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Police say they've nabbed baby daddy in Savin Hill stabbing
By adamg on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 5:17pm
Boston Police report arresting Daquan Sparks, 19, on charges he helped his girlfriend repeatedly stab his ex-girlfriend Monday afternoon on Bay Street. Sparks was picked up in Quincy, police say.
Police charge Sparks set up a meeting with his ex-girlfriend on the pretext of wanting to give her some shoes for their eight-month-old baby. Instead, police say, he held her down while Samia Jones, 17, with whom he also has a baby, stabbed her several times - in front of the baby, in a stroller. The victim made it to Savin Hill Avenue, where she collapsed, police say, adding she remains in stable condition at a local hospital.
Sparks is scheduled for arraignment in Dorchester District Court tomorrow on a charge of assault with intent to murder, police say.
Innocent, etc.
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Good job BPD!
Hope they made sure he didn't "bump" his head (too many times) on his way into the cruiser.
New Knife Control Laws?
Dequan? Samia? Two babies/baby mommas (that we know of) and an assault with intent to murder at 19? Celebrate Diversity! Now if we only had stricter knife control laws, none of this would have happened.
Oh I see
White people never get into this sort of shit ...
Oh, yeah.
Rich white people never attack their pregnant babymamas ... nope. MUST be some black man did it.
Yep. Someone like Charles Stuart would never involve a family member in the murder of a pregnant women. Nuh-uh.
They do sometimes, and
They do sometimes, and they're all over your TV for the next month or so. Yet this type of black on black violence happens on a daily basis and you don't hear a word about it most of the time, the only reason this is getting so much coverage is because it happened in a mostly middle class white neighborhood.
No, this doesn't happen on a daily basis in black neighborhoods
And it would have gotten this much attention if it had happened on Seaver Street or in Dudley Square (I point you to coverage of the guy who got shot to death right in the Dudley bus station).
This particular crime has gotten so much attention precisely because it is so unusual, for any part of Boston: We fortunately don't tend to have teenage guys holding down ex-girlfriends so current girlfriends can stab them.
I say this as somebody who writes about this stuff and who annoys his wife and daughter by constantly wearing ear buds connected to a handheld police scanner.
Yes, crime is an issue in poor neighborhoods in Boston (most of which happen to be populated by minorities - but let's not forget all the murders and break ins linked to heroin and Oxycontin in the non-yuppified parts of South Boston). This is sad and is a major issue for the vast majority of folks in those neighborhoods who have done nothing to deserve it. But it's hardly a new phenomenon - I suspect violent crime in the West End far exceeded that on Beacon Hill in the 1940s, People whose sole misfortune is to be poor don't deserve this kind of demonization.
Murders, maybe, but you don't
Murders, maybe, but you don't have news vans flooding the area every time there's a non-fatal shooting or stabbing.
True, but ...
That applies across the city, not just in black neighborhoods. Unless there are some amazing visuals of some sort. That always brings all the TV reporters out.
To be honest, I actually think local media are doing a better job now covering violence in Boston than a few years ago - when suburban English murderers were all the rage and things like Washington Street in Roslindale getting shut down at rush hour after two people get shot were ignored.
Adam, where are MOST, by far
Adam, where are MOST, by far most, murders and gun related violent crimes, committed in Boston? I'm not speaking about burglaries and larcenies committed by often druggies. I mean real, hardcore violent crime. How about other U.S. cities? Where in the U.S. are most, a grossly disproportionately number, of violent gun related crimes and murders, committed? Suburban towns? Rural areas? Our reputation for violent crime, murder rate, and gun related crime, in America, is related overwhelmingly to the extreme levels of this behavior in some urban neighborhoods. I know from studying police, FBI and DOJ statistics, hell even most big city media outlets publish homicide maps! I also know because I grew up in these types of neighborhoods.
The real genesis of this problem is BROKEN FAMILIES, unmarried single moms 'collecting', living and raising their kids in The System, and for many an endless cycle of dysfunctional lifestyle that revolves around hustling. Our 'war' on drugs also plays a huge part, as do other factors, but the #1 problem is broken families, usually single moms. I realize this is a very un-PC and un-progressive thing to say. AND NO, I AM NOT A 'NEOCON' or any other type of 'con', or even libertarian. It would be genuinely helpful if people who disagree with things another says would control the predictable 'progressive' or 'conservative' talking points diarrhea.
Yes, violent crime is more of an issue in poor neighborhoods
No question, but there's nothing new about that, either.
This is not a knock on you, but on other white people, of the sort who (mostly) frequent the Herald site, who either forget or don't care that the issue is really poverty, not melanin levels (hell, even Jews used to run drugs and murder people).
Adam, I don't read the Herald, or Globe for that matter
except for an occasional linked story. And how do you know I'm white? I didn't say I was white. My background could be quite mixed, and in fact it is, although yes, I am white. And I did grow up in inner city neighborhoods. No, my father and mom weren't college professors, investment bankers, etc., My father died when I was young.
Murders in American cities prior to the 1960s-70s were considerably less than they are post late 1960s. The antisocial behavior, rudeness, violence we see as the norm today, was far less prior to the mid to late 1960s onwards. And the fact a particular demographic that makes up roughly 5-6% of the U.S. population, black males, is responsible consistently for 50% or more of all murders in the entire country [FBI and DOJ] is obscene. Even worse, it's mostly young males, so they make up an even smaller percentage of the population. This is ridiculous, and everybody knows it.
No, I am not 'racist'. Please stop with that crap.
Actually, the murder rate used to be a lot higher
Compare the Prohibition-era murder rate with that of 2006 (more detailed charts).
As for blaming you, whoever you are, as a racist, you must've missed the part where I said I was referring to Herald commenters, not you.
if all you are looking at is race...
and you are discounting ALL THE OTHER FACTORS that could make these numbers happen... then i feel pretty comfortable saying that your particular opinions about race might veer a teensy weensy bit into the racist category.
So what you are saying is
So what you are saying is that it is because of women? You make no mention of mens responsibilities in thees broken families but you make sure to mention single women living off the system twice. Not all single mothers are collecting and raising their kids in the system. Do some take advantage? Yes, but a small portion.
Many of these single moms are out there trying to do better for their kids. They work, go to school, etc. They don't want to live in the system, even though as so many people spout today that the system seems like a real good place to live... But they are doing what has to get done to move on to a better place for them & their children.
Oh, and in Suburbia - let's talk about the drug use, domestic violence in your so called "solid families." All walks off life have issues. It comes down to economics and the poor being f_cked in so many ways with no where to turn.
Single mothers are an intergral part of our society who deserve our respect and help b/c they are out their doing it on their own.
Maybe re-read your post because I am not sure if you mean to come off as a misogynist but unfortunately you certainly sound like one.
The murder rates of suburbia
The murder rates of suburbia are FAR, FAR lower [many towns have no murders at all for years at a time] than inner city America.
There's a difference between the SLAUGHTER that goes on daily in inner city America [mostly urban youth killing other urban youth and innocent victims] than suburban drug addicts and domestic violence. OF COURSE violence and crime happens anywhere people live. No one argues that. The difference is the rate.
And Boston is lucky it's not like Baltimore, Philly, St. Louis, Chicago, Oakland, Atlanta, D.C., Detroit, etc., Or that we don't have anything on the scale that exist NYC boroughs like parts of the Bronx or Brooklyn.
Yeah that's the patriarchal
Yeah that's the patriarchal argument that's used to draw attention away from the systemic causes of violence and poverty. It's all those welfare queens and their banishment of the male figure from his god-given role as the head of the family. The re-establishment of the nuclear family does not all of a sudden fix joblessness and the proliferation of drugs.
Point is
it's FAR MORE COMMON the other way around. How much mileage can Charles Stuart get? Do you have the same outrage for the DAILY violence in certain Boston neighborhoods, and in other American urban areas? How many children [not just adults, but kids] have been killed in Chicago over the past 365 days? Was it guys like Charles Stuart who were responsible? No.
I shouldn't have to point this out
to an apparently grown person who can type in sentences, but your comment is just not in any way an acceptable thing to say.
This is a fantastic parody of
This is a fantastic parody of a Herald comment.
New Happy Meal control laws?
Honey Boo Boo? Uncle Poodle? One baby/One baby momma (that we know of) and an assault with intent to murder a Happy Meal at 7? Celebrate Diversity! Now if only we had stricter junk food laws,none of this would have happened.
Wait...
...Are you being ironic...or serious?
Broken communities
I wonder whether broken communities and neighborhoods - as well as broken families - are part of what contributes to violent crimes? I know that not all "broken families" are dysfunctional just as not all "intact" families are healthy. But if the larger community can fill in the gaps left by dysfunctional families of any composition is the likelihood of a child turning into a violent destructive adult diminished?
But there are also people who will live violent lives no matter what. I would not be surprised if Whitey Bulger is one of them; how else to explain the divergence between him and his brother? Although given the recent history of Massachusetts legislative heads perhaps that there is more nuance to that divergence than is realized?
From my experience no single factor, such as poverty, number of parents, family social health, even alcohol and drug abuse determine in what direction offspring will grow. Yet when these attributes are combined along with poor community resources, broken neighborhoods, and despair, they create a social cocktail that is dangerously potent.