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Posted on 5 July 2022 by admin

Celebration to Panic: Mass Shootings Change How Some View Crowded Events

Some are thinking twice about attending large gatherings in the wake of the mass shootings at Fourth of July celebrations in Illinois and Philadelphia.

D.C.-area resident Juan Carlos Orejarena told News4 he tries to keep watch of his surroundings.

“Always, always in the back of your head. It’s a reality and we can’t ignore it,” Orejarena said.

He and his family opted to celebrate Independence Day at home. His son, Rodrigo, says he’s grown up in an era where gun violence is top of mind.

“It’s really saddening because I’ve been practicing shooting drills since I was in school, since I was a little kid. It’s something that makes me sad that I have to think about,” Rodrigo said.

Dr. GiShawn Mance-Early, an associate professor of Psychology at Howard University, says it’s OK to have doubts about attending crowded events.

“It is a sense of loss, that we’re all kind of having this collective trauma together. The loss of our ability to just kind of be,” Manc-Early said.

She said that while some might feel comfortable in crowded situations, it’s important to remember that others might not.

“I want to normalize the response of ‘Hey, I’m anxious. I don’t know if I want to be in this large setting,'” Manc-Early said.

A tourist from Europe who came to D.C. to see the Fourth of July fireworks told News4 he wasn’t scared and doesn’t want to live in fear.

“We all cope in different ways. For some, they need to have the sense of — ‘I need to have the sense of freedom. I need to feel like I can live,'” Manc-Early said.

FBI crime statistics show active shooter incidents have increased in recent years from 31 in 2017 to 61 in 2021.

But Mance-Early said it’s important to keep things in perspective.

“It feels as though it’s happening quite often. And the numbers are increasing,” she said. “However, in the grand scheme of natural disasters, different types of traumas that are happening, the numbers are smaller.”

Posted on 12 April 2022 by admin

Dallas Police hopes to crack down on private events

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia is urging city leaders to create a “promoters ordinance” similar to the one in San Jose, where Garcia previously worked.

Why it matters: An ordinance in Dallas would require promoters to get city approval before any event involving more than 100 people.

Driving the news: Garcia spoke Monday to the Public Safety Committee at City Hall, detailing “lessons learned” after two mass shootings at two different concerts in Dallas resulted in two deaths and 27 people injured in the last month.

As the law stands, event promoters and property owners likely won’t face criminal charges related to the violence.

Dallas city attorney Christopher J. Caso told the committee that his office has reached out to San Jose to discuss what has worked and what hasn’t with that city’s promoters ordinance.

Caso said the city will also meet with promoters to discuss best practices.

Flashback: Last week, Garcia said off-duty DPD officers shouldn’t have been allowed to work at the South Dallas concert and that officers will no longer be allowed to work at any events that don’t have proper city permits.

Zoom in: Several city leaders made reference to “out-of-town promoters” putting on events in Dallas, but Bossman Bubba, the promoter featured on flyers for the concert in South Dallas that led to 17 people injured, lists Dallas as his hometown on social media.

He didn’t reply to Axios’ requests for comment.

What they’re saying: “This is important,” Garcia told the committee. “Landowners simply cannot rent out their property and not be held responsible for what happens.”

The intrigue: Dallas Police received approximately 15 calls about the most recent event before the mass shooting, according to Garcia. Most were about road blocks and parking violations.

The bottom line: It’s not clear that a permit for either of these two events would have prevented the shootings.

Posted on 11 April 2022 by admin

Dallas leaders want tougher penalties for unpermitted events after recent mass shootings

The police chief told council members that the city needs an ordinance to crack down on promoters and property owners who hold large events, like the one on April 2, without getting permits. Right now, the fine is between $500 and $2,000. For many, it’s a small cost of doing business.

DALLAS – After two mass shootings at non-permitted events, the Dallas City Council wants to consider tougher penalties for landowners and promoters who don’t follow the rules.

There have still been no arrests in either mass shooting that left two people dead and dozens injured.

The Dallas Police Department received seven calls for service before the deadly mass shooting at an unpermitted concert in Southern Dallas.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said why the off-duty officers left the event without telling the supervisors about any issues brewing is still under investigation.

“The issue really comes from us not knowing there was an event on the day of the tragedy,” he said.

The police chief told council members that the city needs an ordinance to crack down on promoters and property owners who hold large events, like the one on April 2, without getting permits.

It was an outdoor concert that became a mass shooting, leaving 16 people injured and one man dead.

Right now, the fine is between $500 and $2,000. For many, it’s a small cost of doing business.

“If I’m getting paid thousands and all I have to do is pay a $2,000 fine, irresponsible landowners will take that bet every day,” Garcia said. “We need to come up with something that has teeth.”

Councilmembers agreed.

“You say teeth. I say fangs. I think it needs to hurt,” said Councilmember Gay Donnell Willis. “I would like to see us look at something stronger and more punitive on use that when it turns out to be an unauthorized concert with death. What about criminal?”

“It’s something we will look into,” said city attorney Chris Caso.

Councilman Tennel Atkins argued if DPD had more neighborhood police officers that they would hear about events like these in advance and put the city in a more proactive position.

“I think we have to build trust,” he said. “When we don’t have NPO officers, they don’t know what is going on. We are short NPO and patrol at South Central.”

South Dallas mass shooting victims were not the intended targets, police say

Police say the victims of a mass shooting at a weekend party in South Dallas were not the intended targets. Ten people were shot. The youngest victim was as young as 15 years old.

Chief Garcia said the city is short 17 neighborhood police officers right now.

“There is not a week that one of my three stars is not asking to fill a position. There is not a part of this police department that does not need more support,” he said. “We would love to do more. We would love to have more NPOs because they do a tremendous job. But we need more officers answering 911 calls. We need officers investigating crimes.”

But it can’t be ignored that even the city’s own off-duty police officers working the event left before the shooting without giving a heads-up to supervisors that trouble may have been brewing.

Dallas leaders working to stop illegal parties in wake of recent mass shootings

Monday, Chief Garcia said the issues surrounding that are still under investigation.

“We are looking at everything that happened that night. From criminal to administrative to see where we could have done better and where we failed,” he said.

Police said the motive in both recent mass shootings is still unknown. The youngest victim was 13 years old. One victim from the shooting last week is still in the hospital.