2013 America (and Friends!) Gun Violence Thread No Plows Allowed!

[chazzyphizzle]

haha whoopsie

[BerenTebogo]

haha whoopsie

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[Melena]

A New Mexico officer is dead, 3 suspects arrested after a high speed chase and car jacking

[Kaslo]

Don't know if we have a "race relations" thread, but this is something that just happened to one of my best friend's family:

Jabara Family Statement on the Murder of Khalid Jabara
August 15, 2016

On Friday night, our world was shattered when our brother, Khalid Jabara, was murdered on the front porch of our family home. The perpetrator was not unknown to us—he is our neighbor—someone whom we continuously brought to law enforcement’s attention. He killed our brother while awaiting trial for running over our mother, resulting in a broken shoulder, collapsed lung, broken ankle, broken nose, head trauma, and fractured ribs amongst other injuries. Only 30 minutes prior to my brother’s shooting, Khalid called the police stating this man had a gun and that he was scared for what might happen. The police came and told him there was nothing to be done. Minutes later, the suspect murdered our brother with four shots.

My family lived in fear of this man and his hatred for years. Yet in May, not even one year after he ran over our mother and despite our repeated protests, he was released from jail with no conditions on his bond—no ankle monitor, no drug/alcohol testing, nothing.

This suspect had a history of bigotry against our family. He repeatedly attacked our ethnicity and perceived religion, making racist comments. He often called us “dirty Arabs,” “filthy Lebanese,” “Aye-rabs,” and “Mooslems”—a fact highlighted by the Tulsa Police Department who also heard these comments from the suspect. The suspect’s bigotry was not isolated to us alone. He made xenophobic comments about many in our community -- “filthy Mexican” and the “n” word were all part of his hateful approach to anyone from a different background.

Today, in our pain, we are also keenly aware that this is not just another murder to be added to crime statistics. Our brother’s death could have been prevented. This man was a known danger. He intentionally tried to kill our mother less than one year ago when he ran her over with his car. Based on his racist comments towards us, he should have been charged with a hate crime then. He should not have been released without monitoring. Yet he was released and put back next door to us, the family he assaulted just months before. This is troubling at any time, but profoundly disturbing given the current climate of our country and the increase nationally in cases of hate crimes.

Our brother Khalid was just 37 years old and had his whole life ahead of him. He was a kind spirit, loving brother, uncle and son. Khalid’s heart was big. He cared for our entire family, our friends and people he didn’t even know. He created every Jabara family joke and filled our lives with love and laughter. All of that has been taken away from us by this hateful man and a system that failed to protect our community.

https://www.facebook.com/victoria.ja...06?pnref=story

Something that kind of pissed me off was a Huff Post writer already clung onto this as an attack on a Muslim, when they are actually Christian but clearly the shooter perceived them as Muslims because of their race.

[tyven]

Damn man sorry your friend is going thru that. Just awful

[6souls]

Quite the character that guy.

[archibaldcrane]

Robert Downey Jr crossed with Seymour Hoffman?

[Ksandra]

Omg. So sorry to hear. I just can't understand the mindset of people like that guy. It's like I can't even register and put myself in his shoes in any way. It's just awful and disgusting and idk what else can be said about it.

[Mertron]

macaulay culkin sure got old

[Ragnus]

Shit, Kaslo. That's really rough. I have no idea how this guy wasn't brought in on and actually stuck with attempted murder when the mother was run over.

[Kaslo]

Shit, Kaslo. That's really rough. I have no idea how this guy wasn't brought in on and actually stuck with attempted murder when the mother was run over.

He was brought in, he was awaiting trial and got out on bail.

[kuronosan]

He ran someone over and was on bail?

What the fuck?

[6souls]

Prosecutors asked for $300k min bail, no bail preferred and the judge deemed him not a threat and set bail at $60k. He got out soon after.

[Dimmauk]

Quite the character that guy.

100% Trump supporter.

Fucking scary story. And hits home because ive had those same slurs thrown at me.

[Ragnus]

Prosecutors asked for $300k min bail, no bail preferred and the judge deemed him not a threat and set bail at $60k. He got out soon after.

HE MALICIOUSLY RAN OVER HIS NEIGHBOR BECAUSE SHE WAS DARK SKINNED! WHAT THE FUCK, JUDGE!?

[FNH]

HE MALICIOUSLY RAN OVER HIS NEIGHBOR BECAUSE SHE WAS DARK SKINNED! WHAT THE FUCK, JUDGE!?

it's not uncommon. A guy I used to work with followed this other guy to his business and gunned him down and kicked his dead body. It was on camera but he only got 100k. He was out the next day.

[6souls]

International news has picked the story up.

[Kaslo]

What's crazy is he and his family aren't even dark skinned. Hell until my friend told me, I didn't know he was lebanese, just thought he was another white guy.

[Ragnus]

http://www.waff.com/story/32851946/s...entype=generic

This one hits a bit closer to home. My friend's great aunt was gunned down by a man who demanded her car keys, shooting her after she gave them up without a fight. Guy was in the middle of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend's daughter and stepfather to have them track his ex down.

[shidobu]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...7544&tid=ss_tw

Mother of three survives car crash — only to be gunned down by the other driver

stupidly random tragedy