Posted on 08/19/2024 3:01:57 PM PDT by george76
Maria Ramos, 33 and a mother of eight, was shot and killed in the city after she challenged some teenage drug dealers who reportedly sold weed to her children..
A mother of eight children was brutally executed after she confronted drug dealers in Oakland, California who were reportedly selling weed to her kids. Maria Ramos, 33, was shot and killed in the city after she confronted the teenage drug dealers.
Maria Ramos was visiting her mother, Blanca Velasco, with her children on Aug. 7 when the dealers sold pot pipes to two of Ramos’ children, the Daily Mail reports. Ramos and Velasco then pursued the teens by car to confront the vehicle occupied by the dealers in order to confront them
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Police have identified three suspects in the suspected murder: two are minors and the third is 19-year-old Isaiah Gomez. They have been brought into custody. Police believe that Ramos was the victim of a 16-year-old shooter who has been remanded to Alameda County Juvenile Hall. Gomez has been released on his own recognizance after pleading not guilty and is wearing an ankle monitor.
Surveillance footage detailed how the mother caught up to the drug dealers’ car and Ramos exited through the passenger side. The occupants of the other vehicle began shooting at her as the woman attempted to get away from the gunfire. It is under investigation as to if she used pepper spray in the confrontation.
“I just saw her taking off and I just heard the bang,” Velasco told reporters. “And then I pressed on the gas to put my car in front of their car to shield my daughter,” she added. “I saw my daughter going down, but I thought my daughter was taking cover.”
Velasco saw a teenage boy in the backseat of the Toyota pointing a gun at her and she decided to get away quickly, speeding ahead of the other car before finally losing it on the road. When she went back to the scene, she found Ramos crumpled on the street, lying in her own blood. “I left my car there, I ran to her. I was holding her in my arms,” Velasco said.
“I just saw all the blood coming out and I started rubbing her and I told her, ‘Breathe. We still need you. You have eight kids that still need you.’ She just started breathing from her nose and was going slowly, and that's when police showed up.” Oakland police delivered emergency first-aid with no success. Ramos was pronounced dead from at least one gunshot wound.
“”Better off with a RPG or a grenade. And the same people that sold the drugs probably have those for sale on the next corner.””
You’re right.....100% on the need for a grenade or RPG but maybe not for sale on the next corner. Heck - it is Oakland but probably 100% all the way around!
Sounds like these ‘dealers’ were young - maybe didn’t realize just how criminal they were. Selling weed is on the low end of drug dealing.
That said, confronting drug dealers should be done when armed.
When going to confront drug dealers that sold your children drugs, perhaps the best way is to light them up first.
Stupid move, and a key question:
Were the perps in legal possession of their firearms?
Ohhhhh...REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAllllly??? /s
Meanwhile, the ‘tough on crime’ talk in Alameda County results in this:
“[19-year-old Isaiah] Gomez has been released on his own recognizance after pleading not guilty and is wearing an ankle monitor.”
Cry me a river. No sympathy.
Wake me when angry citizens surround 1225 Fallon Street Suite 900 Oakland, CA with burning vehicles and leave the building a smoldering hulk (as a start).
How unpleasant can a couple of guys named Cheech and Chong be?
I ask myself daily the same question!
Decades ago, a father in Eugene, OR walked into a restaurant where his daughter’s drug dealer was eating. Seems like it was Denny’s. The dealer had left death threats on his answering machine over the daughter’s unpaid drug debts. The father walked up to him, pulled a pistol, and smoked him.
Long ago my cocaine addicted first wife got sideways with a dealer. I’d kicked her out and filed for divorce by then. For some reason he thought it would be a good idea to stop by my place to demand I pay off her debt.
I said “No problem. Hang on a second. I’ll be right back.” When I opened the door he was staring down the barrel of my 1911. I told him if I ever saw him again I’d just put two in his chest, one in his head, and call it a day.
Never saw him again.
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So what’s the report card on how the governments doing?
Last time I looked they were letting it all in.
Lesson learned: You don’t confront drug dealers, you sneak up and KILL THEM.
Any links or an update to what happened to the guy?
My copy of the second amendment says "shall not be infringed", so yes. The possession was legal; the use was NOT.
Anyone who cannot be trusted to be armed should not be running around loose. And all drug dealers should be executed, from street level to mule to kingpin.
And re post 31: execute any government official or employee taking their cut from the cartels.
Re your latter: The entire American landscape is literally littered with CIs (confidential informants) enslaved by the justice system as a result of mostly minor drug charges (the true prison population would be likely quadruple if they applied 'justice' equally). Those CIs are now being used to inform upon anyone, not just re 'drugs'. The 'game' is now a self-fulfilling prophecy (i.e., the 'war on drugs' monster, aka the 'prohibition industrial complex', which now extends its tentacles to civil asset forfeiture to feed the machine).
I would argue that the solution lies not in executing those you suggest, but those who have corrupted the justice system.
I can’t find a link. As I recall, either the grand jury or a trial jury let him walk. The recorded death threats were what saved him.
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