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How can Justified
Truthiness justify his insinuation that these two sentences mean the same
thing?
"The roots of the problem are
not criminal, they're social."
v.
"The shooting wasn't
criminal."
Absolutely not the same thing.
Chaucer's Pardoner said, "Radix malorum est Cupiditas": The
desire for money is the root of all evil.
Justified Truthiness would call him a "pinko" for saying
that "Money is evil."
========Original Message========
Here's the quote of you in the Coaster:
"The roots of the problem are
not criminal, they're social," he said.
If you didn't say it, tell the
Coaster to retract it.
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com, Jim Keady
<james.keady@...> wrote:
>
> <<Nice try. I mocked
Keady, and plan to do so again, for saying
that the
> shooting wasn't
criminal>>
>
>
>
> Mr. DeSeno,
>
>
>
> Your above statement is a lie. I NEVER said that the
shooting was
not
> criminal. Provide clear evidence of me making this
statement
VERBATIM or
> retract your comment. You are twisting words
and insinuating
meaning in a
> libelous fashion.
>
>
>
> For the benefit of others on this list, I have included the
entire
article
> in question below. The comments that Mr. DeSeno is
referencing
are as
> follows.
>
> <<Earlier in the
week City Councilman James Keady said the
shootings are not
> just a
criminal problem but stem from social issues. (emphasis
mine) "The
>
roots of the problem are not criminal, they're social," he said.
One of
the
> underpinning issues is poverty as well as a sense of hopelessness
among
> young African-American men in the city.>>
>
> Mr. DeSeno, again, you are lying and I expect either proof to the
contrary
> or a retraction of your statement.
>
> Peace,
James W. Keady
>
>
>
> THE COASTER
>
>
The city of Asbury Park is reeling from several shootings in four
days,
one
> leaving a teenager on life support at press time.
>
>
>
> The shootings, two of which took place during the day, all
occurred within a
> two-block radius near the Asbury Park Middle
School and Bangs
Avenue
> Elementary School.
>
> In the
most recent shooting Tylek Pugh, 18, was shot in the head
at the
>
corner of Summerfield and Prospect Avenues at about 11 a.m.
Wednesday.
>
> Board of Education President Robert DiSanto said
all public
schools in the
> district would be closed today (Oct.
19).
>
> "We are very concerned about our students; that is our
primary
concern," he
> said. "We need to work closer with the police
and in that area. It
has
> happened too many times in that
area."
>
> Police Inspector Christopher Van Buren was at the scene
Wednesday
afternoon
> and said Pugh did not live in the neighborhood
where he was shot,
but was
> from the general area.
>
>
Van Buren said he knew Pugh, but did not know if he had prior
arrests.
>
> "I know who he is," said Van Buren.
>
> The inspector said he could not confirm that the shooting was gang
related,
> but said, "Our guys are looking into it now."
>
> The shooting occurred within one block of the Middle School on
Bangs Avenue.
> Several police cars and officers were in the area at
the time of
the
> school's dismissal, but Van Buren said students left
the school
without
> incident.
>
> "There were no
problems," he said.
>
> Two residents at the scene said they did
not "see anything" and a
man
> sitting on a porch outside the house on
Prospect Avenue where the
shooting
> took place, said he did not want
to comment as he strummed his
guitar with
> his dog nearby.
>
> Fire Official Garrett Giberson said the fire department responded
to a call
> at 11:20 a.m. from the county 911 and Asbury Park Police
Department that a
> man had been shot.
>
> They went to
Summerfield and Prospect Avenue and found the victim
laying on
> the
sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the head.
>
> They administered
CPR and transported the man to Jersey Shore
University
> Medical
Center, where the trauma team was awaiting his arrival.
>
>
Giberson said off-duty firemen were called into work to cover for
those
sent
> to the crime scene.
>
> Deputy Mayor Jim Bruno said he
did not know whether the shooting
was gang
> related.
>
>
"But gangs have their own justice system and they don't help the
authorities
> when there are shootings," he said. "The victims should
help the
police but
> they don't and that's a big problem. They get
mad and then they
get even.
> This is the time to act, not react.
Whatever the deputy chief
thinks he
> needs, the council will be there
to support him."
>
> Wednesday's shooting was at least the third
and possibly the
fourth since
> Sunday.
>
> Asbury Park
Police and the Monmouth County Prosecutors Office are
> investigating two
shootings which occurred in the city on Sunday,
as well as
> reports
of another shooting which took place Tuesday.
>
> The first of the
shootings occurred about 1 p.m. on Sunday on the
400 block
> of
Comstock Street. Jahmere Crooms, 18, was shot once in the
shoulder
and
> taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for non-life
threatening
> injuries. The victims last known address was in Asbury
Park.
>
> Crooms gave city police very few details at the time of
the
incident,
> Det./Lt. David Kelso said. As of Wednesday, no arrests
had been
made in the
> case but the police are following leads, he
said. The motive for
the
> shooting is unknown as of yet.
>
> The second incident took place Sunday evening, as shots were fired
from
> outside into the home at 612 Pine Street at 7:46 pm.
>
> One of the rounds hit the ceiling in the home and ricocheted into
the head
> of a 19-year-old- man who had been standing in the living
room,
Kelso said.
>
> The young man was treated on-site for
non-life threatening
injuries. No
> arrests have been made yet, nor
has a motive been determined.
>
> A report of shots being fired in
the 1300 block of Langford Avenue
at about
> 4 p.m. Tuesday is still
being confirmed by police, Kelso said.
>
> The Monmouth County
Prosecutor's Office is assisting the city's
police
> department on all
three investigations.
>
> Anyone with information on any of the
shootings should contact
Asbury Park
> Police Det. Brian Townsend or
the county prosecutor's office.
>
> Earlier in the week City
Councilman James Keady said the shootings
are not
> just a criminal
problem but stem from social issues.
>
> "The roots of the problem
are not criminal, they're social," he
said.
>
> One of the
underpinning issues is poverty as well as a sense of
hopelessness
>
among young African-American men in the city.
>
> "It's serious
stuff," Keady said. "As a community, we've really
got to begin
> to
address the roots of these issues."
>
> City Manager Terry Reidy
who was contacted earlier in the week
said Asbury
> Park must devote
more of its time, energy, and resources, to get
to the
> roots of the
problem.
>
> "You need to have [police] enforcement in the
community, but
enforcement
> only takes you half-way home," Reidy
said.
>
> Keady said the city needs more positive programming in
terms of
recreation
> and job creation for its youth and needs its
adults to commit to
the youth.
>
> He said residents on the
city's west side must "stand up" and be
more
> committed and
pro-active in reaching out to youth.
>
> The city councilman said
the city must work with local agencies to
> facilitate more programs for
young people, particularly those aged
16-25.
>
> He said the
city must make sure it is listening to its young
people, who
> have
been asking for activities to do.
>
> "Are we listening to the
young people of our city?"
>
> Reidy said that over the last year
the city has stepped up its
efforts to
> provide more recreation and
job training for young people, through
its
> recreation department,
the Police Athletic League, and the Boys
and Girls
> Club.
>
> This summer, the Asbury Works program provided 150 of the city's
youth with
> summer employment and internship opportunities, he
said.
>
> "If you don't provide that infrastructure than you're
going to
lose kids,"
> Reidy said.
>
> As far as law
enforcement is concerned, Keady said city police
need to be
> diligent
in their efforts to get guns off the streets.
>
> "Whatever we're
doing, we need to do it better," the city
councilman said.
>
>
Reidy expressed his support for the city's police department, as
he
said
> that violence is a problem that is not unique to Asbury
Park.
>
> "I believe that our police department is doing everything
it can
to stay on
> top of these issues," the city manager
said.
>
> Reidy commended the efforts of Deputy Police Chief Mark
Kinmon
since he was
> sworn in a year ago. He said Kinmon has helped
secure a stronger
presence by
> the state police in the city and has
facilitated greater
cooperation with
> the county prosecutor's
office.
>
> The city manager said the city has taken a regional
approach to
issues such
> as violence, as it has worked with other
communities and sought
outside
> resources.
>
>
>
> Councilman James W. Keady
>
> 1 Municipal Plaza
>
> Asbury Park, NJ 07712
>
> TEL: 732.502.5196
>
> EM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
www.cityofasburypark.com
>
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