Nasty NasJan 10, 2023
Qasim Rashid, Esq.

A man shot & killed a 13-year-old Black child named Karon Blake in Washington, DC—claiming he thought Karon was breaking into a car.😳 Police confirm Karon was unarmed.

Police have not yet ID’d or charged the shooter. Karon is the 426th person killed by gun violence in 2023.😓

Jan 10, 2023 at 12:49amMastodon for iOS
Show threadCJ🌪️Jan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid how tf can you shoot somebody for breaking in a car? This is murder.
Show threadbirdpoofJan 10, 2023
@IllPayToDiffer @QasimRashid Yeah, was he afraid for his life? Jesus christ.
Show threadGrandpa DonJan 10, 2023
@birdpoof no, but he bagged the trophy he's wanted his whole life.
Show threadPaul van den BergenJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid putting aside the stupidity of gun ownership, why the actual fuck do people feel justified in shooting people... Something seriously wrong with your society when that's the acceptable norm...
Show threadAyaJan 10, 2023
@bulwynkl @QasimRashid well said
Show threadDrybirdJan 10, 2023
@bulwynkl @QasimRashid But i mean..keep in mind. Racism is the backbone of america. So it tracks. Illogical thinking leaks into everything.
Show threadForte Wily 🇨🇦 Jan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid Seems like an average day in america…. sigh
Show threadninavizzJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid Patrisse Cullors shared on Insta last week, that her cousin—a TEACHER and unarmed—had been shot and killed by LAPD. Something has got to change.
Show threadChrisJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid WTF!
Show threadRunemeisterin IncognitoJan 10, 2023

@QasimRashid

426?? We are only just starting the 2nd full week of January, FFS!

Show threadMichael EngelJan 10, 2023
@MizeDesigner Up to 466 now. Crazy and sad. https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/
Gun Violence Archive

Show threadcowvinJan 10, 2023

@QasimRashid Holy cow, 426 already by January 9th. That's insane.

Also how on earth is breaking into a car worth killing someone over?

Show threadWendy MsGator 🐊Jan 10, 2023

@cowvin @QasimRashid

426 in 9 days. Omg.

Show threadepiPelagic PuckJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid
Even if the kid was breaking into a car, you don't murder him. It's up to a judge/jury to determine guilt and punishment, not some murderer with a gun. JFC
Show threadkaffandoJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid in 2023??!!
Show threadRenée JoyJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid RIP sweet Boy 😓💔 so tired of the gun violence in this country. Enough is enough!!
Show threadSunnySideUpJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid When did the contents of a car become more valuable than a human life?
Show threadAyaJan 10, 2023
@sbaker9014 @QasimRashid when the life is of a black boy . It's gross and I do not know why the non white wotkf has not risen yet
Show threadSunnySideUpJan 10, 2023
@ayarocks @QasimRashid I don’t understand how the vast majority of people allow the nra and the gun lobby dictate gun laws and responsibilities in America. It’s virtually letting the fox be in charge of locking the chicken coop. The 2nd amendment isn’t sacred - it’s outdated and it needs a rewrite
Show threadAyaJan 10, 2023
@sbaker9014 @QasimRashid also, they read it wrong. Guns are for a specific purpose only ergo all deaths by guns cannot be in self defence from individuals - only the state
Show threadMike OBrienJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid sad
Show threadCall me GamoraJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid This beautiful young soul was someone's son, someone's friend, someone important.
Show threadBoomer Cat MomJan 10, 2023
@Exoticgamora @QasimRashid He had his whole life ahead of him! This is so devastating! My his family find peace!
Show threadMARGARET DJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid two days later, the perpetrator’s name has not been released. The media refers to him as a ‘homeowner’ as if that were somehow relevant. Goes out at 4 am and shoots a kid multiple times for allegedly breaking into a car. #vigilante
Show threadSocialistStanJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid I'll bet the guy was a pig, no other reason they wouldn't id him.
Show threadKat Earthren LiuJan 10, 2023
@SocialistStan @QasimRashid
There is another possible reason.
Show threadEl PresidenteJan 10, 2023

@QasimRashid he murdered a child.

I can replace cars, I can't replace kids.

Hang him, place his body on display.

Show threadEphraim Z. Hoogenblatter, Jr.Jan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid I simply cannot wrap my head around the idea that execution is the proper response to a *perceived* property crime.
Show threadKazinatorJan 10, 2023

@xwordy @QasimRashid

Wow, *a* car? It doesn't even begin to smell like self-defense if it's not *the* car; that one which you're occupying there with your gun.

Show threadNevermindJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid 💔💔💔
Show threadMadameFlutterbi 🦋Jan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid This makes me so mad, my heart breaks for his poor parents. My grandson is his age, and just the thought of him seeing gun violence never mind being shot makes me sick. So glad I do not live in the US. I used to want to visit, but no more. It is not a safe country.
Show threadKaidankaighoststoriesJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid How can they not have charged the shooter? I don't think DC has the stupid "self-defense/stand your ground" laws that let so many people get away with murder.
Show threadAngry Old ManJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid 426th person killed by gun violence this year ! You gotta be kidding.
Show threadUltra Verified 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Jan 10, 2023

@QasimRashid

Random people are permitted to act as vigilante executioners? Since when is breaking into a car punishable by death, anyway?

Show threadLillywhiteJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid 426…..are you serious! that is beyond terrible indeed
Show threadFrank VehafricJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid Why TF would you take a human life for breaking into a car? I can't imagine seeing a kid committing a petty crime and thinking "yeah, gonna have to kill him."
Show threadAyaJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid 426????
Show threadRMJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid modern day lynching
Show thread📎🖐️ Alan Taylor 🎬 📚Jan 10, 2023

@QasimRashid

Just kill them.

I recall all those extended chases after the suspects thru the 1970s STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO.

Show threadAlicePaulJan 10, 2023

@QasimRashid

Cripes. He was just a child.

Show threadSean_Of_The_IslandJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid who cares if he was, you can't kill people for stealing property
Show threadAlyce MillerJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid Guns, guns, guns. Vigilantism. I've been in some dicey situations but never would a gun have made anything better.
Show threadKevin Karhan Jan 10, 2023

@QasimRashid

Q: Does this number only account for people harming others or does it also includes suicides and deadly neglect during cleaning?

IMHO cops should be disarmed as they clearly act like a gang and reduce public safety.

Show threadChris MingusJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid It's been so long since Lincoln freed the slaves. How have we still not evolved beyond "black person scary"?
Show threadGESampsonJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid how does a man get away with shooting someone even if he did see him break into a car?
Show threadUnprecedented 2023Jan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid 😪
Show threadEungerJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid this doesn’t have to be. Our lawmakers have failed our communities by promoting pro-gun violence policies and laws. No one should get to be judge, jury, and executioner because they think they’ve witnessed a crime and our children shouldn’t be gunned down in the streets by their neighbors. #guns
Show threadNoctisEqui 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇪🇹🏳️‍🌈Jan 10, 2023

@QasimRashid

The US is NOT a developed world democracy; it is a devolving democracy with unacceptable levels of violence against its citizens.

Show threadaresJan 10, 2023

@QasimRashid

it's against the law to use deadly force against anyone who is not threatening deadly force themselves

will the killer go to prison for murder, or will the killer go free

Show threadJeanetteJan 10, 2023

@QasimRashid This is not a sane country.

It's dystopian.

Show threadChristopher NoyesJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid even if he was, that is not a just solution to the action. Taking a life to prevent a property crime is just plain wrong
Show threadAdrienne LaCavaJan 10, 2023
@QasimRashid So fkg tragic. 13!😩 Unthinkable, the agony and rage his family must feel. I’m sick of senseless deaths like this being normalized because of NRA power over our lawmakers. #FkGuns
Show threadBigRBJan 10, 2023

@QasimRashid @donmelton

At this point in time, you have to wonder which place is safer – the US or Ukraine? Especially for non-white people.

Show threadPirateRoJan 11, 2023
@QasimRashid looks like a good kid to me…