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Birmingham city dealing with gun violence and illegal car exhibition problems

Birmingham city dealing with gun violence and illegal car exhibition problems
TWO GO HAND IN HAND BECAUSE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE OUT HERE IN THE STREET DOING BURNOUTS WHICH LED TO A SHOOTING IN THIS PARKING LOT A 19 YEAR OLD MOTHER IS DEAD FOR OTHERS INJURED AND TONIGHT. THE CITY IS SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. JUST 30 MINUTES BEFORE A CAR EXHIBITION TURNED DEADLY THIS VIDEO SHOWS BIRMINGHAM POLICE PUSHING SEVERAL CARS OUT OF THE SECOND AVENUE NORTH PARKING LOT. IT’S VERY FRUSTRATING. WE OTHER OFFICERS ARE TRYING. BECAUSE WE SEE THEM THERE ON THE VIDEOS POLICE SAY A DRIVER DOING DONUTS HIT ANOTHER CAR WHICH LED TO A SHOOTOUT BETWEEN MULTIPLE PEOPLE 19 YEAR OLD. JAKIA WINSTON A BYSTANDER WAS SHOT AND KILLED FOUR OTHERS WERE HURT TOO TODAY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FRUSTRATED AT THIS ONGOING PROBLEM, AND I HEAR THOSE PEOPLE ROARING UP AND DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT THREE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING WHEN I’M STILL AWAKE. MAYOR RANDALL WOODFIN THE POLICE CHIEF AND JEFFERSON COUNTY’S PROSECUTOR ARE COMING TOGETHER TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THIS VERY DANGEROUS CRIME IF YOU PARTAKE ACTIVITY AND YOU ULTIMATELY HIT SOMEONE. WHO’S THE BYSTANDER? WHO’S JUST STANDING THERE? AND THEY DIE. THAT IS A MURDER CHARGE. IT IS CALLED RECKLESS MURDER. AND YOU CAN BE LOOKING AT A 20-YEAR SENTENCE RIGHT NOW PEOPLE CAUGHT WILL GET A TICKET FOR RECKLESS DRIVING POINTS ON THEIR LICENSE AND HAVE TO SEE A JUDGE CITY LEADERS SAY THAT’S NOT ENOUGH TO TEACH A LESSON THE CITY WILL PUT STRIPES OR PORTABLE SPEED BUMPS DOWN IN PROBLEMATIC AREAS. IT WILL BEGIN PUTTING THEM IN STRATEGIC AREAS THAT ARE KNOWN FOR THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR. WE HOPE TO DO THAT NEXT COMING NEXT FEW WEEKS LATER DOWN THE ROAD THE MAYOR AND OTHERS WILL BE IN MONTGOMERY LOBBYING LAWMAKERS ASKING FOR TOUGHER LAWS. I WE WILL BE ENCOURAGING CITIZENS IN BIRMINGHAM TO GO DOWN AND TESTIFY WHAT THEY’VE SEEN WHETHER IT’S THEIR WHETHER IT’S THEIR SMALL BUSINESS WHETHER IT’S THEIR CHURCH WHETHER YOU STAY IN A CERTAIN AREA AND YOU’RE SEEING THIS WHILE THERE’S ONE MAN FACING CHARGES IN WINSTON’S DEATH THE CHIEF DOESN’T BELIEVE THIS WILL BE A LESSON FOR OTHERS. IT’S GOING TO TAKE ALABAMA’S LAWMAKERS TO LISTEN AND TAKE ACTION UNTIL WE START TAKING PEOPLE’S CARS. AND MAKING THEM SEE A JUDGE BEFORE THEY CAN GET A MAC AND STIFFEN THE FINES AND A PENALTIES. I DON’T THINK THINGS WILL CHANGE UNFORTUNATELY. THEY BETWEEN MARCH LAST YEAR UP UNTIL YESTERDAY. THEY HAVE GIVEN OUT 2200 CITATIONS FOR RECKLESS DRIVING THIS INCLUDES EXHIBITION DRIVING GUY. MAGDALA WHY CAN’T OFFICERS JUST TAKE OUT THOSE PROBLEM LOCATIONS? WELL GUYS THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS IT’S HARD FOR OFFICERS TO STICK AROUND IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO COVER THEIR BEATS. AND OF COURSE ANSWER OTHER CALLS, SO THE MAYOR IS ASKING BUSINESSES AND OR CHURCHES TO SECURE THEIR PARKING LOTS IF THEY KNOW OF EXHIBITION DRIVING BEING A PROBLEM ON THEIR PROPER
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Birmingham city dealing with gun violence and illegal car exhibition problems
A 19-year-old woman died in a shooting when an exhibition event went wrong in Birmingham. City officials are working on getting lawmakers' attention to create tougher laws for exhibition driving.

A 19-year-old woman died in a shooting when an exhibition event went wrong in Birmingham. City officials are working on getting lawmakers' attention to create tougher laws for exhibition driving.

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