More Violence
Yet another senselesss killing (credit CBS5):
A 25-year-old man died after being shot Thursday, Lt. Rick Clark of the Richmond Police Department confirmed.
Officers responding to a call at 5:44 p.m. found Robert Lee Arnold Jr. in the back of a pickup truck in the 300 block of Nevin Avenue near Nevin Park.
Arnold was suffering from a gunshot wound, Clark said.
Arnold was rushed by ambulance to Kaiser Hospital, where he died, Clark said.
No arrests have been made.
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TAZER NOTE: At this point, the Tazer would venture to say that our city officials would tell us not to worry, as the Office of Violence prevention now has a coordinator to coordinate the coordinatin' for a coordinator. What a crock of S#@t!
A 25-year-old man died after being shot Thursday, Lt. Rick Clark of the Richmond Police Department confirmed.
Officers responding to a call at 5:44 p.m. found Robert Lee Arnold Jr. in the back of a pickup truck in the 300 block of Nevin Avenue near Nevin Park.
Arnold was suffering from a gunshot wound, Clark said.
Arnold was rushed by ambulance to Kaiser Hospital, where he died, Clark said.
No arrests have been made.
Copyright © 2006 cbs5.com, All Rights Reserved.
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TAZER NOTE: At this point, the Tazer would venture to say that our city officials would tell us not to worry, as the Office of Violence prevention now has a coordinator to coordinate the coordinatin' for a coordinator. What a crock of S#@t!
posted by Plunda Claus @ 9:53 AM
11 Comments:
At June 09, 2006 10:05 AM,
Anonymous said…
But Tazer, don't you know that EVERYTHING has been solved? Why, I remember the meeting like it was the day before Wednesday...
"Let's hand out $ for the coordinator to coordinate the coordinatin' for a coordinator...and raise sewer rates...and quibble over parliamentary rules...blah blah domestic partners blah blah...Iraq war bad yadda yadda...and Independence Day is the devil."
The Richmond city council: smart as a box of rocks, but without the good looks.
At June 09, 2006 5:04 PM,
Anonymous said…
Irma Anderson should resign or placed under a Grand Jury Indictment.
At June 09, 2006 6:05 PM,
Anonymous said…
The idea that one person is responsible for every murder that occurs in a local jurisdiction is just as crazy as the idea that crime is the problem.
All this hollerin' we all are doing and we haven't stopped anything any more than the government. This is serious, brothers, and it is too serious for us to be acting like we do.
I've lost people to violence, seen people shot in the head, and I can tell you, for many of the young brothas, the bullet entered the body long before the shot was discharged. We lost them in the 4th grade. Do you hear me? The 4th grade!
The bullet began when that child got left behind, and ALL of us bear responsibility. The truth is that some of you could've been standing in front of the bullet and some of these kids still wouldn’t have made it, because this is not a HEAD problem it is a HEART problem. This community has a heart problem that extends from the head to the foot, and this message board unfortunately is painful evidence of how deep that wound is.
I hear no solutions, I only see bickering from both sides. And what do we have to show for all our self rightousness? Nothing!
If you all can go to sleep and sleep well after all the tit for tat here and believe it made a difference you are a stronger person than I am.
There are people who profit from keeping Richmond divided, but who pays is our kids.
Let me ask y'all this. Have you all examined your heart lately? Is it congested with hate, or with true passion to make a change? If you don't care, or are so sure of yourself you don't care to be a little real for a minute, then check "need not apply". But if you do care, answer that question not for me, but for you.
I'm not saying there are easy answers, but from what I've seen most of us are more interested in looking right, being right, than DOING right.
If you really look at your heart you would know that it is going to take all of us coming together to save these kids. And the truth is most of them are so distrustful, wounded and hateful that they don't want to save themselves. But we have to make them see.
You don't have to like what the City does. You don't have to like what the community does. But if we truly do care about the KIDS (I thought that was the point, but I could be wrong) then we really need to ask ourselves what kind of example we're setting for them. If we can't get along, why should they listen to anything we have to say?
I know it is an election year, but after the election Richmond is still gonna be here. The 4th graders will still be here. What we leaving them with? What is our legacy to the children of Richmond? And if the answer is what you and I both know that it seem to be then you'll adopt my motto: Get to work. Good work, no matter who does it gets noticed.
I'm nobody to no one so I can't make you all act like we used to be in Richmond-- a community, FAMILY, but I really wish we would agree to disagree and stop as the kids say "hatin" on each other.
I think we need to take a hard look in the mirror and ask ourselves am I acting like I am a child of God, whoever it may be to you.
In the end that's who you have to answer to.
You may disagree, but it is something to think about.
At June 09, 2006 6:28 PM,
Anonymous said…
Personal responsibility is paramount, "be the change you want to see...". I trust you've never committed a crime, you teach and uplift whoever you can, and you live a life in accord with the Lord's principles. We all do what we can with what we have...I hope...
But then there's the city council. They hem and haw and skirt the important issues. They've proven themselves untrustworthy with money. They project an image of arrogance, self-importance, and vanity. And the biggest difference is that THEY were elected to do a job that they are NOT performing with maximum effort.
We take responsibility for our own lives, and the lives we come in contact with. The city council is supposed to be responsible to US, the people of RIchmond who -- perhaps mistakenly -- voted for them. When do they take their weight?
At June 09, 2006 6:37 PM,
Anonymous said…
Dread:
I appreciate your honesty.
If we feel that the council is not serving the citizens, we as citizens of a democracy have a right to vote for somebody else. You can't say that in every country. The problem is a lot of us don't take our civic responsibilities seriously.
When I say civic responsibility I don't just mean voting, I means service to our community.
I don't think the City Council has done a perfect job, but I do think they have been trying to commit some resources to the issue that frankly government can't solve alone.
This is not about government. It is about the heart. The role of government is to create laws and policies to support the common good. We can disagree, and when we do, we should voice it. But don't diagree for the sake of being disagreeable. The reality is if any one of us was sitting up there where the council is, even though there may well be people who could and should run, they would be in the same boat as the council, because the issues would not change.
We need to transform this city from the heart, family by family.
At June 09, 2006 6:49 PM,
Anonymous said…
As the great Oglala Ghost Dancer/ Spiritual leader Kicking Bear stated: "We cannot live on PROMISES and LIES!"
At June 09, 2006 6:55 PM,
Anonymous said…
You're right, micheal, we should live on truth, and the truth will set you free.
Everybody's gonna be held accountable for their acts, those in power over much and over little.
I believe the Lord ultimately is the final truth tazer, and we all will have to pay the bill when we get there.
Till then we only have two things we have to do, and one of them is loving each other. Our kids need the love.
At June 09, 2006 9:22 PM,
Anonymous said…
Okay!
At June 10, 2006 10:06 AM,
Anonymous said…
"be the change you want to see...", you're absolutely right. "The role of government is to create laws and policies to support the common good." You and I are in absolute accord, and you've summed things into a nutshell.
Once upon a time, civic responsibility was as intuitive as breathing. But then communities were also closer-knit, peaceable, trusting, and trustworthy. I hate to say it, but the closest modern equivalent that could be cultivated would be relatively peaceable and grudgingly trusting. These are issues for internal struggle, founded upon family, neighbors, teachers, and preachers. Actual legislation -- that is, laws and ordinances -- is limited in its effect here. Sure, you can go ahead and legislate morality, but then you need more than consensus on the matter.
However, ADMINISTRATION -- the day to day operations through execution of policy and legislative willpower -- can and does have an effect. The Richmond city council can't skate from their influence here.
Through willful negligence and mismanagement, Richmond finds itself in a financial bind. After cuts to RPD, violence becomes a more intense problem, so what's their answer? "Let's consult a consultant for consultations to coordinate the coordination of a coordinator...with money that's already scarce." Money that isn't paying for cops, after-school or at-risk programs, or even an actual Office of Violence Prevention.
You're right, and I'm not sitting up there where the council is. Then again, all of that circuitous thinking makes not one lick of sense to me, so pardon my indignance. The issues don't change -- and they NEVER will -- but how the current city council has decided to approach and tackle those issues haven't changed either, and THAT is what needs to be changed.
I don't disagree to be disagreeable. I disagree in the face of what's wrong. If the city council won't do what's right, this election cycle needs to see them replaced with people who will.
At June 10, 2006 11:56 PM,
Anonymous said…
Let's declare Richmond as a super-toxic fund site and FEMA can come in and fix everything
At June 11, 2006 8:53 AM,
Anonymous said…
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