Comments on: 28-year-old man shot and killed early Saturday morning at 16th and Valencia

By: Miko

Miko — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:32:26 +0000

A friend of mine grew up with the victims uncle and he told me he was gunned down by a gang member for wearing a niners jersey. Some of y’all just keep defending your neighborhood and it’s people when some of them are problems to society. And I hate illegals because it don’t matter how hard their lives were in South America they should strive they’re asses to come here. Filipinos worked hard to raise money to come here legally and I don’t see any other reasons for others to not do the same. Philippines is just as poor as any third world country. So stop blaming yuppies and blame gang bangers for your neighborhood problems. After all y’all come from the same ethnic group

By: npettway

npettway — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:03:21 +0000

I’m saddened and hurt that this promising young life is no longer present. I cried to hear the news. I had the GREAT opportunity to work with this young man and see the possibilities that he possessed. RIP sweet soul… You left foots prints on the hearts of many!!

By: Ante Carrasco

Ante Carrasco — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:29:46 +0000

Rest in Peace, Benny. Condolences to friends and family.
I’m embarrassed by the assholes posting their me-first ego blog BS here. None of you know much about life beyond the internet.
I am sick of the bodies piling up in front of the Skylark and Double Dutch. I have no idea what the circumstances were with this shooting, but the violence I do see firsthand here seems to follow kids from other hoods who come down to 16th to front gangsta shit and either get called on it by locals or another liquored-up wannabe thug. The thug posers have nothing to do with Tech, but the techie wankers AND anti-techie wankers seem to know all about the underlying social issues and ambulance-chase these blogs. I live here. Sick of you all.

By: Amothersisterauntgrandma

Amothersisterauntgrandma — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 04:39:35 +0000

Thank you buffet boss, it seems these self absorbed contributors don’t get it. “A human life has been violently taken! I can give a fat rat’s #*# about the techies’, yuppiesl blah blah blah. Benny was my nephew. His life has been stolen from his family. Can you people have a little “f”ING compassion. Por favor – cabrones

By: umm

umm — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:56:02 +0000

i don’t believe this stemmed from the projects, witnesses said it had to do with weekend partiers outside of the Skylark bar.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:36:46 +0000

Very well said.

By: Missionish

Missionish — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:03:44 +0000

This has nothing to do with techies or immigrants. Unfortunately, the area around Valencia Gardens continues to have problems with gun violence. Rebuilding the project several years ago helped, but the gangs, ad the guns, seem to have come back in force? Families and kids live there — what can we do to stop this? It’s not OK if kids, parents, techies, hipsters, immigrants (legal or illegal) are getting gunned down.

It’s disturbing, and perplexing.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:56:40 +0000

(or, y’know, sarcasm, I suppose)

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:55:29 +0000

wait, are you serious? I don’t agree with dee bee, but if you actually believe “there ain’t no techies in the Tenderloin”, then you’re seriously confused. Unless you’re making an ironic use of a double negative to point out the fact that in reality, there are a SHITLOAD of techies in the Tenderloin. Cuz there are.

By: BuffetBoss

BuffetBoss — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 08:09:23 +0000

Who the fuck cares abt tec yuppies!! My friend is Dead and you think this is an appropriate place to be funny?

By: BuffetBoss

BuffetBoss — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 08:04:55 +0000

Benny was a good friend to me. I can’t describe how sad this is

By: Pacific Standard Simon

Pacific Standard Simon — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 04:11:38 +0000

Keep digging your grave with your made up bullshit, dum bum — there aint no techies in the Tenderloin. So there aint no comparative statistic. Duuuuh. Keep ‘em coming, loser.

By: dee bee

dee bee — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 02:06:08 +0000

Recently, I had a discussion with an officer from SFPD. They said there is more violent crimes in The Mission vs TenderLoin. Why? He said cuz the techies are very dismissive to the residents and end up gettin hurt. By the comments on this thread, I couldnt agree more.

The reason my mother walked with her head high at any hour of the night was cuz she knew everyone. She lived there over 50 yrs. No one is suggesting the murdered individual had any ties to techies. My statement is in response to the original comment. You transplants think gentrification is making SF a better place and im saying there was a thriving tight knit community long before your arrival. Live where you want to live but stop making crime “our problem” and be involved as community members. Ask your bosses to borrow a few busses and take the kids to the amusement park or beach. Who knows maybe you’ll meet the family who owns your favorite taqueria

By: umm

umm — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:48:01 +0000

people who own rental properties in SF and try and try and flaunt their hood cred are SF’s poorest millionaires.

By: Pacific Standard Simon

Pacific Standard Simon — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 00:47:04 +0000

Duder — you know that part where you said, “mom never felt scared to walk home alone at night”? Well, no one but a complete idiot would think that the person who shot the victim in this post was a “tech yuppie”, or anything similar. So you just invalidated every positive thing you might have had to contribute to this discussion with your last sentence, thanks.