(Photo: Damian Dovarganes/AP)
Seventeen year old Jamiel Shaw was killed Sunday, March 2, just a few doors from his home, close enough for his father, Jamiel Sr., to hear the gunfire. He ran outside and found his mortally wounded son in a pool of blood.
On the same day of Jamiel’s funeral on Tuesday, authorities announced that the alleged gunman, Pedro Espinoza, 19, had been formally charged with Shaw’s death.
Several Los Angeles neighborhoods have experienced gang violence in recent weeks. Eight people – five of them children – were wounded when a man fired into a crowd near a bus stop; a 6-year-old boy was shot in the head and critically wounded while riding in a car with his family; and an 18-year-old man was shot outside of an elementary school.
Jamiel Shaw Sr. said more must be done to combat gang violence:
“It’s a gang problem and they have nothing in their heart for people.”
His mother, Army Sgt. Anita Shaw, who was serving her second tour in Iraq when her son was killed, compared the gang members who killed him to those she’s fighting against in Iraq: “To me, they’re terrorists.”
R.I.P. Jamiel and everyone, please, stop the hate in ’08.
MOM THROWS KIDS OFF BRIDGE
Booking photo of Khandi Busby.Dallas County Sheriff’s Department
Khandi Busby, 27, threw her two struggling sons, ages 8 and 6, from a freeway overpass Wednesday morning before jumping herself, police said. Fortunately, all three survived the 22-foot fall into rush hour traffic and have been able to speak with investigators.
“It was really miraculous that we didn’t have some fatalities with this incident,” said police Sgt. Gil Cerda. “At this particular time, there is very heavy traffic and it is fast moving.”
In an Associated Press article, Lt. C.L. Williams said:
“The why remains a mystery to us. If you try to apply logic to these incidents, they totally defy any logical explanation.”
NEWS REPORTER ATTACKED
According to the Associated Press, three people upset that a news crew was reporting on the arrest of a relative attacked WSPA-TV reporter Charmayne Brown in Union, SC. Cameraman Ti Barnes was also struck as he tried to pull the family members off Brown.
AP reports that the fight was taped by a white crew from a second television station; they were not attacked.
On Tuesday evening, Tousha Smith, 31, Billie Joe Taylor, 31, and Trina Vinson, 48, were being held at a Union jail on assault and battery charges. The state has no law allowing a hate crime charge.
“AP reports that the fight was taped by a white crew from a second television station; they were not attacked.”
THIS IS JUST PISSING ME OFF
WHAT IF THE BLACK REPORTER SAID SOMETHING OFFENDING TO THE FAMILY AND THE WHITE CREW DIDN’T
NOW A DAYS EVERYTHING IS RACIST…
ON THE OTHER SIDE THE IMAGE BLACK PEOPLE ARE CREATING OF THEMSELFS IS JUST BAD, I LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHICH POPULATION IS LIKE 99% WHITE PEOPLE THE ONLY IMAGE OF BLACK PEOPLE WE GET IS MEDIA SO EVERYONE THINKS THAT ALL BLACK PEOPLE DRESS LIKE HIP-HOP STARS AND GO AROUND SHOOTING EACH OTHER ON STREETS FOR GANGS AND STUFF AND SWEAR AND BEHAVE AGRESSIVE, DON’T DO WELL AT EDUCATION, AND STUFF.
I’M NOT RACIST I HAVE A LOT OF BLACK FRIENDS BECAUSE I USED TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WITH LOTS OF BLACK PEOPLE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER IF BLACK PEOPLE SHOW A BETTER SIDE AND NOT SAY EVERYTHING IS RACIST, I KNOW YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT SLAVERY BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE ON AND ACHIEVE THE HARMONY MARTIN LUTHER KING FOUGHT FOR…
I am a teacher in LA, and the gang violence is getting out of control (again), but this time its not necessarily the bloods and the crips killing each other, its blacks vs. mexicans. The scary thing is that any black person (or latino) has become a target simply based on race solely for the purpose of gang initiation. the two groups who should be united for a common cause are busy killing each other over neighborhoods in which they don’t even OWN anything. get yo mind right people!! we don’t need white people to oppress us, we do it to ourselves
All this sad news today.
WTF is it going to take for a new mandatory hate crime law in all states? They are out dated and with the amount of racism going on recently, it is highly necessary. Just ridiculous.
Nothing but confusion. Everyone is confused (Isaiah 60:1,2). It’s very pathetic and the wanton violence will only get worse.
we are literally living in hell on earth. all we can do is pray for GOD’s grace and mercy and protection from evil.
@120
Now that you’re almost finished defiling the planet earth and killing who you’ve needed to kill, now you want everyone to forget what you’ve done and be friends, lol? Caucasians never cease to amaze me. The only thing that does continually amaze me is the gullibility of black people (Proverbs 14:!5).
UmM. ImMa Need 4 Oh Girl Not 2 Throw Her Kids Off a Bridge In2 Incoming Traffic. I Mean Who Does Like 4Real. C’Mon Now. What’s Tha World Goin 2.
#107 you hit the nail on the head and yet people continue to play right into their hands.
it is sad that the boy got shot. all b/c of gang violence. When will the madness ever end. the mother who thirew her kids offthe bridge should be ashamed of her self.
if she did not want her kids she could have gave them to a foster home or let them get adopted or give them to family members who care. i hate to say that but the boys desrve better then to be thrown off a bridge.
i also feel sorry for the reporter who got attacked . these people need to realize all she does is report the news. it does not reflect the reprters opinion. it maybe the medis opinion. and what’s up with hate crimes. do they know what goes arounf comes around-karma.
all i can say is………………………………………………………………………………………………………….THE DEVIL IS BUSY!!!!!!!!!!
NO WORDS FOR THIS SHIT!
to; [wake up people]. you are ignorant lateenos are the problem. out of respect for the greieving parents their sons death was a lateeno hit and it had nothing to do w/ a gang what mexican has the right to ask any black what is hia gang because you are not going to find one black in a lateeno gang wake up. all over the US they have flooded the black cities like roaches w/ the establishments blessing see the white man has no faith or confidence in you. i’d wish you dumb ass black come to terms w/this he has turned a blind eye to the illegal aliens because he knows that he has a good LACKEY-PUPPY. all over the us the hispanic groups called LA-RUSSIA AND LU-LAC-KEY HAS wish upon this day where they can be the minority and be so proud. you can have that title i’ve always considered myself a non-majority black. black folks you see how these lateenos are treating you trying to be all racist. think about this next you spend 1 nickle in there lateeno place [DON'T] I CAN’T SPEND my money when that person hates me . question; when was the last time a white man walked into your black place of bussiness and spend a dollar? you’re asleep at the switch black people . them lateenos are kill’n you and “gain’n on you”. take notice TAVIS SMILEY AND ROLAND MARTIN while you talk’n, we know who butters ya bread or in your case shall i say [CRACKER]. CAUSE the way ya been defending them BROWN people you need to wake up while you talk’n.i know you can’t be the establishments LACKEY to ?
People…let’s get it together…we living in our last days! Christ is coming soon!!!
It’s a damn shame. What do people get out of taking innocent lives and harming others? Do people even care about their kids anymore? Dont have them if you dont want them! There are plenty of people out there that spend thousands just to conceive, and your dumbass throws them off a bridge? And the ones that do want their kids have to deal with the grief of them being shot and killed!? Damn. Even people reporting the news cant even do their job without hate coming into play. Im telling you, this apathy that we have towards each other has got to stop! Too many people watch and dont help; but Im starting to think this world is becoming desensitized more and more by the minute, even when hate stares them in the face (cameraman). Oh, did anyone else notice that the TV station could be rearranged as WASP-TV?
RIP Jamiel Shaw.
I passed the funeral procession the other day. He was a very loved dude. I’m glad they were able to capture one of the two suspects.
L.A. is gettin crazy with all the Latinos killing Blacks.
& listening to Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” album is a truth played out in today’s time…
I just wanna know if things will get better?!