Ok, enough is enough.
This is about as evil as you can get and a horrible story to have to report.
According to police, 8 year old Secoriea Turner was riding in a car with her mom and an adult friend when car turned off the interstate near the Wendy’s in Atlanta where Rayshard Brooks was shot by the police. They were trying to enter a parking lot to turn around but were stopped by people who were illegally blocking the entrance.
Protesters had been illegally occupying the area since the killing of Brooks.
An armed group of black males surrounded the car. At some point in the interaction, someone in the group shot into the car, killing the little girl.
JUST IN: We just got these photos of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner, who was killed last night near the Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks died: https://t.co/U2niKwoxXF pic.twitter.com/GI9zpSlbLl
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) July 5, 2020
Police are now looking for two males: a man wearing all black and “dressed like a bounty hunter,” the other shooter was a man wearing a white T-shirt.
#BREAKING: $10,000 Reward offered for information on the shooting death of 8 year-old Secoriea Turner: https://t.co/oa8QNkSHOF pic.twitter.com/D4B6AjuGSm
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) July 5, 2020
Her parents spoke out.
Charmaine Turner, mother of 8-year-old shooting victim Secoriea Turner, pleads with the public for help to find the person responsible for killing her daughter last night on University Ave. and Pryor. A $10,000 reward is being offered to help solve the crime. @11AliveNews pic.twitter.com/tToUxavgAS
— Natisha Lance (@NatishaLance) July 5, 2020
“They say Black Lives Matter. You killed your own.” Secoriya Williamson, father of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner, addressed the public during a press conf. today after his daughter was shot and killed last night while riding in a car w/ her mother in Southeast Atlanta. @11AliveNews pic.twitter.com/odowRbSXsq
— Natisha Lance (@NatishaLance) July 5, 2020
From WSB:
“She was only 8 years old,” Charmaine Turner said. “She would have been on Tik Tok dancing on her phone, just got done eating. We understand the frustration of Rayshard Brooks. We didn’t have anything to do with that. We’re innocent. My baby didn’t mean no harm.”
Secoriya Williamson, Secoriea’s father, also spoke out.
“They say black lives matter,” Williamson said. “You killed your own this time. You killed a child. She didn’t do nothing to nobody.”
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms is now saying authorities will clear out the area protesters have been occupying.
Bottoms announced that after weeks of trying to negotiate protesters occupying the Wendy’s, the efforts are over and the area will be cleared.
“A the point that an 8-year-old baby is killed, the discussions have ended,” Bottoms said.
Atlanta Mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, says “Enough is enough… you shot and killed a baby.” during a press conference today addressing the shooting death of an 8-year-old girl last night in southeast Atlanta. @11AliveNews pic.twitter.com/IqlzWQlFfY
— Natisha Lance (@NatishaLance) July 5, 2020
And this wasn’t even the first shooting involving the area.
The 8-year-old girl was shot and killed Saturday near the Wendy’s where protestors and looters have been staged since the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks.
District 12 Councilwoman, Joyce Sheperd oversees the area and says its time for protesters to be removed @11AliveNews pic.twitter.com/rFSLkc3NQ7
— Maura Sirianni 11Alive (@MauraSirianni) July 5, 2020
Why were they allowed to have armed folks occupying the area at all? They’ve been there for weeks and the city was “negotiating” with them? Unbelievable abandonment of their responsibilities to protect the citizenry by Democratic authorities, yet again. Just like with the Seattle autonomous zone and the protesters continuously blocking the I-5 highway in Seattle, local officials didn’t put a stop to dangerous situation until after a tragedy. They gave all kinds of license to break the law because “protest.” None of the people should be dead if the local officials just did their job and enforced the law. You can protest without illegally taking over streets and parking lots, and without illegally blocking the highway.
But now, it’s contributed to the death of this little eight year old. How many black lives and other lives have been lost because of this now? Absolutely shameful.
HT: Twitchy
