Flipside
Any issue is bound to have multiple perspectves. The first comes from today's Times, encapsulating the life and death of Raimon Williams...
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Shooting death leaves family puzzled: Relatives of Richmond victim recall his helpfulness
By Karl Fischer
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
Raimon Williams addressed most every woman he knew as "ma'am." His family nicknamed him "Mr. Clean" because of his fastidious habits.
The neat way he lived his life leaves his family with conspicuously few answers for why someone shot him dead in the street last week, a few blocks from his grandmother's home in central Richmond.
"Raimon was over at his cousin's house playing on the computer. I called him to tell him to come and eat," Enoila Williams said. "He sounded happy. He didn't sound like he was worried about anything."
Williams, 27, stopped to visit a friend at an apartment house on the 1300 block of Burbeck Avenue about 2:50 p.m. Dec. 14. As he left the building, a gold Honda Accord or similar car passed, and gunmen inside sprayed bullets at him.
Williams died at the scene. Police identified no suspects in the case and have asked for the public's help.
The family would like to know, too. Enoila Williams took in Raimon and his brother after his mother died when he was 7. The family is also grappling with the loss of Raimon's cousin, Romell Simmons, who died in a shooting last month.
Raimon went out of his way to help elderly neighbors, taking out their trash and holding open gates for them, his grandmother said.
"I don't want Him to take the person who killed (Raimon). I feel sorry for him. He killed somebody who helped so many people," Enoila Williams said. "I don't want him to die. Hatred is not the answer, it's love."
Williams became Richmond's 41st homicide victim of the year, the city's highest total since 1994. The following day, another man died in a shooting in the Parchester Village neighborhood, pushing the total to 42 for the year.
Reach Karl Fischer at 510-262-2728 or kfischer@cctimes.com.
HOW TO HELP
Police ask anyone with information about the Dec. 14 killing of Raimon Williams to call Detective Esteban Barragan at 510-231-3053 or the anonymous tip line at 510-232-TIPS (8477).
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And the other comes from Tazerville regular "AK47s"...
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It is now time to play hardball! We must declare a true 'WAR ON VIOLENCE'! Not that candy-ass BS that Anderson and the wannabe McLaughlin have been handing us!
We need FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND CITY STRIKE FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS to hit and hit hard. These dumb-asses in the Mayor's Office and City Council must now enforce martial law.
These terrorist-thugs need to rooted out by an means necessary.
If they die in running gun battles so be it.
The only way to win the WAR ON VIOLENCE, is to have hardcore determined Special-Ops shock troops handle the business!
These terrorists need to tried and do federal time under the RICO Act and Federal Domestic Terror Acts!
"PEACE ON THE STREETS THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER!"
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Though some might see these two views in conflict, the Tazer disagrees. It brings to mind a parable of sheeps and sheepdogs...
Sheep are soft, defenseless, and preyed on by wolves. Thus, the shepherd has a sheepdog(s) to help fend off the wolves. But what is so different about wolves and sheepdogs? Both are canines, strong and capable of tearing apart any sheep. The wolves are predators, knowing only their hunger, while sheepdogs are defenders who know their duty to the shepherd's mission of protecting the sheep.
If a mission to rid Richmond's streets of thugs can keep in mind its purpose -- to make neighborhoods safe and to diminish the power of gangs using both forceful and undercutting efforts -- the Tazer believes that it could succeed.
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Shooting death leaves family puzzled: Relatives of Richmond victim recall his helpfulness
By Karl Fischer
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
Raimon Williams addressed most every woman he knew as "ma'am." His family nicknamed him "Mr. Clean" because of his fastidious habits.
The neat way he lived his life leaves his family with conspicuously few answers for why someone shot him dead in the street last week, a few blocks from his grandmother's home in central Richmond.
"Raimon was over at his cousin's house playing on the computer. I called him to tell him to come and eat," Enoila Williams said. "He sounded happy. He didn't sound like he was worried about anything."
Williams, 27, stopped to visit a friend at an apartment house on the 1300 block of Burbeck Avenue about 2:50 p.m. Dec. 14. As he left the building, a gold Honda Accord or similar car passed, and gunmen inside sprayed bullets at him.
Williams died at the scene. Police identified no suspects in the case and have asked for the public's help.
The family would like to know, too. Enoila Williams took in Raimon and his brother after his mother died when he was 7. The family is also grappling with the loss of Raimon's cousin, Romell Simmons, who died in a shooting last month.
Raimon went out of his way to help elderly neighbors, taking out their trash and holding open gates for them, his grandmother said.
"I don't want Him to take the person who killed (Raimon). I feel sorry for him. He killed somebody who helped so many people," Enoila Williams said. "I don't want him to die. Hatred is not the answer, it's love."
Williams became Richmond's 41st homicide victim of the year, the city's highest total since 1994. The following day, another man died in a shooting in the Parchester Village neighborhood, pushing the total to 42 for the year.
Reach Karl Fischer at 510-262-2728 or kfischer@cctimes.com.
HOW TO HELP
Police ask anyone with information about the Dec. 14 killing of Raimon Williams to call Detective Esteban Barragan at 510-231-3053 or the anonymous tip line at 510-232-TIPS (8477).
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And the other comes from Tazerville regular "AK47s"...
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It is now time to play hardball! We must declare a true 'WAR ON VIOLENCE'! Not that candy-ass BS that Anderson and the wannabe McLaughlin have been handing us!
We need FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND CITY STRIKE FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS to hit and hit hard. These dumb-asses in the Mayor's Office and City Council must now enforce martial law.
These terrorist-thugs need to rooted out by an means necessary.
If they die in running gun battles so be it.
The only way to win the WAR ON VIOLENCE, is to have hardcore determined Special-Ops shock troops handle the business!
These terrorists need to tried and do federal time under the RICO Act and Federal Domestic Terror Acts!
"PEACE ON THE STREETS THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER!"
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Though some might see these two views in conflict, the Tazer disagrees. It brings to mind a parable of sheeps and sheepdogs...
Sheep are soft, defenseless, and preyed on by wolves. Thus, the shepherd has a sheepdog(s) to help fend off the wolves. But what is so different about wolves and sheepdogs? Both are canines, strong and capable of tearing apart any sheep. The wolves are predators, knowing only their hunger, while sheepdogs are defenders who know their duty to the shepherd's mission of protecting the sheep.
If a mission to rid Richmond's streets of thugs can keep in mind its purpose -- to make neighborhoods safe and to diminish the power of gangs using both forceful and undercutting efforts -- the Tazer believes that it could succeed.
posted by Plunda Claus @ 10:03 AM
2 Comments:
At December 22, 2006 1:11 PM,
Anonymous said…
I tend to agree with writer AK-47's position about a stronger presence of professional para-military units in the streets of Richmond.
I cannot believe we have to many options left open to stop this bloodshed and carnage in our city streets. The only reality now would be to have these 'strke forces' that AK-47's has suggested.
Richmond's Violence Prevention movement from what I have read in the papers and TV has been working long and hard on this issue. But they really need some help! So maybe it is really time to bring in the para-military units.
At December 23, 2006 9:25 PM,
Anonymous said…
"I don't want Him to take the person who killed (Raimon). I feel sorry for him. He killed somebody who helped so many people," Enoila Williams said. "I don't want him to die. Hatred is not the answer, it's love."
God Bless this woman. She is truly a servant of Jesus Christ.
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