Life and Death on the MLK
What a wonderful legacy Martin Luther King Jr. left behind: the very worst parts of town with the absolute worst crimes being committed. Case in point- An hispanic lawn care person shot 4 times in the head in broad daylight by a black man on MLK Blvd. Why was the man murdered? He got grass on Lankward Harrington’s shoe.
From Fox here:
A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 61 years in prison for fatally shooting a landscaper over some grass clippings that landed on him as he was walking by.
Lankward Harrington was found guilty of second-degree murder after he took the stand and admitted shooting Jose Villatoro on Oct. 16, 2006.
The judge imposed a term far above voluntary sentencing guidelines because of the nature of the crime. The shooting occurred in broad daylight, and Harrington was arrested moments after the shooting, still carrying the gun.
Fox makes this case sound mild. Read the original report at the WashingtonPost here:
A landscaper who lived in Mount Pleasant was shot and killed yesterday morning as he mowed grass at an apartment complex in Southeast Washington.
Jose Villatoro, 35, was shot several times in the head and body about 11 a.m. in the 2600 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, in Anacostia’s Parkchester housing cooperative. He died at the scene.
A landscaper who works for Virginia-based GMI Professional Landscape Services sat on a truck yesterday afternoon with red, watery eyes and bloodstained gloves. He said he worked with Villatoro and was working near him when Villatoro was shot.
Parkchester resident Rhonda Pratt, who also lives a half-block from the killing, said she heard three shots about 11 a.m. as she was having breakfast. She said it is common to hear gunfire there, and she did not immediately look outside.
Firetrucks came by the scene several hours after the shooting and used hoses to wash away Villatoro’s blood.
Residents walking back to their apartments had to step over the large wet spot on the pavement where the blood had been. Several made faces and tiptoed over it, then headed home, not looking back.
Nice legacy Dr. King has left behind. And the other black residents in the neighborhood just don’t give a crap.
