Wauw...
He was wrong. The flip to this is simple though. You don't know who will do what over what so the best thing is to not do things to people. Very sad situation.
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(Video) Hope his 'pride' and credibility sustain him in jail X Florida Bouncers kills co-workers over a video posted on Facebook..
Wauw...
He was wrong. The flip to this is simple though. You don't know who will do what over what so the best thing is to not do things to people. Very sad situation.
(Video) YouTube Video Captures Colorado movie shootings..
UPDATE: I don't want to make more than one post about this so I'm just going to keep adding things to this post.. Like the blog from the young lady who died last night about another shooting she was involved with in June (2012)
I woke up to this (like many of you) this morning. Very saddened. I mean I can 'believe it' but that doesn't make it any less tragic to me. Brave folks to stay and video tape this. I was with ole girl in the background. It was time to leave.
Video....no pictures...no stills to lead off the post. Just the video. If there were any, I wouldn't be putting them nor making any. 24 year old white male is alleged shooter... victims allegedly ranged from 6-31 in age...
I'm so thankful for folks who blog their life out for us. It takes away the speculation in some sense and may hopefully teach some of us some damm humility..
This can be found here....
Late Night Thoughts on the Eaton Center Shooting
Posted by Jessica Redfield in Uncategorized on June 5, 2012
I can’t get this odd feeling out of my chest. This empty, almost sickening feeling won’t go away. I noticed this feeling when I was in the Eaton Center in Toronto just seconds before someone opened fire in the food court. An odd feeling which led me to go outside and unknowingly out of harm‘s way. It’s hard for me to wrap my mind around how a weird feeling saved me from being in the middle of a deadly shooting. What started off as a trip to the mall to get sushi and shop, ended up as a day that has forever changed my life. I was on a mission to eat sushi that day, and when I’m on a mission, nothing will deter me. When I arrived at the Eaton Center mall, I walked down to the food court and spotted a sushi restaurant. Instead of walking in, sitting down and enjoying sushi, I changed my mind, which is very unlike me, and decided that a greasy burger and poutine would do the trick. I rushed through my dinner. I found out after seeing a map of the scene, that minutes later a man was standing in the same spot I just ate at and opened fire in the food court full of people. Had I had sushi, I would’ve been in the same place where one of the victims was found. My receipt shows my purchase was made at 6:20 pm. After that purchase I said I felt funny. It wasn’t the kind of funny you feel after spending money you know you shouldn’t have spent. It was almost a panicky feeling that left my chest feeling like something was missing. A feeling that was overwhelming enough to lead me to head outside in the rain to get fresh air instead of continuing back into the food court to go shopping at SportChek. The gunshots rung out at 6:23. Had I not gone outside, I would’ve been in the midst of gunfire. I walked around the outside of the mall. People started funneling out of every exit. When I got back to the front, I saw a police car, an ambulance, and a fire truck. I initially thought that maybe the street performer that was drumming there earlier had a heart attack or something. But more and more police officers, ambulances, and fire trucks started showing up. Something terrible has happened. I overheard a panicked guy say, “There was a shooting in the food court.” I thought that there was no way, I was just down there. I asked him what happened. He said “Some guy just opened fire. Shot about 8 shots. It sounded like balloons popping. The guy is still on the loose.” I’m not sure what made me stick around at this point instead of running as far away from the mall as possible. Shock? Curiosity? Human nature? Who knows. Standing there in the midst of the chaos all around us, police started yelling to get back and make room. I saw a young shirtless boy, writhing on a stretcher, with his face and head covered by the EMS as they rushed him by us to get him into an ambulance. The moment was surprisingly calm. The EMTs helping the boy weren’t yelling orders and no one was screaming like a night time medical drama. It was as if it was one swift movement to get the boy out of the mall and into the ambulance. That’s when it really hit me. I felt nauseas. Who would go into a mall full of thousands of innocent people and open fire? Is this really the world we live in? Police start yelling again “GET BACK NOW!” Another stretcher came rushing out of the mall. I saw a man on a stretcher, the blanket underneath him spotted with blood. Multiple gunshot holes in his chest, side, and neck were visible. It’s not like in the movies when you see someone shot and they’re bleeding continuously from the wound. There was no blood flowing from the wounds, I could only see the holes. Numerous gaping holes, as if his skin was putty and someone stuck their finger in it. Except these wounds were caused by bullets. Bullets shot out of hatred. His dark skin on his torso was tinted red with what I assume was his own blood. He was rushed into the ambulance and taken away. More people joined the crowd at the scene and asked what happened. “There was a shooting in the food court,” kept being whispered through the crowd like a game of telephone. I was standing near a security guard when I heard him say over his walkie talkie, “One fatality.” At this point I was convinced I was going to throw up. I’m not an EMT or a police officer. I’m not trained to handle crime and murder. Gun crimes are fairly common where I grew up in Texas, but I never imagined I’d experience a violent crime first hand. I’m on vacation and wanted to eat and go shopping. Everyone else at the mall probably wanted the same thing. I doubt anyone left for the mall imagined they witness a shooting. I was shown how fragile life was on Saturday. I saw the terror on bystanders’ faces. I saw the victims of a senseless crime. I saw lives change. I was reminded that we don’t know when or where our time on Earth will end. When or where we will breathe our last breath. For one man, it was in the middle of a busy food court on a Saturday evening. I say all the time that every moment we have to live our life is a blessing. So often I have found myself taking it for granted. Every hug from a family member. Every laugh we share with friends. Even the times of solitude are all blessings. Every second of every day is a gift. After Saturday evening, I know I truly understand how blessed I am for each second I am given. I feel like I am overreacting about what I experienced. But I can’t help but be thankful for whatever caused me to make the choices that I made that day. My mind keeps replaying what I saw over in my head. I hope the victims make a full recovery. I wish I could shake this odd feeling from my chest. The feeling that’s reminding me how blessed I am. The same feeling that made me leave the Eaton Center. The feeling that may have potentially saved my life.
(Words) want to talk RATIONALLY about the Stepdad Charged With Murdering 3 Teens in Philly..
Emphasis on 'want'...
There are MANY MANY MANY questions I have about this situation as well as some things I want to point out about this situation.
Lets cover the obvious. He is an adult. They are kids. Lets get that out of the way because for some of you, that is ALL YOU CAN SEE and it ends there. So I will openly acknowledge what should BE OBVIOUS.
Lets dig deeper though and ask the questions that some of you want to GLOSS over, shall we?
WHO TAUGHT THESE KIDS THEIR CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS? Get in the car SEVEN DEEP and confront someone AT THEIR OWN HOME? I WONDER WHAT KIND OF ROLE MODELS THEY HAD that taught them that? I have to wonder aloud just WHERE WERE the adults in THEIR SITUATION? Again, I know YOU DON'T WANT TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS but I will. It only makes sense.
Furthermore, JUST HOW DID THEY THINK IT WAS GOING TO TURN OUT? I mean you mount up SEVEN DEEP GOING TO SOMEONE'S house you don't know WHAT YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER. I mean, this isn't the movies. This is real life. You run up on someone's house bringing 'drama', you don't know what is waiting for you... Just because someone 'dares' you to do something doesn't mean they ARE BLUFFING. They might....gasp...actually have something waiting on that ass. In this case, they did. I keep hearing murmurs about 'expecting a fist fight' and it not being fair but if there are seven of you, how 'fair' was the fist fight going to be? Oh......Sounds like a classic case of 'We have the advantage so we are gonna..oh wait we don't have the advantage anymore so lets cry FOUL...' That's just what that is.. Sorry. You want to be a man and go to another MAN'S HOUSE then things like this might happen... There are consequences for the adult but there are also consequences for one who ventures to a man's house in search of a confrontation.
Now....before you say..'Damm Mr. Blogger, so it is just ALL THEIR FAULT HUH? THEY ARE KIDS!!" keep reading...I'm going to tear the shooter a new asshole too. Just relax. It is just that sometimes, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU TELL YOUNG PEOPLE SHIT DOES STINK, it tends SMELL STRONGER when one of their own is involved. Hence me being so harsh about it. At that age, you think you are invincible as you have 'Your whole life ahead of you..' and you make some INCREDIBLY DUMB DECISIONS. What if it wasn't the stepfather who had the gun but ONE OF THE BOYS THEY WERE GOING TO CONFRONT GOT A HOLD OF IT? (Pretty sure that gun wasn't bought THAT DAY..It is a pretty safe bet that it is was in the household...) There had to be a better way to solve WHATEVER the issue was than to GO OVER TO THEIR HOUSE AGGRESSIVELY. Had to be...Speaking of 'had to be'....
There had TO BE A BETTER A WAY FOR THE STEPFATHER TO HANDLE THIS. So you find out, your kids have an issue and from the sounds of it, ONE OF THEM TELLS THEM TO COME TO THE CRIB. I won't come out and say the stepfather told the boys to tell them to come through but that's what is going to be said. Lets just say that even if he didn't and found out while they were in route he STILL COULD HAVE HANDLED IT BETTER. He could have called..the cops...Oh wait...
(We are about to get to the REAL ISSUE HERE...BARE WITH ME... We are almost there..)
WE (PRETTY MUCH EVERY ETHNIC PERSON) aren't supposed to 'deal with the cops' in any fashion. Somehow or another, we have ALL BECOME A MEMBER OF A CRIME FAMILY AND WE ALL HAVE TO ABIDE BY MAFIA RULES AND THAT INCLUDES NO POLICE CONTACT OF ANY KIND.
....You see, this is where THAT BULLSHIT causes MORE BULLSHIT. Those kids would be ALIVE today if SOMEONE HAD CALLED THE COPS. Someone. I don't know who. I won't say it is my place to say WHO. All I know is that NOBODY WAS GUIDING THOSE KIDS IN A MANNER THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT TO EVEN BE AN OPTION and now three kids are dead. One man is going to go to jail 'protecting his family' OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME (If he did it right and let them get on his property like a PROPER GUN OWNER knows how to do......) taking a form of justice that WHILE EVEN AS A PARENT I MAY UNDERSTAND (Hell he might be too and may have come to grips with the punishment that will probably come..) I can't 'FULLY' condone.
Knowing there was a way to do it. I can't say he could have pulled out the gun and scared 'em off because that might have led to MORE SHIT and his kids getting killed but what I can say is his mere presence might have squashed this. He is THE ADULT. Now I have no way of knowing if the 'victims' in this case would have been receptive to that. Judging by the way he sat IN HIS DRIVEWAY, shot them and then went into hiding, I think it is PRETTY SAFE TO SAY he operates on the 'wavelength' as the boys who thought it was a good idea to go to a MAN'S HOUSE and start trouble. Get what I'm saying? No? Let me spell it out for you so that I am CRYSTAL CLEAR.
This is what happens when you live a 'certain' way or you attempt to do so. I should strike that last part out actually cause even those that 'really live it' GET SHOT AND KILLED so lets not act like that exempts one from dying. Going around, looking for confrontations is a DEAD END STREET. I won't hit ya'll with the syrupy sweet message of 'Too many of us are dying..." Nope... Lets keep it 'trill' as some of you like to say.
Nowadays though, we are out here raising our youth to 'NOT WALK AWAY FROM ANYTHING' under the guise of 'If you don't stand for nothing you will fall for ANYTHING' or my favorite negro saying "I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.." Meanwhile, THOSE THAT SAY THAT BULLSHIT HAVE OUR YOUTH 'FALLING FOR BULLSHIT'.. Not sure when 'bullshit' became better than 'anything'. Much like the rest of the niggeraztion of the every SAYING KNOWN TO MAN AT THIS POINT, you niggers (yes I said niggers..) have managed to take what were positive sayings into PURE GARBAGE. I don't want to so much as strangle the ADULT that shot the kids as I do the IDIOTS that taught them the core values that got them into the situation in the first place. Who thinks SEVEN ON THREE is a fair fight? What kinda coward ass shit IS THAT? Misguided youth for sure. All the way around.
I'll tell you what though. Since some of you BELIEVE IN THE BULLSHIT so much, why don't you ask those little boys if THEY STILL FEEL THAT THEY MADE CORRECT CHOICE TO CONFRONT FOLKS AT THEIR HOUSE? Oh wait, YOU CAN'T. They are dead. -_-. Last I checked, according to EVERY NOT SO THINLY VEILED THREAT OF EVERY WANNA BE MODERN DAY BILLY THE KID, "Dead man tell no tales...." so you can't ask 'em. I bet you their mothers and their PEOPLE would LOVE TO ASK THEM THOUGH AND WISHED THEY WERE ALIVE TODAY. No amount of your 'respect' can bring them back either.. @ those of you who think they went out 'like G's' and since quite frankly 95% of you don't have a window to piss in or pot to throw it out with, it REALLY MEANS NOTHING. @ your respect.
I won't get into how I think that this might serve as a wake up call for youth in the area this happened or how this might show what happens when you DON'T GROW UP with any sense of morals or values. I FAULT THEM BOTH. @ the parties involved. Lots of things that, unfortunately due to the 'rules' of society, could have been done to avoid this TRAGEDY. Make mistake, this is a tragedy. One that will be repeated as boys grow up to be...well....boys.. *
*I told you I don't totally blame those kids. The adult in the situation should have left his 'street dreams' in the streets and called the authorities BUT I KNOW WHY HE DIDN'T. Our society won't 'allow it'. We have 'out smarted ourselves' and now we can't even reach out when we REALLY SHOULD. Not contacting/talking to the police when you and your boy have commissioned a crime is ONE THING. I DEFINITELY agree with that. Maybe you 'don't get involved' in the things 'that happen on your block' if you want to live**. Aight..cool. But shit like this? You HAVE TO USE YOUR BRAIN. This wasn't going to END WELL REGARDLESS. Either your kids are gonna get hurt or maybe even you. If you 'care about the streets' as much as you say though, I would think you would try to MEDIATE on some level. Even before calling ANYONE but something should have been done. Unfortunately, the same 'ideal' that prompted those boys to get into the car and take that 'ride' is the same one that got three of 'em killed.
**Can't complain about shit though. Period. The end. It is either live with it or do something.
Stepdad Charged With Murdering 3 Teens | NBC 10 Philadelphia
Three teens are dead and another was injured after a 30-year-old stepfather opened fire on a car full of kids who allegedly came over to confront his three stepsons Tuesday night, according to police.
Authorities apprehended Axel Barreto Wednesday night without incident at a Bensalem, Pa. motel and Thursday morning, the man accused of killing three teens has now been charged with their murder.
Police say that around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, seven teens got in a car and drove over to a house on the 1500 block of East Luzerne Street in the Juniata section of Philadelphia. There, Barreto was waiting with a semi-automatic in the driveway. A dispute that allegedly began on Facebook pitted the seven teens in the car against Barreto's three teenage stepsons in the house in what was expected to be a fistfight..
Barreto allegedly fired about a dozen shots into the car full of kids, police said.
Four of the seven teens were hit. Police tell NBC Philadelphia that two of the teens, 14-year-old Javier Orlandi of the 200 block of East Mayfield Street and 14-year-old Joshua Soto of the 900 block of Poplar Street, were pronounced dead at St. Christopher’s Hospital just before 11 p.m. Tuesday.
Dante Lugo, also 14, of the 900 block of 6th Street was in critically injured and died in the hospital Wednesday night, police said.
The 16-year-old driver was in stable condition Wednesday. His neck was grazed by a bullet, according to authorities.
The three other teens who had been in the car were talking with police, helping them figure out the chain of events leading up to the deadly shooting. Police say that someone in the car received a call asking them to meet in the driveway.
Authorities say the shooting was a result of an argument between teens from two different neighborhoods. It's unknown where they went to school and the exact cause of the dispute.
Aunt Deb setting the record straight on what happened in Charlotte yesterday with her son Waka Flacka ..video
I didn't cover it here earlier 'cause the reports were coming in conflicting. This is what his mother (who is also his manager) says happened.
Not her fault though...(Side eye) @SarahPalin...
One Night In Vegas 30 for 30...Tyson/Pac
In case you missed it.
I am slowly becoming one of 'those' people. The ones that I initially hated but ended up LOVING because they gave me a perspective of what an event was REALLY LIKE because they were ALIVE AND OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER DETAILS and not make up 'fairy tales'. During these years I was 'super engrossed' in hip hop. Before it was cool to be that way. Not that I was the ONLY ONE. I wasn't. It was just few people actually paid it attention like a select few of us. This was 'pre the Internet explosion' so cats weren't getting their info like that. It was straight magazines and the radio. So that involved READING (a book or magazine) and for most cats, that was SIMPLY OUT OF THE QUESTION. Either because they couldn't 'read' or it wasn't cool to do. Dissecting lyrics was even FURTHER OUT OF THE QUESTION if it didn't involve 'gun', shoot, kill, bitches, pussy and suck. So again, some of the 'clues' were lost. Pac talked about Mike A COUPLE OF TIMES in his rhymes. Spoke of their relationship often in mags. There was no TMZ or anything to break this so it seems it really wasn't 'common knowledge.' That was apparent by watching this doc on Twitter last night (Funny phrase huh? That is what it is like. I watch a show with 900 some people.) Folks I thought 'knew' were shocked by the revelation that they were friends. Some had not even paid attention to Tyson's entry music the night he fought Trevor. Interesting....Situations like this kinda show the difference a ten year age gap between two GROWN ADULTS really is. I have to remember a lot of you, although full fledged adults NOW, were only really young. You only have faint memories or handed down stories to go by. Usually by your older brother or your OG so..I have one person (a RENOWNED SPORTS PERSONALITY IN CHARM CITY) who I don't follow but a lot of my followers DO FOLLOW SPEAK ON HIM BEING ONLY 10 OR SO at the time of this fight. Yet, I have heard him speak on other situations around that time period. Needless to say, his recollection and my recollection of said events have often varied. Now I SEE WHY..lol He was LITTLE when this stuff was happening.
That is what makes a documentary like this so great though. To bring these things to light. By the way, I am not even a HUGE Pac fan like that. Know enough to respect what he bought to others though. I have all of his 'studio' records and the like. So while I am not a 'super fan', I am WELL VERSED IN the subject of 'Pac. I had to be. Every dude under 5'9 and who weighed less than 190 wanted to be him. I had no choice but to find about this dude who inspired Tough Tonys all over the World. lol
I will NOT BE RE UPLOADING THIS MORE THAN LIKELY. If it goes, it goes....
I am slowly becoming one of 'those' people. The ones that I initially hated but ended up LOVING because they gave me a perspective of what an event was REALLY LIKE because they were ALIVE AND OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER DETAILS and not make up 'fairy tales'. During these years I was 'super engrossed' in hip hop. Before it was cool to be that way. Not that I was the ONLY ONE. I wasn't. It was just few people actually paid it attention like a select few of us. This was 'pre the Internet explosion' so cats weren't getting their info like that. It was straight magazines and the radio. So that involved READING (a book or magazine) and for most cats, that was SIMPLY OUT OF THE QUESTION. Either because they couldn't 'read' or it wasn't cool to do. Dissecting lyrics was even FURTHER OUT OF THE QUESTION if it didn't involve 'gun', shoot, kill, bitches, pussy and suck. So again, some of the 'clues' were lost. Pac talked about Mike A COUPLE OF TIMES in his rhymes. Spoke of their relationship often in mags. There was no TMZ or anything to break this so it seems it really wasn't 'common knowledge.' That was apparent by watching this doc on Twitter last night (Funny phrase huh? That is what it is like. I watch a show with 900 some people.) Folks I thought 'knew' were shocked by the revelation that they were friends. Some had not even paid attention to Tyson's entry music the night he fought Trevor. Interesting....Situations like this kinda show the difference a ten year age gap between two GROWN ADULTS really is. I have to remember a lot of you, although full fledged adults NOW, were only really young. You only have faint memories or handed down stories to go by. Usually by your older brother or your OG so..I have one person (a RENOWNED SPORTS PERSONALITY IN CHARM CITY) who I don't follow but a lot of my followers DO FOLLOW SPEAK ON HIM BEING ONLY 10 OR SO at the time of this fight. Yet, I have heard him speak on other situations around that time period. Needless to say, his recollection and my recollection of said events have often varied. Now I SEE WHY..lol He was LITTLE when this stuff was happening.
That is what makes a documentary like this so great though. To bring these things to light. By the way, I am not even a HUGE Pac fan like that. Know enough to respect what he bought to others though. I have all of his 'studio' records and the like. So while I am not a 'super fan', I am WELL VERSED IN the subject of 'Pac. I had to be. Every dude under 5'9 and who weighed less than 190 wanted to be him. I had no choice but to find about this dude who inspired Tough Tonys all over the World. lol
I will NOT BE RE UPLOADING THIS MORE THAN LIKELY. If it goes, it goes....
