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Police hunt teen for shooting that sent 7-year-old to the hospital
By adamg on Wed, 05/27/2015 - 1:27pm
Boston Police report they are looking for "a black male, approximately 14 - 18 years of age, about 5'8" tall, heavy set, wearing a red hooded sweat shirt, white shorts, and white sneakers" for Sunday's gunfire that struck a little kid riding a bicycle on Bowdoin Street and grazed an adult..
The Globe, meanwhile, posts a copy of surveillance video showing Divan Silva being shot.
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No help
The most chilling thing in the video is how no one thought to help or give comfort to a young boy who is clearly frightened and hurt. The man next to him when the shots are fired goes inside (perhaps to call 9-11), but then there are a pair of white sneakers that come in from the top of frame, linger, and walk away while the child is crying in pain.
Really distressing.
You have to consider that
You have to consider that most likely no one knew where the shooter was and were probably hiding. Most people's first reactions after hearing a gunshot is not to run outside.
If someone knows and doesn't
If someone knows and doesn't come forward at least anonymously...
And we can expect Black Lives Matter Boston....
When the phone doesn't ring, we'll know that it's them.
False Equivalence
Unless you think there's no difference between officers authorized by the state to exercise lethal force and a 14 year-old idiot with a gun.
And just because it doesn't make the national headlines doesn't mean there aren't calls for peace within neighborhoods faced with this violence.
False Equivalence
Mentioning the Mother’s Day Walk for Peace in the same comment as the local Outage Industry thumpers and Ferguson Enviers.
My point
Is that this violence is deplorable, and that the community is trying to come together to help extinguish it. My other point is that we should hold officers of the law to a much higher standard than armed adolescent fools.
If you want to ask why Al Sharpton isn't here, I'm not his personal secretary.
Community Meeting about this shooting tomorrow night
Unfortunately, I don't have the skills to attach the flyer here, so I am copying and pasting the info from my email:
Important Notice to community leaders -- See attached flyer and circulate far and wide.
Matt Parker is point person on outreach for the VIP Coalition:
[email protected]
Dear Friend and Neighbor,
Last night community leaders from Bowdoin Geneva met and we are agreed. With Sunday's shooting of a visiting seven year old, our neighborhood is again in the news for all the wrong reasons.
The violence that has been plaguing our community far too long must be addressed with coordinated efforts from multiple city departments, law enforcement, service agencies and residents.
To that end we are requesting your presence at an emergency community mobilization. We are holding this mobilization Thursday night, 5/28, 6:30pm at the Teen Center at St. Peter's. We will have community leaders, business owners and residents in attendance.
Our goal is to have consistent, coordinated city commitment to root out the violence in our neighborhood. And we need you there to hear our concerns and ideas and to marshal a response that addresses our community's deep seated needs.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Johnson
Michael Groves
Co-Chairs
Bowdoin Geneva Residents Association
Judy Meredith
Richfield Street Neighbors
Clerk, Bowdoin Geneva Residents Association
Davida Andelman
Greater Bowdoin Geneva Neighborhood Association
Executive Committee, Bowdoin Geneva Residents Association
Tony Lopes
Treasurer, Bowdoin Geneva Residents Association
Megan Sonderegger
President
Meetinghouse Hill Civic Association
John Walsh
Meetinghouse Hill Civic Association
Executive Committee, Bowdoin Geneva Residents Association
Paulo Amado De Barros
CVC Unido
Catholic Charities Teen Center at St. Peter's
Father Jack Ahern
St. Peter's Church
Hermitao Rosa
Executive Director
Bowdoin Geneva Main Streets
Jhana Senxian
Coleman Street Neighbors Association
Sustainability Guild
Henrique Fernandes
Four Streets Neighborhood Watch
Reverend Mark Scott
Azusa Christian Community
Ella J. Baker House
Reverend Art LaVoie
First Parish Church Dorchester
Jenn Cartee
Chair, First Parish Church Dorchester
Janet Jones
Dorchester/Roxbury Labor Committee
Philly Laptiste
Bowdoin Street Health Center
Susan Young
Bowdoin Street Health Center
Judy Meredith
Meredith and Associates
Public Policy Institute
Mass Policy and Organizing Leadership Academy
Tina Chery
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute