Posted on 11/25/2015 10:34:22 AM PST by absentee
This is news from Louisiana on Sunday. Seventeen people were shot but survived when gunfire erupted on on a playground where a block party was going in New Orleans. If you did not hear about it, do not be surprised. It was barely news. It is amazing to think that there was not a huge media blitz, that there were not the standard outrageous, grandstanding tweets, or the ridiculous parade of pseudo-experts on CNN and MSNBC to spend hours talking about gun control. The endless blog posts, the overwrought editorials. None of those. And why is that?
Here is a description of the incident from the Chicago Tribune:
The Sunday night shootout happened as hundreds of people — possibly as many as 500 — gathered at the Bunny Friend Playground in what police described as a block party. A music video was also being filmed there. Police said neither event had a permit.Officers were nearby overseeing a neighborhood parade when they received reports of a large crowd at the park. The shooting happened while they were on their way over to disperse the gathering. Two groups pulled out weapons and started firing, police said.
Local media reported a mad scramble as terrified people ran from the playground, leaving behind cellphones and IDs. The gunmen escaped.
Seventeen people were wounded, including 11 who were under the age of 21, authorities said Monday.
Well it certainly sounds like news. So let's check in our usual gun violence outragers.
Sally Kohn is usually first up with some terrible Tweet about gun control after a tragedy. But for the New Orleans mass shooting, this was her only tweet:
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
Mainly because there weren’t any white people around to blame?................
Because it’s Bush’s Fault that you’re a racist, that’s why!! ( /s)
Because the shooters’ lives matter especially.
If the shooter was black, then there’s your answer.
This one’s the guns fault.
Show this to every dullard who thinks that there is no Leftist bias in the media!
Nothing there. The shooters and the shootees were all black. Noticing it would be offensive to a Protected Culture.
Off topic, but- Pay the King for freedom of assembly?
(Relatively) common occurrence here in Philly. You hear these things in the nightly news from time to time, then nothing coming out of it. News media are the curiously noncurious about following up any story.
All the “reports” I read just after this happened... were saying the perps were white skinheads. I guess that wasn’t the case because the attack is now being swept under the proverbial rug.
You can only refer to this "culture" as a culture if it's in a petri dish. The mainstream Black "Culture" is a plague, a threat to all humans, black and white, as much as is the most virulent bacteria or virus.
Black people. Black Party. Chocolate City. Blacks killing blacks.
Leftists, in their bigotry of low expectations, expect these things to happen. So, it’s not a big deal to them when it does happen. Leftists are the worste racists on the planet.
Bunch of typical N.O. black thugs gathered illegally in the lovely Lower 9 to be in a thug rap video. Target of opportunity for other gang thugs to wipe out some rivals
Black lives dont matter in the hood. No one is turning anyone in, which means a retaliatory shooting is being planned. Of course NOPD, filled with cops who come from rhe streets, cant stop anything. Best of all is all the yuppie types who think its great to buy dumps in the hood can enjoy ALL that diversity and funky ambiance. Its just Naturally Nawlins!!
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