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Shootings
Is this gang warfare...? would be nice to have a comment from BPD on WTF is going on. Amount of guns on the street is crazy. Even though BPD pulls several guns a week, just can't keep up.
Some of it seems to be
The officers at our neighborhood meeting in Dorchester last week said a) crime in Dorchester is down relative to crime in Boston year over year but b) there is a turf war among Dominican gangs that is behind several violent incidents around Grove Hal.
Admittedly, I have a habit of
Admittedly, I have a habit of looking at the street views of these shooting addresses, and this looks a lot better than say, those godforsaken row houses in Baltimore.
https://dakiniland.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/abandoned-row-houses-balt...
Neglected properties
We have friends who have owned their homes for generations there. Walk there all the time. I can't speak to the specifics of this death. But I'll say this. In Boston, it doesn't take neighbors neglecting their neighborhood to draw gangs, drugs, and violence, and even a home filled with love, trust, and hope can find a body on its walk. So undeserved and sad.