Nonviolent Shooting

Under the category of you just can't make this stuff up, we have the following.

Two Men Charged in Shooting Outside Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence

The father of a teenager murdered in a gang feud and a young man with ties to the gang are accused in Friday's double shooting outside the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence.

The shooting is part of an ongoing gang feud between the MOP (Members of Pine Street) and C-Block gangs. There are two noteworthy points regarding this incident.

The first, as previously mentioned, is that it took place in front of the headquarters for an organization dedicated to eradicating violence. The irony abounds, as do questions regarding the institute's effectiveness.

The two men charged in Friday's double shooting outside the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence have been involved in gunfire in South Providence before -- one as a victim and the other as a shooter, according to the police.

I wonder how much government funding the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence receives.

The second point is that one of the alleged (*snort*) shooters is an illegal alien.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed a detainer on Lopez, who illegally re-entered the United States from the Dominican Republic.

It bears repeating that opposition to illegal immigration is not the same as opposition to legal, productive immigrants - something that many liberals and alleged journalists/commentators seem to have a problem understanding...

(H/T to JammieWearingFool for the link.)