Looks like Kandi Burruss’ Ex-Fiance Ashley “A.J.” Jewell’s (Alleged) Murderer was a Body Tap employee:
Atlanta police charged a strip club employee with voluntary manslaughter Saturday in the beating death of the former fiancé of the newest member of the reality television show The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Ashley “A.J.” Jewell, who was engaged to Kandi Burruss until last August, died of massive head injuries at Piedmont Hospital. He was fatally injured in a “one-on-one” fight with Fredrick Richardson Friday night, police said.
Richardson also was injured as the two exchanged blows outside the strip bar, the Body Tap Club, Friday night. Richardson was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital where he will remain until doctors say he can be discharged. Then Richardson will be taken to the Fulton County Jail, according to police spokesman Officer James Polite.
The hospital would not release Richardson’s condition, but police said he is conscious and alert.
Polite said detectives were still “trying to figure out [what happened]. We had a pretty good number of witnesses that are being cooperative.”
But the cause of the fight in the parking lot of the club in the 1200 block of Marietta Boulevard was still not known Saturday, Polite said.
SIgh.
Another case of senseless violence.
Why couldn’t Richardson just fight Jewell? Why did he need to hit the man in the head with something? And not just hit him, but hit him so hard to cause him fatal injuries?
There’s obviously a lot of misplaced aggression out there among many men (and women), but lives shouldn’t be ending behind it. The hyper-masculine culture we live in dictates “real men don’t back down.” Well “real men” remember they have families and people who care about them and don’t want to see them dead or in jail…and the walk off.
Somewhere men need to get that message.
Maybe Ashley “AJ” Jewell would still be alive and Fredrick Richardson’s life wouldn’t be ruined if they had.
