A fine upstanding young man, a family man, gets shot multiple times and is found dead in a vacant lot in the south end. His family is shocked at the loss. He was a loving man with 2 kids and a 3rd on the way. So, his friends go and shoot off about 20 rounds in the Taft homes hitting two men. The police say it is retaliation for his death. That’s what the local paper is saying. Shoot and kill someone, then somebody does it back. Ahh Family. What ever happened to just sending a sympathy basket?
Now you may understand how tiring it gets to hear what a fine person the latest homicide victim was. Sure, to his family he was loved but to the public in general, it’s just another victim in the jungle that has become Peoria. Jungle? Well, when you take a person’s death and decide to go and fire 20 rounds of ammo in a public housing project where kids and old people also live, hitting two guys in the process, yes, a jungle. Does it suck that the public thinks so? Yes, but when you are told the sky is falling and it doesn't fall, you tend to not listen.
So we have another grieving family over a useless shooting. The fact that some people don’t give a rat’s ass about human life and will kill over 10 bucks or less. That crime seems to happen anywhere and is no longer limited to the south end or the east bluff but stretches out to even the Grand Prairie Mall. It hardens people. People, after awhile don’t trust anyone and become withdrawn. It changes the whole complexion of the city.
People tend to avoid certain areas and when out, you always have to watch your back. You never know when a senseless shoot out will happen and what innocent person may be hit simply because they were in the area. The animals have indeed taken over the city and turned us into a jungle along with jungle laws. No? That isn’t true? There are plenty of safe places to go to in Peoria. That’s what our elected leaders would say. That Peoria isn’t a jungle ruled by the laws of tit for tat. You shoot my relative, I’ll shoot yours.
Whatever, the simple fact is, shooting of young men, and young black men at that, is getting old. We have one more month to go before the year ends and how many homicides has Peoria had? Does it make a difference? A city our size, which seems to shrink every year, shouldn’t even have one homicide. Now we have to sit back and wait to see what the retaliation is going to be for this shooting in the Taft Homes.
It is the start of the holiday season and if you are careful, you might try and venture downtown to see the holiday lights. Ah hell, who am I fooling. What holiday lights. Nobody goes downtown after dark. Maybe after the new hotel gets built and the museum opens, we will have thousands and thousands milling downtown. Yep. When bats fly from my ass.
7 comments:
This is indeed correct is every aspect and as always, written so very perfectly! Downtown has become a zoo as well as East Bluff, North Valley and Bradley area - day or night is no longer safe. I am amazed at these teens/young people who have guns! Where are the parents? Even in your house they break in and brutalize! Build the hotels and museum - they will be empty as crime escalates, but we will be paying these things regardless. Good thinking on this narrative, PAP!
21 years old and 3 children. These kids sure had a future!
Another thought regarding safety in Peoria: the two people robbed at the Pere was in the daytime as well as other businesses robbed during daylight hours. Since Illinois is the only State without Concealed Carry, anywhere in Peoria is like the O.K. Corral except WE are not armed, but the thugs carry heat, day and night. "Buyer Beware" indeed!
These stories always put a smile on my face. That's one more piece of shit now off the street. Bring on the families airbrushed RIP t-shirts paid for the link card's cash assistance -- funded by paycheck. Have you ever noticed while driving around Peoria and you see Cornelius or Demetrius or Tai-Shawwn or Little Ray-Ray walking down the road and he's turning his head with his eyes glued on you as you approach and drive past him? These ghetto turds are so paranoid that they give "watch your back" it's literal meaning.
It is always funny that these "He was such a good kid" stories are accompanied by a mugshot from their latest arrest. Good times.
'Bring on the families airbrushed RIP t-shirts'
That is the funniest thing I have read in a LONG time...
Certainly agree with the Anonymous post above RE "such a good kid" stories, accompanied by the most recent mug shot! Yes, indeed!
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