a.m. after his friend was turned away from a nightclub, Detective Marc Nell said. Police said that after Green got into an altercation with a man, a gunman got out of a car, shot him twice in the torso and fled.

There were no arrests or suspects as of this morning, Nell said.

Green and another EMT were suspended for a month without pay following the Dec. 9 death of Au Bon Pain cashier Eutisha Rennix, and the case is still under investigation, according to reports.

Rennix, 25, was in distress when employees in the restaurant asked Green and the other worker to help her. The two reportedly said they were on a break and told employees to call for help. An ambulance was called but Rennix, who was six months pregnant, and her fetus did not survive.

Rennix died of cardiopulmonary arrest brought on by chronic bronchial asthma, The New York Times reported.

Meanwhile, Rennix’s relatives offered sympathy to Green’s family.

“As a mother who has been through this kind of loss, I have to feel for his family,” her mother Cynthia told the New York Post. “Even though what he did to my daughter was an injustice, I am sorry for him and, especially, for his mother.”

Rennix’s sister, Marva, told the paper: “We thought what he did was inhuman. But he didn’t deserve [to be shot]. You have to live your life right, because when you do wrong things, life has a way of bringing bad things back to you.”

New Yorkers who live near the nightclub said the area is troublesome, plagued by noise and violence.

“I hate to say it, but we’ve been waiting for something like this to happen,” Silvia Beam, president of the Vandam Street Block Association, told the Post.

Police have not tied the Green’s shooting to the death of Rennix.

“There is no indication that is the case,” police spokesman Paul Browne told the New York Daily

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Once again another story of a pastor of all things, taking advantage of his flock. This is an excerpt from the article:

RIPON, Calif. (AP) — For nearly a decade, members of Ripon’s First Congregational Church bared their souls to Pastor Randall Radic. But clearly it didn’t work both ways. There were certain things he wasn’t telling them.

That became obvious a year ago, when Radic pleaded guilty to betraying his flock and secretly selling the church and its rectory out from under them. He used the money to buy himself a brand-new black BMW and a laptop — exploits he later chronicled in a cheeky, almost gleeful blog about his double life as a sinner.

What astounds me is how someone who we trust with something most sacred to people who have religion in their life, our religious guidance could so betray that trust. If you are dealing with someone who is a criminal, or has a past history of mental illness then you know to an extent what you can expect or the blow doesn’t hit you quite as hard if something goes wrong with that relationship. But a pastor, priest, reverend or clergy is a bit of a shock. These people are supposed to show you the way to live your life towards what God intended. The betrayal cuts even deeper in that instance. I have blogged previously on this subject, and the salaciousness of the stories never seize to amaze me. A “Fall from grace”

fall from grace,

a.	Theology. to relapse into sin or disfavor.

is especially hurtful when it is from those who are supposed to be above reproach. But in the end we know that only Jesus and the Father truly fit that role. Our humanity makes us less then how we were intended to be.

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I attended the funeral today of a good friend of the family, Robert Kurtus Hawkin. As my little brother was growing up Robert was his best friend I remember numerous nights he spent sleeping over at our house, running him and my brothers crew to the movies ( and picking them up). Robert was a sweet kid and always had a smile, his passing is truly sad. The funny thing was after we had known Robert for years we come to find out that he was the Godson of my sisters husband Maani. It made it seem like he was even more a part of the family. Here is the obit in the Orange County Register:

Robert Kurtus Hawkins
Hawkins, Robert Kurtus, 22, a resident of Fullerton passed away on January 11, 2007. He is survived by his parents, Dennis Hawkins and Sondra Patterson; brothers, DeionTe Haywood; sister, Crystal Hawkins; grandmother, Priscilla Barnes; aunts, Pam Louis, Yumi Patterson, Tracey May; uncles, Vaughn Louis, Steve Patterson, Sean Patterson; cousins, Jazmyn and Jordyn Louis, Falisha and Steven Patterson and Jerik May. Viewing will be tonight, from 4-8 with a 11am service Saturday, both at Brown Colonial Mortuary. Brown Colonial Mortuary Published in the Orange County Register from 1/17/2007 – 1/19/2007.
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Here is a pic I found

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