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| Omaha Nebaska -- 40 people wounded in shootings since July 1 |
| 2007-08-11 |
| Uhhh -- isn't this mid-America? Not Iraq? Adding additional police to quell violence? I'm willing to bet a nickle (being the bettin' woman that I am) that there are more shooting deaths in this good ole USA daily than in Iraq. Tied to those illegals we hear about? I vote YES. Listening to San Antonio talk radio on my afternoon commute, police are now 24/7 in some areas... gang wars are happening.... Mayor Mike Fahey wants to add surveillance cameras in violent areas, boost the Police Department units that serve those neighborhoods and stiffen local gun laws in response to the spike in gun violence that has left nearly 40 people wounded in shootings since July 1. The mayor delivered his ideas today as the city marked a period of peace - 44 hours and counting without a shooting. A record that is now being kept throughout the USA. Sad. Not only do we get the daily report of the number of deaths in Iraq, that number is followed at the local levels, of how many days since we have had a shooting. Thirty-one people were hit by gunfire in July, including an 18-year-old killed outside a northwest Omaha apartment complex. Six more people have been wounded and one man was killed in shootings this month. The mayor's immediate plans to quell the violence include adding three officers to the gang unit - two permanently - and four officers to patrol the parts of Omaha that need it most until the violence calms. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #2 Skin color ? Gang affiliation ? Just the facts, please. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-08-11 14:10 |
| #1 I note the call for new gun laws and query whether new ones, unlike old ones, will be enforced. |
| Posted by: saywhat 2007-08-11 09:49 |