This story is Chester PA's but could be that of any American city where random violence and a no-snitch culture leave families grieving and murderers walking our streets.
Getting away with murder in Chester
Six years ago, [Tisheta] Green was walking with the boy [Terrance] and his father [Thomas] into their Chester home at around 3 a.m. when shots rang out.
Cradled against his father's chest, Terrance was almost inside when the gunfire began - but it followed him in.
Police believe the shots were meant for the boy's father, Thomas Webster. But they say he refused to cooperate. And they found no other witnesses or evidence. So the case remains unsolved - for more than 2,200 days.
"It's torture. It feels like [police] have given up," said Green, a nursing student. "Are they just going to let us kill each other?"
“They say all the time it’s not as easy as it seems and we have to have people who are willing to testify,” said Green, who is no longer with the boyfriend [Thomas]. “But I don't know … I really believe that [the police] could have tried harder.”
Ah ... the police could have tried harder! The fuckin' father didn't care enough to cooperate with the investigation but the police could have tried harder! Does the sense of victimization never end? Does a sense of reality or responsibility never enter the equation?
I grieve for little Terrance whose father just didn't give a damn.
Getting away with murder in Chester
Six years ago, [Tisheta] Green was walking with the boy [Terrance] and his father [Thomas] into their Chester home at around 3 a.m. when shots rang out.
Cradled against his father's chest, Terrance was almost inside when the gunfire began - but it followed him in.
Police believe the shots were meant for the boy's father, Thomas Webster. But they say he refused to cooperate. And they found no other witnesses or evidence. So the case remains unsolved - for more than 2,200 days.
"It's torture. It feels like [police] have given up," said Green, a nursing student. "Are they just going to let us kill each other?"
“They say all the time it’s not as easy as it seems and we have to have people who are willing to testify,” said Green, who is no longer with the boyfriend [Thomas]. “But I don't know … I really believe that [the police] could have tried harder.”
Ah ... the police could have tried harder! The fuckin' father didn't care enough to cooperate with the investigation but the police could have tried harder! Does the sense of victimization never end? Does a sense of reality or responsibility never enter the equation?
I grieve for little Terrance whose father just didn't give a damn.
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