Another shooting near the National Zoo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:Might I suggest that we tone things down a bit until more information is available? There is almost a sense of glee in some of these posts and a disconcerting desire to rub black people's faces in it. How about everyone take a deep breath and let the dust settle a bit?

What more information, exactly, do you need? Are you blind or just ignorant to past events. There was a shooting...at the Zoo...on Easter Monday...not the first time this has happened. What more information do you need?

Well, for instance, before cancel lim an event that has been held for more than 100 years you might want to confirm that the shooting was connected to the event. Right now, we don't' know the shooter, the motive, or other important facts.

Probably because no one in the crowd wants to snitch to the policie.

Or even more likely: nobody knows who the hell this person is because they're a stranger. Don't perpetuate the myth that black people won't talk to the police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

If this is the kind of logic that governs the work of journalists, I can't think why they've lost my confidence!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:Might I suggest that we tone things down a bit until more information is available? There is almost a sense of glee in some of these posts and a disconcerting desire to rub black people's faces in it. How about everyone take a deep breath and let the dust settle a bit?

What more information, exactly, do you need? Are you blind or just ignorant to past events. There was a shooting...at the Zoo...on Easter Monday...not the first time this has happened. What more information do you need?

The shooting was not at the zoo.

The people involved in the shooting were in Woodley Park for the purpose of attending Easter Monday at the zoo. You can go back and forth about this all you want. Anyone who lives in WP can tell you that there is almost no reason for teens who don't live in the neighborhood to hang out across the street from the zoo, unless they're planning to enter or already leaving the zoo! Good grief, people.

Not true. Perhaps they were targeting someone else who they know was at the zoo. Being in the vicinity of the zoo, doesn't mean you are planning to enter/leave the zoo.

We don't have the facts yet. You don't know. Just stop, alright? Stop judging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:Might I suggest that we tone things down a bit until more information is available? There is almost a sense of glee in some of these posts and a disconcerting desire to rub black people's faces in it. How about everyone take a deep breath and let the dust settle a bit?

What more information, exactly, do you need? Are you blind or just ignorant to past events. There was a shooting...at the Zoo...on Easter Monday...not the first time this has happened. What more information do you need?

The shooting was not at the zoo.

The people involved in the shooting were in Woodley Park for the purpose of attending Easter Monday at the zoo. You can go back and forth about this all you want. Anyone who lives in WP can tell you that there is almost no reason for teens who don't live in the neighborhood to hang out across the street from the zoo, unless they're planning to enter or already leaving the zoo! Good grief, people.

Not true. Perhaps they were targeting someone else who they know was at the zoo. Being in the vicinity of the zoo, doesn't mean you are planning to enter/leave the zoo.

We don't have the facts yet. You don't know. Just stop, alright? Stop judging.

What's the holdup (pardon the pun) in the police getting the facts?

[Anonymous]

Still under investigation. Therefore private and confidential . Like I said, you don know.

[Anonymous]

Police normally update the public when there's an "ongoing investigation". Remember?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still under investigation. Therefore private and confidential . Like I said, you don know.

Ya' might think someone downtown would like this story to go away.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still under investigation. Therefore private and confidential . Like I said, you don know.

Ya' might think someone downtown would like this story to go away.

Wasn't there a police community meeting tonight to discuss this? Why didn't you go?

[Anonymous]

The 7eleven gets looted on Easter Monday every year, nothing new there.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still under investigation. Therefore private and confidential . Like I said, you don know.

Ya' might think someone downtown would like this story to go away.

Wasn't there a police community meeting tonight to discuss this? Why didn't you go?

Here is the article about the meeting:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/neighbors-seek-answers-after-shooting-near-national-zoo/2014/04/23/0c9182f4-cafe-11e3-a75e-463587891b57_story.html?hpid=z2

[Anonymous]

Attendance is dropping anyway, for good reason. This event will die out on its own.

[Anonymous]

From the WaPo article:

"Zoo officials had expelled about three dozen rowdy youths minutes before the shooting Monday, and D.C. police said a crowd of about 100 young men and women had converged near the front gate about that time. Within minutes, two shots were fired, injuring a 16-year-old and his 18-year-old friend."

Looks like our poster(s) who have been saying the shooting was related to attendance at the zoo was (were) correct....

[Anonymous]

Particularly disturbing, that the youths were unconcerned about police presence. No wonder residents are feeling the way they are!!

"D.C. police Capt. Melvin Gresham said at the meeting that officers followed the expelled groups as they left the zoo but were unable to prevent the shooting."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From the WaPo article:

"Zoo officials had expelled about three dozen rowdy youths minutes before the shooting Monday, and D.C. police said a crowd of about 100 young men and women had converged near the front gate about that time. Within minutes, two shots were fired, injuring a 16-year-old and his 18-year-old friend."

Looks like our poster(s) who have been saying the shooting was related to attendance at the zoo was (were) correct....

But how would you truly know unless you were there?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:From the WaPo article:

"Zoo officials had expelled about three dozen rowdy youths minutes before the shooting Monday, and D.C. police said a crowd of about 100 young men and women had converged near the front gate about that time. Within minutes, two shots were fired, injuring a 16-year-old and his 18-year-old friend."

Looks like our poster(s) who have been saying the shooting was related to attendance at the zoo was (were) correct....

How can you say that? The article also says this, "Authorities also don’t know whether the shooter was among those expelled or if the person had even been in the zoo."

This is not something that should be treated like a debate topic in which each side tries to score points selectively choosing facts. That is simply divisive and not helpful to finding a solution.