Friday's tweets

Yesterday proved to be a pretty interesting day, but today was a different story. I could only find a couple tweets worth sharing.

The first comes from a reporter not on my original list of 10 journalists, Amber Hunt from the Detroit Free Press. She linked to an article that she wrote, which describes a case in which a man was killed over a $10 baggie of marijuana. Brandon Ebel, 16, of Warren will face up to life in prison after being convicted of second degree murder in the death of 46 year old Michael McCarthy. McCarthy had stolen a bag of marijuana from Ebel, while he was at his father's home. Investigators said that the bag was worth no more $10, but that was enough of a loss for Ebel to lead him to recruit three friends and kill McCarthy. One of the friends agreed to plead guilty to a lesser charge and testify against Ebel. One other teen is awaiting trial, and the other is awaiting sentencing on a lesser charge.

I thought that it was amazing that someone would be willing to kill another human being over something this insignificant. I guess some people just have a lack of respect for human life, and are pretty clueless about the severity of the consequences of their actions.

Phil Elliot links to a story that is much more positive: Vice President Joe Biden serving food to the homeless in Washington D.C. Biden made an unannounced visit to the Father McKenna Center near the U.S. Capitol, where he helped serve fish sticks to the homeless men who had gathered there for lunch. Biden said that he also helps out at homeless shelters back in Delaware, and that doing so reminds him of how real the problem of homelessness is.

These are the kind of stories that cause me to regain a little faith in humankind, especially after reading Amber Hunt's story that I mentioned above. It's a nice reminder that there are still some good people out in the world who like to help out the less fortunate.