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I N T R O D U C I N G
THE AUDUBON BALLROOM
ONE NIGHT ONLY
THE AUDUBONO ONO
ACT I SCENE III
NARRATOR: I received my medical marijuana license on August 15, 2020. Guess who recommended my medical marijuana doctor? Patricia did. She’s friends with the wife of my medical marijuana doctor.
12/5/2020
THE BABY: The question is the stigmatism around it.
PATRICIA: Well…
THE BABY: And it seems like even if you go through the proper way, there seems to be a heavy stigmatism on when even you use a low dosage. It seems like some people have a stigmatism to even say, “Don’t use it all,” even though they might recommend it to someone.
PATRICIA: The way we saw you, you don’t need to take it.
DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON: It doesn’t matter what you think!
12/5/2020
THE BABY: Oh, I’m not saying me personally, I’m just saying in general. Like the stigmatism around.
PATRICIA: I know, I know, I know. I mean people look down upon me too, because those are my…
THE BABY: The thing is that I’ll let the medical professionals decide that.
PATRICIA: Those are my, that’s my girlfriend, ok, and that’s her business. And they say, “Oh, you’re a pastor.” Yeah, that’s right, that’s right, I am. [laughs] It serves a purpose for some, and it may not be good for (everyone), for somebody else.
THE BABY: Well no, no, no. The thing is though is to have like the medical professionals be able to decide that, because anyone can have a personal opinion, but to have a medical opinion is much, much different.
PATRICIA: Yeah, I mean people in the church say, you, I said it on the program, you know, about medical, about marijuana. And uh, one of the pastor friends from Georgia, he was like, “Did I hear you, did I hear her say that?” [laughs] Yeah, you did, you did.
THE BABY: Do you partake in medical marijuana?
PATRICIA: I don’t at this time, but if I was, got to a point where I needed, I won’t smoke, but I’ll sure eat a gummy. Taralyn got, Taralyn got, she got everything, my girlfriend got everything, that’s her business, so.
THE BABY: I’m sure there’s a saying about it.
PATRICIA: She got creams, she got gummies, she got candies. [laughs]
NARRATOR: The thing is that my medical marijuana prescription was working very well. My anxiety and depression decreased significantly. I was feeling less stressed. Was able to overcome the depressing stages of what was happening with my mom. And lastly, could clearly see that I did not need to be in a domestic relationship at the time. Nor did I want to be with that person. However, Brittney, and other members of the community, especially the older women, didn’t think that I had the freedom to choose to end a relationship. They chose to support an effort for retaliation and revenge.
3/21/2021
PASTOR LADY COFFIE: I would automatically say I’m going to tell my daddy. Take something from me, I would say I’m going to tell my daddy.
NARRATOR: Remember that Brittney’s dad, Patricia’s husband, is the legal advisor for the local police department, and Patricia really wanted to emphasize that to me. Brittney acknowledged the break up by voicemail on October 12, 2020. I filed for a new LLC on October 13, 2020. I started experiencing abnormal police activity on October 14, 2020.
10/14/2020
NARRATOR: I took to WeChat and TikTok because I lived in China for five years prior to this, and that's where my friends and colleagues were. Unfortunately, most of my friends in the States and I have grown apart over the years. Most of the people on my Facebook were from the local area where this was occurring, so wasn’t that reliable during this time of crisis. It didn't make sense to post this on my American social media. I posted to my public WeChat account and also sent a stream of audio messages to various group chats, to alert people if something serious happened and to keep a record of it. Shared my TikTok overseas as well.
10/14/2020
NARRATOR: While driving, there would be police that get right behind me and tail me, but then not pull me over, it happened several times within a few hours that day. And while crossing over a bridge, a helicopter took a sharp right turn and headed directly towards my car. There was no question that they were messing with me. Police cars would come almost bumper to bumper behind me, then speed past me.
FUTURE:
I just left my video
The feds was watching
Posted in the hood
They sent a helicopter
LOVE > VIOLENCE
"Come where love has no limits. Where we are valued beyond any violence or war. May we live, we live to love another day."
- J. Bey-El
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