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62. true. I remember him constantly in front of the cameras but this is the

Reply to malaise (Reply #21)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 08:46 PM

Jul 2012

first time I've heard about the real hero!

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Black Teen is a Hero after Saving Women and Children during Colorado Massacre [View all] Dovid Rees Jul 2012 OP

I hope Mr. Brooks gets a nice big scholarship fund Art_from_Ark Jul 2012 #1

Yes, he should get one, and this is the best focus on this story. Another thread showed a woman who freshwest Jul 2012 #5

Here's a link to Jarell Brooks' scholarship fund Tsiyu Jul 2012 #59

Thanks, Tsiyu, for that link! freshwest Jul 2012 #64

You are so welcome Tsiyu Jul 2012 #65

Kick. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #2

What a brave kid. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #3

What a contrast. freshwest Jul 2012 #4

Well, either that part of the story isn't quite true or she's a very understanding woman. Recovered Repug Jul 2012 #8

She has very poor taste in "men". UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #11

Not only he left her and two children in the theater, apparently he also drove away so she LisaL Jul 2012 #42

Oh, she'll drop the coward bomb on him at some point UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #50

Watch his explanation for running malaise Jul 2012 #14

A coward and a pathological liar. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #17

He was one of the first persons on TV after the slaughter malaise Jul 2012 #21

Was he the one with the pellet marks & the sling on his arm? SoCalDem Jul 2012 #33

true. I remember him constantly in front of the cameras but this is the flamingdem Jul 2012 #62

What. An. IDIOT. Zalatix Jul 2012 #19

She already borne his children, she's desperate. I want an interview with Jarrell, not these two... freshwest Jul 2012 #45

But he already left all of them at the mercy of a murderer malaise Jul 2012 #48

I watched the video. I knew a woman who stayed with her husband who beat her while she was... freshwest Jul 2012 #53

me first me first me first me first datasuspect Jul 2012 #20

Yet somehow a 16 year old kid has honorable traits catbyte Jul 2012 #29

there's this thing called "thought" datasuspect Jul 2012 #31

There was a typo in that quote sunnystarr Jul 2012 #40

That baby could have ended up injuried or even dead if somebody stepped on him. LisaL Jul 2012 #41

Well better to get rid of him now, than later... that is certainly one way to find out. robinlynne Jul 2012 #47

Thanks for posting this. Here's his picture, a fine young man: freshwest Jul 2012 #6

We need this pic ChazII Jul 2012 #43

K&R! Great story among all the horror... Rhiannon12866 Jul 2012 #7

Am I the only one who thinks it's weird the title says "Black teen"? NickB79 Jul 2012 #9

It's important because Dovid Rees Jul 2012 #16

We need many more news stories humanizing blacks. They've been stereotyped for years freshwest Jul 2012 #37

freshwheat, woolldog Jul 2012 #66

You may be thinking of someone else. I'm not 'freshwheat.' Thanks very much, though. freshwest Jul 2012 #68

error woolldog Jul 2012 #69

We're cool. I'm just getting a lot of compliments on my post lately and it's almost got me paranoid! freshwest Jul 2012 #70

Doesn't making his race a focus point 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #49

It would be an honor to shake this man's hand. chknltl Jul 2012 #10

At a time when the media blames Trayvon Martin Dovid Rees Jul 2012 #12

I saw this story on Good Morning America HappyMe Jul 2012 #18

I'm glad they are going to focus on him, we need more people just like him. freshwest Jul 2012 #63

k&r nt steve2470 Jul 2012 #13

Wonderful malaise Jul 2012 #15

Hope she dumped that boyfried-- tanyev Jul 2012 #22

On the contrary he proposed and she said yes malaise Jul 2012 #24

Are you serious? tanyev Jul 2012 #26

He's been all over CNN with it malaise Jul 2012 #27

I don't watch much TV these days. tanyev Jul 2012 #28

unbelievable. Coexist Jul 2012 #35

Truly unbelievable. Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2012 #36

Well he clearly possesses good survival traits 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #30

That's for sure. LisaL Jul 2012 #39

They are now engaged. LisaL Jul 2012 #38

A 4 month old and a 7 month old? I think they got the ages wrong, at least 1 of the ages of the kids MiniMe Jul 2012 #23

k&r n/t RainDog Jul 2012 #25

Yes. That's a hero. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #32

Nice story ... Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2012 #34

I thought that, too Patiod Jul 2012 #46

Doesn't sound like either parent Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2012 #52

Who brings small children to a midnight showing of any movie? Where should they be? kwassa Jul 2012 #56

Is that a rhetorical question? Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2012 #57

Wow- good for him!!! Marrah_G Jul 2012 #44

Headline is ridiculous. Race has nothing to do with it. DesMoinesDem Jul 2012 #51

Then you need to check the news source. Nt DevonRex Jul 2012 #54

I could care less what the source is. DesMoinesDem Jul 2012 #55

Don't care for positive news about black DevonRex Jul 2012 #58

+1,000! Zalatix Jul 2012 #61

It's NOT RIDICULOUS. It's nice to see GOOD stories involving black youth. Zalatix Jul 2012 #60

I cannot imagine what i would have done in any of their shoes. FedUpWithIt All Jul 2012 #67