cupofjoe1962

That Mattapan shooting was terrible....

Last night I was watching the news and people were talking about the mother
of the 2 year old. They were saying she was a great mother.

Maybe she was a good mother....
All I know is If the baby was in bed at 1am, he would still be alive.

I am a father of a 4 year old boy & a 3 year old girl.
They go to bed at 7pm.

I feel bad for that little boy....

IcyPatriot

Horrible story ... is that the neighborhood that has had many shootings?

to be honest I grew up in the projects ... looking from the outside in one would say the kid needs to be in bed and I'd have my doors locked. But you kind of get used to it in a weird way ... you don't always feel the danger that is apparent to everyone else. These people lived in a drug infested neighborhood ... sad to say but they probably felt safe.

Patsfanin Philly

Unfortunately it is not that uncommon. The link is to a brawl that broke out at a birthday party for a three year old at ONE IN THE MORNING!!!!!! What are they doing up then????

Kid's birthday party turns into brawl | cincinnati.com | Cincinnati.Com

Harry Boy

I'm glad somebody else posted this, if I did the holier than thou do-gooders on here would have been all over me with their slobbering racism bull*****.

Kids in Mattapan aren't safe outdoors in the afternoon, f-cking bastards.

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Boston Boxer

that's what happens in the hood...every day

cupofjoe1962

People get shot every day, but no too often is it a 2 year old who
get's shot outside at 1am.

The media would not dare address this issue.

The truth is...... If that little boy was in bed, he would be alive today.

Mrs.PatsFanInVa

The truth is - you don't KNOW what the truth is. Don't you ever get tired of passing all this sanctimonial judgemental bull***** every day of the week?

You don't know what happened. I don't know what happened. The police don't know what happened.

The truth is - babies get shot in their beds every day of the week, too.

The truth is this particular child was found cradled in his mother's arms - she died trying to protect him. Perhaps she ran OUT of a house and took her son with her rather than abandon him inside. Pehaps she showed poor judgement being in the wrong place at the wrong time and having her child with her. Perhaps she was forced to be somewhere she didn't want to be and rather than leave her child alone, gathered him and brought him with her. Perhaps she was forced to bring him with her. Perhaps she was just stupid. Perhaps a whole bunch of things.......but none of them are the truth because we don't know the truth.

The media does not dare to "address this issue," because the media is smart enough to remain non-judgemental and not start yacking and making things up.

There are lots of reasons that small children are out of their homes during the nighttime hours. My eldest boy sometimes came to work with me and slept in a crib in the manager's office when I was without a babysitter. We left work at 2AM every morning. Mothers sometimes do what mothers have to do to survive - and to insure their child's survival. It must be wonderful to be you and to never have had a situation where you sometimes had to make tough choices. Sometimes children get sick and need to be taken to the ER in the middle of the night. Sometimes you get a phone call which says a family member desperately needs your help - and you bundle up your sleeping child and take him with you because there's no one else to leave him with. Sometimes you go to visit friends at 6PM and you're having a good time, your kid falls asleep on the couch and you stay and watch a movie until midnight.

What a wonderful black and white world you must live in, Joe. Congratulations.

cupofjoe1962

Let's see.....

Where would the baby be safer.....

In the crib which I assume was inside the house surounded by 4 walls and
a door.

or

Or outside at 1am in a drug infested neighborhood where shootings are not out of the ordinary. I know the neighborhood quite well. I am sure I know
far more about that neighborhood and the drugs moved in that neighborhood
than you.

It is too bad that baby had to lose his life for his mothers poor judgement.

Harry Boy

The "Gang Bangers" own Mattapan, Cops keep their guns in their laps when they ride through there, the only time the streets are safe is on Xmas day and there is a Nor East Blizzard blowing through.

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IcyPatriot

there have been plenty of people shot while in their house by stray bullets.

Yes ... he should be in bed ... but these people live in a different environment.

Not saying that's acceptable ... perhaps his mother did not want him to be in the house alone either.