Posted on 06/28/2005 3:36:33 PM PDT by Rakkasan1
SHREVEPORT, La. - It was billed as "Super Safe Sunday," a concert to promote nonviolence, but as people were leaving, gunfire erupted, killing one and wounding four others.
The shootings happened around 9:40 p.m. near the entrance to the Louisiana State Fairgrounds, where the rap concert, which drew an estimated 5,000 people, took place.
The event was closing when someone in a group of people walking away from the fairgrounds threw a bottle at a passing car. Witnesses told police that three of four occupants of the car got guns from the trunk and began shooting, sending people diving and running for cover.
Leonard Spratt, 41, of Shreveport, was killed. Police did not find his body until a few hours after the shooting. Of the other victims, two were treated and released, one was hospitalized in good condition, another in fair condition.
Sunday's was the second of five Super Safe Sunday events planned this spring and summer. They are designed to get young people off the streets and curb black-on-black violence.
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...possibly be associated in any way with extreme violence and bloodshed...? :)
Tragic, moronic, and ironic.
Jackie Chiles, is that you???
Chris Rock:
"...So there I am talking to my friend on the cellular phone who is trying to find my place. I says, 'Where you at?' to him. He says back to me, 'Chris, I'm out here walking on MLK right now.' So I tell him, 'You're on MLK? Don't walk...RUN!!!'
It's a great comedy bit, but it does superbly illustrate how black people in America need to clean up their act before their presence (especially in large numbers) is not categorized as a potentially violent situation.
~ Blue Jays ~
Damn, I'm getting old: I had to Dogpile search the reference to Jackie Chiles. Your comment is very funny because I was writing it in the style of everyone's favorite recently deceased landshark Johnny Cochrane.
"Some peace be on the block, til de homies break out day Glock."
(laugh) The 'Jackie Chiles' character was modelled on Cochran, no doubt about it, so the echo rings true.
The sad thing is that some legislators somewhere, will use this incident to try and pass another gun law to disarm honest citizens.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You just won quote of the week! :-)
Remember Da Hot Biscut!!!! LOL....
ABC CBS NBC CNN its all the SAME, Propaganda.
Might as well call them all AmeriJazerra.
Show them how much Gravitas Hugh Bris has. Vote with your remote! Shut down the Alphabet channels.
He's Got A Plan
Zippo Hero
Seven Dead Monkeys Page O Tunes
Another way to look at the situation is like this:
Concerts? I've been to a million of them (heavy metal, folk, pop, techno, and even Woodstock '99) and you might see a drunken scuffle over something nonsensical...but always without the "posturing" and simmering violence that is a HUGE component of any rap event. If anyone is chomping at the bit to talk about the murder of the Pantera guitarist or the Woodstock '99 problem, I'm more than happy to go into detail.
~ Blue Jays ~
in Kalifornia, the driver would have used the car to mow down the bottle tosser.
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