Baltimore anti-gun violence activist Dante Barksdale fatally shot in head

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2021-01-24 20:43:31 UTC

Post by Leroy N. Soetoro
https://nypost.com/2021/01/18/baltimore-anti-violence-activist-dante-
barksdale-fatally-shot/
A prominent anti-gun violence activist in Baltimore was fatally shot at a
public housing project, police and city officials said.
Dante Barksdale, 46, who worked as an outreach coordinator for the city’s
Safe Streets campaign, was shot in the head early Sunday at the Douglass
Homes in southeastern Baltimore.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police
said.
“The investigation is ongoing and we have no further updates to provide at
this time,” a police spokeswoman told The Post in a statement early
Monday.
Homicide detectives are handling the investigation, police said.
Barksdale, also known as “Tater,” was the “heart and soul” of the city’s
anti-gun violence program, where he worked for nine years, Mayor Brandon
Scott said.
“His death is a major loss to Safe Streets, the communities they serve,
and the entire city of Baltimore,” Scott said in a statement, adding that
Barksdale’s impact left an indelible mark on the community. “Dante’s work
saved lives. This is a sobering reminder of how dangerous this frontline
work is.”
Barksdale had delivered winter coats just weeks earlier to residents at
the complex where he was fatally shot, one resident told the Baltimore
Sun. The circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately clear,
the newspaper reported.
Barksdale, who had served time in prison, was well known throughout the
community and had a personal connection to the struggle of ridding the
city’s streets of guns. He was the nephew of Nathan “Bodie” Barksdale, an
infamous Baltimore drug kingpin who served as inspiration for some of the
characters in HBO’s “The Wire,” including Avon Barksdale.
Barksdale’s slaying shocked many community leaders, including former Safe
Streets workers.
“His life was dedicated to preventing this type of stuff from happening,”
James Timpson, a former program leader who now runs another violence
prevention effort, told the Baltimore Sun. “Nobody can believe that this
happened.”
A description of a suspect or a possible motive was not available late
Sunday, a police spokeswoman told the newspaper.
The city’s police commissioner, meanwhile, lauded Barksdale for his crime-
fighting efforts in the streets he served while sending condolences to his
family.
“His work in outreach, mediating conflicts and reducing gun violence in
our city was invaluable and he embodied a message of redemption and peace
to the many young people of our city,” Commissioner Michael Harrison said.
Anyone with information about the shooting should call police at (410)
396-2100.

I guess he should have bought himself a gun....

It seems stupid to go into battle without any way to protect yourself.

If he thinks banning guns will cure that problem then why is FRANCE and
the UK and China NOT violence free?
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That's karma

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How can we TRUST THE GOVERNMENT certified VACCINE when we can't TRUST
THAT SAME GOVERNMENT'S certified ELECTIONS or justice system? The
Democrats and the BIG TECH CARTEL are against WE THE PEOPLE.

Use of the words PRIVILEGED and RACIST is prejudicial hate speach and it
promotes Marxist-DEMOCRATS *FRACTIONAL SLAVERY* .