Friday, March 29, AD 2024 1:46am

Her Black Life Didn’t Matter

 

They say Black Lives Matter.  You killed your own. You killed your own this time. Just because of a barrier. They killed my baby because she crossed a barrier and made a U-turn.

Secoriya Williamson, father of Secoriea Turner

 

 

May the soul of eight year old Secoriea Turner even now be enjoying the Beatific Vision:

 

An 8-year-old girl was shot and killed on the Fourth of July after at least two people in a crowd of armed people opened fire on a car she was riding in near a flash point of recent protests in Atlanta, authorities said Sunday.

Police identified the girl as Secoriea Turner, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called for justice during an emotional news conference Sunday with the girl’s grief-stricken mother.

The shooting happened near the Wendy’s restaurant where an African American man, Rayshard Brooks, was killed by an Atlanta police officer on June 12. The fast food outlet was later burned, and the area has since become a site for frequent demonstrations against police brutality.

Authorities said the mother had attempted to drive through illegally placed barricades in the area when the vehicle came under fire Saturday night.

“You shot and killed a baby,” the mayor said, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “And there wasn’t just one shooter, there were at least two shooters.”

In a statement Sunday, police said the girl was in a car with her mother and a friend of the mother when they got off Interstate-75/85 onto University Avenue and were trying to enter a parking lot nearby. They ran into a group of armed individuals who had blocked the entrance.

“At some point, someone in that group opened fire on the vehicle, striking it multiple times and striking the child who was inside,” the statement read. The driver drove the girl to Atlanta Medical Center but she did not survive.

Go here to read the rest.  The first function of government is to protect its citizens from domestic and foreign threats.  If it cannot or will not perform that function nothing else matters, certainly not the lives of the unprotected citizens.  My prayers for the little girl’s parents.  I know the pain and grief they are going through, and it is beyond all words.

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Michael Dowd
Michael Dowd
Monday, July 6, AD 2020 3:24am

Terror always ends this way. And the prime responsibility for this senseless killing lies with the do-nothing government who is more concerned about mask wearing than protection of its citizens.

T. Shaw
T. Shaw
Monday, July 6, AD 2020 6:19am

I’m sorry. Nothing says you care about racism like murdering an eight year-old African-American child.

People in Democrat cities don’t need China virus masks. They need flak jackets.

Sean
Sean
Monday, July 6, AD 2020 12:01pm

Rest In Peace, child. Rest In Peace.

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