Comments on: DeOnte Rawlings in Mid-Morning Blog Post

By: mike

mike — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:09:10 +0000

yes iam black so dont take the YOU PEOPLE out of context

By: mike

mike — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:08:38 +0000

its so easy for you people to say ...ohhh how do you know what they do outside.. wake up we were all kids at one time. iam so sick of these excuses and it does start at home but what can you do when the chile runs the street and the parents are always somewhere partying? these action didnt just start

By: Answers, Mr. Mayor?

Answers, Mr. Mayor? — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:45:00 +0000

And on we go. Reporters ask questions, citizens debate the issues, and no answers come from city officials. The refusal of elected and/or appointed govt authorities to come clean on these matters is very disturbing.

By: roxie

roxie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:13:11 +0000

ceewop what evidence do you have that the boy terrorized the neighborhood. Are you outside with your kids while they are hanging with their friends. You don't know what he received at home. You speak about an indentation there was no bullet hole in the truck. There was no gun and no minibike. That officer took a kids llife for nothing. He should be jailed. He lost his life to some off-duty police officers, people who are suppose to protect people. This was not gang related so for you to say he lost his life to the streets is really ignorant.

By: ceewop

ceewop — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:26:38 +0000

While it should be of great concern whether or not the police are shooting us at will;just as important is where was this 14 year old parents? Yes we see them now that the boy is dead but where were they when he was absolutely terrorizing this neighborhood. I too am a reporter, my investigation shows both these officers to not have been on drugs or alcohol the night in question. They both have exemplanary records with 44 years on force total. I also saw the SUV and if the "indentation" had been 6 inches higher we would be speaking of officer Haskel in the past tense. The real tradegy is another young black life was lost to the streets because he didn't recieve what he should have at home.

By: Stating the Obvious

Stating the Obvious — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:25:57 +0000

Just FOIA the IAB records, numbnuts.

By: Key Piece

Key Piece — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:55:15 +0000

The majority of these questions concercing cover ups need to be forwarded to the proper source. The Washington Police Department is legally protected by Robert Aides and Assocaites. Those crooked bastards know the answers.

By: Answers, Mr. Mayor?

Answers, Mr. Mayor? — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:37:36 +0000

MPD officers fired 155 more rounds in '07 than they did in'06. In '06, they fired a total of about 60-70 rounds. This according to MPD's own reporting. How many so far in '08, Mr. Mayor? You promised us an open and transparent government, and I believed you. Why the wall of silence now?

By: al gonzales

al gonzales — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:24:39 +0000

Excellent article, thank you. The cases of DeOnte Rawlings & David Kerstetter show that the MPD can shoot & kill anyone at any time & then bury the evidence, cover up all inquiries with the "blue code of silence", & leave the citizens in the dark.
How does it end? Will Mary Cheh or one of the honest DC council members take any action? Do we need a federal investigation here?

By: Ernest

Ernest — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:24:38 +0000

Oh, absolutely. What's concealed must be pronto revealed. They are totally out of control, those fascists. At this rate the police will preetty soon be shooting anyone at sight and be quite able to get away with it. I'm really against it, you know.