Thoughts and prayers out to Brian Robinson Jr. He was shot multiple times during an attempt robbery. Hope he has a speedy recovery!
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Last time a Washington player was shot during a robbery was Sean Taylor in Florida…and a soccer player in Barcelona was robbed at gunpoint yesterday. Crappy incidents in many places.
It does not appear that the person knew who the RB was or that he was targeted, just a random act of violence.
I’m glad it looks like he will make a full recovery.
Not sure what the consensus on Mike florio is around here but this is a new update:
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
Not sure what the consensus on Mike florio is around here but this is a new update:
Ron Rivera: Brian Robinson doing well, no timeline for return
Commanders head coach Ron Rivera tweeted that running back Brian Robinson was in good spirits after visiting the rookie in the hospital on Sunday and he offered another update on Robinson's condition Monday.
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
I’m glad it looks like he will make a full recovery.
Not sure what the consensus on Mike florio is around here but this is a new update:
Ron Rivera: Brian Robinson doing well, no timeline for return
Commanders head coach Ron Rivera tweeted that running back Brian Robinson was in good spirits after visiting the rookie in the hospital on Sunday and he offered another update on Robinson's condition Monday.
Living in/around DC I was curious to hear where this happened (H St NE); and it was only 5:30pm. More details at the link below - robbers were young kids (15-17) and Robinson was able to disarm one of them.
Commanders' Brian Robinson Struggled With 2 Teens Before DC Shooting
D.C. police are seeking two teen boys as young as 15 years old after an attempted robbery that left Washington Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson Jr. shot and wounded Sunday on H Street NE.
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Living in/around DC I was curious to hear where this happened (H St NE); and it was only 5:30pm. More details at the link below - robbers were young kids (15-17) and Robinson was able to disarm one of them.
Commanders' Brian Robinson Struggled With 2 Teens Before DC Shooting
D.C. police are seeking two teen boys as young as 15 years old after an attempted robbery that left Washington Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson Jr. shot and wounded Sunday on H Street NE.
There's so much to unpack in that article - 15 to 17 year olds, 2nd stolen vehicle, broad daylight, rising crime in a once safer area, etc., etc. I know I'm the ******* for pointing this out, but there's no football in there other than he was a football player. Sigh.
Maybe we can make this a football story and talk about how getting shot in the hip and knee will only curtail his livelihood as opposed to ending it.
Rising crime?
From the news account:
“Overall reports of violent crime in D.C. are up 3% so far this year compared to the same time last year, police data shows. Reports of assault with a dangerous weapon are down 11%. “
“This continues to be a nationwide epidemic, gun violence. I think we really got to start getting to the point where we talk about gun safety,” he said.Living in/around DC I was curious to hear where this happened (H St NE); and it was only 5:30pm. More details at the link below - robbers were young kids (15-17) and Robinson was able to disarm one of them.
Commanders' Brian Robinson Struggled With 2 Teens Before DC Shooting
D.C. police are seeking two teen boys as young as 15 years old after an attempted robbery that left Washington Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson Jr. shot and wounded Sunday on H Street NE.
I assume he was misquoted or his comments not fully relayed in this report. There is no way that anybody with one ounce of common sense thinks this incident has anything to do with "gun safety".
That section of town was so awful 30 years ago when I moved in a little less than a mile west (720 3rd, NE) of where it happened. In 20 years it became a destination. That’s positive, I suppose. When I lived there you didn’t walk the 6-7 houses north to H Street, only south.
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When they built Nats park for the nationals they tore down a bunch of section 8 housing and other similar apartments. Part of the deal was that they would take those apartments and houses and move them to other parts of the city as well as Montgomery county. My guess is that now instead of most of the crime being centrally located it’s dispersed from some of thisLiving in/around DC I was curious to hear where this happened (H St NE); and it was only 5:30pm. More details at the link below - robbers were young kids (15-17) and Robinson was able to disarm one of them.
Commanders' Brian Robinson Struggled With 2 Teens Before DC Shooting
D.C. police are seeking two teen boys as young as 15 years old after an attempted robbery that left Washington Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson Jr. shot and wounded Sunday on H Street NE.
Its not like the article says reports with deadly weapons are down. Of course violent crime is up.
Sigh ... Just another incident that illustrates the need for reasonable gun safety laws (i.e.,. gun control), and the will to enforce them.
