Members deanmass Posted January 9, 2007 Members Share Posted January 9, 2007 http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/09/mayor.shots.ap/index.html Saddening, frustrating and inexcusable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarmonster Posted January 9, 2007 Members Share Posted January 9, 2007 Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted January 9, 2007 Members Share Posted January 9, 2007 This is a headline from 120 years ago, right? Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shniggens Posted January 9, 2007 Members Share Posted January 9, 2007 "We don't know if the shooting was racially motivated. We have nothing to suggest that at this point," said James Pannell, head of the Shreveport chapter of the National Association for the advancement of Colored People. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted January 9, 2007 Members Share Posted January 9, 2007 Sheesh... The article also noted a black mayor in the same area that was killed the day before he took office. Iy was ruled a suicide, but apparently, the victims family ain't buying it. Greenwood is about 150 miles north of Westlake, where Gerald Washington, that town's first black mayor, was found shot to death in a parking lot on December 30, a few days before he was to take office.The coroner and the sheriff pronounced Washington's death a suicide, but his family and supporters have questioned the ruling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted January 9, 2007 Members Share Posted January 9, 2007 It may take a village to raise a child, but it only takes one moron to screw up the village. I hope they find whoever did the shooting ASAP and put his butt in jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted January 9, 2007 Members Share Posted January 9, 2007 Originally posted by Anderton It may take a village to raise a child, but it only takes one moron to screw up the village.I hope they find whoever did the shooting ASAP and put his butt in jail. I concur heartily on both... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted January 9, 2007 Members Share Posted January 9, 2007 The Deep South is a whole 'nother place to live. Some parts are like landing on the moon. Frankly, I'll bet the Mayor wasn't too surprised by this incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EccentRick Posted January 9, 2007 Members Share Posted January 9, 2007 Originally posted by deanmass http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/09/mayor.shots.ap/index.htmlSaddening, frustrating and inexcusable. Infantile, barbaric and disgusting, I'd like to add to that. Sadly, I seriously doubt that humankind will ever reach a point that's "past this stuff". Just look around worldwide - idiots everywhere play 'Us vs. Them" on a daily and deadly basis, over even the most minor differences and/or disagreement of any type. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted January 10, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2007 Most times, I guess I know this stuff still goes on, but I try not to give it energy to it, which is why when a headline like this pops up, it just un-nerves me. I hope they catch them, and jail them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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