It seems like every year there are multiple [[preventable) homicides involving innocent children and we have become desensitized to it. Children deserve better than this.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/loca...side/82317472/
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It seems like every year there are multiple [[preventable) homicides involving innocent children and we have become desensitized to it. Children deserve better than this.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/loca...side/82317472/
People deserve better, no matter their age, sex, race, religion, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScienceFair
The media tends to only cover the controversial. If there were protests of this violence, it would not be controversial and would not stand as much of a chance of getting media attention as BLM protesting the death of a criminal at the hands of a cop.
By critical comparison, would you take a bullet for a child? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0143a9b488a1bIt goes with out saying that it is sadder when it happens to the young.Quote:
Originally Posted by izzyindetroit
I was surprised to hear about a shooting in Cambridge recently. That thing was rather unheard of [[unless Asian students committed suicide, and that was usually hushed up) when I was there; this all being in a region that prides itself of gun control [[with a huge gun fatality tally board right there at Fenwayhttp://archive.boston.com/news/local...r_new_message/-it came down three years later-by the way, their Fox News affiliate is way worse than anything you would have here in Detroit).
OK 48307, I took a look at your post and decided to make some changes, there were some glaring errors in it.
There you I fixed your post for you. I know this is what you really meant to say.Quote:
Originally Posted by 48307
You're welcome.
Where is Rev. Sharpton or Jesse Jackson? I see no outrage when blacks kill blacks, just a double standard that stands out like a sore thumb. If it had been a cop, specifically a white cop that accidentally shot the child, Detroit would be a city rioting right now.
The three year old and family had been targeted by dudes in their hoodies over some conflicts. Common sense means nothing to those murderers, only survival.
So much for Black Lives Matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by cla1945
Media attention of BLM tends to be about folks that are... questionable... For example, Michael Brown. That's why protesting Michael Brown's death gets media attention. People like me figure, since he just got done robbing a store and walking down the middle of the street like a thug, that the police officer's story is probably true, and that Michael Brown isn't worth burning your city down for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Detroit Stylin
If BLM is protesting the senseless killings that end the lives of way more black people than what the police do [[such as this 3 year old girl), then it's not being covered in the media. And that's my point, is that I don't necessarily believe that groups like BLM aren't protesting the senseless violence, but that the media is only covering the controversial cases.
My point is even if both the questionable and the unquestionable are protested, we're only going to hear about the Michael Brown's of the world.
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Originally Posted by 48307
Such as John Crawford, Tamir Rice, Renishia McBride, Jordan Davis, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Davis....were they somehow "allegedly" commiting crimes too [[even though Michael Brown according to the store he supposedly robbed wasnt the one on the security camera)?
Don't know what to say. If you're going to raise a family, Detroit isn't the right place now. I guess you should move to another safer location if you're not in midtown or downtown. Even in Chicago, as great as they say it is, when the kids have their own kids they move.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScienceFair
NRA influence trumps any concerns urban residents may raise about gun violence.
There was a walk for peace near Gesu Church on the day before this incident. http://www.freep.com/story/news/loca...arch/25277219/
this is long ago the new normal for urban America. But even suburban America wasn't really interested in addressing gun violence in the aftermath of Sandy Hook.
Guns are deified in our society. it's old news. Too bad that babies have to be "sacrificed", but any number of systemic issues refuse to be addressed by the mainstream culture. the political will is not and likely never will be there, certainly not as long as it doesn't happen to "you".
I have varying opinions about those cases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Detroit Stylin
Trayvon Martin was controversial because many people felt the killing was justified. I do not share that opinion, but because so many people did the protests got media coverage.
I don't recall media attention being paid to Renisha McBride protests. Some people defended the killing. Murdering an unarmed woman through a locked door became less controversial when some of the detail came out and just more clear-cut murder. Ms. McBride was undoubtedly committing crimes, but that gave ZERO justification for her murder.
Going back to my point just about everyone can agree that shooting a 3 year old is a horrible thing. If people were protesting that, it wouldn't be controversial, and it will more than likely not get media coverage. You can't just say, "well I never saw a protest\rally in the news", because the news won't cover the non-controversial.
It's exactly like how we're spending all this time talking about the more controversial cases, instead of talking about this three year old. There's not much to say about the three year old, it's outrageous, I hate it, and I think those responsible should never see the light of day ever again. Not many folks are going to disagree with that.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/c...easter-morning
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DETROIT - Community leaders and members of the clergy are holding a city wide peace rally Thursday morning in response to the killing of 3-year-old A'Naiya Montgomery on Easter morning.
The rally will be held at 10 a.m. at the House of Help Community Center located at 23700 Clarita on the city's west side.