I don't oppose mothers or peace, but I do oppose agenda-pu$hing bulls*** coming from a war-promoting paper:
"Mother’s Day Walk carries message of peace; Thousands march in Dorchester" by Jeremy C. Fox | Globe Correspondent, May 12, 2013
Thousands of Bostonians called for peace early Sunday, following several recent shootings and stabbings and an unprecedented attack on the city last month.
Those killed in the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings were remembered alongside men, women, and children lost to street violence as marchers wearing purple — a color they said represents peace — advanced down Dorchester Avenue in the 17th annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace.
Among the marchers were Carlos Arredondo, the Costa Rican-born peace activist photographed aiding injured spectators in the aftermath of the Marathon bombings, and his wife, Mélida Arredondo....
“It’s my responsibility as a father to honor both my sons and all the sons of the other parents, [and] to find a way to stop the violence,” said Carlos Arredondo, 52, who lost his younger son, Brian, to suicide in 2011, after years of depression following his brother’s death....
He doesn't mean the rotten, lie-based wars.
Scarlett Lewis, who lost her 6-year-old son, Jesse, in the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., briefly addressed participants, saying, “Let’s all remember and spread the word that love is a choice, and that we make it every day, several times a day. We’re all choosing love today, and let’s keep doing it.”
I'm tired of having that hoax waved in my face, and the fact that the bloody shirt is screamed from there only reinforces my belief that the entire event was a hoax and never happened.
And seeing the word love in a war paper full of lies is a little much.
A drizzle fell as the walkers gathered just before 8 a.m. It turned into rain during the short speaking program but tapered away as the crowd prepared to march.
Standing in the rain is a message from above, doncha think?
Some sang hymns or folk songs such as “If I Had a Hammer.” Others chanted slogans including, “One, two, three, four, no more violence at my door.” Many carried signs or wore T-shirts with messages of peace and tributes to the dead.
Families gathered outside homes along Dorchester Avenue to cheer on the marchers.
“Thank you! Happy Mother’s Day,” a woman called from a second-floor porch.
“May you have a peaceful Mother’s Day,” a man in the march called back.
Organizer Tina Chéry said the walk was a celebration of the people of Dorchester, the entire city of Boston, and neighboring communities that came together to show their support....
Chéry organized the first Mother’s Day Walk after founding the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, a Dorchester-based nonprofit....
Related:
"nonprofits provide new ways for corporations and individuals to influence"
Now I understand why I see so many nonprofits in my newspaper.
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Meanwhile, down south it was anything but peaceful:
"Shooting at New Orleans parade leaves 19 wounded" Associated Press, May 13, 2013
NEW ORLEANS — Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a Mother’s Day second-line parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19 people, police said.
The FBI said that the shooting appeared to be ‘‘street violence’’ and wasn’t linked to terrorism. Police spokeswoman Remi Braden said many of the victims were grazed and most of the wounds weren’t life-threatening. No deaths were reported....
Officers were interspersed with the marchers, which is routine for such events....
Police saw three suspects running from the scene in the city’s Seventh Ward neighborhood. No arrests had been made.
Second-line parades are loose processions in which people dance down the street, often following behind a brass band. They can be impromptu or planned....
The neighborhood where the shooting happened was a mix of low-income and middle-class row houses, some boarded up. As of last year, the neighborhood’s population was about 60 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina level.
And here I was led to believe by my media that New Orleans was back to normal, what with the football team playing and all.
Police vowed to make swift arrests....
‘‘We’ll get them. We have good resources in this neighborhood,’’ said Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said.
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Time for me to start marching away from my Globe.
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"Police ID suspect in New Orleans mass shooting" by Chevel Johnson | Associated Press, May 14, 2013
NEW ORLEANS — Police identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of nearly 20 people during a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, saying several people had identified him as the gunman.
Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said they were looking for Akein Scott of New Orleans. He said it was too early to say whether he was the only shooter.
‘‘We would like to remind the community and Akein Scott that the time has come for him to turn himself in,’’ Serpas said at a news conference outside of police headquarters.
A photo of Scott hung from a podium in front of the police chief. ‘‘We know more about you than you think we know,’’ he said.
The mass shooting showed again how far the city has to go to shake a persistent culture of violence that belies its festive image. Earlier, police announced a $10,000 reward and released blurry surveillance camera images, which led to several tips from the community.
‘‘The people today chose to be on the side of the young innocent children who were shot and not on the side of a coward who shot into the crowd,’’ Serpas said.
The superintendent said SWAT members and US marshals served a searched warrant at one location looking for Scott and also visited two other blocks of interest.
Angry residents said gun violence — which has flared at two other city celebrations this year — goes hand in hand with the city’s other deeply rooted problems such as poverty and urban blight.
When does Saint's camp open?
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UPDATE: Suspect arrested in New Orleans parade shooting
2d suspect held in New Orleans parade shooting
