Yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr day. I know this because my kids were out of school and the wife had the day off work (although she’ll insist it’s because it was her birthday). It’s not that I don’t think Holidays are important but since they have no effect whatsoever on my schedule except to make me work harder I don’t pay attention.
So here we are. All over the United States people are celebrating, including down in St. Petersburg, Florida. Of course, what could bring the “dream” more alive than…throwing bricks at white people and cops! Hell yes!
Around 4:30 yesterday afternoon one of the officers working the festivities heard someone yelling at the crowd “Get your bricks early,” “get ‘em now for the festivities!” and “buy your bricks here!”
Not being one to miss a good time the officer went looking for the person behind the voice and found Leroy McKinney pulling a cart with a milk crate full of 3” long bricks.
McKinney, who already has three convictions in Pinellas County for Public Intoxication was arrested for Disorderly Conduct and booked into the Pinellas County Jail. He’s still sitting there on $250 bond so apparently he must not have made much in his crushing enterprise.
