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Criticism, blog post by John Hoff
Andrew Billingsley, who went by "Drew The Chef" Billingsley on Facebook, has officially been identified as the homicide victim killed on the "out of control" Number 19 bus route. JNS blog correctly identified him days ago before all other media. (Here insert usual biting remarks about mainstream media dropping the ball and failing to gather information readily available from social media, in particular Facebook)
Reportedly, Billingsley confronted a group of...
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and Criticism, blog post by John Hoff
Last evening, at 6:59 PM according to the Star Tribune, a man was shot after a confrontation on a city bus near the intersection of Penn and 26th Ave. N. The man died in the parking lot of the nearby gas station. A juvenile suspect has been arrested.
The man is Drew "The Chef" Billingsley, CEO of LOL Entertainment, as reported this morning by JNS blog, based on widespread Facebook reports.
Why is the mass media waiting so long to report the victim's name? Don't they have Facebook accounts like almost every teenager in America to know what is happening?
Now here is information developed by JNS blog about dramatic events that happened at the hastily-arranged candle light vigil last night, not witnessed by news vans or police which had already left the scene but certainly witnessed by neighbors.
From 7 PM to about 10 PM the Number 19 metro bus sat by the side of the street, being processed as a crime scene. Yellow police tape blocked off a wide area...
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blog post by John Hoff
Many red hot and exclusive details will follow in my NEXT blog post about how last night's candlelight vigil for a North Minneapolis shooting victim (click here for Star Tribune article) quickly turned into a mob action with a shot fired, and citizens nearby hitting their lovely wood floor with not enough police able to respond to their frantic 911 calls, but first things first:
The murder victim's identity was learned first and exclusively by JNS blog by simply looking on Facebook (click here for his Facebook profile) while our mass media provide fearful Northside citizens no further details. These mass media are apparently on a tight and voluntary official leash awaiting a "press release" or some such thing. Stepping into the void, JNS blog can tell you the victim is a man who goes by Drew TheChef Billingsley.
Since he is...
