Whenever I See a Bizarre Claim on Conservative Blogs, I Try to Independently Verify (Part 2)

 8/13/25 Independent:

An Atlanta father of 20 was fatally shot last month while allegedly attempting an armed robbery, police say.

On July 19, D’Anthony Reaves, 44, was killed outside the Greyhound bus station on Forsyth Street around 5:30 a.m. He was shot twice in the face and once in the arm, according to police.

In a Wednesday update, Atlanta homicide detectives said their investigation determined the case should be classified as a felon killed by a private citizen. Police said Reaves was in the middle of an armed robbery when he was shot.

Reaves was shot by someone getting off a bus, his family told WSB-TV. The Independent has contacted Atlanta police for comment....

Reaves’ family plans to start a foundation to support his children and help fathers leave the streets and rebuild their lives.

"We’re fixing to open up the D’Anthony Reaves foundation so we’ll be able to serve his kids so they’ll be taken care of," Deoinetea Hightower Reaves’ brother told the outlet. "We got the Power for the Fathers represented for him as well, where we help the fathers get off the street and get their lives back together."

Hightower added that he is pushing Greyhound to end its policy allowing guns across state lines and urging Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to tighten gun laws to keep firearms away from young people. 

 Without question, Greyhound should require its customers to be defenseless when they get off the bus.

Also, 12 biological children?  Remember the start of Idiocracy where we see the intelligent middle-class couple delay children too long while the redneck's progeny begin the path to genetic hegemony?  Let us hope the same high moral character of D'Anthony Reaves has no genetic component.

Robbery in Idaho is Really Stupid

8/3/25 KTVB:

"Police allege that Geesey entered the store and stole alcoholic beverages. When confronted by an employee who told her to leave, she punched the worker in the face, sparking a physical altercation.

"Two additional suspects,  Hernandez and the minor, then entered the store and joined the assault on the employee, who had fallen to the ground in a corner. The victim was repeatedly punched, kicked and stomped while down, police said.

"The employee then drew a gun and shot at the suspects, shooting Hernandez. All three suspects then ran from the store and drove away."

This Was Not on my Bingo Card

10/5/24 WSB:

"DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — A Douglas County homeowner told investigators that he was forced to shoot and kill an off-duty Atlanta police detective after the officer tried to break into his neighbor’s home on Friday morning."

Most People Get Beyond Burglary at That Age

McDonald County Sheriff's Office Facebook page.

I did not realize Facebook will not allow copy of text.  Summary: couple returns home and finds burglar, 62, in their home barricaded in room.  The burglar shoots at them.  Husband and wife return fire.  Both shots hit him.  They disarm him and hold him for police.

62?  Burglary is usually a teen to young immature adult crime.  A few more years and he can collect Social Security (unless he is in prison).