Thanks to all who gathered here to share their views and to those especially who knew Nehemiah and took a few moments to say goodbye. For all concerned, I hope that this case is solved as quickly as possible. Thank you to the Collegian staff who allowed us to express our memories and thoughts with a little guidance!

just forget it all—move along

Those of you who want people to stop saying negative things should consider some advice commonly found on public forums: Please do not feed the trolls. Getting so upset over what some stranger thinks is ridiculous — for both sides.

Sabrina – you prove my point again. Nothing is stated clearly in the article and there has been no follow up. If you are really interested in news, which is highly doubtful, then why don’t you write to the editors and ask for a follow up story? Nehemiah’s family has been trying to get more information from the media and the police, and it has not been forthcoming. The more people who ask, the better the chances that the truth will come to light. You know nothing for certain, and it shows. So try making a contribution for a change – or is that too difficult?

Fresno PD? Headed up by a guy who should’ve ended up in prison for having sex with minor. Talk about role models!

ANONYMOUS name calling, illogical accusations, and scummy behaviour. You just proved my point a thousand times over! Your type always does!

Thank you Dan

Screw what anyone says Katherine, you and Rick raised one of the most respectful, simple, and selfless man I ever met! Just please don’t play into what these sick people say, we knew him and its their loss that they didn’t!

I can’t believe how iggnorant and heart-less you people are! First of all who are you to even comment on the loss of this womans son. Are any of you parents? I am, and I am trying to steer my son away from the evil, but they will take their own path in life. If your child, sister, brother, or someone you loved choose a different path in life, would you want people like you to judge? And secondly…. They article simply stated that they believe it may have been drug-related…. They say that, so that idiots like you will read into it and chalk it up as a bad person off the streets, just to cover the fact that they don’t know how to do their job and have nothing on what really happened.

sorry for your loss——can we end this whole thing?

My husband, if he were not out of town, would be shaking his head, reminding me not to feed the trolls. As he says, and I already know, feeding trolls only brings out their mob mentality and cowardly ignorance. So I leave you ignorant cowards to mob up with other cowards and act like fools. I seriously doubt that most of you could withstand a close look at your personal morals, attitudes, and behavior without being exposed as the hypocrites that you are. Good luck, because you will need it if you approach the rest of your life experiences the way you approach online “information.” There are plenty of targets on the internet and in your classes for you to attack viciously with your ignorance if your blood lust is still not satiated.

BTW, one of the other undesirable characteristics of people like you is to get even more illogical, vicious, and personal when somebody calls you on your vicious attacks. Good job, moron. Go do your homework.

You sound like an idiot. A judgmental idiot. Congrats on being a bigmouthed raving idiot. You need that sock.

For the love of God, would you put a sock in it? What are you now, a priest? LMFAO!!!!!! Funny for someone so religious you raised a drug dealer and a drug addict. Great job. You must be very proud of yourself. Instead of learning worthless sayings, why weren’t you a better mother? Maybe then your son wouldn’t have turned to drugs. How stupid can you get? It is your fault. Now keep your mouth shut. Society has no need for drug addicts and drug dealers like what was said in the article. Nobody misses people like that. They are worthless.

“Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all beings and loving kindness towards all the world”
Thich Nhat Hanh

“Do not judge and criticize and condemn others, so that you may not be judged and criticized and condemned yourselves.”
“For just as you judge and criticize and condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned, and in accordance with the measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt out again to you.”
“Why do you ‘stare from without’ at the very small particle that is in your brother’s eye but do not become aware of and consider the beam of timber that is in your own eye?”
“You hypocrite, first get the beam of timber out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the tiny particle out of your brother’s eye.”
Matthew 7: 1,2,3,5

I fear for the future of our species when so-called “great students of Fresno State,” based on one line in a news story (“drugs may have been involved), and not knowing any other details about the person who was killed or the specifics of the incident, become judge, jury, and executioners because they have determined the victim to be an evil drug dealer who had no right to live. You people make me very sad for humankind. We have become a vicious, judgmental, ignorant species.

Oh, shoot, Shaniqua right!

DId it ever occur to you that the people posting that he shouldn’t have been involved with drugs are right? Anyone with any common sense knows you shouldn’t take and deal drugs. How dumb can you get? If is people like him who give Fresno a bad reputation. The drug addicts, drug dealers, and any other worthless loser who who doesn’t contribute positively to society.

Nobody cares about a drug dealer being killed. Not one person. The best part about this case is that none of the fine students at Fresno State were harmed as well as none of the officers who had to respond to the call. People who are doing something with their lives and aren’t lazy bums shouldn’t have to live along side people like this who are drains on society.

Who raises their son to be a drug dealer and a drug addict like the article said? What parenting book does it say to do that? You are the one who needs to take responsibility for your failure as a parent. You failed. Why don’t you take responsibility for your failures instead of insulting people who leave comments commending the Fresno PD for helping to root out the losers in Fresno.

BTW, as long as we are judging people by the words they write on a computer screen, I’ve “met” plenty of people like you (are you really multiple fake people or just one jerk?), and based on the words you write, which is all I have to go by, your “type” has certain undesirable characteristics:
1) you get your jollies from saying judgmental, nasty things to people you’ve never met and know nothing about.
2) you like “pushing peoples’ buttons just because you can.”
3) you do not contribute positively to the conversations you invade.
4) you are hateful. bigoted, disrespectful, and potty-mouthed.
5) you display ignorance and lack of logic in all of your words.
6)you think you are far better than you really are.
7)you show a distinct lack of character, not to mention brain power.

Go ahead, push away. Your words have no effect except to reinforce your obvious lack of character and show that you are essentially a nasty person(s), whereas the people who are here for a valid reason will continue to support each other while coming to terms with their loss. Have a nice day.

Another judgmental know-nothing blathering about people he doesn’t know. Fake name too. Love it. Why don’t you go do your homework? I’m sure your GREAT parents would love to know that they raised somebody who wanders around the internet saying ignorant mean crap to people he doesn’t know. Yeah, YOU were raised right, I can tell. I’ve learned in my long life that people like you are a dime a dozen and not worth the chair your butt sits on.

Hey, Jablome fakename. He’s my son, you asshat, which you would know if you’d actually READ the comments by his family and friends. YOU are the one thinking somebody’s trying to make him into a religious figure. WE are the ones who are just mourning the loss of somebody we loved. YOU are the one who has no business making asshat comments on an old set of messages. WE are the ones who will miss him and mourn him for a very long time. YOU are the one who has nothing better to do than harass dead and live people you don’t know. WE are the ones who have a genuine caring and sense of loss for somebody we knew and loved. Now who looks like an idiot? Get a therapist instead of taking out your bitterness on the internet.

Gee, another Fresno anonymous sadist – seems like they are a dime a dozen around here. It’s almost laughable how petty and disgusting you are – evoking a wannabe persona with intent to spread hate and slime. Not gonna work asshat – we know your type and have tossed you into the garbage heap of creeps. I like the idea of composting your necrotic persona into fertilizer for my yard. The toxicity will be broken down by love and nature, and released into the earth for the good of all. I know it must be hard to have a brain made of diarrhea. It’s gotta smell and feel pretty bad – but poop makes the most awesome compost so maybe there is a use for you after all.

It’s almost three weeks after the posting and you’re still on the message board, Katherine, maybe you have nothing better to do that defend a bad man you’re trying to make into some religious figure.

Why don’t you go waste your precious time elsewhere harassing people you never knew, mr. fakename, instead of bothering people who actually cared about a man who was murdered. Nobody is a saint. You obviously aren’t. Not the point. You HAVE no point. Take a hike.

All this love for someone who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time—–gimmie a break. He wasn’t a saint……he was in the middle of a drug deal—-we should sob because that drug deal went wrong?

Thank you Katherine. I will cherish those words.

Lindsay, I will say hi to his son for you. Here is a poem for you, from Thich Nhat Hanh:

No coming, no going,
No after, no before.
I hold you close,
I release you to be free;
I am in you
And you are in me.

I am having a hard time letting go, I talk to him everyday, I still send him text messages, he was my rock! I figure if I talk to him on here, his family will see how much of an impact he had in my life.Katherine I never got a chance to meet you I saw pictures and he spoke of you often. Please give my love to his son for me. His daddy was a great man who loved him very much!

I just heard this sad, sad news and can’t tell you how much I feel for you all. I remember Nehemiah as a bright, kind little boy who put went with me and his family on a wonderful three day hike up to Lake Ediza. I will forever hold that memory in my heart. Don’t let these nasty people hurt you any longer. Nehemiah is safe now, from them and people like them.

Katherine if its not to much to ask could you send me a picture of Neo? My E-mail is [email protected]………………..I would really like to have a picture of him!

I love you, too Nehemiah. We will always love you and miss you.

Thank you to all the people who knew and loved Nehemiah. He will always be with us. To paraphrase Walt Whitman, he departs as air and shakes his locks at the runaway sun.
He will take the garbage these ignorant haters spew and turn it into compost to grow soft green grass to cushion our paths through life. I love you Nehemiah.
Your mom.

To Neo’s family I want to say you raised an awesome son! He was the most honset, self-less, smartest man I have ever met. He actually helped me quit my addiction to drugs. He showed me how to not only love myself but to love others as well. His words will always live on, I have become a speaker at NA meetings, which was encouraged by Neo. He saved my life and he didn’t deserve to have his taken. Katherine don’t even feed into the comments of people, they are miserable with their life and misery loves company. We knew and loved Neo, the people who didn’t know him will never know how awesome of a man he was. He will always be in our hearts!

Ignore those who are quick to judge others. Who are we to judge anyone but ourselves?

BTW, I WAS a student at Fresno State and I have 3 degrees. The only type of person I would be afraid of around campus is a sick person like Alisyn. Get a therapist, you disgusting person.

Alisyn–You need to see an exorcist.

Nehemiah’s mother and aunts are my friends, and they are the best kind of folks one could have the privilege to get to know. They are hurting for the loss of their son and nephew.

This is a sorrowful tragedy. There are lots of ways to get an education. And lots of things to learn from folks who may be different from ourselves.

Mark and friends of Nehemiah, thanks.

Another clueless asshat checks in without any facts. Go find something productive to do, you evil nasty person.

Thank you to all the wonderful people who knew Nehemiah and his kind heart. He would have helped anybody, even some unknown homeless person on the street. Richard, thank you and thank the Butter folks for their sympathy.
And you asshats like OS and Julianne can go to hell and probably will.

I can’t believe how heart-less some of you people are. First of all, he was not in the drug scene. He was a country boy who loved his cats and kittens. He would have done anything in the world for anyone. He had a huge heart and lived an honest life, he of all people didn’t deserve this. I love and miss you so much, and I’m sorry I didn’t anwser your call hours before. I would give anything to have been there with you! You will never be forgotten, your precious heart and words will live forever.

Sincerest condolences to mamaB and her family from all the butter gang. We are so sorry to hear about your loss.
-Richard

Nehemiah, I miss you so! As for asshats like Julianne and OS – well, it’s folks like this who make me appreciate the good man you were. Those are truly lost and lonely people who have no decency, respect or humanity. There will be few, if any, to mourn their loss.

How I will miss you – how we will ALL miss you, is the story we live today. I remember so many things about you – your laugh, your great hugs, your shrugging off of stuff that just didn’t matter. Your fierce loyalty, your sense of humor, and your undying generosity to the underdog in animal or human form. You have a bright soul, and your light shines on with us. May you be at peace, or involved in adventure, in your new place. We will never forget you, and your family & friends will watch over your son and your adopted kitties.

We loved you, we still do, and we will miss you always. Have I said that enough – how much we will miss you?

Julianne Phillips,

You are a pathetic excuse for a human being. Did you know this fine man?

How does it feel to know that when YOU leave this planet, the world will be a much better place. No need for your hatred and judgment.

There is a special circle in H*ll reserved for people such as you.

obama sucks ,ou make me sick. Nehemiah was more than you could ever hope to be. A real person, full of love, not like you. Get lost and don’t pass judgement on people you don’t know because you are bored online. He was my smart, sassy, loving son. screw you.

Loved by so many. Your judgemental and nasty comments just add to others pain. You know nothing about him or our family. It must be so nice to be so perrfect and high and mighty.Watch out, what you say might come back to haunt you. We love you Nehemiah, The people who love you know the truth.

Nehemiah was my nephew. He was a smart and loving human being. Our family is heartbroken over his loss. He was no criminal and he was loved by

I agree with Obama Sucks. I highly doubt this was an innocent victim, and truthfully his son is probably better off without a drug addicted criminal for a parent.

No matter what it was he was doing, he still didn’t deserve to die. My thoughts are with his friends and family, and espeically his little boy. How sad that he now has to go through life without his daddy.