On Sunday, Dec. 2, two young men were shot on Raven Street in the East End. One, a juvenile, was found around 9 p.m. with an apparent gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital. About two hours later, police were called back to the same block and another young man, 17, was found. He had been shot and killed.

Where are the protesters when you need them? They are only around when there is a police shooting of a black person when they need to be protesting in their own backyards. 

What’s wrong with this picture?

The minister who spoke at Aretha Franklin’s funeral was absolutely right! Black-on-black crime has escalated and no one is protesting about that, so no one cares.

I am sick and tired of being awakened by gunfire and sirens and blue lights. We have yet another Richmond Police Command RV now right at the bus stop where kids have to come out to go to school. I wonder what their parents tell them. How do you explain to a kindergarten or elementary child about the killings and shootings going on right up under their little noses?

The late Alicia Raisin, the city’s “Ambassador of Compassion,” coordinated and arranged vigils for the unfortunate people being killed. Where is our advocate to stop the violence?

When someone gets killed in these Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority projects, someone should get out there and protest the violence of black-on-black crime. Or does anyone care?

It seems black lives don’t matter.

DEBORAH DRIVER

Richmond