10 shot, 1 fatally, at block party in Detroit

[riversedge]

Source: usatoday.com






Cassandra Spratling, Detroit Free Press 10:48 p.m. EDT June 20, 2015
MICHIGAN


DETROIT — Ten people were shot, one fatally, at a block party on a basketball court on Detroit westside Saturday night.

Police said they do not know the motive and are still investigating.

At least three of the victims who were shot were women, ages 30, 45, and 26.

Assistant Police Chief Steve Dolunt said may children were present and it's a miracle none was shot.

As of late Saturday, police had not identified the person who was killed......................

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/20/shot-fatally-block-party-detroit/29060489/

[C Moon]

1. Wow. What is going on? So many of these in the past few days.

[Man from Pickens]

2. Confederate flags

at least that's the impression I'm getting from the issue prioritization I'm seeing around here

clearly the problem could not be the "violence is a solution" cultural theme this country has adopted like a fucking religion

[Skittles]

3. so

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people cannot be both sickened by gun violence AND that piece of SHIT flag?

[Man from Pickens]

5. you certainly can

but in choosing what to focus on, choosing the latter is a strategy guaranteed to get zero results at best, and a backlash-revival at worst, and even if it disappears from the face of the earth tomorrow it won't do a damn thing to solve the actual problems

[Skittles]

7. IT WOULD BE A START

it is SICKENING seeing that flag sanctioned by government

[Chan790]

13. It's actually about eliminating cultural bedrock of racial violence but whatever.

The flag is a symbol of a culture with its foundations in violence and racism which acts as a beacon to all of these nutjobs...a critical step of ending this US culture of racial violence is the destruction of the symbols of that culture. Germany had the right idea when they suppressed display of or support for the ideals of their defeated violent racist regime. Now we live in a country with freedom-of-speech and that is prized...but nobody ever promised anybody that they would not be looked down upon, reviled or denied social acceptance for the content of that speech.

SC wants to keep their racist flag...that's up to them. They should hold no expectations that the rest of us are going to respect them or their flag; I would expect that they should expect an increase in the sale of their state flag and lighter fluid. I'm pretty sure those shitty nylon reproductions burn as if they were made out of oil. (Actually, they are. Nylon is a petrodistillate synthetic fiber.)

Likewise, the assholes throughout the South can cling to their racist Confederate culture...but I think the rest of us should be a hell of a lot less accepting of it. Perhaps if we all openly told them what assholes they are for flying the "Stars and Bars" and whistling Dixie; made it clear that we will not associate with them and consider affirmation, idolization and nostalgia of that culture to be inherently racist and anti-American; that we will not allow our children to associate with them, that we view them based on the contents of their hearts to be terrible people, that we will never stop viewing them and the flag they stand for as enemies and traitorous...if we all made an effort towards being less accepting of contemporary Confederacy idolization; that we view it as exactly analogous to Nazism and it's supporters as Nazis...perhaps then it would finally die.

The Confederacy lost. Its leaders were racists and traitors guilty of treason, racial violence and oppression. To continue to support the Confederacy today is to condone the cultural roots of the Confederacy in ways that the rest of us have no obligation to legitimate by not opposing at every chance.

[840high]

27. That "piece of shit" is not going

to kill you.

[Skittles]

31. neither will a swastika, but I would prefer not to see one

[7962]

11. You're not allowed to refer to cultural problems,

that makes you a target here. "Blaming the victim" and such.
I'm gonna go ahead out on a limb here and speculate that the shooter/s were not legal gun owners with no record.

[LanternWaste]

32. Fictional rules do allow us to get more comfortable on the crosses we construct for ourselves...

"You're not allowed to refer to cultural problems..."

Fictional rules do allow us to get more comfortable on the crosses we construct for ourselves. Might I suggest cardboard rather than wood for yours (fewer splinters, you see)...?

[7962]

33. So eloquent! If it only actually meant something!

Truth hurts. Around here it seems to hurt worse for some reason

[DustyJoe]

15. good definition

'violence is a solution' thinking is as good a cultural definition as any

The past 4 weeks

Memorial weekend chicago 56 shot 12 dead
detroit birthday party 10 shot 1 killed
philly block party 9 shot
charleston 9 dead

so 84 people shot, 22 deaths at parties, walking the street or just trying to worship at a church.

a culture of violence is an apt definition,

[Bacchus4.0]

16. yeah, the flag isn't much of an issue in the Detroit or Phili shootings this weekend nt

[SheilaT]

9. What's going on is that every single day of the year

people are killed by guns in this country. Most such shootings are just local stories, but when someone shoots a bunch of people all at once it tends to become national news.

In other words, nothing to see here. Just another day in America.

[C Moon]

17. +1

[ManiacJoe]

4. You gotta like it when

the victims are not cooperating with the investigation.

[bluedigger]

12. Almost like they think the police can't or won't protect them from reprisal.

[harrose]

25. Or, more likely, that the cops are a part of it and possibly even the perpetrators

Wouldn't surprise me given how cops feel they can kill people of color with impunity these days.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

36. If the cops did the shooting, there'd be no shortage of witnesses or video

This was more likely a gang member doing the shooting.

And a warning of "no snitching".

Nobody wants to be a target. The cops are pretty good at drawing chalk outlines around bodies, not so good at protection.

[romanic]

37. You are clueless

Not everything is a conspiracy. This shooting was gang related, simple as that.

[LovingA2andMI]

6. Gotta Love It....When USA Today Can't Report the Story....

From the Ground, so they "Make Things Up".

From WDIV Channel 4 - DETROIT:

A man is dead and nine other people were hurt in a shooting at a block party on Detroit's west side.

About 400 people were at the party enjoying some barbecue and a basketball game Saturday night at Dexter Avenue and Webb Street.

Detroit police don't know if the incident was a drive-by shooting or if someone approached the party, but seven men and three women were shot. Police believe most of them had nothing to do with the gunfight.

The homicide victim, a man who would have turned 21 this year, was shot multiple times. One other person was listed in critical condition.

Witnesses said they grabbed their children and ran for their lives. A stroller and a child's overturned chair were left behind after the deadly shooting. A deflated bounce house sat in one corner as Detroit police combed through the basketball court.

Detroit police believe two weapons were involved and that one man may have been the intended target. The semi-automatic guns have not been recovered and the assistant chief is fuming that no one is talking.

Detroit police are asking for anyone with information to call 313-596-1616.

Watch Local 4 and stay with ClickonDetroit.com for updates on this developing story.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/shooting-at-detroit-block-party/33693190

Amazingly, nothing what-so-ever about the witnesses, "Not being cooperative". Just amazing....

And by the way, the Confederate Flag still need to be #TakenDownImmediately in South Carolina as it is a #SymbolOfHate.

Justice for the 9, Standing with the Charleston 9, Standing with the AME Family!

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. "assistant chief is fuming that no one is talking"="not being cooperative"

Both articles have that. So which did you think was missing it?

[7962]

10. Some only read what they want to see. Amazes me

Dont want to point the finger of blame at who/what is REALLY responsible!!

[bluedigger]

14. Allow me.

[840high]

28. yep

[valerief]

18. Praise Jeebus they had their god-given right to carry a gun!

Taking that away would be a travesty.

[840high]

29. Bet those guns weren't legal.

[DreamSmoker]

19. Why??

So why is it this story gets very little attention????

Because its in Detroit...

Six decades in Detroit: How abandonment, racial tensions and financial missteps bankrupted the city..

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131004/METRO01/310040001

[madville]

20. Plus Black on Black crime gets little attention nationally

The majority of shootings in this country are Black people trying to shoot other Black people, it happens 40-50 times a year in the city of 1 million I live in, barely gets mentioned the day it happens.

[Abouttime]

21. It isn't necessarily black on black crime

It's the guns. The guns come from the gun makers and gun dealers, these people are 99.99% white and 90%+ conservative. The guns aren't manufactured and sold in the inner cities or the rural south. In other words there is a segment of white right wing society that has a vested interest in seeing guns in black communities. It's the same thing with cigarettes, booze and shitty fast food...think menthol cigarettes, malt liquor and mcfood.
Face it, black misery is big business to white conservatives. If that isn't racism I don't know what is.

[Duckhunter935]

26. More than likely drugs are involved

The illegal kind

[7962]

34. I'd wager that a higher percentage of whites own guns than blacks nt

[romanic]

22. I've gotten blasted

for making a mention of "black-on-black" crime, basically being accused of spewing Republican "memes". True, the right-wingers like to point out the violence in black communities as some kind of "aha" moment or whatever; but honestly I feel like black on black violence SHOULD be talked about more. It sickens me that it's looked at as "normal" in local and national media; it's part of what feeds racists and conservatives to fear black people and to make others fear them too. IMO black-on-black crimes need attention, to show the pain of it's victims and it's toll on inner cities and it's youth especially.

[XemaSab]

23. Black lives matter

Blacks who are murdered by other blacks aren't news, and they aren't treated like they matter.

[romanic]

24. Sad truth.

And whenever there's an outcry of grief by the local community regarding black-on-black murders, it's rarely given a whiff of attention by the local/national media.

[840high]

30. xactly

[7962]

35. Because they get accused of blaming the victims.

It certainly happens here. You bring up anything and you're accused of being a racist. Dont know how many more years whites can be blamed for what goes on in some black communities