Banana's manager: Gang sign preceded Easton man's slaying

Minutes before he was shot to death outside an Allentown nightclub, Michael Antuan Douglas was involved in a fight between two groups of men on the dance floor that escalated outside after he flashed a gang ...

[john]

The family of Douglas were fast to make him seem like an angel and said he was never in trouble. Its so sad that they let kids in good places, because of this the club look bad. I'm sorry to the family of Douglas but it was his gang symbols that did it.

[anon]

are you kidding me? Even if he did throw up a gang sign he was obviously leaving the club. No one can ever justify shooting down anyone. The kids today are quick to pull a gun. There was clearly a fist fight where Douglas got the best of someone and they did not want it to end there. This is not to say that they were or were not gang members. But clearly to add that that altercation was going to end on the shooters terms. My heart felt sympathy to the Douglas family and Quinn family. you are both in my prayers,

[David1206]

Bannana Joes serves no useful purpose to Allentown and should have it's liqour licence revoked.

That should insure that the criminal element won't frequent it any longer.

[Crazy]

john wrote:

The family of Douglas were fast to make him seem like an angel and said he was never in trouble. Its so sad that they let kids in good places, because of this the club look bad. I'm sorry to the family of Douglas but it was his gang symbols that did it.

Its Kind of funny how the kid in Kutztown that got killed is remembered by being a good kid and all but when a black boy gets killed now all you can say is that well he was a gang banger and it doesn't matter if he died he just made the club look bad anyway.

[TiiSHA_RiiP TWiiGGY_143]

I LOVE YOU TWiiGGY..REST IN PEACE ((143))

[john]

THE REAL WoW wrote:

difference is the young man in Kutztown got jumped for no reason he wasnt involved with the club or start trouble with A3....

YOUR SO RIGHT THANK YOU FOR MAKEING THAT POINT!

[Crazy]

john wrote:

<quoted text> YOUR SO RIGHT THANK YOU FOR MAKEING THAT POINT!

Okay he's a gang banger. Does that mean he deserves to die over a fight that was over. Everything died down and he was about to leave. So now what does that mean? Does it mean that he still gets no sympathy just because he was an alleged gang banger?

[Hillary 2008]

Crazy wrote:

<quoted text>
Okay he's a gang banger. Does that mean he deserves to die over a fight that was over. Everything died down and he was about to leave. So now what does that mean? Does it mean that he still gets no sympathy just because he was an alleged gang banger?

People in gangs should know what they're getting themselves in to.

[Crazy]

choice wrote:

none, don't go to these places, you won't get in an argument and you come home to everyone alive. The alternative is if you frequent these places you will eventually wind up in an ice box with a toe tag.

so your saying "DONT GO OUT" because you're gonna die? now seriously how does that sound

[Crazy]

Hillary 2008 wrote:

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People in gangs should know what they're getting themselves in to.

You don't know that he was in a gang officially. Throwing up signs does not mean that you are automatically in a gang. No one really knows if he threw up signs anyway. The witness that said he saw him was in a dark and crowded club. How does he know exactly what the boy was doing?

[Hillary 2008]

You're right. We don't know officially. BUT, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...it's probably a duck!!

[Crazy]

Hillary 2008 wrote:

You're right. We don't know officially. BUT, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...it's probably a duck!!

PROBABLY is the operative word here.

[christina]

all i kno is that Tuan was a good guy and didn't deserve 2 go. yes he was fighting but regaurdless of what he did or didn't do that does not give you the right to pull a gun on some 1. I just want to say whoever did this has caused alot of friends and family a great deal of pain including me.

[Jarran Adrian Mitchell]

ayo tuan... look at all these comments man... half da people dont know much but yeah Imma see u up dere soon

[Jarran Adrian Mitchell]

Rip to the iceman

[Fernando]

The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry.

[Fernando]

Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande?
Should have stayed home that night.

[Fernando]

You sound like it Jarran. The only iceman you'll meet is the one in the morgue that puts a toe tag on your cold ass.

[Devo]

Crazy wrote:

<quoted text>
Okay he's a gang banger. Does that mean he deserves to die over a fight that was over. Everything died down and he was about to leave. So now what does that mean? Does it mean that he still gets no sympathy just because he was an alleged gang banger?

Yup that is EXACTLY what that means, its the price you pay for being a moron. And lets be honest,he WAS an idiot gangbanger,and your best efforts can't explain it away.

[Joe]

OK listen. Everyone leaving comments on this site needs to get it right. It isn't about the boy that got shot. This is about the decisions that he and others made. So, regardless of the boys character, he made some bad decisions on the night of the shooting and so did those who shot him. There are always concequences for every decision we all make every day. In the world we live in today, if someone decides to make a decision that leads to a fight, we have to expct it to lead to a shooting...the worst case senario. So, the moral of this comment, think more than once before making a decision. You never know which decision could be life changing. Every day we have the freedom to make our decisions, some people make good ones and some people make bad ones. Be careful of the decisions you make and be sure to think of what could happen as a result of your decision before making it. Maybe then, we wont have to read articles like the one I am commenting on. Rememeber, we are all one decision away from disaster. Be sure to make your decisions wisely.