Posted on 07/14/2019 4:01:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The body of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, 75, was located Friday but it wasn't immediately clear what led officers to the car. The cause of her death is still unknown, police told the station.
The vehicle was about 3 miles from her home, CNN affiliate WAFB reported.
She founded the Odell S. Williams Now and Then African American Museum in 2001, where she had been hosting the city's Juneteenth celebration for years.
"Ms. Sadie was a tireless advocate of peace in the community," the police department said in a statement. "Ms. Sadie is a treasure to our community, she will be missed by BRPD and her loss will be felt in the community she served.
She also founded Community Against Drugs and Violence, a non-profit organization focused in creating a safer environment for children in North Baton Rouge.
Local politicians, advocates and community members on Saturday mourned Roberts-Joseph's death.
State Representative C. Denise Marcelle said in a Facebook post that the activist "never bothered anyone" and was looking to expand her museum.
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I’d guess that if she needed to found a group against Drugs and Violence in Baton Rouge, then there is probably an unofficial group in town FOR Drugs and Violence that found her annoying.
Just a guess.
Arkanacide?
Looks that way.
Baton Rouge. What dem did she piss off????
What did she have on Obama?
Obvious suicide.
Suicide no doubt!! She climbed into her trunk and shut the lid..
Somehow, this will be Trump’s fault. I’m sure MSNBC has their “best” on it right now.
What???
Bump
This will be a challenging display to put in the museum.
Especially if it is a museum that can be found in a car trunk.
(Ok, ok, that is an ellipse)
Sure. A ton of people who never bother anyone are found in the trunk of a car.
Happens almost everyday in the suburbs.
//sarc
Some pictures of the museum.
suicide.
Killing of Baton Rouge African American history museum ‘icon’ is ‘tremendous loss to our community’
BY JACQUELINE DEROBERTIS | Staff writer Published Jul 14, 2019 at 3:30 pm | Updated Jul 14, 2019 at 6:21 pm
They can embalm the body, put her clothes back on, cut off the trunk of the car, put her body back in and her museum with have a new exhibit!
Seriously, this is no way for a 70+ woman to die and I hope they find the perps and put them away for a long time.
Why would anybody hurt a nice old lady that was just trying to help them get off drugs and live in peace?
There was a reason why Charles Bronson was cast as the lead in Death Wish rather than some grandmotherly type woman.
There was a reason why Charles Bronson was cast as the lead in Death Wish rather than some grandmotherly type woman.
Yeah—movies tend to be rather short when the protagonist, by the natural order of things, gets bumped off in the first five minutes.
Of course now days, with special effects etc., the grandmother could be portrayed as using her martial arts training to take out a half-dozen guys each of whom is three times her size.
Tommy (by Kipling, poet of The White Man’s Burden)
I went into a public-’ouse to get a pint o’ beer,
The publican ‘e up an’ sez, “We serve no red-coats here.”
The girls be’ind the bar they laughed an’ giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an’ to myself sez I:
O it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, go away”;
But it’s “Thank you, Mister Atkins”, when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it’s “Thank you, Mister Atkins”, when the band begins to play.
I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but ‘adn’t none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-’alls,
But when it comes to fightin’, Lord! they’ll shove me in the stalls!
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, wait outside”;
But it’s “Special train for Atkins” when the trooper’s on the tide,
The troopship’s on the tide, my boys, the troopship’s on the tide,
O it’s “Special train for Atkins” when the trooper’s on the tide.
Yes, makin’ mock o’ uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an’ they’re starvation cheap;
An’ hustlin’ drunken soldiers when they’re goin’ large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin’ in full kit.
Then it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, ‘ow’s yer soul?”
But it’s “Thin red line of ‘eroes” when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it’s “Thin red line of ‘eroes” when the drums begin to roll.
We aren’t no thin red ‘eroes, nor we aren’t no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An’ if sometimes our conduck isn’t all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don’t grow into plaster saints;
While it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, fall be’ind”,
But it’s “Please to walk in front, sir”, when there’s trouble in the wind,
There’s trouble in the wind, my boys, there’s trouble in the wind,
O it’s “Please to walk in front, sir”, when there’s trouble in the wind.
You talk o’ better food for us, an’ schools, an’ fires, an’ all:
We’ll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don’t mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow’s Uniform is not the soldier-man’s disgrace.
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Chuck him out, the brute!”
But it’s “Saviour of ‘is country” when the guns begin to shoot;
An’ it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ anything you please;
An’ Tommy ain’t a bloomin’ fool — you bet that Tommy sees!
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