No one will remember that a 17 year old neighbor was a guest in Ja's house, getting to play pickup basketball with an NBA all star. No one will care that this 17 year old got angry first, and intentionally threw the ball full force in Ja's face, striking him, or that the 17 year old threatened to come back and "Light the place up."

All they'll remember is "Ja hit a teen!" And "Ja pulled a gun on him!"

It doesn't matter if Ja never pulled his gun out, and showed it in response to a threat.

Throwing a basketball full force in someone's face is assault. Threatening to come back and light their house up is a terroristic threat.

Standing on your own property with a legally registered handgun tucked into your waistband, is actually legal. Because 'Murica. 🤷🏿‍♂️

The police investigated the incident, and dropped the whole thing, because Ja had not committed a prosecutable crime.

But that doesn't mean that this was the best way to handle the situation.

Now Ja has been suspended for showing a handgun on Instagram live while he streamed from a night club.

Why did he even have a gun in a club? Registered or not? If you look at the screenshots, you'll see that he has over $100K of jewelry around his neck.

Chains are a big flex! But when you flex you're flexing on someone. Some people don't like that. Chains get snatched. People get killed for chains.

You wear a chunky chain to the club, but then you need to take a gun to protect your chain?

@mekkaokereke
I'm going to be stuck on this sentence all day:

"But when you flex you're flexing on someone."

Maybe all week. How do we create a world you can be a pro athlete or a rock star or a tech billionaire and have it be enough?

"I can afford the ice, but I can't afford to move like this!"

Something tells me the money for security detail isn't what's keeping you from walking around with $100k around your neck. If you had the psychological need, the $ is easily solved.