Posted on 04/10/2010 5:38:06 PM PDT by lowbridge
Six people have been injured in a shooting at Arrowhead Mall in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Three of the victims are reported to be in critical condition.
Muskogee, United States - Muskogee Police confirm that there was a shooting at the mall and that there are victims. At this time the duty desk officer said during a phone interview that there is no other information that they can give out.
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In a reasonable society, there would be enough mockery of gangbangers in the popular culture that it would discourage kids from adopting that lifestyle. But our hypersensitivities toward race prevent that healthy shaming from occurring, so we are left with thousands upon thousands of kids dressed like rodeo clowns shooting each other without a second thought. One of the worst effects of political correctness is that it prevents entire groups of people from having their behavior moderated by mockery.
Since I picked up a nice pocket holster for my Taurus 709 Slim 9mm I'm never more than a second or two away from being able to put seven rounds of 115 grain Speer Gold Dot in the center of mass of any gang banger. I. Would. Not. Hesitate.
I live in a town of fewer than ten thousand people and we have a gang problem. It’s everywhere.
These days it isn't even Crips vs. Bloods anymore. It's one "crew" of thugs vs. another "crew" of thugs. The violence erupts over petty "dissing" and not much more. Violence for violence's sake, that's about all it is.
Playing today in Muskogee, Oklahoma Arrowhead Mall 10 Theatre, site of mass shooting. MAN as a culture do we ever swim in our own vomit of our own making!
Feature: The Crazies (Movie Summary): Imagine living in a small town where everything is safe and happy... until suddenly it isn't. Imagine your friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane. In a terrifying tale of the "American Dream" gone horribly wrong, four friends find themselves trapped in their hometown in "The Crazies," a reinvention of the George Romero classic directed by Breck Eisner from a screenplay by Ray Wright ("Pulse," "Case 39") and Scott Kosar ("The Amityville Horror," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"). David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) is sheriff of Ogden Marsh, a picture-perfect American town with happy, law-abiding citizens. But one night, one of them comes to a school baseball game with a loaded shotgun, ready to kill. Another man burns down his own house…after locking his wife and young son in a closet inside. Within days, the town has transformed into a sickening asylum; people who days ago lived quiet, unremarkable lives have now become depraved, blood-thirsty killers, hiding in the Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Anderson Official Web Site: http://www.thecrazies-movie.com/ Rated R for bloody violence and language
Oh, there's a lot of "Raheems" in Tulsa. I doubt if any one of them could tell you which direction Mecca is, though.
Excellent cultural observation of America as seen from without (outside, from afar, circumspectly).
I see. And agreed.
Well said!
The Arrow Head Mall was full of people attending the annual Azalea Festival.
Excellent observation. Political correctness kills. It really, really does.
African-Okie...
“In a reasonable society, there would be enough mockery of gangbangers in the popular culture that it would discourage kids from adopting that lifestyle.”
Some nice middle class white kids want to dress like inner city gangsters. Want to listen to the same music, too.
Following bad fads seems to be the badge for young people to prove they are rebelling from their elders/parents.
In my area, the latest is tight black jeans, tatoos, piercings, black nail polish, for both so called sexes.
IOW this century’s interpretation of “punk.”
The conspiracy theorist in me is growing uneasy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskogee,_Oklahoma#Demographics
Muskogee looks to be a sewer. Although they’ve got a superb female:male ratio, and anybody earning $50K+ can live like a king.
At least one person is dead and six others injured Saturday evening after a gun battle erupted at Muskogee's Arrowhead Mall.
Police received the shooting call at 4:11 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Local officers and Muskogee County Sheriff's deputies immediately responded to the mall, located in downtown Muskogee.
Officers tell 2News that the initial gunshots were fired near the mall's stage area. The gun battle then moved westward, ending near an art gallery.
The rampage claimed the life of an 18-year-old black male. Detectives are investigating what they believe was a targeted killing and an incident of gang-related violence.
They are looking for three suspects connected to the shooting and hope mall surveillance footage will help identify those responsible. A Muskogee EMS spokesperson tells 2News that six other people suffered gunshot wounds.
Two victims were transported with life-threatening injuries, including a 13-year-old girl life-flighted to St. Francis.
Three more victims were transported to a local hospital in serious condition and are expected to survive their injuries.
Police described two of the six injured as "innocent bystanders."
Stay with 2News HD and kjrh.com for new details as they become available.
It’s a MOkie.
"I'm just an O.G. from Muskogee... "
The name Raheem has Arabic roots, so sort of doubt his baby momma can trace her roots back to the great Oklahoma land grab of 1889
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