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.45-Caliber Shells Fired - 61 Pleasant Street, Mt. Hope: Victim Had Drugs Up His Ass
* Dem ain't no pussy shells, dems some serires lead, dem 45's, Bro.-Ah kain't wate for some a dem shells to go thru some kids winnow and kil em in deys sleep. or betta yet kil one a dem white motherfuckers whos driving us drug dealers outta Mt. Hope.
Us African American drug dealers gotta right to wheel & deal in Mt. Hope (lik we done for the last 30 years) courtesy of Kevin Jackson and Mayor ciccline and in da tradition of Budi Cianci who knew how ta go along to git along, because we rappers, we got bling, we gangstas, we doun got ta work, wes entitled, wes da victims, we knows how to play da system. Yeah, we playahs! Wellfare, SSI disability, young girls in da projects wit our babies, wes playahs!
An aferall, we owns Mt. hope!
Yes, surprise, surprise the shooting last night on Pleasant was drug related.
What will it take for the police to go down there and find that gun and take it off the streets. I sure hope they do not violate anyone's
civil rights in doing so. Maybe they should wait until an innocent person is killed by a stray bullet.
From Pro Jo:
Shooting victim faces drug charge
01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, August 2, 2007
By Gregory Smith
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE — A man was shot in the Mount Hope neighborhood early yesterday morning, the police said. And then he wound up facing a criminal charge when an employee of Rhode Island Hospital reported that the man had concealed illegal drugs in a body cavity. Kevelin Davis, 29, of 19 Pleasant Court, was found shot five times, four times in the back and once in the right arm, and lying on the floor of an apartment at 61 Pleasant St. at 12:50 a.m., according to the police. It was the second shooting in 10 days at or in the vicinity of 61 Pleasant St.
He told officers that he had been on the front steps of 61 Pleasant, talking to the residents there, when he saw a gold-colored car occupied by two men wearing dark-colored hoodies pull up. He and the residents turned to go inside — it was not clear why — and then gunshots were fired from the car, according to Davis.
He was shot and the car drove away, down Pleasant to North Main Street, he told the police. Detectives found seven .45-caliber shell casings, meaning that at least seven shots were fired.
Davis was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital, where he was admitted in serious condition initially. As he was being helped, a hospital employee found a clear plastic bag concealed between his buttocks that, according to the police, contained at least six pieces of crack cocaine.
Davis immediately was put under police guard, and later in the morning he was hand-delivered a District Court summons charging him with possession of cocaine.
Sgt. Paul Brousseau, commander of the police prosecutions unit, said Davis normally would have been brought to court to answer a criminal complaint, but due to his physical condition, he was given the order to appear Aug. 22. Davis’ condition is not life-threatening, according to the police.
The previous shooting occurred July 22, when Justin T. Potter, 26, of 226 Juniper St., East Providence, was grazed in the head by a bullet.
A sport-utility vehicle in which Potter was the driver or a passenger crashed into a parked car outside 61 Pleasant and then, a couple of minutes later, into the side of an office building at 747 North Main St., according to the police.
The Potter shooting remains under investigation.
gsmith@projo.com
* This is a poor attempt to use what is characterized as Ebonics (an African American dialect) to dramatize the ignorance of the drug dealers and the people who support them in Mt. Hope. In no way do I wish to impinge the intelligence of any random African American by generalizing that that is the way they speak or think: I only refer to the peculiar breed of African American drug dealers who live and ply their evil trade in Mt. Hope, Providence, RI. Any perceived condemnation by association is unintended and is in the mind of the beholder.
Still, If this disclosure of my intent is not sufficient to any particular individual, I will be glad to debate the ins and outs of what I intended, on this website or in person, face to face, with anyone who so wishes.
Simply leave a comment with your contact info and we can engage from there.
John Twomey
Posted at August 2, 2007 01:04 AM
I hear fear...anger....stress....hate and desire. Desire to have order in the community...desire for the legal penalties to be enforced...Desire for "these people" lives to change...but I do not hear anything that involves positively impacting the society of the people you're speaking out against. Do you not see that something is missing that's key to living in this world? Do you not have the knowledge of these life skills yourself, thus you cannot foster a constructive network or platform to remedy the situation..therefore your only option is for the City to do it for you? I know there's more substance in the minds of the people within this blog. This blog is the first stepping stone...but it's not all...there more that can be done!
We all work...Blue collar and/or White collar. At our jobs we have to speak to people we don't really have 1. Much in common with, 2. A personal reason not to like them, and 3. An understanding of who they are. However, through emails, errors and meetings you get to form FACTUAL & PERSONAL based opinions and feelings toward that person. I challenge those that read this to engage those who live in and around Mt. Hope whom you don't know, in dialogue about school, community, sports, entertainment ...anything! We already see that the communication barrier internally in the community is one-sided and the same with the City Offices set up to protect our rights a residents.
Majority of what I've read on the site is GREAT material and some heartbreaking....heartbreaking that someone even took the time to process a ridiculous thought that frankly, is filled with racial hatred/tension. It's humoring to a (jack-ass) degree but in this day and age no matter how many (*) you use or how cautiously you preface things, racial divide and inequalities are more visible/prominent beyond any other issue in the USA. Face it. You live with it....you deal with it...you cannot fix it. You CAN grow to understand it! ...Understand points of view you just weren't faced with dealing with as a child/teen. Understand what makes someone think they own a side-walk or community. Understand what innocence has been lost in the kids of our community. With the opportunity you can then educate, relate and rebuild relationships.....and most importantly the Community.
Don't let fear feed your human tendency to stereo-type or place judgment....it only clutters the minds purpose in finding meaningful and peaceful solutions to the problems we face everyday as Citizens of the United States of America.
-A.Non
Posted by: A.Non at August 20, 2007 12:49 PM
I am so glad that you agree with me, anonymous: we agree that it was a poor attempt at Ebonics, and that that is enough said. I promise that I will do better next time -- I'm using my good musical ear to listen closely in order to get the dialect down better.
It must have taken a lot of courage for you to make a comment under the name "anonymous". I commend you for taking that step. There is much to comment on here, on this website, and since you have demonstrated the willingness to actually disagree with me, you have become my commenter of the week.
Let me explain. Many people who agree with me, who read this blog, do not even submit one comment, they are just passive readers. Many of them want change in Mt. Hope, but they are afraid of their own shadows, afraid to speak up.
So, anonymous, thank you for your comment. I hope you make many more comments, and I hope your future comments tackle much more substantive topics and go much more in depth than the comment you made about my poor attempt at Ebonics. I feel that you can do better.
I feel bad about that attempt to ridicule the drug dealers of Mt. Hope. I think I may have upset some delicate sensibilities.
Why is it that only you had the nerve to call me to task for what I wrote?
I say fear, and not yours, anonymous.
Posted by: John at August 13, 2007 12:39 AM
"This is a poor attempt..."
No debate necessary. That says it all.
Posted by: anonymous at August 9, 2007 07:09 AM