TWENTY people including a number of children are shot and one person is killed at Arkansas car show raising money for non-profit youth organization: Cops say person of interest is in custody but there may have been multiple shooters

Daily Mail UK ^ | 19 Mar 2022 | y STEPHEN M. LEPORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Actually NW Arkan-saw is NOW not too bad as it was sixty five years ago. Real Hillbilly back then.
But then, I am only talking about Benton and Washington counties. (NW Ark) The rest of the state fades into a fog.

I was dragged here kicking and screaming at the age of 9 from from my home in New Mexico.

[know.your.why]

The only white person I’ve seen in this story is the news reporter. Hmmm...

[know.your.why]

Dumas Demographics
According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Dumas was:

Black or African American: 56.48%
White: 39.35%


Just sayin.

[newfreep]

If it has poets, it's gotta be an intellectual happening....

Note the line "If your interested" - yo, that be ebonics grammar...

[VTenigma]

In Massachusetts it’s pronounced Wustah!

[Flick Lives]

I remember an extended consulting gig in Boston, where one of my colleagues said “You know you’ve had a good time in Boston when you wake up naked on a pool table in Peabuddy”. I had to look up that spelling.

—

...or the town of Medford, which ends up pronounced “meh-fuh”.

A funny YouTube video on how to pronounce key city names in Massachusetts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ZvGwD6_qg

[euram]

Dumass blacks at it again.

[Labyrinthos]

Here’s more from the weekend’s “festivities”:

https://nypost.com/2022/03/20/virginia-pilot-reporter-sierra-jenkins-dead-after-shooting-outside-norfolk-bar/ (Looks like Granby Street hasn’t changed much in the 45 years since I lived in Norfolk.)

https://nypost.com/2022/03/20/miami-beach-spring-breakers-stampede-after-shooting-injures-two/

https://nypost.com/2022/03/19/texas-padre-island-shooting-injures-three-after-fight-breaks-out/

https://nypost.com/2022/03/20/south-by-southwest-festival-shooting-leaves-4-injured/

[broken_clock]

Wow! Prayers for the victims.

We just landed in Fayetteville yesterday. I guess this kind of thing can happen anywhere, just surprised to see it here.

[moovova]

It’s pretty sad when a car show can’t be a safe haven for legitimate fun. This was just wrong. Prayers for the injured children.

[Mr.Unique]

The Gun Violence Archive keeps a running list of mass shootings to be used in political efforts against law-abiding, 2nd amendment supporters.

When you look at the list of mass shootings, you quickly see exactly where these shootings are happening.

[Mr. K]

I can tell a Stephenn King novel just by character names.

[CodeToad]

“You’ve hit rock bottom when you live in a town called Dumas, Arkansas.”

There is also a Dumas, Tx.

[shotgun]

There was a Superbowl commercial a few years ago where a guy was being being interviewedfoe a job.

The interviewer was at his desk and his name plate read Mr. Dumas.

The dumb guy interviewing kept calling Mr. Dumbass.

It was pretty funny

[Labyrinthos]

Here’s more: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/13-shot-4-dead-across-hampton-roads-in-past-24-hours/.

[Keyhopper]

Shooting gallery set to music

[Beagle8U]

There used to be a sayin’...”Standing around with his thumb in his @$$ and his mind in Arkansas.”

I think it got started in Dumas.

[catnipman]

looking at the video, it’s safe to say that both victims & perms are almost guaranteed to be the usual suspects ...

[StAnDeliver]

"Delta N.E.Y.O. Hood-nic Foundation car show"

QED car show.

[catnipman]

“some of the satire only made sense in French and in a French context.”

must be why the French think Jerry Lewis is a comic genius ...