Johnny S. Clarke & Lisa Straub- young Ohio couple murdered

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I know Lisa's extended family and they are not the type that need a benefit in the form of a drunkfest with live music in order to grieve. They are grieving privately and will continue to do so at her private funeral service. They are nowhere near the classless level of Johnny's "friends" who are self-serving, begging for money and accepting credit cards for expenses.

And her friends . . . do they grieve silently, too?

My God, Toledo! Where is an outward display of empathy and remembrance to be found?

We fly flags to honor those who served and those serving.

We wear pink to honor loved ones and strangers battling breast cancer.

We organize food drives to feed the hungry.

We walk for Alzheimers and Juvenile Diabetes.

What does Toledo do when they are robbed of two young adults?

What do you do for each other?

We have classless benefits at bars to help parents pay for their childrens funerals

Apart from that it is NOT uncommon at all around here to have benefit dinners to help people pay for funerals, health care expenses, funds set up for children who are left without parents, people who've lost all of their possessions in fires & such. We also do all of the things you've mentioned Tiki, although you'll find most of those kinds of things (benefit walks etc) going on in the suburbs of Toledo.

Actually, if not for Lisa, this may not have even made the news, maybe locally, but definatly not nationally. Johnny being portayed as nothing more than a gangster/thug wannabe being murdered isn't exactly breaking news around the inner city. It happens all the time. Just a few weeks ago there was a riot/shooting at a bowling alley near my home & hours later a 17 year old was shot in the back just a few blocks away. This is not news around here in the city. It is news when it happens in the suburbs to a pretty, young, white female. I don't know where her friends are & why they aren't burning candles, maybe they're too "classy" for that?