We’ve just hit an unfortunate milestone, of sorts: Seattle has had its first gang-related shooting in recent years in which an innocent bystander was apparently targeted.
According to sources within the Seattle Police Department, the 48-year-old homeless man who was shot in the face at a bus stop outside of Benaroya Hall last month—who was, according to department sources, apparently targeted by gang members—was not known to the shooters or affiliated with a gang.
In the last few months, SPD’s gang unit has been busy dealing with a number of gang-related shootings. However, all of the previous victims appear to have apparently been targeted because of some sort of affiliation with a gang.
It’s unclear exactly why the 48-year-old man was targeted—the department won’t comment as to whether there were additional targets or whether the shooting was some sort of gang initiation—but the department’s gang unit was called in to assist in the investigation.
Following the shooting, the man was taken to Harborview with life-threatening injuries. He is currently in “satisfactory condition,” a hospital spokeswoman says.
How can you be an innocent bystander and deliberately targeted at the same time?
Good point. Fixed.
they call those in LA, eg not members of the warring factions
EDIT-civilians
Benaroya has a hip hop night?
if I were the victim, I don’t think I’d classify my condition as “satisfactory.” I don’t think “satisfactory” involves getting shot in the face.
another one of the glorious benefits of divershitty
Wait a minute.
You’re saying this is the first time a person who was not affiliated with a gang was purposefully shot by a gang member?
On what grounds are you making that assertion?
Because I happen to know that happened at least one before in the 80s.
To me.
So I’m curious as to the grounds on which you’re claiming this as a milestone.
@8 it was before jonah was born
I would guess that kid in west seattle was another random as well.
Are you naive white liberals in Seattle sick of the epidemic levels of violent crime committed by blacks yet?
Guess you never lived in Atlanta? Seattle is white toast BE-Yotch.
Most Dangerous Cities in America:
1) Detroit-81% black, 10% white
2) St. Louis-51% black, 42% white
3) Flint-53% black, 40% white
4) Oakland-35% black, 23% white
5) Camden-53% black, 7% white
6) Birmingham-73% black, 23% white
7) North Charleston-49% black, 43% white
8) Memphis-61% black, 33% white
9) Richmond, Ca.- 36% black, 21% white
10) Cleveland- 51% black, 38% white
Most Dangerous Cities in America:
1) Detroit-81% black, 10% white
2) St. Louis-51% black, 42% white
3) Flint-53% black, 40% white
4) Oakland-35% black, 23% white
5) Camden-53% black, 7% white
6) Birmingham-73% black, 23% white
7) North Charleston-49% black, 43% white
8) Memphis-61% black, 33% white
9) Richmond, Ca.- 36% black, 21% white
10) Cleveland- 51% black, 38% white
Notice any similarities between violent cities and racial makeup?
notice anything between poor as fuck people and violent cities?
@13: It’s always the same shit with you, isn’t it? Boring. Innovate or die.
@Pat, hope you are fortunate enough to be a bystander at one of your hiphop nights.
“notice anything between poor as fuck people and violent cities?”
Like those in West Virginia, one of the poorest states? Oops it has one of the lower crime rates of the states. Ooops it is also one of the whitest states…. maybe I should try again…. or maybe you should try again!
Most of these black gangbanger kids have way more money than me, so they can fuck off with that “waaaaah I’m poor and it makes me kill innocent people for no reason” bullshit, and so can you.
on a different note… now that homeless guy has like a million bajillion dollar hospital bill.
hooray society!
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/art…
Police Blotter
posted February 3, 2009
Joyce Russell of Wheeler Street said she walked to Sandy’s Liquors. When she got back to her house there were six black males standing in front.
She said one in the group called her “you white b—-” and punched her in the face at least twice. He pushed her to the ground and kicked her in the chest and stomach. Then they left without saying anything else.
Police said Ms. Russell had a tooth knocked out and her nose and upper lip were swollen. She had intense pain in her chest. She was taken to the Memorial Hospital emergency room.
She said she did not know anyone in the group and believes she was targeted because she is white.
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If the above story about a white woman being attacked by six black men because she was white had instead been a story about six white men attacking a black woman because she was black, we would be hearing the media SCREAM about this story at the top of their lungs for MONTHS. Because it is a story of a white woman being attacked by six black men because she is white, the story is relegated to a “police blotter” roundup-style webpage on some local news station’s website. Think those blacks will get charged with a “hate crime” if they are caught? DON’T COUNT ON IT.
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/art…
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