With all due respect - my attention IS NOT to hijack the tragic and ignorant murder and injuries to this large set of Black people to make a political point. My ONLY AGENDA is to compel sensible Black people to REBUKE those who are the ones USING their knowledge about Black people and our sensitivities to the wicked legacy of lynching to place us into a defensive posture for their own political agenda.
As these same forces that operate clandestinely WITHIN our community in positions of power, wickedly seeking to redirect and distract our attention from the real LYNCHING that is taking place within our communities today - shamefully they escape damnation from the Black rank & file which is left vulnerable to these attacks as the political leadership uses the community grieve to lasso them into predictable actions within the 'American Political Domain'.
Just as I attempt to set up an OPPORTUNITY COST as it relates to the INVESTMENTS that our people are compelled to make over time - there is also a COST that is measurable as LYNCHING IMAGERY that is used for political opportunism is NEVER HEARD when it really counts.
It should also be known that these two Street Pirates actually killed more Black people than did the unexploded bomb during the Martin Luther King Jr Parade, who's news will likely receive far, far more attention. These Street Pirates in Florida were motivated by the same spirit of HATRED that the White racists in the Northwest were motivated by. The problem is that too many Black people are not yet prepared to see both of these hate-filled people who will to kill Black people as an EQUAL threat.
AK-47s Used To Shoot Up Club In Palmetto, Fla - Killing Two Blacks
(NewsCore) - Police said Sunday that they believe AK-47 assault rifles were used in a shooting at a Florida nightclub that killed a man and a woman and injured 22 others, the Bradenton Herald reported.
The suspects in the shooting were still at large Sunday.
The shooting occurred at around 12:30 am Saturday at Club Elite in Palmetto, Fla., about 23 miles south of St. Petersburg, when at least two people opened fire on the club.
Trayton Goff, 25, was found dead outside the club entrance and 38-year-old Gwenette Matthews was found dead inside.Police said 22 other people were injured in the attack and were taken to local hospitals for treatment."We're working on some leads, but I have no names to give you," Palmetto Police Chief Rick Wells said. "We don't have any confirmed suspects."Wells said police do not believe the shooting was gang-related.
"The information we have gathered up to this point does not include any documented gang members," he said.Approximately 70 to 80 rounds were fired in the shooting. Police investigating the incident recovered spent 7.62 x 39mm cartridge cases, leading police to believe at least one semi-automatic weapon like an AK-47 was used.
Six of the injured were taken to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., according to Tampa Bay Online. Another 16 victims were taken to Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Fla.Wells said Sunday morning that all of the wounded were expected to recover.It was not known if the gunmen were targeting a specific victim or just shooting into the crowd. "I have to reserve comment on that. We're still gathering intelligence on that part," Wells said.Police told Bay News 9 that investigators found a suspected bomb behind the club and detonated it.Wells said the Palmetto Police Department and the Manatee County Sheriff's Office are investigating the shooting."The county is working on any information that we develop going on outside the city," he said. "We're working together as we follow up leads."Read more: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpps/news/police%3A-ak-47s-used-in-fla.-nightclub-shooting-dpgonc-km-20110911_14970597#ixzz1XgxH60ra
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