Our community Needs The Village

WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.440 Out. Hey, hey, it's good. Cousins and King folks, you 2 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:07.879 know what day when, know what time it is, you know who it 3 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:12.839 is. It is your favorite podcast and my curlman constructions. I'm your host 4 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:16.280 always. Thank you so much for trying to say I know it's been a 5 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:20.120 couple of weeks since you had a part. I apologize for that. Didn't 6 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:25.440 with some things trying to handle up so on some business and add new sponsors 7 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:34.640 to the PODCAST, son, because I busy busins. But I'm glad to 8 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:37.079 be back here with you all. You know, you know how we're doing. 9 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:41.280 You don't high kids. You know what it is without saying so I 10 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:47.200 really appreciate you all writing in and asking about the podcast. When another one? 11 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:49.439 So of course you might have to make shit. I get a couple 12 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:52.240 hours for you all this week. I'm going to have breath this week. 13 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.039 I can't you all. We got a lot to talk about. I got 14 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:03.159 a lot of discuss with you all. You gotta upcome, Guest Man. 15 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:10.400 It's prom season, prom seats man. It was good to see a lot 16 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:15.000 of things. The pictures that I saw social media, young ladies and young 17 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:22.079 men, you know, just you know, beautiful, looking like elegant and 18 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:32.120 that was some like now, I don't know some of these pictures. I 19 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.920 saw some of these, these little girls coming out here. I'm like nosing 20 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:38.760 not that could not been one of my daughters walking out half naked with that 21 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:46.079 O. not at all, but not my child. I have nothing to 22 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:52.239 say about it. All I know is a hope of their parents may take 23 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:55.760 a good look at that again and realized that they probably shouldn't have done that. 24 00:01:56.519 --> 00:02:00.040 But again, just me, could have been one of my daughters coming 25 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:06.319 out like that. Nah, been a whole totally different story there. But 26 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:09.199 that's a different story for another time, for another subject. I will come 27 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:15.319 back and revisit that later on the right all right, but what I want 28 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:23.560 to get to is Um man this. There has been a lot of it 29 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:27.680 going on lately. I mean we've been seeing a large influx of it here 30 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:37.800 and there, but I'm talking about my second home in Louisiana, Tree Port, 31 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:42.039 three pot we got to get this thing together. We got to get 32 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:46.199 this thing together. I mean there has been so many since this killings going 33 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:54.120 on and on and on, but just this past weekend there were a couple, 34 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:59.319 but one stood out. Tell me, more than anything a thirteen year 35 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:06.759 old girl. Thirteen year old girl was shot, not ran up on and 36 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:13.319 shot, not even in the streets, in shot. She was inside of 37 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:21.039 her home. Got Heard me claim say that again. was inside of her 38 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:30.080 home, just chilling, either playing, watching TV something. Sinceide of a 39 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:42.000 home chilling and a couple of cars shooting for whatever reason that was. Whatever 40 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:55.000 reason it was about several shots and this baby was struck inside of home and 41 00:03:55.120 --> 00:04:03.919 succume to her injuries after they rushed it to Arshna Lsu hospital. According to 42 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:11.039 man, this is this, this is hard man. But according to reports 43 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:15.879 of from the article, a teenage girl sitting inside a street port Louisiana home 44 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:21.240 Sunday afternoon was fatally shot by a straight bullet from one of several cars racing 45 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:27.000 down the street. According to police. I want Sir name, but sisty. 46 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:32.199 She was struck before thirty pm sun it and rush to Oshna Lshoo hospital 47 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:36.399 where she's succumbing her injuries. According to the street Port Police Department, at 48 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:43.160 least two cars appeared to have been chasing each other outside the house where they 49 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:48.959 begins shooting. Chief Wayne Smith said during a press conference Sunday afternoon one of 50 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:55.720 the bullets flew into the house and struck her. The Senses Act of violence 51 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:59.079 that took the life of an innocent child. That's afternoon. The streetport you 52 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:04.040 see epitome of the tragic and completely unacceptable. Let this be the loudest of 53 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:10.639 wake up calls to all of our public officials, community leaders citizens to come 54 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:15.040 together to truly address the crime plague in our city. State Representative Tom Presley 55 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:23.959 said in a statement Sunday night. Now there's also stated that there's ring footage, 56 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:28.120 so everything in some of this may have been caught on some neighbors ring 57 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:32.399 camera that was obtained. For the rapid gunfire that could be heard, and 58 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:40.399 they was told them Ksla that they heard at least fifty shots and as of 59 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:46.199 right now, at the recording of this podcast, nor rest have been made. 60 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:51.279 Look, people, put these gun we need to put these guns down. 61 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:58.759 You just shooting, just shooting, shoot and shooting any thing about it 62 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:02.680 is you shooting and you're not shooting it anything. You just shooting wildly, 63 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:06.959 just hoping that you will hit something or hit what your support, what you're 64 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:15.560 shooting at. That's why that's senseless. All of the shooting period has senses, 65 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:25.120 but you're speeding down through a residential neighborhood shooting, shooting at each other, 66 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:33.439 and one of these straight bullets went into a home, struck and kill 67 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:43.519 a thirteen year old baby. That's hard, man, that's hard. Right 68 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:48.560 now we want to send our condolences and I since prayers to the family of 69 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:54.399 this child, to her parents, her friends, her loved ones. We're 70 00:06:54.480 --> 00:07:00.680 praying for you here currently under construction. You have our sincere condolences and prayers 71 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:04.519 and will continue to pray with you and pray to God's will strengthen you throughout 72 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:12.399 this ordeal. But it's got to stop. People. When is enough going 73 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:18.480 to be enough? We as a community need to get together with some of 74 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:26.959 these local legislators, these local Alderman City Council members, kind of perish board 75 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:34.920 members, the sheriff's deputy, Sharaff, the chief of police, whatever it 76 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:44.560 may take to take back our community, because this is out of control. 77 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:50.240 This is worse off than it was when the period of time or shreeport where 78 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:56.879 they were game bringing pretty hard. This is even worse than that and it 79 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:03.120 was bad then. I remember it clearly. It was bad then, but 80 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:07.480 it was about something. At least a lot of killings in it will senseless. 81 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:11.079 Don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning that that period of time that 82 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:16.720 was going on in Shreeport, but this is why he worse than that. 83 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:24.120 They're killing, they're shooting for no reason. They're killing and they shooting and 84 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:31.839 don't know why. These children, and I'm saying children because they are probably 85 00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:37.360 much, much younger than I am, they're out of control. We as 86 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:48.399 a community need and have to pull together to take back O will community. 87 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:54.279 We deserved that, our children deserved that, our children's children deserved that. 88 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:07.440 Treeport used to be a beautiful place to live. It's it's a dangerous on 89 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:15.240 now and it shouldn't be that way. It shouldn't be that way. Don't 90 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:20.519 get me wrong, there is crime and things of this nature in every major 91 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:31.679 city in every state in this country. Still, I'm not talking about those 92 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:35.639 other states, in those other cities, talking about my second home, shreeport, 93 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:41.720 Louisiana. Got To get this thing under control. We got to take 94 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:52.919 back our community people. We have to. It's some particular point. That's 95 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:56.320 why seems like the city is going down now, where businesses are leaving their 96 00:09:56.399 --> 00:10:00.919 closing the doors of the businesses are leaving. This is the thing, one 97 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:07.720 of the things that help that that's making residents leave the city. She puts 98 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:16.919 a beautiful place. It is. It's a beautiful place that can thrive again. 99 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:26.480 But we have to be able to take back our community and it's hurtful. 100 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:31.399 It's really hurtful when you see this and you just think of the impact 101 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:39.840 and and and the overall totality of everything. I mean again, this is 102 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:50.200 happening everywhere, but talking about streetport. So whoever, we have to get 103 00:10:50.279 --> 00:11:01.120 with city council, the Mayor Chief Police, whoever to baby to band together 104 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:13.240 to take back our community. Email us here at currently under construction and and 105 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:16.799 give us feedback and let me know your take on it. H What do 106 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:24.320 you think can be done to help clean up and take back our community? 107 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:28.519 Emails here. It under construction. One thousand nine hundred and seventy four a 108 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:39.919 YAHOOCOM. That is you inder con str UK tio in one thousand nine hundred 109 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:46.039 and seventy four at yahoocom. Email us here at the podcast at currently under 110 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:50.480 construction and let us know how you feel, what you're thinking, what can 111 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:56.840 be done, what your thoughts are, what we could possibly do anything whatever 112 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:03.159 we can do by know, we need to pull together. That saying goes 113 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:07.279 it takes a village to raise these children and everything or to do things right. 114 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:11.799 We need to get back to that. I've heard, and have had 115 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.360 this conversation with some people saying that that are never happened again. Will never 116 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:22.279 go back to that. I don't believe that. I truly don't believe that. 117 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:28.799 I do believe that there are enough of us left who can pour into 118 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:35.960 a poor some positivity and and accountability, into our youth, into these young 119 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:43.200 people, and we can help turn that around and we can do it together. 120 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:52.200 I believe that. I truly believe that, because if not, and 121 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:56.360 this is called for what it is, we've allowed our children to go out 122 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:07.360 of control and it's our fault. It's our fault. So I wholeheartedly believe 123 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:13.600 that we can do this, that we can get back to that, that 124 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:22.159 we can turn this whole thing around and we can go back to having neighbors 125 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:24.960 that look out for each other, that look out for each other's children, 126 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:35.120 that that community, that neighborhoods like one big family. We can get back 127 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:48.720 to that believe that I hold heartily do. We just have to do it 128 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:54.840 and it takes us all. The text is one to do so. One 129 00:13:54.840 --> 00:14:00.799 can be the catalyst of change, but that one has to be able to 130 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:03.879 bring, you know, to step out to do it. I mean, 131 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:09.600 they can inspire so many others. So I'm all for it. I mean, 132 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:15.960 I'm if it starts with me, be me, you know, except 133 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:20.080 for others. I actually have had this conversation with a couple of like minded 134 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:28.559 people who I'm friends with in real life and on social media, and we 135 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:33.559 all have that same mentality that, you know, it starts with one. 136 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:37.600 If we can touch one, then we can. We can touch and affect 137 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:43.480 many others. There's an old saying go goes each one, teach one, 138 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:50.000 so everyone that we can impact. You know, along the way, that 139 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:54.159 one that we impact it or each one do we do can in turn and 140 00:14:54.320 --> 00:15:01.799 pack someone else, their own children, their years, whoever. But it 141 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:09.960 can happen and I believe it. We just have to do it. We 142 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:18.200 us, you, and I yeah that that that includes me too. I 143 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:24.919 have to do my part. I have to do my part, yes, 144 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:30.960 and I am, but I need y'all with me. I need you with 145 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:33.960 me, cousins and King folks. I need y'all with me, because we 146 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:39.679 can do this thing. We can do this, we could turn it around. 147 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:43.840 We can get our community back and we can, in turn, go 148 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:48.759 back to being in a village and helping to look out for each other, 149 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:58.720 help raise our kids, hold them accountable, pour into them positivity and and 150 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:04.480 help them along the way. I believe we can do this. Help me 151 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:11.519 do this, help me, cousins and kids, folks, help me do 152 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:19.039 this, because I know we can. Our children deserve it. It's hard 153 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:22.559 out there right now. People, y'all know it just as well as I 154 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:30.919 do. It's hard out there. It's rough on us. Let's not make 155 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:40.919 it any worse. Let's turn this thing around. You and I together currently 156 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:48.679 under construction. This was going to be a long part today. I just 157 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:51.919 want to get this one out to you all then have a conversation with you 158 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:56.559 all about that. Man, I miss h'all. I really do. Know 159 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:57.799 you've heard you said it before. Like men, he don't Miss Us. 160 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:02.120 No, I really do. I miss you all, but that's why I 161 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:04.839 do this thing because, again, it makes me feel like that. I'm 162 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:08.920 just sitting down and run it and have a whole conversation with all of my 163 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:15.799 friends with all of my cousins and King folks, because we are family. 164 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:21.599 Nothing's going to ever change that. Whether you like it or not. We 165 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:29.640 family, and I don't mean blood. Yeah, I've heard me say this 166 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:33.720 before and I say it again. Like my Grannie always say, blood doesn't 167 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:38.640 always make your family. It on the make sure related, because there are. 168 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:44.160 There are those of us who have family or there are family to others 169 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:51.079 and we're not even blood related, but we do have the love, respect, 170 00:17:51.240 --> 00:18:00.799 commitment, loyalty and all to those family members. Have a lot of 171 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:04.960 family that I'm not blood related to, that I'm so close to, that 172 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:08.319 I love so very did it, that loves me so very daily, and 173 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:12.279 I'm grateful for them because these are the people who got put in my life 174 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:15.440 to cut to help pour into me, to help push me, to help 175 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:25.599 hold me accountable and everything, and I appreciate them. I appreciate them did 176 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:30.680 dearly for that. But I'M gonna get on the out of him and get 177 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:33.400 out your ear for right now. But be looking for the next episode coming 178 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:41.000 up in a couple of days. It'll probably are Thursday or Friday, and 179 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:45.839 they were probably Thursday because I next episode after that. That bonus episode that 180 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:49.559 you're going to get will be that Saturday. So the next episode will are 181 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:56.680 on Thursday and then we'll get a bonus episode that's Saturday. We'd hopefully are 182 00:18:56.759 --> 00:19:00.680 very special guest. So be on the lookout that for that for that episode. 183 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:03.759 You all, and I'M gonna get on up out of here. But 184 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.920 yeah, I know, I think you know my saying. You know I 185 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:07.720 was saying. Let's going to say it, let's get it. It takes 186 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:11.319 the village for us to make this thing happen and you all know that you 187 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:17.079 are my village and we're going to continue to build this thing together, you 188 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:22.240 and I, one step at a time, currently on the construction. I 189 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:25.319 love you all. I will talk to you all in a couple of days. 190 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:27.319 Yeah, I have a great day. Enjoy you evening and we'll talk 191 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:30.279 soon. TATH