Posted on 08/09/2020 12:58:07 PM PDT by libstripper
Gunfire erupted at outdoor cookout that drew hundreds of people.
A Washington, D.C. police officer is "fighting for her life" after being wounded early Sunday in a shootout that killed a teenager and sent many people to the hospital, Police Chief Peter Newsham said at a press conference.
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I wouldn’t go into SE DC without taking a full Marine Battalion with me.
As the title says, the officer is still alive.
Could be the officer in question. I found it odd that they broke down the casualties by gender:...21 injured, at least 11 of them female...
Tourists from Chicago’s south side??
At our ages it’s beddy bye by then for us and our dogs.
Freudian slip, to leftists all private gun ownership is illegal...
Totally disgraceful; you’re nothing but a bunch of hopeless squares.
You get the feeling that is exactly the case.
There is no wrath with these incident among themselves.
Pretty sad.
Even worse, you can commit sacraledge by wrapping a Kosher hot dog in bacon.
I served at WRAMC in the late 70’s. SE DC was something out of Blackhawk Down.
“Mostly peaceful”
I had to look it up and discovered that it's in a little corner of DC that I've driven right past for years, most recently this past Friday, without ever having explored it. The story hits home because I recall thinking on Friday, "I wonder what's down there; maybe I should check it out." And the truth is, I wouldn't hesitate to drive through the area in daylight hours, though I wouldn't attend a block party at 1 a.m. with hundreds of people present, a DJ, plentious alcohol, and local teenagers ready for a gang fight.
I have occasion to drive by, just two blocks east of that address, because it's just off Minnesota Avenue, which is basically the river road running along the Anacostia. It runs through the flats just at the foot of the line of hills overlooking the river. On the east side of Minnesota Avenue, one climbs into the hills, where there is an interesting mix of neighborhoods, some of them ok and improving. The Fort Dupont Ice Arena in Fort Dupont Park is a major destination for anyone on Capitol Hill whose kids ice skate. On the west side of Minnesota Avenue is a long, narrow chute of residential streets, just a couple of blocks wide, completely sealed on the west by railroad tracks, the Southeast-Southwest Freeway and the river. It's therefore a limited access neighborhood, which can contribute to problems. You can't just say that it's in Anacostia so it's bad; you are in the land of microhabitats and a few blocks can make a world of difference. The streets are quiet and treelined. I can't tell the mix of regular homes and section 8 housing.
I was over there Friday because I was returning home from Cheverly and the freeway was jammed up, so I cut over to Minnesota to take the scenic route back to Capitol Hill. Minnesota Avenue is an interesting drive. The northern end of it still looks pretty rough but it is starting to be rebuilt. Continue a couple of miles south and it will take you into old town Anacostia, which is steadily improving. The Benning Road, East Capitol Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and 11th Street bridges will all take you across the river to Capitol Hill. I'm not afraid of the area, though I wouldn't want to wander around it on foot at night.
This incident sounds like a big block party, well attended, probably quite peaceable, that attracted some idiot teenagers with guns who got into a fight. It's amazing that so many people were wounded -- 20 the story says. I can only imagine that there was still a large crowd there, having a perfectly friendly time, and the teenagers started firing wildly into a crowd. The story doesn't say for sure, but I'm guessing that the critically wounded police officer was a neighborhood resident who was attending the party. She was off duty but may have tried to intervene.
20 shot, 1 dead, one critical, and some government spokesperson actually said they didnt have a permit and the party violated COVID restrictions, as if that was the real problem.
The dog was sitting in the back seat with his head out the window, making friends with the deputies while the three drunk people argued.
This is a really low-crime area.
How does a silencer help?
Why did you want a silencer?
I didn’t think it was a good idea to inflict (Possibly permanent) hearing damage on my family while defending our home from an invasion team.
It’s just shocking how small that minority really is that is doing half the homicides in our country.
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