Posted on 07/13/2020 1:55:33 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
A 1-year-old boy was shot to death overnight near a playground in Brooklyn.
Police said the child was sitting in a stroller with a group of people having a barbecue when gunfire erupted.
The boy was identified as 1-year-old Davell Gardner Jr.
Mayor Bill de Blasio held a moment of silence during Monday’s press briefing and said he was “heartbroken” over the child’s death.
“We’ve got to take resolve out of every situation like this. We can never give up,” he said. “We can never give up on our children, we can never give up on our families, we can never give up on our neighborhoods — no matter how tough it seems.”
“It means the whole community has to be involved,” he added. “It’s never just about police. It has to be community and police together.”
The shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. Sunday outside Raymond Bush Playground on Madison Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Sources tell CBS2 police believe two men ambushed the victims and fired more than 20 rounds.
Police said the 1-year-old was shot in the stomach and died at the hospital.
Three adults were also wounded, but were expected to survive.
“You ain’t not gangsta. You a punk. You a punk, with a gun. You think is going to make you a man, but it ain’t,” resident Erica Ford said.
“This whole block should be out here, because veryone knows who’s doing what. They need to knock on those doors and say, listen, if you don’t do something about it, we are,” said Aaron Thomas of St. Albans, Queens.
The family of the 1-year-old lives in a shelter on Chester Street in Bed-Stuy. Throughout the day they sat out in front, grieving, hurt, and still trying to process what happened.
Community advocate Tony Herbert said he wants to see the NYPD’s Anti-Crime Unit back on the streets.
It was another violent weekend in New York City with 22 shootings and 28 victims.
Two hours earlier and nearly two miles away, another child was shot Sunday in Crown Heights.
Police said the 12-year-old boy was sitting in front of a home near Ralph Avenue and Prospect Place.
He was hospitalized in stable condition.
Five will get you ten that the shooter ain’t got a daddy in the home. But let’s not talk about lack of fathers in Black homes, the real problem, let’s talk about the science fiction of widespread shooting of “innocent Black folk” by police. Thanks, Burn Loot Murder.
Poor baby — RIP
Then they’re disappeared, to be made into hamburgers to feed hungry Jooos!, who pay handsomely for their treat./s
Man, iDK U.
I had this convo today about the federalization of the popo.
I was told that the feds could never do it.
I rebutted, they already are..
“When does this stop?” It’s just beginning. You folks chose to demonize cops and stop them from enforcing the law. You on the left have always sided with black criminals over black (or any other) victims. This is simply your choice. You chose to allow this violence. Don’t pretend now you are shocked over it and want to stop it.
This has always happened in the big cities whenever the police have been handcuffed or defunded. Let’s get real and quit the playacting, leftists. Own your choices and their consequences.
That don’t sound kosher.
Yep. Bingo.
He blame death on the guns as he releases criminals from jail wholesale. It is in fact madness and it will continue untill people rise up and stop it.
All I can say is, there is and has been a reason behind the Democrats excusing the violence, the mayhem, shooting of police and children. It is an election year and the Dems are aligning themselves with this movement which is a major risk for them and pure lunacy. So we have to ask, what is their plan, as they can not be this stupid?
Erica Ford’s statement is just so “ELOQUENT”.
Perfect example of modern American BLACK CULTURE.
Heck yes, most of the ones I have seen are white.
Trump somehow needs to get through to these people! It would solidify his lead by 1000%
HELL NO; they voted themselves into a CRAP HOLE, let them wallow in their own SH!T.
When Men of Honor turn the violence back upon the perpetrators of these crimes.
But that’s not going to happen until the Vigilantes stop getting persecuted by the current lawmakers!
“the shooter was undoubtedly out hunting wild bread.”
Priceless!
When the police are abolished, the new police will be Antifa and BLM. The Men of Honor ought to form a Committee on Correspondence before that happens.
It’s those upper east side Joooos! The ones with gobs of money who are always yammering about “tikun olam” and who keep none of the Torah.
Unserious people, all of them. It stops when you stop electing pols like Wilhelm.
Now you're just showing off.
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