Comments on Cop in the Hood: 7 shot in Harlem isn't news

Maybe those cops don't care. Maybe those cops were...

2008-09-23T16:56:58.860-04:00

Maybe those cops don't care. Maybe those cops were only minutes away when the seconds counted. Who knows. But, you said it....all they'll get is a slap on the wrist.

Where's the deterrent?

The guns aren't the problem...it's the people that are the problem.

Maybe the people of your neighborhood should start...

2008-09-23T16:55:03.369-04:00

Maybe the people of your neighborhood should start telling the local judiciary to actually punish these scumbags instead of coddling them. I see people getting SO ANGRY at the cops for busting their angelic nephews/sons who were really just starting to get their lives straight... They don't believe that lil' Johnny shot lil' Samuel in the face over $5. Never, not Johnny. "He's in the church choir" etc.

BS, burn these scumbags and then teach their siblings and children how to be good, responsible, accountable people.

There needs to be negative ramifications for their negative actions....not a slap on the wrist and then the "street cred" that PCM speaks of.

PCM, My Apologies...it was sitting here waiting for me to hit go.

I didn't remove any comment. It's either yet to ap...

2008-09-23T16:52:00.785-04:00

I didn't remove any comment. It's either yet to appear or you might have closed the window before clicking "publish" (I do that sometimes).

The uniformed cops did care. They just didn't see it. It was very crowded and chaotic.

It was simply that my source couldn't believe how brazen these kids were to be shooting guns in the air so close to uniformed police officers.

Cops have guns. Cops were there. That didn't stop ...

2008-09-23T16:32:32.649-04:00

Cops have guns. Cops were there. That didn't stop these kids.

This shit is crazy.

Hey saw youre link in the comments section over a...

2008-09-23T15:05:36.752-04:00

Hey saw youre link in the comments section over at HipHopRepublican.conm what I can not figure out is how is it that this could happen and the news was silent. It was like a war outside that day and no news. Do you think community activist shut the news down so not to spoil the parades image?I live in 123 and Lexintion near Marcus Garvey Park...this shit has to stop.

This is crazy!

Or Obama/Clinton - depending on whose story you be...

2008-09-23T14:09:52.456-04:00

Or Obama/Clinton - depending on whose story you believe.

Now, maybe..JUST MAYBE, if they actually enforced some of those mandatory sentences, we'd see some of these kids think twice. But nope...they you're losing a voter. Can't take people out of the voting pool.

Obama/Biden will make even MORE gun laws that the ...

2008-09-23T14:07:58.319-04:00

Obama/Biden will make even MORE gun laws that the bad guys won't follow....but the good guys will. So, it'll just make these "parades" even more crazy and dangerous. No fear of reprisal or self defense by the victims....they KNOW they don't have guns...they're illegal.

That's strange...because David Olofson had one acc...

2008-09-23T14:06:25.933-04:00

That's strange...because David Olofson had one accident where his AR (Sport Utility Rifle) fired multiple rounds with one pull of the trigger at a shooting range. Nobody hurt...just a faulty part. He's in prison now.

Hoodlums get a slap on the wrist. Law abiding bumpkin....off to prison. WTF?

Maybe people just don't care about those places/people anymore. They don't seem to care about themselves. People just might be tired of seeing the people there not strive to do better, to "come up" without killing to do so. So, out of sight, out of mind, maybe. No coverage.

I can assure you that none of the guns were legall...

2008-09-23T11:53:57.438-04:00

I can assure you that none of the guns were legally owned.

I asked my student what would happen to the shooters (all of them 16-25 years old, he said). There are posters about how gun crimes = automatic 3.5-years in prison. He said nothing. If it's a first offense, a judge says, "don't do it again." Then they return to the streets with more street cred, having beaten the system.

(And why yes, it does bother me to have anti-Obama logos on my website. But I will cope; I will abide.)

I wonder how many of those 14 guns were legally ow...

2008-09-22T23:37:32.381-04:00

I wonder how many of those 14 guns were legally owned.

http://hiphoprepublican.blogspot.com/2008/09/harlem-shooting-annual-african-american.html

http://uptownflavor.com/2006/09/18/african-american-day-parade-wrap-up/ SEE COMMENTS

Yup, that's about it. Was this just not covered by the MSM. Do they have something to hide?

Seems like news to me.

"Grand opening...grand closing" ...

2008-09-22T21:56:14.640-04:00

"Grand opening...grand closing"

Chris Rock