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lunatica

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4. I live in Oakland

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 12:16 PM

Apr 2013

It has it's bad neighborhoods and this kind of violence isn't rare. Why bring this up as if it's rare? The problem is pretty bad in those neighborhoods but the media isn't that interested because of the predominant color in those neighborhoods. Black and Brown.

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Triple Shooting in Oakland Leaves One Dead [View all] AsahinaKimi Apr 2013 OP

Happens every day. There's nothing we can do about it. baldguy Apr 2013 #1

But gun violence has declined dramatically in this country! Crunchy Frog Apr 2013 #2

They died so billh58 Apr 2013 #3

I live in Oakland lunatica Apr 2013 #4

What's the chance this was gang related? Lasher Apr 2013 #5

The ignored issue is the Violance DreamSmoker Apr 2013 #6