I was going through the google archives looking at stuff about Abraham Shakespeare before all the media hit with his disapearance and murder.
I found this
http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...&pg=6783,5407534&dq=abraham+shakespeare&hl=en
This interview was done 2 months after he won the lottery. It makes me sad, he seemed like a down to earth guy. I also saw an article but it was a pay article and I could only see a bit, but it was from 2000 and he was living in a housing project and was discussing his objection to camera's being installed in the project. The point is, here was a guy that barely had a dime to his name, lived in the projects at one point, and won the lottery. Can you imagine the difference he made in his family and friends and then this greedy b*tch comes along and conspires to take everything from Abraham. I only got one thing to say to DD, One tin solder DD, Come the judgement day you will be geting yours.
Thank you for finding this!
Here's the section of the article relating to Abraham Shakespeare. I notice mention of "Antoinette Andrews" who is the mother of his oldest son.
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Residents' viewpoint of cameras mixed
[FLORIDA Edition]
Tampa Tribune - Tampa, Fla.
Author: STEVE NEWBORN
Date: Mar 25, 2000
Start Page: 2
Section: POLK
Text Word Count: 723
(SNIP)
"Square in the path of one of those cameras sat several residents of the Washington Park Homes housing project, shaded from the hot sun by their porch overhang. That overhang couldn't screen out their image, which was being monitored by police.
Police believe the cameras will deter crime in the city's most active areas. But what do residents think? Is this watchful eye an invasion of their privacy?
"That depends on what they're looking for," said Abraham Shakespeare, who was lounging on the front porch of his apartment, square in the path of the camera. "They can't see around corners."
His neighbor, Antoinette Andrews, said "It's a good thing, because then they can see when these boys steal cars and bring them in."
But the question of why the first cameras were installed in predominantly black housing projects tugged at Shakespeare.
"They should put cameras uptown in housing complexes, too, not only in the black section," he said. "They won't put cameras around Lake Hollingsworth. They need to put them on Combee Road and Wabash [Avenue]."
Still, Shakespeare said, "It's a good thing if it'll stop people from getting raped or getting killed."
He then wondered if a .44 Magnum could put that camera out of commission."
(SNIP)
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ACR