We posted yesterday on how newly minted celebrity #BlackLivesMatter protester DeRay Mckesson noticed that many of those protesting in McKinney, Texas over police use of force at a pool party were familiar faces:
I've seen so many people here in McKinney who I've seen march in Ferguson. And Baltimore. And Milwaukee. And DC.
— deray (@deray) June 9, 2015
We have just one question for DeRay and everyone else he recognizes in McKinney: Why’d you leave Baltimore?
The Baltimore Sun’s Justin George reports that four children were shot in Baltimore over the weekend, one fatally:
Body of female in a burning house on Sunday was a 16-year-old Baltimore high school student. http://t.co/IHV2VerAWE
— Justin George (@justingeorge) June 8, 2015
Baltimore City Public Schools said she was an 11th grade student. That's in addition to 3 youth shot this weekend. http://t.co/92LntmZ3BT
— Justin George (@justingeorge) June 8, 2015
Baltimore police say Arnesha Bowers, 16, was one of 4 child violence victims this weekend as violent surge continues http://t.co/IHV2VerAWE
— Justin George (@justingeorge) June 9, 2015
And from earlier this weekend:
Two boys, ages 8 and 10, were shot in East Baltimore overnight, police said. Via @seanjwelsh http://t.co/DayTJ8ClWi
— Justin George (@justingeorge) June 7, 2015
Three other children were victims of violence over the weekend.
An 8-year-old boy and a 10-year-old boy were in the the Darley Park neighborhood on Saturday night when they were hit in the back with bullets from at least one unknown shooter.
A 13-year-old boy walked into a Baltimore hospital on Sunday afternoon with a gunshot wound to his side. Police believe he was shot in the 200 block of Cherry Hill Road in southern Baltimore.
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In summary, a 16-year-old girl was killed and torched to hide evidence and three other children were shot, but the collective focus of the media is on how the police reacted to a pool party gone wrong in a Texas suburb. Are we the only ones who see a disconnect here?
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