grieving is over the top, over the top of our day to day lives. both get lived.

I remember that they lost a daughter over the winter. It's a terrible tragedy and an even greater outrage that the intersection where she was killed is still just as unsafe, if not less safe than when it happened.

I removed the vigilante comment because, yes, it was unfair speculation on my part.

My claims were hardly hysterical - keep in mind that a MICA staff member felt their safety threatened enough to file a report with campus safety.

And if Camejo's father was as concerned as you think I should be about safety at the intersection, I hope his video also covers that aspect of the incident. You may have noticed that I've already documented and posted about the intersection a few weeks back.

"A claim of a statement made and a security report is not so unusual. "

What does that even mean? Are you suggesting that this is a false report? And it is actually HIGHLY unusual - there has never been a similar safety report filed at MICA, EVER.

I think it is also important for you to admit to yourself that your personal grief over your own loss of a close member of your family is perhaps making you a little over emotional in your post - accusing me of doing things which I have not (making things up? not really).

I have been posting about the lack of safety at the intersection where Camejo was killed since the incident, in the comments section on the first post AND in an updated post. The Baltimore Sun also covered it. Let's hope Camejo's dad is calling city council members about that intersection. I think you can too next time you are there.

I'm not 'whipping' anything. A staff member obviously felt bothered enough to file a campus safety report. Maybe the parents of the victim should release some more information about what happened so I don't have to wonder why Camejo's dad is accusing Kent Miller (who was also hit) of having blood on his hands.

I'm also not trying to be a reporter, and I've never called myself a blogger. Mostly because it sounds stupid.

Im not in a position to pass information to you about this. Thats why I suggested that you contact Gabby's mom or do some investigative reporting. Im certainly not suggesting that you report how crushing this has been....thats not why you would anyway. Its to find out facts rather than just the one sided report. unless you have witnesses, Im referring you to who else might have been there.
Oh, and there is a story here about a whole foods van or whatever...vans block your bike routes all the time it seems.
The poster that I saw can be googled. if you want an image you have to contact suzannacamejo@gmail.com

The word vigilante was removed, I conceded that it was over the top. The use of the word 'harass' however, is a reasoned assertion based on the security report which described the nature of his actions. It also based on the fact that at least one person felt a security report needed to be filed.

There is not story on my website about a van parked in front of Whole Foods.

I have done work to raise awareness about the dangerous nature of many intersections along Howard street, a major point of interest in my most recent project last semester : http://blog.cyclosity.com/?p=745

I am a pedestrian and cyclist and I've had to deal with dangerous intersections in Baltimore as both dozens of times.

I don't need to ask Gabriella's mom how she feels because I think it is reasonable to assume that she feels just as any loving mother would after losing her daughter in a terrible accident.

I have not seen any of these posters, if I had, I absolutely would have posted an image of one of them here. Do you have photos of them?

You allude to having more information than has been published here - why don't you enlighten us? I also know how to use google alerts and I presume you have one running on 'gabriella camejo' whish is why my site came up.

I absolutely agree with you : NOBODY should ever be killed as Camejo was again. But it happens everyday.

I think that your use of "harass" and "vigilante" is over the top unless its in the security report that you are quoting, a quote from the employee or its commentary on your part based on something like research or first hand knowledge. This is something that I struggle with every day in my writing .
This is not a story about a van parked in front of whole foods. That intersection is known by all the students and staff at MICA as a very dangerous intersection and someone has recently been killed there. A young girl with absolutely her whole life ahead of her and everything going for her. She is not just someone in my extended family, she is every kid at that school and every kid who lives in Baltimore; especially the inner city kids who might not get the interest of the main stream media.

If you think that Gabriella's family doesn't know about the statistics and that they don't have many first hand accounts, along with the police reports, you're wrong....

You may want to try to approach this from the side of the pedestrians who are in danger in that area, many of them kids, bikers and people who work there and have no choice.
If its so important for you to report every little bike lane closing, then here is something for you to really sink your teeth into. This is an issue there.

And if grieving parents are too much for MICA security, maybe this is something that they need to address....like they havent since Gabriella's death.

While you report whats written in the security log, why don't you also contact Gabriella's mom (suzannacamejo@gmail.com) and ask her how SHE feels? Tell her I sent you.
Why don't you report about the posters up all over in desperate search of further information?
If you want to keep the streets of Baltimore safe for pedestrians and bikers, I would think that you would write the whole story.

A tip for you: Y'know what I do? I use standing google searches for crime in Baltimore and mentions of certain names...try that...you may then have more information than just the report of a school that has questionable security at best.

Sorry if anyone, MICA employee or not, is offended by the statements of someone in grief, but there is a truth here that may effect you, your friends and family, if you live there, and maybe you might really be interested in the safety of the streets of Baltimore enough to try to uncover that truth.

Thank you for your responses. I understand that you are a conscientious blogger, but this is just plain lazy reporting unless you're doing commentary...OK?
No one should ever be killed like that again.

Melina, I also reread your original post and did note that you perused the elements of traffic safety in Baltimore that might have come into play, so I did not mean to say that you had ignored safety issues with traffic v pedestrians in Baltimore in your post.

ratherbebiking:
I think its important to try to remember that these people have lost a daughter! If you cant fathom the agony of that then maybe you should try a little empathy.
After a day of rememberance and having to face the truth that Gabriella will not ever graduate or experience a full life, I doubt that you or I are in a position to judge, based on what you report, who is a vigilante or not.
Put it this way...if your kid died while away at college wouldnt you want to know what happened and every detail?
If you wold in fact "rather be biking" you might be interestedin the safety of the streets there, regardless of if youre MICA staff or not.
As a blogger myself, Ive got to say that its important not to make hysterical claims about people in grief, and whatever was said in that moment should be handled by MICA staff, unless you speak for them.
A father with a video camera at an art walk or graduation is not so unusual. A staff member or employee making a statement is not so unusual.
A claim of a statement made and a security report is not so unusual.
But you seem to think that you can somehow whip this into vigilantism and bothering staff?? How did you come to that?
Why do you think that the parents of the victim would not have more information than you?
I think enquiring minds would want to know, because your future as a reporter may be just that: at the Enquirer. Try facts next time!

Original post is here : http://blog.cyclosity.com/?p=601