Face-eater's girlfriend to speak out against cannibalism (Gloria Allred getting involved)

Orlando Sentinel ^ | June 7, 2012 | Mike Clary

[Sam's Army]

MIAMI— — A 27-year-old Miramar woman who described herself as the girlfriend of the man killed by police as he gnawed off the face of a homeless man stepped forward Wednesday to speak out against what her counselor called a growing scourge: cannibalism. Yovonka Bryant's counselor? Los Angeles celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred.

[Perdogg]

Women really have no taste in men, no pun intended.

[liberalh8ter]

I don’t even know where to begin......

[freedomlover]

Oh boy this is going to be an interesting . . . eating . . . thread.

[Sam's Army]

"Yovonka and I are very concerned about the issue of cannibalism and the number of cases that are being reported …," said Allred, reading from a statement at a bizarre news conference at the Sofitel Miami.

"We are hopeful that ... Yovonka can help the public understand the dire consequences of cannibalism for its victims."

Thanks, Gloria. We are indeed woefully ignorant when it comes to understanding that cannibalism might be a bad thing.

[agere_contra]

"It is very important that the social taboo and stigma that have long been attached to this subject continues and that society condemns cannibalism, rather that trivializing it or glamorizing it."

Wow lady, that's a controversial view. I'm just not sure which side of this complex and difficult subject I'm on.

[agere_contra]

Eating people is wrong!

[Jeff Head]

Thanks Gloria, I never quite understood how horrific being the victim of a cannibal and literall being eaten alive by another human could be until you stood up so resolutely and infromed us...NOT!

[Molon Labbie]

I had to check this twice to make sure it was not satire.

Even after all these years, I still have to ask myself why the “long suffering fiance’ of eighteen years” has to come out with statements that run totally counter to the evidence presented?

He was trying to get his life together....
He was given that drug against his will...
Yeah, he smoked weed, but that ain’t no drug...

Utter denial.

[freedomlover]

Is cannibalism, wrong?

Hmmmm . . . not sure . . . I’m gonna have to chew on that one for a while.

[TurboZamboni]

Allred is just in it for more TV facetime.

[Sam's Army]

Hungry yet?

[proud American in Canada]

cannibalism is a serious issue and is very dangerous to the health and well-being of both the cannibal and the victim

Really?! *best Johnny Carson voice* I did not know that!

they read the Bible and the Quran together

There's something off here. I'm not sure I believe the Bible claim, if they were reading the Koran.

[agere_contra]

LOL, I had to check it wasn’t satire too.

Apparently the Orlando Sentinel regards itself as a sacred repository of nearly-forgotten truths.

[Irenic]

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

[freedomlover]

It would be wrong to eat it, but I sure might hit it.

[Mr. K]

Think about this: 6 months ago this exact same story could have been written with these EXACT same words....and it would have been considered some hilarious and biting satire about Alred

(hee hee, get it?biting-that was unintentional)

[tumblindice]

Alfred Packer (1842-1907). In 1873, he guided a party of 20 men into the San Juan Mountains, continued in heavy snows against advice, and returned alone, saying his companions had abandoned him. Months afterward, search parties discovered the bodies of the missing men, most stripped of flesh. Packer was tried, found guilty of murder, and sentenced to 40 years of hard labor. Before he left the courtroom, he was assured of a place in posterity when the judge told him sternly, “Packer, you depraved Republican son of a bitch, there were only five Democrats in Hinsdale County, and you ate them all!”

[agere_contra]

Nice to see Gloria Allred trying to save face.

[Disambiguator]

In retrospect, she decided the relationship left a bad taste in her mouth.