I still can't believe the Chicago SouthWest Side rapist is Chauvet Stiggers. Who is Chauvet Stiggers? Well to call him a friend of mine would be a tad bit far fetched. Let's just say I associated with Mr. Stiggers quite frequently as a teenager.

It all started in 2003, in the mist of my outlandish lifestyle as a teenager. Mr. Striggers was a mutual friend who I always felt uneasy about. Don't get me wrong at the time I knew him, his career as a criminal was almost non existent. In fact it came as a shock to me once I found out since his departure in my life, he had been arrested over 15 times. This is the same young man who grew up in middle class home with a hard working mother. This isn't your typical story of young black male in an impoverished community seeking a lifestyle of crime as a means to overcompensate his boredom. No, not at all - this is a young man who made horrible decisions based entirely up to him. I won't go as far as to say he was intelligent, however Mr. Strigger was far from an idiot....or at least I thought.

7 years later, and Mr. Striggers is now charged with the Criminal Sexual Assault of 3 women, with more charges pending. In one particular case Mr. Stiggers forced a young 16 year old into his vehicle at gun point, then proceeded to sexually assault her. If I could speak with Mr. Striggers today I'd asked him one question - "what were you thinking?"

Lucky for him I won't have that oppurtunity. Call me insane, but I'm not too fond of rapists. I'm sure the inmates at Cook County Corrections will show him the love he deserves.

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The pictures below are pictures from a wedding I attended recently. As always there are many more pictures on the FlickR account. Enjoy!

Final Thought: More than likely Mr. Stiggers will be released from prison one day. If it were up to me, he'd rot there for the remainer of his worthless life.