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Quote from: adarqui on February 26, 2019, 05:45:33 pm

guy with a violent crime from 20 years ago was asking for leniency to coach his kids baseball team. turned out to be very interesting.

Wow! How did it turn out?

Reminds me of those border security shows where someone it trying to enter the country and they have an assualt charge from 20 years ago and are turned away.

didn't turn out too good for the guy. everyone (mayor, assistant deputy mayor, and these attorneys etc) basically said it's impossible. it's state and city law or something. and there's absolutely no exceptions for violent crimes: disqualifier for life.

it had to be pretty bad too.. because they wouldn't actually say what it was, nor even hint to what it was, other than that it was "violent". and when some attorney asked the guy if he could mention what it was to the room, the guy said "i don't think it would be good with my kids being here" etc.. then the attorney basically said something like "and that's another reason why it's so hard to grant any kind of leniency .. if it's hard to talk about, how will the other parents feel when they find out?"

it was nuts.

one guy on the "panel" was very empathetic to him.. seemed like he wanted to try and do something for him. but you could tell from the other reactions on the panel, that there was no way anything was going to change.

the mayor mentioned "voting" .. but he said, voting is a right. we fight to restore rights to people who have lost them, and then paid their debt to society.. but coaching isn't a right. etc.

the mayor also listed off the crimes in the statute or whatever, that qualify.. he listed: homicide, armed robbery, rape, manslaughter, and "potentially others" ....... so this guy must have done some crazy shit back when he was 19.

mayor also mentioned: it's also relevant that you were 19, and not much younger. (even though the judge somehow tried him as a minor.. for some reason.. to lighten his sentence). but that is still in this law, it mentioned everything he was convicted of etc. so this law basically protects against any violent offender, from being able to officially coach/supervise children etc.

so this dude went there as a last chance to ask for leniency for a violent crime he did 20 years ago, to coach his kids baseball team.

was just intense to witness in person. wasn't expecting to see anything like that.

even if he is the best dude now, allowing him to do it seems like it's more trouble than it's worth, when it comes to public officials, attorneys, parents, etc. these folks aren't trying to lose sleep at night, and they care about no one getting hurt etc, so no one will be getting leniency.

very interesting moment!

pc!



edit:

oh also.. it was funny/interesting watching some of the "cops on guard" (big tough dudes w/ vests and guns etc) wake the fu*k up once this guy mentioned his violent past... prior to that they were kinda nodding off. once this guy started talking, they were locked in. every cop in there looked like they switched to "high alert" once he started mentioning his violent past.

the panel itself (with the mayor etc) was incredibly polite/respectful though. it was impressive. I enjoyed the dialogue. The mayor himself is extremely sharp.

holy shit this is intense.

Had 3 super stressful days at work, 12.5 hr days with literally no breaks. Then got a puncture on my way home and had to walk my bike for like an hour lol. There is literally no time to do anything else in these days, it sucks.. Gym is out of the question if I want to sleep >6 hrs.

So needed some fun today, headed out to a local Reservoir and just ran

14.4km in 1hr 17m 44s

Avg 5:22 1k split

Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/FLJhDUJTCU

Totally destroyed after but it was super fun. Again it was a minor side stitch holding my pace back for the first 10k or so, the last few km was pretty rough terrain which was super fun but slowed me down a little.

By far the furthest I have ever ran haha, super enjoyed it. We've had great February weather so it was like 18c blue skies and a light breeze, just perfect for running.

 

awesome man.

you have such beautiful areas to run as well. man i'd be in heaven in that environment hah.

top of right foot still hurting after physical activity. odd.

02/25/2019

2019 spinach salads: 4

diet:
- ate decent

08:00 AM: strength!
- lots of stuff
- 3sec paused dead hang ng pullups: BW x 5, sad
- finished with some empty bar squats, ohp, curl .. squat/ohp felt so good.

08:30 PM: empty bar: squat {30, 30, 40, 50}, standing OHP {25}, curl {25}
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2175771676
- quick high rep session
- wanted to get some heart rate data for fun
- probably going to be sore from that
- felt good
- heels elevated, half squat, comfortable/close stance

standing ohp made my HR blow up a bit (140's) and HR didn't recover fast. HR recovered quick with squats, and didn't get too high.

how about funny image.

light day. hot as fu*k.

took a nice 2 hour nap after that heat-run. felt so good.

02/24/2019

2019 spinach salads: 4

diet:
- ate good/clean
- cookies & cream milkshake after run
- spinach salad
- awesome gouda cheese + crackers
- other stuff

10:00 AM: very light: 1h ::: (mulch hill path, overheat + crazy hot outside = insane) /// rough for only 1 hour
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2172691036/overview

top of right foot starts bugging ~45 min in lately

I quit pursuing 40" SVJ and 44in RVJ.

Too old, too much work! 

lol.

all good. being honest with yourself is tough but respectable.

probably a good idea to keep doing something tho, just for the health side of things. ie have fun/stay healthy.

pc!