Over the weekend a former Baltimore City councilman was murdered outside of a nightclub. I didn’t know the guy, I wasn’t represented by him, I don’t know his constituents, the details of the murder, whether he was a target or just at the wrong place at the wrong time, or anything else. I just know what’s been reported.

And that has been basically stories about how great he was, how he was a champion of the little guy, how he was a great family man, etc. And all that may be true.

However, he was 45, married, and with children. He was out at 1:30 am on a Saturday morning either alone or with a lady who was not his wife. At a nightclub. Looking to borrow a corkscrew.

While I am no politician, and if I died tomorrow it wouldn’t warrant a line in the paper where as this guy has gotten article after article, we shared similar profiles being 40ish and married with two children.

Now, I’m not trying to cast aspersions, but I know that if I’m out “alone” without my wife or kids at 1:30 am I am up to no good. Period. And it’s not necessarily a bad thing to be up to no good, unless you’re breaking the law, but there is not one single reason for either of us to be out at that time of night “alone” at a nightclub with the home situations we have.

I don’t really care what he was doing out that night. If it was innocent, fine. If he was banging some non-spousal hottie, fine. If he was doing something else, fine. But a man of responsibility has to ensure he doesn’t put himself into positions that’ll bring harm to himself or his family.

And being in a club at 1:30 am on a Saturday morning while your family is home alone without you is probably one of the worst ways to do that. Especially in Baltimore City.

So while no man deserves to be murdered in cold blood, if Kenneth Harris was at home last Friday night I’m willing to bet he would have woken up Saturday morning.