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The Jamel;4067338 said:the gene pool has been cleansed of a few future recidivist...
Lincoln;4067240 said:From what I gathered from reading, dude didn't tell them to come over, they were already on their way, and he just told them to meet up in the driveway.
Not saying he should've done what he did,
but he hella put those kids in check, and if they weren't rolling around doing hoodrat shit with their friends, it would've never happened in the first place.
an unfortunate situation, but at least some of them survived to learn a lesson about humility.
Knives Amilli;4068103 said:Pops was a dumbass. Took it way further than what it was.
As a father (blood or not) your duty is not only to protect yours, but to act as the rational guiding force to yours. All duke had to do was stand outside with the kids, keep the burner concealed, tell someone to stay by the phone to call the authorities if necessary, and try to neutralize the fight. At most he woulda really had to do was either flash the piece or lick a shot in the air. But to say fuck it and wet those punk ass kids up was overkill.
The best offense is a good defense. His primary concern shoulda been stopping any sort of fight from happening in the first place. Older heads should know that violence should be a last resort.
Dilla Nevada;4068262 said:Ok I read the articles posted int his thread on the topic...a couple of things
1. They drove around to the BACK of the house after pulling out the driveway and seeing the stepfather. The first article was a lil misleading cause I thought he shot them in the driveway.
2. Pertains to #1---why would they drive around to the back of the house.
3. SEVEN kids? I don't know about ya'll but in Mississippi (especially Mississippi Delta, Memphis or Detroit --where I'm originally from) nothing will end well for those 3 boys.
4. Due to today's climate since the 80s/90s, you best believe one of them frail kids are packing. Nobody shoots the fair one, only way it happens if the OGs or older brother and sisters of the fighting parties call for the fair right before the fight.
5. Going to someone house/crib to start drama and mess.....if you gonna to run up a crib, you best believe shit from the fryin pan is gonna be hotter than a motherfucker. If you can't stand the heat get out the kitchen. It's a basic premise of war for years....and even Sun Tzu is not that foolhardy to subscribe just running up to your enemy doorstep.
Quarrel in school ends with Phila. teens shot dead in car
Philadelphia Inquirer via Philly.com ^ | Thu, Jan. 12, 2012 | Allison Steele
Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:02:25 PM by South Hawthorne
Seven teenage boys were packed into the Toyota Corolla, sitting on top of each other, when the car pulled over on the 1500 block of East Luzerne Street in Juniata Park.
It was about 10:30 Tuesday night, and the youths were looking for a fight, police said.
It had started in school with an argument between some of the friends in the car and three teenage brothers, spilled onto Facebook with threats, and escalated into plans to settle the matter with a physical battle.
As the teens waited in the car, a man in a gray hoodie came out of a house and approached them. Spooked, they drove to the back of the house - but moments later, police said, the same man emerged from the back door and ran up to the passenger side.
He fired from 10 to 12 shots into the car at point-blank range.
Joshua Soto, 14, of North Philadelphia, and Javier Orlandi, 16, of Kensington, were pronounced dead within a half-hour. Dante Lugo, 14, died Wednesday night at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. The 16-year-old driver was hit in the neck and was listed in stable condition at St. Christopher's.
Police on Wednesday identified the alleged shooter as Axel Barreto, the 30-year-old stepfather of the three brothers, and announced a warrant for his arrest. Barreto was taken into custody about 9 p.m. at the Knights Inn in Bensalem, said Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal John Patrignani.
Barreto, who was with a woman, was not armed and did not resist arrest by Philadelphia police and members of the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, Patrignani said.
Earlier in the day, police described Barreto as "armed and extremely dangerous."
"There very easily could have been seven dead teenagers in that car," Philadelphia Capt. James Clark said. "He just randomly fired."
A search of the car turned up no weapons, Clark said.
Police do not know what sparked the initial argument, which Clark said started between two groups from different neighborhoods.
Asked whether police were concerned that friends of the victims might retaliate, Clark said police would tell the teenagers' schools of the situation and brief officers in their neighborhoods.
Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Nutter visited the schools two of the teenagers attended. At the Kensington Culinary Arts School, where Orlandi was a student until he recently dropped out, Nutter spoke to a group of 75 to 100 students for about five minutes.
The mayor spoke "from the heart," spokesman Mark McDonald said, urging the youths to not retaliate and to focus on their futures.
Next, Nutter stopped by Mariana Bracetti Academy, a charter middle school where one of the non-injured teenagers in the car is a student.
"You are in a great school, in a loving environment, with people who really care about you," Nutter told the students. "Our hearts are heavy about what happened, but we are very concerned about you. Don't let this disrupt what you are about. You need to graduate from the eighth grade, go to high school and on to college.
"Stay in school. Stay positive. Stay focused," the mayor said. "You're doing great work. We just came here to say that we love you and care about you."
McDonald said the mayor felt the need to address the students and "make the case for their future."
"We very seriously hope that they can avoid retaliation or being involved with Facebook fights and the like," McDonald said.
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY— Governor Tom Corbett has signed an expansion of the so called "Castle Doctrine" into law. The law widens an individuals right to use deadly force in self-defense in Pennsylvania. The Governor signed the bill during a private ceremony in his office at the State Capitol. The State Senate passed the measure last week.
Under the new law an individual has the right to use a gun or other deadly force in self-defense in situations outside a person's home or business.
Last year, former Governor Ed Rendell vetoed the same bill just before leaving office. The measure was reintroduced in a GOP dominated State House and Senate.
Under the old law, the use of deadly force is not justifiable if the person can safely retreat, except when the threat is made inside his or her home or business. The legislation also limits certain civil liability in some cases for people who act within the guidelines.
edwardnigma;4068057 said:What you gathered and read was not compreheded well.
The man admitted to luring the kids over to what they thought would be a fistfight.
When they showed up, he unloaded. They weren't armed.
You don't learn humility by getting by being 14 and invitied to a fist fight only to be shot and killed by the kids parents.
The most you can learn from this is revenge ia a best dish served cold.
Good thing he ain't kill none of my lil homies, that wouldnt end up well.
Knives Amilli;4068103 said:The best offense is a good defense. His primary concern shoulda been stopping any sort of fight from happening in the first place. Older heads should know that violence should be a last resort.
Lincoln;4069029 said:I honestly wasn't paying too much attention to what I read, but that doesn't really have any effect on my point.
I'm not condoning what the guy did. It was wrong, stupid, and I wouldn't have done the same
But shit ain't all black and white, and the kids aren't completely innocent either.
These kids packed a car full of people and WENT to the trouble. It didn't come to them, and it clearly wasn't going to be a fair fight.
The kids went barking up the wrong tree. They went looking for trouble, and they found it. It sucks that they died, especially over something so small,
but if they had stayed home, this wouldn't have happened.
Best post so far.