On a beautiful july 4th when the temperature wasn t too hot this morning, there were little sprinkles. but it was a beautiful day, it was completely empty streets. i saw every porch empty. i saw every door closed. i saw every curtain where there was a curtain pulled. i saw no kids playing. i saw a bicycle that had been left there from the time of the shooting sitting on a corner untouched. apparently untouched for or more hours. nobody coming out to move it, to take it to touch it or anything else. as if everybody understood what happened here was so horrible that for right now this is a desert. and for right now, everything that we associate with celebrating fourth of july is off. that was step one for us. step two for us, is the charging. i ve been in close contact with the head of our homicide and nonfatal shooting unit with the very experienced attorney who is