Angelo is an accomplished surfer, a part-time womanizer (aren't all Italians?), and one of the most honest and intelligent attorneys you will ever find. He was on the Bar in Florida before he moved in here about 12 years ago, joining the five of us renting a big old house built in 1934 (and never renovated). He now has a girlfriend and expects to get married soon. 12 years has settled him down.:-))
A lot of my own education on people's primal nature (since some of you think I go off on that subject too much, as well as evolution, since the two are tied in) as well as a multitude of legal issues are a result of extended conversations over the years (we keep the "redneck" gun-loving brothers away during these discussions :-))
Many of his fellow employees are Black, including his female boss. Naturally, he brings over many of his Black friends to visit and we are all good friends, playing poker, etc. (I skip that... too boring for me, besides I'm allergic to cigarette smoke.) This sometimes alarms the neighbors, since very few Black people live in Manhattan Beach (I have another sordid story on that for you), especially young men that are stereotyped as thugs. But more often they are court officers. :-))
He was one of the first applicants for the original "Survivors" TV show, and I took some footage for him to use in applying for it.
He is a Public Defender in the State of California that works in Inglewood, and his department is homicide, covering Inglewood, Compton and surrounding areas. (We live just a few miles from both locations). His five brothers and father are DEA agents in Florida.
Angelo is a mastermind in court, as the cultlike LAPD can often be caught following improper procedure in arrests, and he dislikes dishonest cops. Weekly he keeps 16-year-old dumb criminal kids from life imprisonment and untold family heartache (of course many go to jail who deserve it).
I had to share a photo a fellow atorney took of him the other day in the courtroom. Totally funny and rad.
He is mentioned and pictured in my long post at:
I think I'm going to start a series on BULLIES. Lee recently blogged about that on my site HERE. OOps, it's specifically HERE.
LAPD, bigots and racists may be forved to watch in order to spew their hatred, which will be hilarious because they would normally never watch a video on bulliees, acting just like the self-righteous Christians walking out of Dan Savage's speech, discussed by Terry here I think.
Maybe in the days ahead I will tell you about some other good friends of mine. Stephen Hassan might be a good target. Let's roast Stephen Hassan!
Randy
Hassan's website: http://www.freedomofmind.com
