[Lincolnparkdc] murder vs etiquette

[Yannis Labrou]

Yes, putting a name below a posting is helpful, useful and
preferred practice. Signing, or making it clear that it is coming from Lincoln
Park Newsletter (and its email address   friendsofcapitolhillparks at
gmail.com) is not exactly anonymous and will do for me. I can go to its
webpage and get an idea of its style and tone.

But more importantly, at least nine bullets were fired by a bunch of people
riding mopeds and/or ATV's, killing an individual (targeted or random still
unknown) and also damaging two cars.

I repeat ... one or more persons riding through our neighborhood fired
multiple shots killing another person. They fired them with no concern for
injury or damage beyond their intended victim. It is absurd to write this,
as if it is OK to only murder their intended victim. Walk to the location
at the corner of Kentucky and East Capitol. Take a moment to find the
yellow circles of the bullet casing on East Capitol. Look at where the
victim was standing (corner of the treebox) and give some thought to where
those bullets could have ended up. You could have been walking your dog or
parking a car on our street. It was not that late; 10:08 pm.

Discussing listserv etiquette with such intensity, in light of the bigger
events that triggered it, is baffling. Perhaps it is an indication of how
we have normalized and accepted violence in our city and neighborhood in
the past 5 years.

In the meantime, I dread parking after dark, usually a block or two away, I
worry about my daughters riding the metro from school and walking from
Eastern Market to home and I hesitate to take a walk on a nice evening (the
nicer the evening the more likely that bad actors are out there too).

-Yannis Labrou
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