January 7, 2008
SFist Blotter
Even with all the nasty weather, this weekend proved to be yet another violent one in San Francisco. For sure. After five shootings took place within a 24-hour time period, two people lost their lives. Let's go to the rewind, folks:
- Yesterday, on Rosie Lee Lane in the Bayview district, Torrance Gray, 16, was found dead of multiple gunshots wounds. SFPD were responding to a call when they found him.
- A few hours earlier, at Jelly's Dance Cafe, another deadly shooting occurred. It appears that "victim was identified by the medical examiner as Clarence Corbin, 34, of Antioch. He was standing in a crowd outside the club when shots rang out ... [t]he victim, who was struck by multiple bullets, was transported to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 5 a.m."
- And then, a sundry of shootings were reported on Saturday in the 3300 block of Mission and 29th streets (2 a.m.); at Campton Place, about a block away from Union Square (1:10 a.m.); and at Webster and Fulton streets, near Alamo Square.
Ah, another weekend night in San Francisco. God help us.
[SF Crime, via the Gate and Bay City News]
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Rain or shine, folks seem pretty comfortable shooting others in the City these days .... and that whole $14 billion California state budget deficit won't help provide more money for the City ... and then there's the $4 billion or so for retiree healthcare that we've promised ... and then there's some charter amendment thing the Supervisors are going to vote on tomorrow to take away more money in the general fund that could have been used for police (assuming it goes tot he voters in November and voters actually pass the thing, setting aside $2.7 billion over the next 15 years).
yeah... I think we all need to consider staying at home after dark or figuring out how we're going to try to defend ourselves because I don't see more dollars available in the near future to make the City any safer. Let's hope the tourists don't catch on and stop coming to the City ...
why haven't they declared martial law in the bayview yet? treat it like the occupied territory. search every car going in and out of the area and anyone that looks like a thug.