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Man shot somewhere in Mosby, probably
04/20/2017 3:47 PM by John M
Richmond Police say they are investigating a shooting after a person showed up at a hospital with life-threatening injuries. […] Police say it is unclear where the shooting occurred at this time, but investigators believe it may have occurred in Mosby Court.
probably – haha
Unfortunately, you could probably post this headline everyday and be fairly accurate given the way things have been going up there.
Laugh it up
Probably.
At what point does this stop being news and start becoming the status quo?
If he dies that will be like #8 for the year for Mosby. At this rate Mosby court would end the year with like 20-24.. Averaging about 2 a month. That’s about even with the city of Portsmouth I believe
@6
20-24 would be crazy considering the project is only 458 units large.
Man Shot in Mosby Court: Neighbors Don’t Care To Stop Violence
They know who the dealers are and who does what. They just have this stupid no snitching code. It is crazy how better things could be. Now let’s talk about education…
Man shot in Mosby Court, taken to hospital in stolen vehicle
http://www.richmond.com/local/crime/man-shot-in-mosby-court-taken-to-hospital-in-stolen/article_1580614a-0fdf-5285-861d-6868afdf9658.html
Well at least they took him to the hospital.
@8 Cadeho
“They just have this stupid no snitching code,” you wrote.
Now I don’t live up there, but I suspect the code isn’t stupid if you want to avoid being a future contestant on “Shot Somewhere in Mosby, Probably.” If the dealers operate that openly and brazenly that everyone knows who they are, there is also probably a lot of intimidation, fear and coercion in the community.
What’s important, though, is that we all be as cavalier and insensitive about this as humanly possible.
How awful. I hope he pulls through.
Without immediate and decisive intervention, there will be approximately 20 bodies of young people coming out of upper Mosby between now and the end of the year.
If we had credible information that a terrorist was about to assassinate 20 Richmonders tomorrow, we would move heaven and earth to stop it; but that is essentially the information we have about upper Mosby today. It is a slow-motion, highly-foreseeable mass shooting about which nothing is being done. Not even a curfew. This is the most pressing issue in the East End and the City right now.
Grocery stores won’t fix this. Urban gardens and roundabouts won’t fix this. Marches and cookouts won’t fix this. And for what it’s worth, I am aware that my internet slacktivism won’t fix this either. I’m thinking. I’m praying. I’m plotting. And in the meantime I’m sounding the alarm on this with the rest of you.
@ BAF snitching is easy and anonymous. There are 3 or 4 easy ways to do it.
And frankly, it’s only snitching if you are on their side…..Otherwise it’s getting what’s yours as a citizen, taxpayer or not: police protection.
It’s better to snitch on your feet than live on your knees. And, when your community has gone to such a terrible place that people are killing each other every other week in an enclave the size a small village, you don’t actually have the option of safety. People being killed up there don’t seem to be all snitches or dealers.
Communities only get safety when at least some members stand up for it, and then only if the powers that be are wiling to get behind that. And this is about crime, so yes, standing up means witnessing and gaining the support of the police.
I think Lieutenant Mike is a good guy to talk to. And very willing to keep a confidence.
You pick your sides and live with the consequences in a neighborhood like this even if you remain silent.
Slow motion localized apocalypse, not just Mosby, but in every like neighborhood. We do let things get foul and nasty and murderous for the least defended among us. A bit less of that would be a good change.
“…the least defended among us” seem determined not to defend themselves.
Cut and pasted from a March CHPN post:
“For a long time people have said that those who live in the city’s areas of concentrated poverty are just like everybody else. Politicians and their ilk, from council members to mayors and all the way up to the federal level have made and continue to make this claim.
But if I ever believed it, I don’t any more.
People who live in these areas of the city don’t seem willing to take a risk for those they claim to love, or for themselves, in such a basic manner as sharing information that might make a difference in the circumstances that too often result in death.
Recent (and older) comments to such bad news as these recent deaths claim that residents of areas like this don’t call the cops because they fear retaliation. But comments specific to this post, comments from people who claim to have lived in these areas, state quite plainly that “retaliation” happens when the “retaliators” just think the cops have been called – “retaliation” happens just for the suspicion.
So if you’re going to be suspected of sharing information with the cops, if you’re at risk anyhow for taking no action, take action.
A lack of understanding the concept of confidentiality makes the problem even worse. And surely that lack can’t all be laid at the feet of our failed public schools, because for those who don’t know what the word means, plenty of people have explained it slowly and simply – seemingly – to no avail.”