Baltimore "Block Party" Shooting

[Frank_N_Stein]

Well and if it goes wrong you’ll never know.

You'll know, I won't.

 

[Mgderf]

You'll know, I won't.

It would be an uplifting experience...so to speak.

 

[bobzilla]

You'll know, I won't.

Still better than being on the ground with the crowds

 

[Shadow01]

WTHR said there will be 150 officers patrolling downtown tonight, so we'll see.

You know, I was just thinking... I don't recall hearing of any incidents at the Italian Festival or the now defunct Irish Festival. Wonder what the difference is? 'tis a puzzlement.

You left out the white trash expo…

 

[jwamplerusa]

You left out the white trash expo…

You have to say that right.

Whiiiiiite traaaaaaash expoooooo...
(With a greenwood accent). ;-)

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Wonder how the Fourth Fest will go downtown this evening.

Indy did not disappoint.

IMPD: 3 injured in shooting along canal in downtown Indianapolis

The shooting was reported just before midnight in the 400 block of Indiana Avenue, near West Vermont Street.

www.wthr.com

 

[KellyinAvon]

Indy did not disappoint.

IMPD: 3 injured in shooting along canal in downtown Indianapolis

The shooting was reported just before midnight in the 400 block of Indiana Avenue, near West Vermont Street.

www.wthr.com

3 out of 5 were just east of the IUPUI (or whatever they call it now) campus.

 

[Dingleberry]

A Baltimore Party, a Hail of Gunfire and a Neighborhood Shattered

The shooting on Sunday in the city’s Brooklyn neighborhood killed two people and wounded 28 others.

www.nytimes.com

When I was younger, a "block party" was an event where families (read as a mom, a dad, and their kids) in the neighborhood would do a pitch in dinner / cookout and take an evening to catch up with each other. We often had "yard games" and such. Most often, some folks from the police department or fire department would stop by to hang out. The cops would talk to kids and let them "run the siren and turn on the lights". Firemen would let kids climb the truck and they would set up the "biggest yard sprinkler" in town for kids to cool off in.

Sounds like "culture" has "progressed" since then.

Or, perhaps, it is a different "culture".

After all, "block party" has been redefined. Why not "culture"?

Anyone wanna play "Guess that demographic"?

 

[bobzilla]

Anyone wanna play "Guess that demographic"?

Obviously militant Amish

 

[Cameramonkey]

Pretty sure as I was sitting outside watching the patriot on the projector that a bit after midnight I heard multiple mag dumps come from the general direction of the crap hole apartments to the east.

At least they stopped the fireworks on time. LOL

 

[MCgrease08]

14-year-old killed, 6 hurt in shooting at Maryland block party

The shooting happened during a Fourth of July block party on Maryland’s Eastern Shore early Wednesday.

www.pennlive.com

Salisbury, MD this time.

 

[MCgrease08]

Washington DC

9 injured in drive-by shooting in DC during July 4 celebrations, police say

Nine people were injured in a drive-by shooting early Wednesday in Washington, D.C., police said.

abcnews.go.com

 

[MCgrease08]

Fort Worth, TX

3 killed, 8 injured in late-night shooting in Fort Worth, Texas

At least three people were killed and eight others were injured in a shooting late Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, police said.

abcnews.go.com

 

[bobzilla]

Those militant Amish get around man

 

[Expat]

Those militant Amish get around man

An old Amish man and probably his 2 grandkids went by earlier with their fishing poles on bicycles. I got pretty skeered.

 

[bobzilla]

An old Amish man and probably his 2 grandkids went by earlier with their fishing poles on bicycles. I got pretty skeered.

I hear horse hooves and I take cover

 

[Expat]

I thought they were all waving at me but then I figured out they were throwing gang signs at me.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Indy did not disappoint.

IMPD: 3 injured in shooting along canal in downtown Indianapolis

The shooting was reported just before midnight in the 400 block of Indiana Avenue, near West Vermont Street.

www.wthr.com

Do I get a prize?

 

[daddyusmaximus]

"Block party"

Oh, like on Independence Day when all the grownups are having a cookout, while us kids decorate our bikes and wagons for a parade?
Think I got some film (silent) of one of those around somewhere.

Clearly something went wrong on THAT block (and a lot of others) over the years.

 

[littletommy]

Lol, I’m sure they’ll get some really good suggestions from this idiotic contest! Good god, the stupid is just painful.

$4,000 prize offered for best idea to curb gun violence in Louisville

Louisville community leaders are offering a $4,000 reward for the best idea on how to address rising gun violence in the city.

www.wdrb.com