I am reposting this because we are going to start having great weather again and that means NOISE in the City. (I also did not know what I was doing here at first so the title thing eluded me). I know that City Council retooled the city ordinances so the police can fine our residents who destroy the peace. Then, I was told by a 2nd district police officer that our judges throw out a lot of these cases as prejudicial. If this is the case, then I want to know the names of these judges. We have a long way to go in terms of civility whether we live in the city or in the suburbs. We are being mechanized and sitting here in front of my computer doesn't help. I don't mind hearing kids laugh and skate board and play in my neighborhood. I just don't want to hear their machines....Rest in peace John and Masumi.
We have all seen a rise in brutal, subhuman behavior. Children deprived of artistic, natural, and cultural literacy and rich human interaction are fed by a world of drugs and video game inspired violence. John Jackson and Masumi Hayashi faced brutal death at the hands of a "29 year-old kid," because we have allowed this disease to destroy our communities.
Councilperson Matt Zone will hold a ceremony to dedicate a Peace Garden in their memory this Thursday, August 24th at 7 p.m. at the intersection of West 65th and West Clifton in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood (one block south of Detroit Ave).
I do not have a lot of information at this point, please contact Matt Zone or the Detroit Shoreway Development Corporation for more details.
Please tell anyone you know to reflect on the life of these artists. There should be more media information in the following days.
I know that there are preliminary plans to establish scholarship funds at CSU and CIA for both artists. Please remember these quiet, peaceful souls who both revered art and life