New Haven Independent

Posted by: Edward_H | October 2, 2009 12:01 PM

Let's see if this murder warrants the non-stop coverage that Annie Le's murder got.

Posted by: Kells | October 2, 2009 1:27 PM

Edward_H:

You and I both know that sadly it won't.

Posted by: Edward_H | October 2, 2009 2:21 PM

Kells

You are right. I know. I would be interested in hearing how both the NHI and the NHPD decide on how much resources to put into a particular murder. Why does one murder get multiple stories per day and an army of law enforcement officers assigned to the case where other murders do not?

Posted by: GoodGrief | October 2, 2009 2:37 PM

Yeah, another drug dealer getting shot in New Haven is such an interesting story. It certainly deserves a place up there with a missing bride/workplace murder saga.

Posted by: anon | October 2, 2009 3:14 PM

I wish it would, but it seems that the victim was neither Yale, about to be married, middle class nor Asian - therefore our for-profit media won't turn any profit if they cover this.

Perhaps 1) our gov't can show they care by setting 100 agents on the case, to make sure there is a conviction, 2) our nonprofit news media can show that they care by covering it, and 3) we can show we care by asking for such things and putting our time into our communities instead of wasting our time listening to advertisements in the for-profit media.

We need to be the change we seek, Edward_H: not just comment on forums.

Posted by: Edward_H | October 2, 2009 4:48 PM

ANON

We need to be the change we seek, Edward_H: not just comment on forums.

I prefer to take the President's advice and just hope for change.

Posted by: kamb | October 3, 2009 12:51 AM

The shooting took place at 3:00am?!

Are you people serious that you think this story is as big as the Yale murder? Lets keep it real! Anyone loss of life is sad, but it is much more of a story and somber when it involves a regualr woman, yes a Yale student soon to be married, just going to work and suddenly becoming missing for days then found murdered by an insane co-worker.

99% of the murders in NH are drug dealer shooting drug dealer, or multiple-arrest record juvenile deliquents shooting each other, yes after hours when they should be sleeping bevause they have to wake up for work or school the next day . . . that was a 'shot' at humor. . . and a pun

good night and thanks for coming.

Posted by: Che | October 3, 2009 8:25 AM

To Edward_H,

It may or may not get the coverage, that is besides the point. With Annie Le's case you had people speaking up and helping the police with the case about anything they might have seen. These other shootings in this Town will not be as quickly to solve if the community continues to keep their mouth shut even if they have seen something go down. When police ask questions they always respond with I did not see or hear anything. So unless you get the community to stop acting like its none of their business with a "I am going to keep my mouth shut" attitude, not much will get solved. We need to stop putting the blame on others for things we are not owning up to ourselves. Speak up for things that are unfair and ruining our neighborhoods. Don't just sit there and watch injustice and tolorate it. The community needs to SPEAK UP. Don't worry what others are getting but make sure you are doing the right thing and are taking care of yourself.

Posted by: fingers | October 3, 2009 9:16 AM

WTNH sucks. I've been looking for updates and they have NOTHING. 30 words. Thanks for great coverage.

Posted by: IN THE TRENCHES | October 4, 2009 4:16 AM

@Goodgrief: Just because he once served time for selling drugs doesn't mean that he was during his death or that he deserved what happened to him. But thanks for your indifference anyway. @Kamb: Your insensitive and sick(biased) attempt at humor was not only unecessary, but counter-productive and irrelevant at best. Does someone have to be from the Yale community or white community to be thought normal? In your mind, I'm sure they do. To you and other posters like yourself, he may be just another waste of life from the streets of New Haven, but he was his mother's baby and you and your ilk should recognize that. Everyone has a past and it's those that judge with the most indifference that usually have the most skeletons in their closets. @Che: You're right, people should speak up more about crime in their neighborhoods. But when is someone going to address the justifiable distrust between many in the community and the police. This is what fuel the "code of silence" the most. When our police stop running rampant in our streets beating people and planting drugs at their leisure people would be more inclined to help out. And speaking of the police, they have a "stop snitiching" campaign of their own that's been in practice for decades. It's revered as the Blue Wall of Silence. This code has done much more damage than any code of the streets. When that is addressed, maybe we can talk about a code amongst so-called criminals

Posted by: Kells | October 5, 2009 12:00 PM

To all the posters who just say it's just another drug dealer killed who cares, I say a mother still has to mourn the loss of her child. This persons family is mourning. Any murder no matter who it is or what the circumstances is of importance. A life was lost! That's what matters. I haven't heard anything else about this. Lets see how quickly the NHPD find a suspect. Surely it'll probably be another cold case to add to the many that NHPD already has.

Posted by: Hood Rebel | October 5, 2009 7:26 PM

To CHE: obviously you are not aware of the several crimes which have be solved in the hood as a result of "the community" providing tips to and working with the police.

Must feel real good to you-- spewing your ignorant venom from your keyboard.