Shootings broke out across the country during the Juneteenth weekend celebrations, following President Joe Biden declaring it a national holiday.
Biden on Thursday signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which commemorates the freeing of Texas slaves on June 19, 1865. The president has not yet commented on the Juneteenth violence but said after he signed the bill that he “hope[s] this is the beginning of a change in the way we deal with one another.” The way people dealt with one another at the festivities, however, was with violence.
In Clover, South Carolina, three people were shot around 11:30 p.m. Saturday at a Juneteenth celebration, according to ABC News. One victim was a 17-year-old who was seriously injured and airlifted to a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. Authorities said several cars were also struck during the shooting. No arrests have been made, and the motive is under investigation.
During a Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California, at least one person was left dead and several others wounded, Fox News reported. Bullets struck six victims between the ages of 16 and 27, the Oakland Police said in a statement. The department also confirmed that a 22-year-old victim died at the hospital.
Police said two men, allegedly armed with guns, were arrested after running from the scene of the shooting. “Tonight, a joyous occasion at our Lake Merritt was marred by a senseless act of gun violence,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said in a statement.
In Aurora, Colorado, an all-night Juneteenth party at a strip mall came to an end at 4 a.m. Sunday when multiple gunmen unleashed up to 114 rounds, leaving one man dead and four other people wounded, according to police. Law enforcement said no arrests were made.
UPDATE: The gathering in the parking lot where the shooting broke out was related to a Juneteenth celebration at a unit in this strip mall. Suspect(s) are at-large. Anyone who witnessed this incident or has information is asked to contact @CrimeStoppersCO.
— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) June 20, 2021
An emergency responder was shot while working at a Juneteenth rally in Raleigh, North Carolina. The responder was answering a call for a child who was in need of medical assistance, according to local news station WRAL.
The first responder was walking back to the ambulance after helping the child when shots were fired. WRAL reported that the responder is in good condition and is expected to make a full recovery. The shooter and motives are unknown.
An officer was working at a Juneteenth parade traffic point in Flint, Michigan, when a car pulled up and open-fired, according to The Detroit News. The officer returned fire, striking the suspect, a 19-year-old female. The woman succumbed to her injuries while at the hospital, police said. The incident is under investigation.
via thefederalist
Love it.
Well drug dealer and other gangs members see their opportunities to kill some people! Juneteenth is a bad joke! But I guess Biden need to get his plan from the 70’s in action! When he was a real RACIST CONGRESS FROM DELAWARE!
Black people have already complained that Black History month is in February – the shortest month of the year. Now they enact a National Holiday on Saturday and Sunday. next year – off to a pretty rough start
Yeah Right, turn discrimination inside out. Now we are going to have reverse discrimination like Coca Cola hiring black lawyers based on a skin color and percentages. Changing the names of white people on schools, and name them after black people. The is how you do it. NOT..
Coca Cola trying to steal some moral high ground? For those of us old enough to remember – it was not too long ago when a black person had to drink RC Cola. They were not “allowed” to buy a Coca Cola. And before that Coke actually had cocaine in it. To make customers want – need – to buy more.
Mike, I am pretty old but I don’t remember that. Was that something that was happening in the South? Fill me in how that was done.
Here’s one old article. This article talks about Pepsi being available to black people but I have known old black people who told me the story years ago and they mentioned RC. Like you say it may have been different in the north.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/brief-history-racist-soft-drinks/318929/
Hey Mike, thanks for the comeback. I was not aware of the “Soft Drink Racial War”. You would of thought that those clowns would have wanted to sell as much soft drink as possible without discrimination. Guess I am not into racial and was more into making a living and raising a family to see what really went on with the soda people.
You would think the same about Hollywood. I thought they were in the business of putting asses in the seats. Why chase 1/2 of your audiences away? I grew up during desegration and was bussed to what used to have been an all black school in a black neighborhood in Miami. Yes it was very rough – but I still made a lot of friends. I have seen a lot of changes in race relations over the years they were probably at their best before Obama came along. He seemed and still seems intent in bringing back the race wars of the 50’s and 60’s. Ironically like Hitler who hated Jews yet had 1 parent who was a Jew – for whatever reason Obama hates whites. Even though he was raised by whites – went to college with whites and still hangs around with whites – very wealthy whites. Maybe like with Hitler it is all a part of a power grab? There are age similar comparisson photos of Obama(?) and a man named Muhammed Sabuh online check them out and let me know what you think. It has been reported that Stanley Ann Dunham had a brief affair with Sabuh.
https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=obama+and+muhammed+sabuh+photos&fr=yfp-t-s&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-HPVFwFcLCaw%2FVZ8jnc673OI%2FAAAAAAAAJg0%2FRo921x-lhug%2Fs1600%2FMuhammad%252BSubuh%25252C%252BPak%252BSubuh%252Band%252BObama%252BComparison.jpg#id=0&iurl=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-HPVFwFcLCaw%2FVZ8jnc673OI%2FAAAAAAAAJg0%2FRo921x-lhug%2Fs1600%2FMuhammad%252BSubuh%25252C%252BPak%252BSubuh%252Band%252BObama%252BComparison.jpg&action=close
he “hope[s] this is the beginning of a change in the way we deal with one another.” Well Slo Jo-save-a-hoe, it appears you are correct. Folks fight for a BIGGER SLICE of the Promised Pie can’t wait to riot, Kill, Mame and Murder.
All the black butt kissing is getting this country no where, no matter what you do it’s never enough, they’ll always be trouble like China said years ago.
This is just what we get when a senile old crook is president illegally running the Country!
This is one of the dumbest, most pointless things Biden has done. There is no reason for such a made up holiday! I will never acknowledge that it even exists until the day that I die. I would vote it down if given the option.
Yes, this federal holiday does seem like pandering. And ALL the politicians bought into it. Of course, federal holidays are all about politics to begin with. (Federal Holidays are when all federal institutions are supposed to close in rememberance of something momentous.) Still, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is not a federal holiday. Neither is 9/11. Why not? Why is Martin Luther King day a federal holiday? Same with Indiginous Peoples/Columbus Day? Why didn’t Abraham Lincoln get a national holiday to himself? If you want to celebrate ALL of the momentous occasions that have occurred in Amarican history by closure of federal institutions, I suspect we would have more closed days per year than open days! Realize that the incompetent woman who believes that she is actually the current Vice President of the United States doesn’t even understand that the federal holiday “Memorial Day” is more than just “another day off!” Without the warriors who sacrificed their lives to protect America there would not be a Memorial Day to begin with. So why do we need “Labor Day”? Why do we need “Juneteenth”? Wouldn’t it be more realistic to educate the nation’s people — especially the young ones — about the real history that these made-up holidays supposedly commemorate?
The way I see this holiday. Is Old Joe trying to fool black people! You see he is a RACIST! No doubts about it! Back in the 70’s ( when his brain was working) he was the biggest supporter of Byrd and the KKK. As was Hillary Clinton! His son Hunter has show today he never changed! But you as well as I know the MEDIA IS PROTECTING HIM! Another thing I believe he did this to set up a shooting date for gang members to kill each other!
Spreading Chitcago throughout the world.
It’s celebrates the end of black slavery but what about all the whites that were still being enslaved long after that.
Slavery was going on during Bible age! These black today are fool! They don’t seem to understand THERE IS NO SLAVE IN AMERICA! Just them living on a lie from some RICH POLITICAN WHO GETTING RICHER OFF THEM!
There’s slaves in America, that’s what human trafficking is, but most of them are white or another race other than black.
Do “approved” actions like this mean mean that those us us who celebrate “The 18th of April ’75” or July 4th can shoot “Red Coats” with impunity??? This only serves to inflame the divisions within our country (Oh, Gee, just what Socialists want)
And to think SLO MO JOE BIDEN just made this so-called “JUNETEENTH” a FEDERAL HOLIDAY…..perhaps he should rename it “SLAUGHTER DAY IN AMERICA”!
It what I call gangster shooting day!
The DS is doing this to get our guns ….smoke and mirrors
what can you expect from a culture that glorifies violence, gangs, drugs,rape,fatherless
homes–just imagine if Pearl Harbor was a holiday(and it should be) and all the veterans
went on shooting sprees etc—would never happen–patriots are peaceful—Juneteenth
is a disaster–stay tuned for next year or any weekend in Chicago!!
WHY do we keep catering to 13% of our population?
Is this how black people celebrate? By shooting each other?
Isn’t Juneteenth the day the Republicans freed all the Democrats slaves?