Posted on 04/22/2014 3:42:48 AM PDT by csvset
Two people were shot Monday afternoon near the National Zoo, marking the second time in three years that an annual Easter Monday event has ended with violence.
The shooting, near the zoo during its annual African American Family Celebration, came as a large number of officers were already in the area.
"We were not expecting this, but we had a heavy police presence," Cmdr. Reese said in an evening press conference.
The Easter Monday event for black families across the region grew out of a grassroots community tradition more than 100 years ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
“Groups”? Are you sure you don’t mean gangs? Those are the only type of “neighborhood groups” that do this sort of thing. The Chamber of Crony Capitalists doesn’t.
Easter Monday is, I think, observed in places like Canada, kind of like Boxing Day. I used to find these kind if holidays useful if I had to work on the real holiday. I could schedule my celebration for the next day.
thass racissss!!!
I have been out of school a loooong time but it seems to me the Monday after Easter was always a holiday from school. We called it Easter Monday.
No, because it's not their fault, don-cha-know...
“What, their now celebrating killing each other?”
Shouldn’t wveryone celebrate them shooting each other? /sarc
“What, their now celebrating killing each other?”
Shouldn’t everyone celebrate them shooting each other? /sarc
I was thinking gang as well but what do I know. It could have been a rumble between the gardening club versus the knitting circle.
It’s like a rap concert. You know someone is going to break out the violence and let it fly!
This place is a zoo!
Do Easter bunnies carry AK-47s?
Shouldn’t they all be in school or at work on a Monday?
Ah yes, that one day during the year in DC when the most dangerous animals at the zoo are outside of the cages.
The Urban Feral in all their glory. Clearly someone was “dissed” and deserved to be shot for their lack of appropriate respect.
Tribal warfare.
Truly, America is rushing towards third world status.
“We were not expecting this, but we had a heavy police presence,”
Translating from the NewSpeak:
“We were expecting something like this which is why we had a heavy police presence.”
What the hell is that?
FMCDH(BITS)
Police are looking for a white-african-American as the perpetrator.
Terayza? Charlize Theron?
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