Was One of the Seven Dwarves Named Clumsy? Or Better Yet Dirty?

Found on ajc.com (via attu):

Dwarf sues state over fall from sink

Byron "B.J." Rhodan never feared for his safety in Georgia's bare-knuckled prison system, even though he's a dwarf.

But an insistent guard and a slippery sink led to his downfall, Rhodan alleges in an ongoing federal lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections.

Rhodan, who stands 4 feet 1 inches tall, has spent about 20 months in prison for dealing marijuana and possessing methamphetamine, according to state records.

In the lawsuit, Rhodan claims that in April 2004 a guard at the state prison in Jackson told him to shave. Rhodan told the guard he could not reach the mirror above the sink in his cell. The guard, according to Rhodan, told him to stand on the sink. Rhodan fell off the sink onto the cement floor in his cell, according to the suit.

Rhodan claims he severely injured his back in the fall. His back already undergone multiple surgeries as a result of the genetic disorder causing his dwarfism.

The Alpharetta man spoke about his claims against the prison system at the downtown Atlanta offices of his lawyer, Eldridge Suggs IV.

And..

Rhodan, now 23, is trying to get his life back together. An aspiring rapper and songwriter known as "Lil Dirty," Rhodan is enrolled in a media and audio production program at an Atlanta university.

Rhodan doesn't shave these days. He now sports a full beard and mustache. He still bears the artwork of prison life — tattoos cover his arms, including drawings of a joker and SpongeBob SquarePants.

Rhodan's stature otherwise never posed a problem in prison, he said. He mostly wrote lyrics and minded his own business.

But he has no plans of going back.

"The way I feel about prison is that you only live one time, and I just can't see spending all my time in prison," Rhodan said. "There's just more to life than being caged in and disrespected."

I forwarded this story to [NAME DELETED FOR NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS] immediately. His fondness for the wee folk has been well documented. Also, he too feels there’s just more to life than being caged in and disrespected.

Initially, I had just found it funny how 1. the story is about a dwarf in prison 2. there obviously aren’t enough dwarves to warrant their own tiny prison (aka the wee house) 3. the dwarf’s nickname is synonymous with a hummer and 4. the writer of the story had described the prison system as being bare-knuckled, as opposed to a covered-knuckled prison system.

After reading the article, Bronc replied with his own set of highlights:

1. I’ve got to see what the lawyer "Eldridge Suggs IV" Looks like.
2. "An aspiring rapper and songwriter known as 'Lil Dirty'."
3. "He still bears the artwork of prison life — tattoos cover his arms, including drawings of a joker and SpongeBob SquarePants."

Now the notion of a rapper named ‘Lil Dirty’, by reminding me of the stupendous loss of ODB, Old Dirty Bastard, saddened me greatly. (Bit of trivia – today marks the TENTH anniversary of Tupac’s death. Brotha has made a lot of records in ten years.) But I was determined to find a picture of Eldridge Suggs the Fourth for my friend, [NAME DELETED FOR NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS].

Thanks to google, I found Suggs' website.

It has all his information except the link to his picture is broken. Interesting enough, Eldridge Suggs Numero Quattro, graduated from UC Irvine in 1994 and finished law school a year later at Arizona State. One year of law school – even Neerajimus failed to pull that feat off.

Speaking of feats that could not be pulled off, I could not find a photo of Suggs. I even looked on Myspace.com.

So, I guess Bronc will have to settle for a pic of a Spongebob tattoo.


Given that it’s on a little boy, he should be fine with it.

wojr

Labels: Bronc, News, The Wee Folk

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