WAFF is reporting a fatal shooting on Gate 6 Road in Colbert County where foul play is suspected. Does anyone know any of the details?
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quote:While I understand this is an area with a bad rep that is no reason to belittle someone being shot and/or killed...regardless of the time of year
quote:Originally posted by SaltyDog:
No, unc, not happy, but I'd feel safer anyway. If the people who are doing this either won't or can't find reputable ways to make a living, how are things going to go anywhere but downhill in the Shoals? The whole country is in a recession. So many people here are barely hanging on now. The area has an awful lot of unemployed people or people who aren't making ends meet as it is. Then when you add in all the drug users who will soon have no way to buy their drugs, it's scary. I don't want to leave, I had hoped to stay here forever. Let's DO something. One thing that would make a difference is Neighborhood Watch or an auxilliary police force. It's got to be more than a few people, however. It takes a village to protect a village. I'll be the first volunteer.
quote:Originally posted by SaltyDog:
No, unc, not happy, but I'd feel safer anyway. If the people who are doing this either won't or can't find reputable ways to make a living, how are things going to go anywhere but downhill in the Shoals? The whole country is in a recession. So many people here are barely hanging on now. The area has an awful lot of unemployed people or people who aren't making ends meet as it is. Then when you add in all the drug users who will soon have no way to buy their drugs, it's scary. I don't want to leave, I had hoped to stay here forever. Let's DO something. One thing that would make a difference is Neighborhood Watch or an auxilliary police force. It's got to be more than a few people, however. It takes a village to protect a village. I'll be the first volunteer.
quote:Originally posted by SaltyDog:
If it's all that bad out there, why would anyone think a resident there would have any money on hand? Anyway, I don't care where or what kind of neighborhood people live in. They all deserve to be safe. Otherwise, why don't we just send all the poor people to Alcatraz and let them kill each other? Good grief. And if the local police have asked fast food places not to deliver out there, then the police are not doing a very good job of policing and protecting that area, are they?
quote:Originally posted by Phoenix Rising:
In the same vein a shooting on gate six road (imagine that) and black folks killing each other (imagine that).
quote:Originally posted by Eye-gor:
I agree boomer. I imagine WAFF didn't have any other news to report. There's a fatal shooting on Gate Six at least twice a day.
quote:Phoenix, this is 2008 GET OVER YOURSELF AND THOSE RACIST VIEWS. No one deserves to be murdered reguardless of social status, color, religion, etc. I am so tired of getting on TD to hear you and others try to belittle certain races because of your own insecurities...DERN GET A LIFE!!!
quote:Originally posted by Phoenix Rising:
Is it racists to say white people tend to kill their spruces whereas blacks don't?
quote:Originally posted by DixieChik:
Tony Logan already warned the drug dealers on Jarmin Lane they weren't welcome in Tuscumbia...maybe he needs to work with the Sheriff to clean up around Gate 6...yes it's out of his jurisdiction, but if it helps save lives I'm all for it.
quote:Originally posted by DixieChik:
Tony Logan already warned the drug dealers on Jarmin Lane they weren't welcome in Tuscumbia...maybe he needs to work with the Sheriff to clean up around Gate 6...yes it's out of his jurisdiction, but if it helps save lives I'm all for it.
quote:Originally posted by Knucklehead17:
Yeah that really worked. Most of the drug dealers live in tuscumbia, sheffield, etc... and transport to gate 6 and jarmon lane. The Sheriff's Department is undermaned to handle jarmon and gate 6. It is true that the rest of the county actually suffers due to this. Gate 6 is actually Muscle Shoals PD jurisdiction, but the county has to handle the residential calls in that area. Its a shame because some very good people do live in these very bad locations.
quote:Originally posted by Phoenix Rising:quote:Phoenix, this is 2008 GET OVER YOURSELF AND THOSE RACIST VIEWS. No one deserves to be murdered reguardless of social status, color, religion, etc. I am so tired of getting on TD to hear you and others try to belittle certain races because of your own insecurities...DERN GET A LIFE!!!
That makes absolutely no sense. At what point did I say anyone deserved to die do to social status or race? Is it racists to say white people tend to kill their spruces whereas blacks don't? Not everything that is racial is racists.
quote:Originally posted by DixieChik:
Tony Logan already warned the drug dealers on Jarmin Lane they weren't welcome in Tuscumbia...maybe he needs to work with the Sheriff to clean up around Gate 6...yes it's out of his jurisdiction, but if it helps save lives I'm all for it.