Comments on: Supporters of Ali Ahmed Mohammed March, Rally at City Hall http://dcentric.wamu.org/2010/11/supporters-of-ali-ahmed-mohammed-march-rally-at-city-hall/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://dcentric.wamu.org/2010/11/supporters-of-ali-ahmed-mohammed-march-rally-at-city-hall/#comment-119 Anonymous Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:51:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=1919#comment-119 You are right; there were two window-related incidents that night. A 21-year old from New York broke a different window, earlier in the evening. I learned about that because TBD reported that the widely-distributed photograph of blood on the crosswalk was misleading, because the incident with Mohammed happened in a different spot-- so the blood isn't his, it's probably the New Yorker's (and I just updated DCentric with a blurb about this). I genuinely want to know what happened, too...which makes me feel terrible for the families of all involved, when I consider how they must feel. You are right; there were two window-related incidents that night. A 21-year old from New York broke a different window, earlier in the evening. I learned about that because TBD reported that the widely-distributed photograph of blood on the crosswalk was misleading, because the incident with Mohammed happened in a different spot– so the blood isn’t his, it’s probably the New Yorker’s (and I just updated DCentric with a blurb about this). I genuinely want to know what happened, too…which makes me feel terrible for the families of all involved, when I consider how they must feel.

]]> By: DCentric Fan http://dcentric.wamu.org/2010/11/supporters-of-ali-ahmed-mohammed-march-rally-at-city-hall/#comment-113 DCentric Fan Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:05:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=1919#comment-113 As a DCitizen, I must admit to having been caught in the initial emotional response to this. Out the blocks it seemed to be the beating of a young man, with witnesses. Then the witnesses both character and eye spoke up on DC9's behalf and I had to step back and reevaluate. One side of me, was going all Mel Gibson "Conspiracy Theory" and the other side was siding with the sensibility of folks with "something" to lose & of a recounted kind nature (according to patrons). At this point with an inconclusive cause of death, I genuinely want to know what happened. I will choose Vindication/Vilification later of the suspects, but I do feel this should have been handled more publicly and proactively. Another puzzler in this was, some media reports said there were two suspects (which could explain the differing stories). This could explain why some witnesses say a man was chased and beaten, and others say a man was chased and detained until the cops arrived. Seems like there is too much interest and too many accounts for the facts to be so unclear. As a DCitizen, I must admit to having been caught in the initial emotional response to this. Out the blocks it seemed to be the beating of a young man, with witnesses. Then the witnesses both character and eye spoke up on DC9′s behalf and I had to step back and reevaluate.

One side of me, was going all Mel Gibson “Conspiracy Theory” and the other side was siding with the sensibility of folks with “something” to lose & of a recounted kind nature (according to patrons). At this point with an inconclusive cause of death, I genuinely want to know what happened. I will choose Vindication/Vilification later of the suspects, but I do feel this should have been handled more publicly and proactively.

Another puzzler in this was, some media reports said there were two suspects (which could explain the differing stories). This could explain why some witnesses say a man was chased and beaten, and others say a man was chased and detained until the cops arrived. Seems like there is too much interest and too many accounts for the facts to be so unclear.

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