Another shooting near the National Zoo

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Two years ago, I watched as officers in police cruisers chased 80-100 teens down Connecticut Ave.

Yikes. That must have been something to see.

Yes, it must have. Multiple officers in multiple vehicles chasing 80-100 teens down one of the main streets of the nation's capitol. Yet tragically, in this age when one can't sneeze without being captured on 3 different recording devices, no one was able to capture this incredible (literally) spectacle on their smart phone; no tourist lucky enough to happen by this fantastic occurrence with camcorder running. Even just a few fuzzy frames of 80-100 youths able to outrun multiple souped-up police interceptors would have been advertising gold for a lucky sneaker company, amirite? And with the Olympics but a few short months away... If only the legendary police pursuit of 80-100 teens had been captured on some form of digital media - it is almost hard to believe that such an astounding event wasn't recorded by a single soul. Sadly, the Connecticut Avenue Confabulation appears relegated to the realm of other similar legends. Perhaps it will one day reveal itself to those whose belief is most pure. Because of course to them, to those who truly believe, it is not a legend.

Something to see indeed.

The same thing happened last week, but you didn't see that on the news either. It was reported on POP with video.

During the incident two years ago, I was on my way home from the Woodley Park Metro and talking on the phone. The police chased kids, many of them heading toward the Marriott Wardman property. Tourists were freaking out. My first instinct was not to get out my camera. Rather, I hung up my call and booked home.

A man also disrobed a week and a half ago in Woodley Park on Connecticut Avenue. The north side of the street was shut down and there was an emergency response of at least ten vehicles. Dozens of people witnessed it, and numerous people were recording that incident as well, but I haven't seen pictures, video, or even a report of the event. The man was taken away by ambulance.

Just because you don't see it on the 11 o'clock news doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Does anyone here trust the local news teams to do their job?

Their "job" is to make a profit for their stations, and maybe to enhance their professional reputations, so yes, I trust them to work toward these goals! Journalists are HARDLY public servants.

Yes indeed, that's what it's all about. So much for any ethics in that "profession."

I'm PP. I dunno, I find the many journalists I know personally to be a fantastically self-congratulatory bunch, and not such rigorous analysts or such objective truth-seekers at the end of the day. At best, they're storytellers.

No one wanted his/her name or network attached to this story, so they killed it. But the local news teams were indeed doing exactly what they're engaged to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Enough with this BS about the press. Those of you who buy this crap must have never known a real journalist. I do. You are uninformed at best and utterly ignorant a-holes at worst.

No, silly. NW DC is lousy with journalists. We all know our fair share.

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The days of trusted journalist like Walter Cronkite are long gone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Enough with this BS about the press. Those of you who buy this crap must have never known a real journalist. I do. You are uninformed at best and utterly ignorant a-holes at worst.

Oh, wait, this guy here knows a journalist! Now I'm embarrassed I had an opinion.

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Anonymous wrote:Enough with this BS about the press. Those of you who buy this crap must have never known a real journalist. I do. You are uninformed at best and utterly ignorant a-holes at worst.

No, silly. NW DC is lousy with journalists. We all know our fair share.

It's not just DC. The New York Times is incredibly biased on certain stories. The few journalists I know take no responsibility for anything. They think they're hard hitting journalists, but they're as biased as anyone on DCUM or Fox News. They're not vocal about it - they would never say something like, "this story doesn't fit my journalistic bias, so I won't report it." They will just think a story or a detail not to be newsworthy.

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Anonymous wrote:Enough with this BS about the press. Those of you who buy this crap must have never known a real journalist. I do. You are uninformed at best and utterly ignorant a-holes at worst.

No, silly. NW DC is lousy with journalists. We all know our fair share.

It's not just DC. The New York Times is incredibly biased on certain stories. The few journalists I know take no responsibility for anything. They think they're hard hitting journalists, but they're as biased as anyone on DCUM or Fox News. They're not vocal about it - they would never say something like, "this story doesn't fit my journalistic bias, so I won't report it." They will just think a story or a detail not to be newsworthy.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Two years ago, I watched as officers in police cruisers chased 80-100 teens down Connecticut Ave.

Yikes. That must have been something to see.

Yes, it must have. Multiple officers in multiple vehicles chasing 80-100 teens down one of the main streets of the nation's capitol. Yet tragically, in this age when one can't sneeze without being captured on 3 different recording devices, no one was able to capture this incredible (literally) spectacle on their smart phone; no tourist lucky enough to happen by this fantastic occurrence with camcorder running. Even just a few fuzzy frames of 80-100 youths able to outrun multiple souped-up police interceptors would have been advertising gold for a lucky sneaker company, amirite? And with the Olympics but a few short months away... If only the legendary police pursuit of 80-100 teens had been captured on some form of digital media - it is almost hard to believe that such an astounding event wasn't recorded by a single soul. Sadly, the Connecticut Avenue Confabulation appears relegated to the realm of other similar legends. Perhaps it will one day reveal itself to those whose belief is most pure. Because of course to them, to those who truly believe, it is not a legend.

Something to see indeed.

The same thing happened last week, but you didn't see that on the news either. It was reported on POP with video.

During the incident two years ago, I was on my way home from the Woodley Park Metro and talking on the phone. The police chased kids, many of them heading toward the Marriott Wardman property. Tourists were freaking out. My first instinct was not to get out my camera. Rather, I hung up my call and booked home.

A man also disrobed a week and a half ago in Woodley Park on Connecticut Avenue. The north side of the street was shut down and there was an emergency response of at least ten vehicles. Dozens of people witnessed it, and numerous people were recording that incident as well, but I haven't seen pictures, video, or even a report of the event. The man was taken away by ambulance.

Just because you don't see it on the 11 o'clock news doesn't mean it didn't happen.

I thought I heard a reference to this on the Channel 9 local news tonight at 7 pm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Two years ago, I watched as officers in police cruisers chased 80-100 teens down Connecticut Ave.

Yikes. That must have been something to see.

Yes, it must have. Multiple officers in multiple vehicles chasing 80-100 teens down one of the main streets of the nation's capitol. Yet tragically, in this age when one can't sneeze without being captured on 3 different recording devices, no one was able to capture this incredible (literally) spectacle on their smart phone; no tourist lucky enough to happen by this fantastic occurrence with camcorder running. Even just a few fuzzy frames of 80-100 youths able to outrun multiple souped-up police interceptors would have been advertising gold for a lucky sneaker company, amirite? And with the Olympics but a few short months away... If only the legendary police pursuit of 80-100 teens had been captured on some form of digital media - it is almost hard to believe that such an astounding event wasn't recorded by a single soul. Sadly, the Connecticut Avenue Confabulation appears relegated to the realm of other similar legends. Perhaps it will one day reveal itself to those whose belief is most pure. Because of course to them, to those who truly believe, it is not a legend.

Something to see indeed.

The same thing happened last week, but you didn't see that on the news either. It was reported on POP with video.

During the incident two years ago, I was on my way home from the Woodley Park Metro and talking on the phone. The police chased kids, many of them heading toward the Marriott Wardman property. Tourists were freaking out. My first instinct was not to get out my camera. Rather, I hung up my call and booked home.

A man also disrobed a week and a half ago in Woodley Park on Connecticut Avenue. The north side of the street was shut down and there was an emergency response of at least ten vehicles. Dozens of people witnessed it, and numerous people were recording that incident as well, but I haven't seen pictures, video, or even a report of the event. The man was taken away by ambulance.

Just because you don't see it on the 11 o'clock news doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Does anyone here trust the local news teams to do their job?

"Happy-Action News at 11" isn't exactly Pulitzer school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Two years ago, I watched as officers in police cruisers chased 80-100 teens down Connecticut Ave.

Yikes. That must have been something to see.

Yes, it must have. Multiple officers in multiple vehicles chasing 80-100 teens down one of the main streets of the nation's capitol. Yet tragically, in this age when one can't sneeze without being captured on 3 different recording devices, no one was able to capture this incredible (literally) spectacle on their smart phone; no tourist lucky enough to happen by this fantastic occurrence with camcorder running. Even just a few fuzzy frames of 80-100 youths able to outrun multiple souped-up police interceptors would have been advertising gold for a lucky sneaker company, amirite? And with the Olympics but a few short months away... If only the legendary police pursuit of 80-100 teens had been captured on some form of digital media - it is almost hard to believe that such an astounding event wasn't recorded by a single soul. Sadly, the Connecticut Avenue Confabulation appears relegated to the realm of other similar legends. Perhaps it will one day reveal itself to those whose belief is most pure. Because of course to them, to those who truly believe, it is not a legend.

Something to see indeed.

The same thing happened last week, but you didn't see that on the news either. It was reported on POP with video.

During the incident two years ago, I was on my way home from the Woodley Park Metro and talking on the phone. The police chased kids, many of them heading toward the Marriott Wardman property. Tourists were freaking out. My first instinct was not to get out my camera. Rather, I hung up my call and booked home.

A man also disrobed a week and a half ago in Woodley Park on Connecticut Avenue. The north side of the street was shut down and there was an emergency response of at least ten vehicles. Dozens of people witnessed it, and numerous people were recording that incident as well, but I haven't seen pictures, video, or even a report of the event. The man was taken away by ambulance.

Just because you don't see it on the 11 o'clock news doesn't mean it didn't happen.

My baby and I were witness to the event last week as we exited the metro. The crowds were not under control. You would not purposefully take your baby through those crowds if you could help it. That said, there were a lot of police.

My family and I exited the metro a bit before the shooting, and were both surprised and reassured by the perhaps 8-10 police people there. Then we overheard the helicopter and the sirens and then saw the whole mess at Connecticut. Simply surreal the shooting took place in the midst of intense police presence and huge crowds. Time for impunity to end.

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Okay, you're right. Journalists are all assholes and DCUM is a fantastically reliable news source. Oh, and the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy are all real and take group vacations to the Bahamas.

Morons like you are killing journalism because you refuse to pay for actual news, dumb the whole bloody system down and only want to hear/believe what reinforces your preconceived notions.

[Anonymous]

So what is the real story behind the shooting? Thugs or was it a guy who shot himself by accident in the hand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what is the real story behind the shooting? Thugs or was it a guy who shot himself by accident in the hand?

The answer is no one knows and likely no one ever will. People who don't live in the neighborhood don't care about safety. They just hate this ugly issue so they want ignore it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what is the real story behind the shooting? Thugs or was it a guy who shot himself by accident in the hand?

Gang activity, it seems:
http://m.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/police-search-for-suspects-motive-in-shooting-outside-national-zoo/2014/04/22/725a0e2a-ca23-11e3-93eb-6c0037dde2ad_story.html

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Anonymous wrote:IB Wilson parent to be here.

Wonder if those involved are from our possible choice sets?

Very sophisticated dog whistle you are trying to deploy here.

[Anonymous]

The zoo is free to the public so, outside of closing for the day, there is no way to prevent AA Family Day. And I don't think it should be closed. I DO think it should be closed to high schoolers. Many other school districts are also out on Easter Monday and, unfortunately, some use this day as the day to handle beefs with rival schools/gangs/etc. Banning entry to teens who aren't accompanied by an adult would be a great first step. Large groups of unaccompanied minors is never a good idea.

-AA woman who is annoyed by the calls for black leaders to do something. I don't have a "leader" and the opinion of Jesse and Sharpton only seems to matter to racist white folks looking to justify their disgusting mindset