Last week, a 19-year-old kid was shot and killed a few blocks from my house right by Louis Kahn Memorial Park on 11th and Pine Sts. The photo above is a makeshift memorial of candles, scrawlings and stuffed animals for the deceased Jamil Burton. He was run over by a Lincoln Continental owned by Barry Mason, 70, and shot five or six times; Burton was unarmed. Burton allegedly stole a necklace from Mason around 2.30a around the corner from the park. The Daily News has this story from over the weekend.
I'm not going to talk about whether or not Burton was innocent or not. I'm no sure we'll ever know. But what we can do is start talking about why guns are being pulled out so quickly these days. The neighborhood I live in is having a community meeting tonight at 7p in Louis Kahn Memorial Park to discuss what happened last week in our neighborhood and what continues to happen all over Philadelphia. If you live in the Washington West neighborhood, I urge you to come out tonight. If you don't live in the Washington West neighborhood and are curious as to what will be discussed, I urge you to come out tonight as well.
I don't have any earth-shattering answers, but maybe as we come out of our shells in our community, we can start to carve something out.
wow! Albert..that photo
Bravo , Albert. That picture indeed speaks a thousand words. If a photo could be eloquent, that would be it.
Rob someone and you should
Rob someone and you should die. Who the f did this kid think he was? Congrats poor old Barry, you are a hero.
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