Comments on: AJ Hanlon Killing: A Witness Contacts Us

By: jane stone

jane stone — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:18:55 +0000

bock~ something just came up with a.j.’s memorial site~ it seems that someone at silverton city hall either authorized or knows of the person who did this to the memorial site but “cannot release the name of the person” according to the detective working with a.j.’s legal council- who appeared at silverton city hall on behalf of the family , hoping to recover this collection of confiscated sacred objects~so here’s what happened:a.j.’s 2nd memorial site (the present one with all the flags of ireland is the 3rd) had many posters, poems, artifacts (like small pieces of art)beautiful flower arrangements, artwork, photo’s, banners, most everything there was handmade by a friend who loved a.j., and someone connected w/silverton city govt., apparently deemed this 2nd memorial site “unacceptable” and saw cause to “remove” everything there. this is only place andrew’s friends have, to show respect for their fallen friend. it is directly across street from where andrew’s life ended. the city
knows young people to contact who work on the memorial, yet no one was warned ahead of time by city hall that their memorial site was about to be destructed and that everything there would be destroyed if it wasn’t claimed.? am wanting to know who authorized this, & who actually went there and did this? for what reason was this done
and what harm or potential harm was it causing~ the homeowner at that corner had already given permission for site to be there~
it was so beautiful…i wonder if a.j.’s mum got to see it before it was destroyed ? relatives weren’t given chance to claim anything, before all was (apparently) destroyed. whoever did this shameful act of vandalism ought to (at the least) come foreward offering his/her explanation to andrew’s family, his friends and to the public. this memorial was never impending pedestrian traffic, and all lit candles were carefully monitored. please will EVERYONE READING THIS TAKE 2 MINUTES TO EMAIL http://www.cityofsilverton.com to see if they were truly destroyed? and why…
there’s a “vietnam war memorial wall” in wash.d.c., where thousands of artifacts are placed on wall every day, and each night guards remove the artifacts and catalog them, for the connecting museum.this is showing respect for fallen war hero’s. please help make city govt. give answers to this, yet one more~ unnecessary acts of cruelty and destruction…
also, all i keep thinking about today was what was this a.j. guy getting readyy to show us, with his artwork that he hadn’t even done yet?
what would he have pulled out of his soul for us to see? would we have been stopped in our tracks with the mystery or the beauty of the piece? would we have laughed our asses off because one of his pieces was so bizarre and timely and true? what can we think of this “artist of life” and the work he never got to show us? i’m having a bit of a hard time with this, today~ why wasn’t this “parsnip” sitting inside of my studio the night of june 30th, working on a project~ instead of laying outside of my studio~ dead…

with love and great sadness, jstone

By: Brian Keenan-Hall

Brian Keenan-Hall — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:52:41 +0000

I hear that A.J is to be buried on this Saturday morning in Saggart, Co.Dublin at 11 A.M.

By: Organ Donor

Organ Donor — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:44:41 +0000

Its a completely different case but it does bring back memories of the emotions i felt when i read your post on the murder of the brazilian plumber on the tube (1st Bock post i ever read)
An absolute tragedy on all counts,i can only imagine the fear AJ felt in his final moments and i can only hope that justice is done in this case (as it wasnt done in the other one)

By: raptureponies

raptureponies — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:30:16 +0000

That poor lad, so sad. Fair play to Jane Stone.

By: Bock

Bock — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:55:56 +0000

I’ve seen some of those comments. They indicate to me what a brutal, intolerant and violent culture America is becoming.

That has implications for the entire world, as we’ve already seen.

By: Egan Family

Egan Family — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:47:55 +0000

What can you say to that? I’m sure Jane must have gone to the Police with this. I think they would be happy to hear it as it may lessen the blame on the thug in uniform, in their eyes at least. And it doesn’t sound too difficult to solve what with different bullets from different guns. Jesus what a nightmare. Everyone has a gun! AJ must have been petrified. My stomach turns more with each passing report.

I don’t know if anyone here has been reading some of the comments on the Oregonian blogs. There are some real hate-filled comments slagging off the indignation that all decent people here and in the US have been expressing since AJ was murdered. But I suppose if there is one Gonzales, there must be twenty more. It’s up to the decent citizens of Silverton now to stand up for AJ and for the future of their own kids. Here’s one disturbing comment I read today from a Silverton resident who maintains that Gonzales is not the only ‘bad cop’ in town., she said; “there is only one gang in Silverton and they bear the insignia SPD”

Here’s a video link to Gonzales court appearance
http://www.kptv.com/video/16890238/index.html

PS - thanks Bock ……

By: Bock

Bock — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:11:25 +0000

I can see Bill being a big fan of this site.

By: Shannaboley

Shannaboley — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:51:15 +0000

Jane you should contact one of america reputable news sources a dateline 20/20 type news magazine.I have, it took me four hours to try to put as much info as possible together from both the irish and american media coverage .I emailed three hundred little twenty somethings interns new kids on staff at both magazine shows, there has to be someone that will pick it up while its fresh in everyones minds.I have also contacted Bill O’Reilly at fox.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:46:29 +0000

Murder she said - and she’s right.

By: Hoof

Hoof — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:25:39 +0000

Well done and thank you Jane for posting such a graphic and brave description of this senseless act. Hopefully justice will prevail once words such as yours are spoken. It’s the only small consolation Andrew’s family can cling to in the light of this cowardly murder.