A Little Girl Shot, and a Crowd That Didn’t See

NY Times ^ | 9 July 2007 | By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI

[Global2010]

Well America there you have it.

I can remember back when FR started we use to say society is getting like “Clockwork Orange”.

Now I can honestly say we have surpassed “Clockwork Orange”.

God help us.

[Balding_Eagle]

There are a lot of people who think that the threat of the death penalty doesn’t affect behavior.

This is another example of how wrong they are.

[WildcatClan]

This has gone on and on and on and nothing is ever done. A lot of moronic yackety-yack about poverty, racism, diversity, tolerance, empowerment and even midnight basketball. The violence got so bad at one time they even tried having islamic patrols (slight pause so we can all laugh or vomit) control the violence. All gangs, should be put on notice and subsequently eradicated. The right of assembly is lost when the reason for assembly is violence. This defies my usual philosophy of personal responsibility, but I would say the best thing that could happen to solve this would be that Hip-Hop music (I use the term, music, loosely) would lose popularity. The glorification of these murderous thugs goes a long way in seeing they retain whatever power they have. These thugs would be ripe for the military entity I think should replace the border patrol. Clean it all up, one thug, one city at a time.

[L98Fiero]

“Then if you won’t do right for your own grandshildren, you won’t do right for anyone.”

I watch “The First 48” sometimes about the first two days of murder investigations. I saw one yesterday where some thug shot into a car with a woman and some children in it, killing a 2-year old girl and injuring another girl. The mother said she didn’t know who or why. She was, of course, lying. It was her boyfriend. Thank goodness her little 8-year old that was in the car told the police who it was. The mother had just lost her daughter, saw who did it, and was still going to lie. Unfathomable.

[OCCASparky]

Must be the lead in the pipes that’s keeping people from coming forward and testifying against these scumbags. /sarc

[trisham]

Then if you won't do right for your own grandshildren, you won't do right for anyone.

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Sad, but true.

[weegee]

“No snitchin”. The code of the playground has infected our society of eternal adolescence.

[giobruno]

The only way these gangs are going to be shut down is when they are put into a hole, one by one, until the rest are too scared to remain in the gangs for fear of their lives. If you terrorize the gang members by targeting them for a speedy death, what remains might reconsider. Problem is, once these young men started disappearing, the clamor from the “community” would be deafening; these bangers are part of the community and are relatives and children of the people who “never saw a thing.” The gangsters have enough support within the ‘hood to be protected form both prosecution and a anti-gang Star Chamber. Fence it in and let them have at it.

[Gay State Conservative]

Don't snitch.That's the word in the 'hood.Doesn't matter if the victim was black...doesn't matter if the cop is black.

Don't snitch.

[sgtbono2002]

I can see that you have never visited a place where the criminals outnumber the honest citizens.

[subterfuge]

Its easy to say these people are cowardly,but the fact is that if they appear as witnesses they probably will die.

I don't believe that is true. They aren't the mafia and they're very unorganized. A guy I know got shot by a gang member and was getting harassed by his gang at his home. He moved across town and never heard from them again.

[MacDorcha]

This is the reason people aren’t seeing a massive improvement out here in Iraq-

America’s (self made) *subjects* don’t know/care enough to stand up and let good men lead!

This neighborhood needs just ONE person to stand up, get with the community, and get armed. And yes, I am advocating escalation of violence.

One of these gang bangers pansies pulls this 5h17 again, the person on the end of the street lights up their vehicle. They want to play with force? They want to live “by the sword”? Then let’s fulfill the rest of the passge- let them die by the sword.

An armed victim is either one or the other.

[sgtbono2002]

I agree with you,but you know America. A victim lights up one of these azzwipes and he is called a vigilante and some turd like Nifong does all he can to hang the guy.

A community is only as safe as it makes itself. By the time the police get there all of the perps are gone.