10 August 2026

I GUESS IF YOU REFUSE TO SAY IT... IT CAN'T BE HAPPENING...

firewater & firearms
-- “Asheville Police Chief Jackie Stepp declined to classify the violence as gang-related, when reporters pressed her about whether the people involved belonged to rival gangs or families. ‘These are two groups of individuals. The groups had ties because the people involved knew one another and had committed ‘ongoing retaliatory acts’ against each other.’” --
Sorry, Chief... if you're not measuring, you're not managing.