Posted on 07/27/2011 2:00:56 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A family trying to do some good work was shot overnight in Oakland.
Oakland police responded to a shooting in the 1000 block of 47th at 12:33 a.m. and found at least two shooting victims inside a van.
Police said a man and a woman were with their two young children and were handing out food to the homeless when they were shot. Police said the family had just pulled to the side of the road when an unknown suspect pulled up alongside them and opened fire on their van.
The family lives in East Oakland and often handed out food at night. People who know the family said most of the time the father went alone on these kind of trips, but last night he had his wife and two children with him.
Police said the woman's injuries were considered minor, but the man suffered a life threatening wound and remains in critical condition at an area hospital Wednesday.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcbayarea.com ...
Don’t Feed the Animals
No good deed goes unpunished.
Let him shoot you and empty your van and he'll eat for three or four days.
Nothing good happens in Oakland...
I’m not sure I buy this story.
“...Police sources told NBC Bay Area’s Jodi Hernandez that the couple’s three-year-old child was also shot. That little girl suffered a bullet wound that went through her arm.
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He said the male victim’s name was John and that he often gave him food. Wright said when John would see him on the street, he’d roll down his window, hand him a bag of food and then say a prayer.”
Unspeakable.
What a fun place the Bay area wil lbe the day the government checks
a) stop coming and
b) the ones that do show up bounce all the way to the moon.
The natives, as they say, are restless.
Handing out food to the homeless at 12:30 a.m - with 2 young children in the van?
Something ain’t right.
“I’m not sure I buy this story.”
Yea, the guy was probably looking for a prostitute... with his two small kids and wife in tow.
Read the article before you post.
>>Don’t Feed the Animals<<
Metaphorically speaking, I think you actually nailed it. People do not realize that these people simply do not see the world the way they do and they are NOT gonna change short of a literal miracle from God.
This is good reading on the subject:
http://www.fredoneverything.net/Blowup.shtml
http://www.fredoneverything.net/Underclass.shtml
Basically it is like trying to help Klingons. You are gonna get hurt.
I will not venture there even in day light. Drove through there it is scary.....
Sending prayers for this family.
People don’t value what they get for free. These well-intentioned “helpers” are just encouraging dependency—and crime.
ping to these
***A family trying to do some good work was shot overnight in Oakland.***
Reminds me of the Salvation Army worker, in Little Rock AR who was murdered while trying to help the down and out.
>>Something ain’t right.<<
Sincere but ignorant liberals.
They need to expose themselves to stuff like this:
http://www.fredoneverything.net/Diversity.shtml
>Handing out food to the homeless at 12:30 a.m - with 2 young children in the van?<
Yup. Why can’t they do it during the daytime or early evening? And for crying out loud, one with some sense would do it without any kids in a neighborhood. Our Skid Row in L.A., I’ve been there during the late afternoons by driving through it, but I wouldn’t want to get caught there past midnight unless I have my buddies with me.
Is there some doubt over whether the shooting actually occurred? If not, why must we call the unknown person a "suspect," rather than a criminal or a perpetrator or an attempted murderer?
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