Posted on 11/22/2005 11:11:20 PM PST by BurbankKarl
A motorist driving his minivan along Silver Avenue in San Francisco was shot to death Tuesday afternoon -- the city's 88th killing of the year, tying the 2004 total.
Last year, when the number of homicides surged, Mayor Gavin Newsom said on a radio call-in show that if the rate of killings continued people should start a campaign to recall him. He said that he himself might even sign the petition. His staff called the comment "tongue in cheek.''
But on Tuesday he was called on his words. Newsom responded that he had been talking about curbing the city's gang violence, which police say has significantly gone down this year. Authorities blame some of 2005's numbers on everyday troubles beyond their control -- domestic violence, infanticide and mental illness.
"The reality is, we have had crimes this year that follow no traditional patterns,'' Newsom said. "The efforts that we've maintained around gang-related homicides, particularly in the African American community, have paid dividends this year. There's been substantial reductions, but again they're still unacceptably high and I'll continue to fight to do more and to do better.''
On Tuesday, at about 12:30 p.m., his street was the scene of the city's 88th killing. A motorist, whose identity was not released, was shot to death while driving his minivan on Silver. His passenger was also shot and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, said San Francisco police spokeswoman Maria Oropeza. The suspects, three men in their late teens or early 20s, ditched their van in McLaren Park and fled on foot, Oropeza said. They were still at large as of Tuesday night.
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Yeah, 'cause murder is such a fun subject to joke about (sarcasm). Newsom - what a jackass.
I have a great solution! Make SF a gun-free city! Take away citizen's guns, and then when they can't defend themselves, pretty soon there won't be anyone left to shoot! /sarc.
How can that be? Guns have been banned from San Francisco, and liberals control the whole place.
They keep telling me if you ban guns and put liberals in charge, then there will be no violence, and all people will live lives of peace and plenty.
Hmmph; Have they perhaps been fibbing?
What SF needs is more gun control!
yeah, that gun ban will really help things.
How ever can this be? It must be your imagination. It can't happen in SF. They just voted to ban all firearms except, one may hope, for the cops.
It is a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, hiring criminals to go to Liberal Paradises to cause mayhem in an attempt to discredit...
Newsom - "The Buckshot Stops Here"
Since it IS San Francisco.....It must be Bush's fault
This is obviously a sinister plot conducted by the BusHitlerCheneyHalliburtonOligarchalZionistMilitaryIndustrialComplexCabal against the peace loving citizens of San Fransisco.
What a complete ass! You make tongue in cheek comments (which are always meant to be sarcastic or comical) when speaking about the murders of people in your city??
And yet, they vote for this turd. More proof that liberals are truly deranged and dangerous people!
In SanFran speak: it was just a local insurgent, a freedom fighter if you will, trying to free the minivan from the oppressive, occupying American driver...
Thanks for this thread Karl, I put an alert on the Threat Matrix for your thread.
Makes me think of Lee Malvo and friend, the east coast snipers, if i have the correct name.
Las Vegas has a lot of drive-by shootings also.
ping
88? man, we are way ahead here in kansas city..
Now that is a surefire way to reduce crime. It is probably the main method employed in California.
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