Posted by 12345678 (anonymous) on October 21, 2009 at 2:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Selma is just too sad!!! It's really getting ridiculous

Posted by fxstbharleyrider (anonymous) on October 21, 2009 at 10:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

WOW they had a criminal history. Who would have thought.

Posted by mia (anonymous) on October 21, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Byron is my oldest nephew.
He was a good kid,
A loving cousin,
A loving son and brother to his 5 siblings.
He will be missed.
Luv you very much Byron,
And rest in peace.

Posted by SadStory (anonymous) on October 21, 2009 at 12:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Byron and I grew up together.....Love You Byron you will be missed!!!!Gone ,but not forgotten God has called you home...this is so sad save a spot for meeee!!!!!Love ya fam

Posted by eyeonyou (anonymous) on October 21, 2009 at 3:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Boy oh boy, the thugs never cease to amaze me with these cowardly acts of shooting. It takes a real man to settle something through words or fists. These cowardly thugs would be nothing without a gun, otherwise, they would be able to make their point without it. Just another thug criminal in Selma headed to prison for for mindless, idiotic acts of violence. Maybe one day this community will take on SELF responsibility and accountability.

Posted by popdukes12 (anonymous) on October 21, 2009 at 6:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

1800 Alabama? Isn't that where we had the "girl gone wild" with a meat cleaver a couple of weeks ago? Maybe someone should do a water quality test on that street to see what's causing all the problems. popdukes12

Posted by kevykev (anonymous) on October 21, 2009 at 6:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm not that old, but I do rememeber a time when if you had a issue with someone you went out back and fought it out. After you were through everything was normaly ok.
In these days of drive by shootings no one is safe. Now don't be mistaken this not only happens in Selma, but it happens everywhere. Maybe one of these days it will change but I doubt it. In the meantime just try to be as safe as you can.

Posted by damn_yall (anonymous) on October 21, 2009 at 9:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

First of all they have no evidence that these guys did it!! Second of all they are not thugs thats what wrong with todays society they always take what they hear and run with you!! None of you all know these guys yall just go by what you hear!!! These boys are innocent they have no evidence they are just going by he say she say and like people luv to do they are gossiping about what these witnesses are saying and lokk who they have for witnesses someone who never seen eye to eye with these boys and to the one who called them some thugs n criminals they are not thugs or criminals!! One is in the Army n yeah one may have went to jail before but they are not thugs or criminals! What they need to check is Selma's crooketd policeman! Bout time they here of someone off of St.Phillip doing something thats down they alley they run to arrest them but about time someone do something to those boys its like oh well!!! Now talk what u know and don't talk what u think you know! FREE THEM BOYS THERE INNOCENT

Posted by grandmaduck (anonymous) on October 21, 2009 at 9:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

AHhhhhh that clears it up. The corrupt police dept rears its ugly head agian. No evidence , no witnesses just taking the word of anyone who will talk about it. Amazingly they picked these to model Selma citizens out to harass and fasley accuse them. Pleaseeeeeeeee Im glad thats 2 more punks off the street. There is ALWAYS somebody to take up for pukes likes this. THATS the reason this town is going to rot. Its full of excuses and no solutions.

Posted by mia (anonymous) on October 22, 2009 at 7:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)

damnyall sounds like on these THUG's baby momma.
I see alot of crime everyday in Chicago,
And there is a lways some ignorant ghetto hoodrat that comes on say all that jibber jabber.
But you never see anything,
Your own son's and boyfriends,
Running around acting like they are at war.
Then you talk about your police department.
Did the police do a drive-by on my nephew?
Do the police make blacks kill other blacks?
Please.
All our race does is make excuses for each other,
And I make none.
No, Byron wasn't perfect,
But he wasn't a killer.
Yes, only cowards carry guns,
Only cowards commit drive-bys.
So you can STFU
And you can burn in he11 alongside those 2 muthafukas.

Posted by janedoe (anonymous) on October 23, 2009 at 4:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)

MIA I HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU ARE NOT OF AGE BECAUSE THAT WAS VERY LOW OF YOU TO SAY SUCH THINGS AS THUG'S BABY MAMA, HOODRAT, IGNORANT, AND GHETTO!!!WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING.WOW YEA A LIFE HAS BEEN TAKEN BUT HOW LONG HAVE THESE TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE BEEN SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER????FOREVER!!!NO ONE IS THE VICTIM IN THIS SITUATION LIVE BY THE TRIGGER DIE BY THE TRIGGER..ITS SAD BUT THATS SOMETIMES HOW THE BALL FALLS!!!!

Posted by blacgurl (anonymous) on October 23, 2009 at 7:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Well all I have to say is you all are being real jerks about the situation. MIA you are his aunt, you shouldn't even be on here trying to defend Byron's honor to these zombie-minded people. You know how your nephew was and is, remember him in spirit. Be there for his mother and father and siblings. All this arguing back and forth about who is innocent or not, it's not getting you anywhere. Ya'll had it going so bad on the other article the paper has disabled the comments for that article. Popdukes I saw that ish you and someone else wrote on the other article about the woman being put out, first let me tell you, I wouldn't be stupid enough to get put out of my home. As long as I trust and believe in God, I have faith that God will never put my kids and I in that situation. I would feel stupid as Gomer Pyle if I was in her situation. But you have to do right in order for right to follow you. Ya'll need to stop arguing and pray. You basically read the comments that some of you write and determine what type of people you all are. As for all PARTIES involved I am sorry for your LOSSES. My prayers are with all families. And Janedoe, that's sad you still on the computer at 4 am. Dat make me wonder bout all the free time you have on your hands. WAKA!LOL!

Posted by tmygnz (anonymous) on October 23, 2009 at 10:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"buddha" was my little brother. although we havent seen each other or talked to each other in a while, he will always be MY LITTLE BROTHER!! I love you and i will always miss you. You will always be in my heart!! From you big brother TOM TOM!

Posted by Godhasthelastsayso (anonymous) on October 23, 2009 at 10:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It is sad that things like this happen in Selma. I know the two suspects, and nothing can justify what they did or are accused of doing. They both come from grounded families, yet their part time job is the streets. We are not the ones to judge and send anyone to hell. As long as they are still alive they have time to get their lives in order, unlike the life that was taken. Lets pray that before Byron to his last breathe, that he asked God to forgive him of his sins. He had to have been into something that wasn't right, because those guys just didn't randomly decide to shoot or kill him. So instead of us being ignorant about what has happened, lets pray for a better outcome. No sin is greater than the other; we all have sinned, sin and will sin.Get your hearts right and you won't have this animosity towards one another or no one else no matter what goes on.

Posted by afoucher (anonymous) on October 24, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

First of all...RIP to my nephew Buda! Second of all...my sister can say whatever she wants...who are u to say that it was low of her to say what she said?! Go kick some rocks...cuz u don't even know us like that. And to the person that said that my nephew must have been into somethin that wasn't right...u didn't know my nephew...but if you would like to know about him, I'm in town---ASK ABOUT ME!

Posted by afoucher (anonymous) on October 24, 2009 at 1:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

My nephew was a protector, a leader, a motivator, a provider, a listener, and so much more. I love you Buda...and you have and will be 4ever in my heart. Ain't gonna comment on the no-name people on here, cuz Buda would tell me to pay them no mind...I'M LISTENIN NEPHEW:)

Posted by 12345678 (anonymous) on October 25, 2009 at 12:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Well i dont know if them boys did it or not but i know they wouldnt jus pick any two random ppl jus to pick them.. sum had to lead to them picking these two boys..... im just saying.. THINK ABOUT IT!!! They know if they did it.. and GOD knows!!!! He has the last say so anyway!!!

Posted by asg (anonymous) on October 27, 2009 at 10:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I would like to say to Byron's aunt Mia you should be remembering your nephew as for who you "think" he was & not worrying about what the people on the Selma Times Journal has to say about him. You look and sound like a immature young girl trying to talk down on other ppl & saying they can burn in hell because your nephew is dead. PEOPLE DIE EVERYDAY! I was always told don't wish things on people that you don't want to happen to you....This crime is nothing new, only thing is it happened in your family, as for you saying to damn_yall she sound's like on of those THUGGS as you say baby mama, no ma'am, she's not!!

See, your reading the paper & interrupting your facts about both on them base on a half a-- article that doesn't include real facts like, why the driver of the white Lincoln that he was shot into left both him & the car at the hospital & got into another car with someone else and left, not even thinking like most people would do to go inside to get help. Who does the car belong to & why were they using it? Why did Byron not have any type of identification on him when they brought him into the hospital & he was brain dead on arrival?

Posted by asg (anonymous) on October 27, 2009 at 10:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Why wasn't the driver of the car shot as well, strange don't you think "multiple shots fired" and the driver survived? Why was Byron shot close range on the LEFT side of the head, someone else had to be in the car or the driver of the car did it? Why does the article say a woman was driving the car, when hospital staff works said a dark skin guy was seen getting into another vehicle and it left the parking lot? Why was he with the people/person he was with when he got shot? Why that officer isn’t a suspect? Are the police questioning the people/person he was with to see why it happened & what was going on before it happened? Also, isn't Byron's mother close friends with one of Brown's relatives? Obviously, you’re reading the article and PRE-JUDGING both these two young men. Same goes for the police department, your holding these two men w/o evidence & questioning them trying to get them to tell, if you ask me the police detectives over this case is going by HE SAY, SHE SAY & what people from the PROJECTS SAY…not looking at real fact but just trying to hurry up & solve a case.

Posted by asg (anonymous) on October 27, 2009 at 10:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

As for the people from the projects making threats to both the young man family members and going around shooting into peoples homes, cars and public open places
What have the police done about that nothing but take there time coming and saying FILE A REPORT? Once again, I can bring up several true events that has happened. Brown’s mother house was shot between 3:30-4:30 in the morning on Sunday. 3 guys from the projects came to his 2nd job on Broad Street a local barber shop and jumped on him while he was at work. Brown was on his way to work on morning to his main job around 6:25-6:30 & he was driving and his tire seem flat, he stopped in the alley way of this house and ended up getting shot in the leg again leaving a bullet hole in his car. His friend, mother house was shot at she went to the mayor about it and I quote, he said “I'll carry a gun if someone is shooting at me like this trying too kill me ” Another incident, in Smokey City, there was several shots fired and a female was hit in the leg. At one of the project boys friends wedding, they jumped on a guy and the police was present at the time. Just last week after Brown & Moore was placed in jail, guys the same guys shot into another one of there friends mother house and car.And if you listen to the people in the streets they all saying it was a set up, a drug deal gone bad (on Byron behalf), & the witness of the shooting is the driver of the car who left him & the car at the hospital. If you look at it, the police is either scared of these guys or working with them or from them.

Just like someone said in a comment only GOD knows who did what & when the truth comes out Selma Times Journal needs to print an apology letter to both those guys families & Selma Police department need to have a lawsuit filed again them. GOOD DAY!

I hope you look, listen & search for now on before you judge!

Posted by lovelyt (anonymous) on November 6, 2009 at 7:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

that's was well said asg...i couldn't have said it better myself...good job...but the fact remains they are scared, working with, or for them...i totally agree with everything you say

Posted by afoucher (anonymous) on November 12, 2009 at 1:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

asg, I also appreciate your comments, as they do shed much light on the situation. I'm Byron's youngest aunt, and I miss him so much. I would just like to know what happened to my nephew, because regardless of the surrounding circumstances, he belonged to a family that loved him, and still loves him very much. We feel so lost without him, because he truly was a shining light in our lives. The streets saw one side of Byron, which I will not deny, because that is who Byron was, but the streets is not what defined him. He tried his best to protect me, his mom and little sister, and to guide his little brothers the best way he knew how. I just ask that if anyone has any information that would be helpful, please tell the authorities, and if you are uncomfortable doing that, please, email me.

I want the RIGHT people who did this to my nephew to suffer !