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what the hell is happening lately around here. i don't know how many of you watch the news or read the paper, but it's been insane in the boston area. there were 4 people shot in dorchester alone yesterday. one being a little girl that was sitting on the 2nd floor porch of her home. i grew up in dorchester and i just think it's ridiculous how much violence has been occuring there lately. it was bad when i lived there but now its just disgusting. the past week there have been like 6 murders...that doesn't include the other 8 or so people that have been shot or stabbed and didn't die. people need some serious help. i just wonder why it all occurs. mostly over drugs i assume.

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Jul 2 2003 10:35AM
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I know what you mean. Here in the city there is at least 1 shooting a night, sometimes two. You always hear of someone getting mugged and stores getting robbed. We were driving through a bad part of the city the other day at about 10:00 and saw someone fire at someone right in front of us. Its pretty crazy.
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Jul 2 2003 11:11AM
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No offense SOX but open your mind a little bit and get off the spoonfed rhetoric of the government. '...over drugs I suppose..' sheesh.
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Jul 2 2003 11:22AM
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well the only reason i really said that is because i lived next to a coke house when i lived there. when you see pictures from the reports there also tend to be a lot of high end cars like lexus and bmw's involved also. dorchester is in no way a wealthy community & people are driving 50k cars.

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Jul 2 2003 11:50AM
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i agree. i think a lot of it has to do with either gang hates or money debts that are due to drugs. not really pot but coke and other shit were people owe someone thousands of dollars because of their uncontrollable issue dealing with drugs
Jul 2 2003 1:20PM
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i have friends that live there in Dorchester and they get pretty damn scared cause they'll hear gun shots and shit at night


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Jul 2 2003 1:24PM
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I blame streetfighter
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^that was a pretty violent game

but anyway, a couple hours from where i live, there were a bunch of riots in Benton Harbor and the cops chased some guy on a motorcycle for 2 days. its not as bad as people gettin shot, but its still crazy for how small the city is.
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nooo, nor street fighter, mario
Jul 2 2003 4:00PM
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i live in michigan, which most people don't think is a violent state. last week there were hardcore riots in benton harbor, some probably heard about it since it was on cnn and shit. and in my hometown a drugdealer murdered a guy's family that owed him money...actually chopped them up.
Jul 2 2003 4:48PM
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yeah aspen, i just posted about the benton harbor riots, that was some crazy shit. I was thinkin about headin out there with a few friends to check it out, but then i decided i didnt want to get shot or stabbed.
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i am from michigan to and those riots were bullshit they happened just cause some black dude took off from some white cops and hit a wall... sounds like a good reason to riot to me. not.
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yeah all riots start from some little thing that just blows out of proportion. i dont know what it is but a single person is normaly a good person but once you put him in a group they just change into a different person. i guess it has a lot to do with peer presure
Jul 2 2003 10:37PM
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No offense SOX but open your mind a little bit and get off the spoonfed rhetoric of the government. '...over drugs I suppose..' sheesh.
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this is part of the article in the paper today....
No excuse: Shot tot's mom: Stop the violence

by Laurel J. Sweet
Thursday, July 3, 2003















A hotheaded hood accused of firing the errant gunshot that tore through a Dorchester tot's spine, possibly paralyzing her, was jailed on $500,000 cash bail yesterday when the judge discovered Anthony Warren already faced charges of pushing cocaine and kicking a cop.




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Jul 3 2003 11:13AM
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Hey Sox, never meant to insult, and I agree that drugs end up being part of a lot of violence, but as the 'source' of violence? From the article it doesn't say why the shots were fired, just that the guy was wanted for unrelated issues with Cocaine and kicking a cop, no? or am I reading it wrong? I'm not sure. I guess my complaint was along the lines of the stigma that goes with people who choose to live their lives while enjoying recreational drugs. Those adds that connect buying a dime bag with terrorism are just shit. This is probably my over-zealousness, however I felt it needed to be stated. I smoke a little when I'm in the mood and I'm completely sure that no one died because of it.
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Jul 3 2003 12:12PM
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Its those damn niggers. once they move in the neighbourhood goes to shit.

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Jul 3 2003 12:15PM
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its that damned rap music...

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Jul 3 2003 12:22PM
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jooky this has NOTHING to do w/ smoking its coke... they are two totally different things of course they weren't shot over pot
Jul 3 2003 12:26PM
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its Eminem
Jul 3 2003 12:26PM
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they dont have anything better to do then sell drugs, its probably pretty RUDE of me to say it, but dealing drugs is their 'pass outve the ghetto', its their work basically, their way to get ahead in life

granted its WRONG, but to these people involved in murder, somewhere in their heads its alright to kill these people, since their just trying to get ahead in life
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Jul 3 2003 1:57PM
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Jul 3 2003 3:12PM
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it is that damn rap music. not all of it but the violent crap
Jul 3 2003 3:23PM
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good thing i live in a city with 9,000 ppl

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Jul 3 2003 3:30PM
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bangers sell crack not coke.
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yeah he was trying to shoot a chick on the second floor balcony that was cheating on his bro. the lil girl was on the third i believe. friggen bad aim huh. the article is on www.bostonherald.com

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Jul 3 2003 5:24PM
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that is the american way, get ahead at all costs

im split, sure these people are killing and selling drugs, but obviously some of the money goes to their famalies, help their moms out, to the neighborhood kids, ect...its really well documented that alot of mafioso's and gangs give money back to their communities quite regularly. Its the barder system of the impoverished neighborhoods
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Jul 3 2003 5:28PM
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Yeah theres not that many people in the city who can affored coke it's definately over crack. You have to understand that for these people, they see the only hope of making money is selling drugs and in classic American fashion money is everything. They feel like they have nothing to lose and it's a easy way of making money. When your dealing with as little as $1,000 it becomes a big deal if your parents or parent works minimum wage and thats your only chance of making a decent living. Desperate people do desperate things like the suicide bombers in the middle east. So just realise it's a different world in the city.
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