Random people behind the statistics (and you want me to target ALL my anger towards White against Black injustices?)
on August 19th, 2007 at 9:42 am
**UPDATED–SCROLL DOWN**
All of this is far more important that debating over the words of politicians or commentators. In the long run it is a complete waste of time when you read through this particular post. All of the following are just SOME of the murders of our Black men (and one woman) THAT TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS!
This post will remain up top for Monday as well. Any recently added post will be posted below.
Consider this post a memorial to our fallen Black men and women who are not fighting in the Middle East.
For THIS cause, I am anti-war.
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Domique Davis, 18, a black young man, was shot at 100 E. La Verne Ave. in Pomona at about 9:37 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16. Police responding to several calls of gunfire found him wounded. He was airlifted to a trauma center in Los Angeles where he died.
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Harbor Area: Bobby Goodwin, 69, a black man, was stabbed to death in a residence at about 7:20 p.m. in the 24200 block of Senator Avenue in the Harbor area, Los Angeles police said. His grandson, 23, was arrested in connection with the crime. They had quarreled prior to the stabbing, said Los Angeles Police Det. Louis Paglialonga. Goodwin died at the scene.
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Lancaster: Calvin Davis, 16, a black youth, was shot and killed near the intersection of Andale Avenue and Ovington Street in Lancaster at about 7:43 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15.
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The following are two mothers at a recent press conference pleading with the public to stop the madness. After watching both videos, I decided to place this post at the top for both Sunday and Monday. Click on the picture to go to the page containing these videos.
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Click here to see an interactive map of homicides in Philly (notice what happens when you filter it to only see Black homicide victims–barely nothing!). By mousing over each dot, you will see additional information of each victim.
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(cbsnews.com) In North Philadelphia, life is often short …
“This is the block that we had a triple shooting,” points out Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson. “She was 18 years old.”
… and illegal guns are cheap.
“This is something to keep me going everyday,” says one gun-toting teen. “This is just a little something to keep them off me.”
The kids call it ‘strappin. Social scientists call it urban genocide — where children run the street and adults have run out of answers.
Since 2001, there have been 10,000 shooting victims in Philadelphia. Most of the gunmen are under the age of 25.
North Philadelphia is where most of this city’s murders have occurred. Unemployment and the school dropout rate there are the highest; residents, community activists and even the police commissioner claim they are waging a war and they are losing badly.
“I believe this is a war,” says community activist Mel Wells. “Two weeks ago we had a grandma who was going to church, a brother walking out of a bar and we had a lady going to temple. All of them are dead today. … Yes, I call that a war.” (source–with video)
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Other recent articles~
Murder stalks poverty in L.A. County
Homicides are down sharply overall, but not in poor areas and not among blacks and Latinos.
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Philly – Young man talks with reporter on street life and why he carries a gun.
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LOUISVILLE, KY — The Jefferson County Coroner’s office has identified two men slain in Louisville on Saturday.
The first victim was found Saturday evening in the 600 block of South 34th Street.
The coroner says 43-year-old Willie James Sweet died at the scene from a stab wound to the neck.
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Just hours before that slaying, police were called to an apartment at 10th Street and Esquire Alley where a man had been shot multiple times.
The coroner identified the victim as 27-year-old Bruce Hanserd. (source)
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Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s deputies found the body of a 16-year-old girl in a ditch along a residential road Saturday morning.
Deputies were called to the 12000 Joynton Road around 2:45 a.m., according to spokesperson Blair Foster.
Once there, they discovered a 16-year-old African-American girl lying face down in the ditch, Foster said. She had been shot in the back several times. (source)
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When units arrived to the scene shortly after 11 p.m. they found the door of the occupant’s hotel room slightly ajar. When they walked into the room, they found a 26-year-old African American man lying on the floor unconscious and unresponsive. He suffered from trauma to his upper torso and was pronounced dead on the scene by the deputies. (source)
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The Denver police homicide unit is investigating the slaying of an unidentified man outside a fast-food restaurant east of downtown, police spokesman Sonny Jackson said today.
The coroner is trying to identify the victim, who was in his 30s and African-American. (source)
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