What's ironic is a few months ago another manager's employee saw me out in this same area OCing at Genghis grill in cordova. he made a comment that he saw me "reppin a big @ss glock" (just a g17 in a comptac OTW straight drop holster) and thought it was stupid because i was in cordova and i didn't need to carry a gun. The next weekend the 5-6 armed guys robbed Reed's jewelers in the wolfchase mall less than a mile away and now this happened just another mile or two down the street.
Even yesterday, i met a buddy for lunch in cordova and while waiting for him the car, i saw a less than reputable looking guy kinda of watching me then walk slowly behind my car, i locked the doors and started the car up and he kind of darted away. Had i not been looking around and had my head buried in my cell phone playing angry birds or something, i would've been a prime target to open the door and rob me/steal my car. I don't know if that was his intention or what but just being aware helped me avert a potentially bad situation.
I do believe the attackers were AA, i didn't think that was relevant but putting it out there can stop the guessing game and comments i suppose. It's really a shame because i have some great black friends, some middle income like myself and others minimum wage but they work 2+ jobs and are great people. Memphis has a real problem with entitlement and the blame game across the board. The previous mayor really worked hard to cultivate race problems to keep himself in office (while he became rich). I remember some of his last radio commercials were playing a rap song called "walk it out" and he was saying "walk it out to the polls and help brother hereton shake the haters off". Another time he was supposed to debate an opponent (white guy named cohen) who is an even BIGGER liberal. he refused at the 11th hour and said the two moderators were racist (i think they were both black lol) and cohen was a white jew who wished he was black or something along those lines. When the leader of your city speaks like that......... it doesn't help cultivate a good atmosphere at all.
No update on the victim yet. Her friend said she cant open her eyes because they are swollen shut and doesn't want to see or talk to anyone right now.