{"id":78041,"date":"2021-05-26T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=78041"},"modified":"2021-05-25T17:32:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T22:32:48","slug":"this-aint-no-foolin-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=78041","title":{"rendered":"This Ain&#8217;t No Foolin&#8217; Around"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The sound of gunfire, off in the distance\/I&#8217;m getting used to it now.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QLbS7PqA7CI\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That wasn&#8217;t off in the distance. It was the scene at 38th and Chicago yesterday, also known as George Floyd Square. Sure, it was the middle of the day, but it&#8217;s always a good time to bust a few caps, right? This news report was, ahem, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/shots-fired-near-george-floyd-square-in-minneapolis-on-anniversary-of-his-death\/2518286\/\">deadpan<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd died was disrupted by gunfire Tuesday, just hours before it was to be the site of a family-friendly street festival marking the anniversary of his death at the hands of police.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nothing quite says family-friendly street festival like random gunfire. But fortunately, a bona fide journalist was on the scene:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Journalist Philip Crowther, who was shooting live video from 38th and Chicago, reported hearing as many as 30 gunshots about a block east of the intersection. Crowther said a storefront window appeared to have been broken by a gunshot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery quickly things got back to normal,\u201d Crowther said. \u201cPeople here who spend a significant amount of time, the organizers, were running around asking, \u2018Does anyone need a medic?\u2019 It seems like there are no injuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Crowther? There&#8217;s nothing normal about any of this. But hey, we appreciate the narrative!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sound of gunfire, off in the distance\/I&#8217;m getting used to it now. That wasn&#8217;t off in the distance. It was the scene at 38th and Chicago yesterday, also known as George Floyd Square. Sure, it was the middle of the day, but it&#8217;s always a good time to bust a few caps, right? This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":358,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[419,7,434,374],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2020-riots","category-crime-and-punishment","category-mr-d","category-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78041"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78044,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78041\/revisions\/78044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}