Gun Laws, Capital Punishment, and Coffee Culture

Then we're going to talk about this New Jersey man caught with a massive cache of illegal guns and other things , and then we're going to talk about we're going to leave it with a light hearted topic , with a Brooklyn coffee shop no longer allowing tipping . But first we're going to get to this .

This is the second time Alabama , for a while , stopped executing people while they were investigating the ways that they execute people because apparently there were some bad things happening or things not going right or something .

But they're doing it again now , and this is the second time now in the last few months anyway , that they have put somebody to death by nitrogen gas execution . This is a new way of doing things . All right , alabama man convicted of killing three put to death in the county's . Country's sorry second nitrogen gas execution Atmore , alabama .

Associated Press reports Alabama . Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings . The second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has been used in the country . So this guy , alan Eugene Miller .

He's 59 years old , was pronounced dead at 6.38 pm , local time at a South Alabama prison . He shook and trembled on the gurney for about two minutes , with his body at times pulling against the restraints . That was followed by about six minutes of periodic gasping breaths . Periodic gasping breaths .

Miller was convicted of killing three men Lee Holbrooks , christopher Scott Yancey and Terry Jarvis in 1999 , and the state had previously attempted to execute him by lethal injection in 2022 . Oh , I didn't know this part . Oh , wow , so they had previously attempted to execute him .

Maybe this was the case that shut down the execution for a couple of years while they investigated things . I didn't do anything to be in here , miller said in his final words that were at times muffled by the mask that covered his face from forehead to chin .

Miller was one of five inmates scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week , an unusually high number that defies a years-long trend of decline in the use of the death penalty in the United States . Let me tell you you come to Alabama , you're going to F-A-F-O in Bama , all right .

Tonight , justice has finally served for these three victims through the execution method elected by the inmate . Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said in a statement , his acts were not that of insanity but pure evil . Three families were forever changed by a heinous crimes , and I pray that they can find comfort all these years later .

The execution was the second to use the new method Alabama first employed in January when Kenneth Smith was put to death . The method involves placing a respirator gas mask over the inmate's face to replace breathable air with pure nitrogen gas , causing death by lack of oxygen .

Alabama officials and advocates have argued over whether Smith suffered an unconstitutional level of pain during his execution , after he shook in seizure-like spasms for more than two minutes while strapped to the gurney and then gasped for breath for several minutes . This boy looks big too . He's a big boy . At least that's what he looked like when he was arrested .

Perhaps that was in that picture , that is , by in 2022 . He's a big boy . A delivery truck driver , miller , was convicted of capital murder for the august 5th 1999 shootings that claimed three lives and shocked the city of pelham , a suburban city just south of Birmingham .

Police say that early that morning Miller entered Ferguson Enterprises and fatally shot two co-workers , holbrooks 32 , and Yancey 28 . He then drove five miles away to Post Airgas , where he had previously worked and shot Jarvis , who was 39 . Trial testimony indicated that Miller was paranoid and believed his co-workers had been gossiping about him .

That is no reason to shoot somebody , hon . Oh , my goodness , you've been spreading rumors about me . A witness described Miller as saying before he opened fire , all three men were shot multiple times . My goodness gracious , miller had initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity , but later withdrew the plea .

A psychiatrist hired by the defense said that Miller was mentally ill , but his condition wasn't severe enough to use as a basis for an insanity defense . According to court documents , jurors convicted Miller after 20 minutes of deliberation and recommended by a vote of 10 to 2 , that he received the death penalty . Mm-mm-mm , well , mm-mm-mm .

Mm of deliberation and recommended by a vote of 10 to 2 that he received the death penalty . All right , next story I want to know your thoughts on that . How do you feel about that ? The way the method of uh , lethal execution or whatever you want to call it all right next up we have . I'm confused about this story too .

I mean , uh , this seems long and involved . We'll try . We'll try to make it short . There's a new jersey man caught with massive cache of illegal guns , knives and explosives thanks to his own shameless Facebook post . Okay , first of all , don't post your guns on social media dumbasses . But if these were all illegal , should he have been caught ?

Should he have been arrested ? Alright , we're going to read on . A New Jersey man's shameless post on Facebook led police to uncover a massive cache of illegal guns , knives and explosives stashed inside the suspect's home on a quiet suburban block .

This week , kyle Arena , 35 years old , of Totawad , new new jersey , is facing multiple firearms and weapons charges stemming from a home raid tuesday that yielded rifles , handguns , dozens of knives , ninja stars , brass knuckles , 129 fully loaded illegal high capacity magazines , thousands of rounds of ammunition and even four explosives . Totawa .

Now , before we go any further , I have questions . Okay , is this a violation ? Not a violation ? I'm sorry . How does this fall into the Second Amendment ? We have the right to keep and bear arms correct . I don't know that . The Constitution says they have to be legal . I'm not sure . Somebody , please step in .

I'm sure that you will , and I hope you do , because I need to know the truth about all of this . All right , going back to the article , and there's all of this . All right . Going back to the article , he , and there's pictures of it . He had

a lot . So an anonymous tipster alerted cops to Arenas concerning social media posts , an alleged arsenal of guns , and investigators had to look no further than his Facebook page for probable cause . Arena made a habit of flashing his guns online and posting questionable content in various Facebook groups . According to authorities , all right .

Second question Do you think these people reporting him are like the people that used to report ? You know back ? You know back in nazi times when people would tell on each other ? All right , so we're reading on . In one post he pointed a gun at people while driving by in his car . In other posts he shared pics of illegal items such as silencers , police said .

In another photo , arena can be seen holding up a rifle to his square black rimmed glasses , pretending to take aim at an unseen target . The emailed tip included screen grabs of Arena's Facebook post to a group called Meal Team 6.1 Mid-tier main group . According to authorities , that private group of gun enthusiasts boasts 14 000 members .

Meal team 6.1 men tier group main group . That's a long title for a group . Y'all has a number of rules posted to their home page , including do not use facebook reporting options or face removal . The rule encourages members to askew facebook content moderators for fear that any intervention into the private group would result in it being shut down entirely .

With the multiple I'm sorry with the multitude of evidence from his social posts , total police were granted a search and seize warrant , called a temporary extreme risk protection order by a judge , to search through the Lincoln Avenue home where Arena lives with his parents . Oh my god , he lives there with his parents . That's the number one red flag right there .

And he's a grown man . He's in his 30s right . Investigators found the huge arsenal of weapons hidden inside a crawl space inside the home . Should have been at the bottom of the lake , right , all right . Nearby residents told ABC7 they couldn't believe one of their neighbors was hoarding the stockpile of deadly weapons . See , I have questions . I there .

What's the line here ? What is the line ? What is the line ? Should he be able to have these under the second amendment or are these illegal ? And if he's out there posting stupid pictures of himself and then pointing them at people living with his parents , I mean , and then these people telling on him uh , what do you do ? Because what do you do ?

What if he shows up , you know , months later shooting up a whole school or something . I mean , what do you do in this type of situation ? Uh , this is the . This is where I really need your input on . Officer seized all the items in a restaurant arena . With that incident .

He was being held by the , all right , so I'm just curious about your take on this . I need your . Why are there two separate pictures ? Is this the same person ? I'm sorry , I'm going to go back and look , because they have a picture mugshot of Kyle Arena and who's this other guy that they have a mugshot of ? Mugshot of the suspects , father Felix arena ?

Okay , all right , but the guy is 30 something years old , right ? Is he 30 something ? I think that's what he said . Yes , 35 years old , living at home with his parents . Come on , it didn't say what he does . He work , who knows ? I'm curious . Your thoughts on this .

Should should people have told on him first of all , he put it all over facebook and should have people have reported him . And did he have a right to have all these guns under the second amendment , even though they say they were illegal ? So I don't know . I don't know what . I don't know what . I don't know . I want your opinion on this .

All right , we have to move on to the coffee thing . We're going to end it in a lighter note . This is , I think , interesting . I need your thoughts on this too . All right , brooklyn coffee shops no longer allow tipping , but a latte will cost you $7 . Look , if that's all it's going to cost , go for it .

I think $7 is pretty cheap , quite frankly , in today's market they're tipped off . That's how this stupid article starts . Some local coffee shops are doing away with gratuities , removing tip jars and , more importantly , prompts for automatic gratuities on iPad payments portals . Most customers are thrilled .

I don't have to decide how much to tip , I don't have to do the math .

Enthused , a new mohan , a 35 year old who works at a cancer hospital in technology development and frequents the three-legged cat , a leafy cafe that opened in east williamsburg over the summer , with a line at the bottom of the menu declaring that tax and tip is included and that the cafe is proud to provide a living wage to its employees .

All right , first of all , why do they have to name this person ? Anu Mohan , her age , what she does for a living and the name of this stupid cafe is three-legged cat ? Uh , I would not frequent that just because of the name . No , thank you , goodness gracious . All right , we're not going to read much more into that to try to save time .

I have a story for you . When we traveled to oh , we went out . There's only near Starbucks there . Where we were staying was inside a Kroger . Now I know some of these Starbucks that are inside stores only have the name Starbucks and they're not really like us , they're not really like a Starbucks .

I know one time here in the South I went into a Starbucks and I tried to use my Starbucks gift card and they said we can't use those here because we're not really a Starbucks . This was a long time ago . Maybe they've changed that , I don't know .

So I was inside this Kroger getting my Starbucks and I was looking for somewhere to put some tip and I said where can I ? You know , where do I put this tip ? She said , oh , we don't take tips , we're unionized here . And said , oh , we don't take tips , we're unionized here . And she was kind of proud of it being unionized .

She wasn't like real chipper , she was kind of I don't want to say rude , but she was not rude , but she was very northern , she didn't have that charm . You know what I'm saying . She was just a matter of fact . No , we don't take tips , we're unionized here . Like , move on , lady . That's kind of the vibe I got from her .

But wow , wow , I never heard of that before . I mean , I know what unions are , but at Starbucks , inside of Kroger , I guess , because Kroger was unionized and they're probably Kroger employees , maybe I don't know . But what do you think about this ? My husband said well , you know , it's socialism all over .

It doesn't incentivize anybody to be nice and generous or nice and give good customer service , because they're already , you know , they're already getting paid . There's no need to go out of their way to be extra nice or whatever to earn that tip . And I'm like well , why can't you just be a nice person in general period ?

But I understand what he's saying and I understand that this is probably you know , but people don't want to tip either . Unless people don't want to tip if they're coming in to pick up the damn coffee , and I , you know , I agree with that . However , I will . When I do my Starbucks every morning , I do it on my app and , yes , I give a $2 tip .

There's an option between one , two and five . I'm not going to give a five for me pulling around the drive-thru , but I will give a $2 tip , and here's why I do it . I don't smoke , I don't drink alcohol , I don't spend money on hair care products , I don't do drugs . So I'm going to buy a coffee and I'll give them a $2 tip .

Come on , that's what I'm going to do . All right , that's just my thing , that's my vice that I have . I get coffee every morning from Starbucks . Okay , I had one commenter on Twitter say Starbucks sucks , their coffee sucks . You should use a local roaster . Blah , blah , blah . I said well , I like the coffee that I get .

It's not actually coffee coffee , it's not hot coffee . I get the iced shaken oatmeal espresso drink . It's cold , it's iced , it's . I like it . However , we do frequent a local coffee roaster here in Huntsville , alabama . That's where we get our house coffee and , yes , we spend a good amount of money on that every month .

So I just love it how people come in and tell me what I should and shouldn't do . Uh , all right , I guess . Gosh , we need a question of the day . Okay , I meant to ask this the other day Do you like the name that you have ? And if you don't , if you could change your name . What would you change it to ? I have always hated my name , carol .

It's just , I don't know , it's harsh , I don't like it . So if I could change my name , I've always liked the name Constance . I have a friend named Constance , but I've liked that name even before I met her . I have an aunt named Connie . I don't know that her full name , her official name , is Constance or not . It might just be Connie .

I like the name Connie , I love it . Okay , I think that's what I would name myself Connie . If I could change my name . I don't think I look like a Connie though . All right , what would you change your name to if you could ? All right , got to go . I know I went a little long .

I apologize and have a great Friday , and the gent and I will be back in the morning on Saturday . Have a great one . Thanks for listening . Bye .