back to *pea*ality
Pearl Clutcher
Not my circus, not my monkeys ~refugee pea #59
Posts: 3,149
Jun 25, 2014 19:51:11 GMT
|
Post by back to *pea*ality on May 29, 2015 18:28:05 GMT
I had the TV on and I just heard a report of a mother and a child fatally shot in Baltimore and I found this on-line: BALTIMORE —A mother and son were found fatally shot Thursday morning in southwest Baltimore. City police said officers were called around 8:19 a.m. to the 100 block of Upmanor Road, where a 31-year-old woman and a 7-year-old boy had been shot in the head. Link to full articleEdited to add: I don't think a morning has gone by this week with at least one, often multiple shooting overnight in Philadelphia, stray bullets enter a home, with children. What is going on in urban America? |
|
|
|
Post by sugarmama on May 29, 2015 23:45:50 GMT
I'd hate to be a policeman there after all they have gone through recently! I think the folks that live there are now finding out that they needed the police more than they realized.
|
|
Mary Kay Lady
Pearl Clutcher
PeaNut 367,913 Refupea number 1,638
Posts: 3,082 
|
Post by Mary Kay Lady on May 30, 2015 2:07:43 GMT
Such a senseless tragedy. May they rest in peace.
|
|
scrapnnana
Drama Llama
Posts: 6,343
|
Post by scrapnnana on May 30, 2015 3:03:03 GMT
From what I have read recently about Baltimore, it got to the point where every time police entered an area, they were immediately surrounded by a crowd of 30 to 50 people. The police felt so threatened by the crowds that they left. It happened so many times that the police decided to only go into a situation a caller specifically asked for the police to come. Now the neighborhoods are saying they want the police patrols back because crime and violence have increased significantly without the police patrols. The death of the woman and boy were one of many instances of violence. It is horrible to see what has been happening there.
|
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
Oct 7, 2024 9:34:25 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on May 30, 2015 4:42:47 GMT
There have been 38 murders in Baltimore this month. That's more than one a day. As scrapnnana notes, they are surrounded when they respond to a situation and are unable to do their jobs. Vilified and having no support, police are pretty much hamstrung and the bad guys are now running the show. It's going to get much, much worse, I fear. L |
|
|
|
Post by stampinchick on May 30, 2015 4:46:29 GMT
From what I have read recently about Baltimore, it got to the point where every time police entered an area, they were immediately surrounded by a crowd of 30 to 50 people. The police felt so threatened by the crowds that they left. It happened so many times that the police decided to only go into a situation a caller specifically asked for the police to come. Now the neighborhoods are saying they want the police patrols back because crime and violence have increased significantly without the police patrols. The death of the woman and boy were one of many instances of violence. It is horrible to see what has been happening there. I think I read the same article. Baltimore gets bloodier as arrests drop
|
|
back to *pea*ality
Pearl Clutcher
Not my circus, not my monkeys ~refugee pea #59
Posts: 3,149
Jun 25, 2014 19:51:11 GMT
|
Post by back to *pea*ality on May 30, 2015 13:24:02 GMT
I don't understand how a seven year old boy is shot in the head and it's hardly a blip on the media's radar. It is so brutal, actually I can't stop thinking about him.
It's not just Baltimore, every night there is at least one shooting often with a fatality in Philadelphia.
|
|
|
|
Post by hop2 on May 30, 2015 13:46:53 GMT
I don't understand how a seven year old boy is shot in the head and it's hardly a blip on the media's radar. It is so brutal, actually I can't stop thinking about him. It's not just Baltimore, every night there is at least one shooting often with a fatality in Philadelphia. I'm with you! How is that not NEWS with bolds and capitals and vigils and constant media attention. Why not protest in the streets against such violence ( peacefully of course) I guess it's not controversial enough, what flames could they fan by talking about it more? Today's media seems to be all about adding fuel to one controversy or another or creating or enlarging a division. But I think the media would be hard put to find any segment of society that would not be upset that a 7 yo was shot to death in their own home. So if the media can't create, extend or increase societal drama it barely gets mentioned. Also I guess apparently it's horrifically common. Which is a gut wrenching realization. |
|
