Posted on 11/26/2012 1:21:03 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
Two reputed gang members were shot this afternoon at a funeral for a man who was slain on the South Side last week, with a minister at the services tweeting afterward, "This is Crazy."
The two men were shot outside St. Columbanus Church in the 300 block of East 71st Street shortly before 12:30 p.m., across the street from the A.A. Rayner & Sons Funeral Home, police said.
They were taken in critical condition to Stroger, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Will Knight. Both victims are convicted felons and known gang members, police said. Two guns were recovered at the scene.
The shooting occurred after the funeral for James Holman, 32, who was gunned down last week at an apartment building in the Washington Park neighborhood, according to police and the minister who was presiding, the Rev. Corey Brooks.
"I just preached a funeral and gunfire has broke out," Brooks tweeted. "Chaos about 500 people here. This is Crazy!!
"Please pray for Chicago," he added in a later tweet. "This is horrible."
Please pray I believe people have been hit it is Chaos about 500 people here. This is Crazy!!
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Yes, yes. But was he a Democrat?
By today’s standards, I don’t think there were democrats in those days. I think they called them sloooow.
Unless you are familiar with this particular pastor and his beliefs, then you are judging this man with a broad paint brush. He may be just where God wants him to be. Do you know God’s will for this man? No, and neither do I.
The man is crying out for prayer for his city and people and most of you have the nerve to criticize him.
Have you heard any of his sermons or what he preaches, or if he preaches on the streets? No, and neither do I.
I knew the name rang a bell...roof-top preacher
interesting take\rumor here
http://www.chicagonewsreport.com/2012/07/email-rev-corey-b-brooks-rooftop-pastor.html
So, we don’t know for sure if the claims are true or not. I don’t presume to know, but he is asking for prayer - not money - which I wouldn’t give him anyway.
I’d like to know why the Protestant Corey Brooks is preaching at Catholic St. Colambanus. Is his church too small?
Yes - it would be entertaining to have him explain that this was just a natural reaction to being dissed - just like rioting and murder is a natural reaction among the Islamist "community".
Unless accomplished by a White Christian Conservative male, all such atrocities are merely "natural reactions", whereas a mere verbal protest by the white Christian Conservative male is a hate crime...
Oh Babylon, oh Babylon, we bid thee farewell...
In the dangerous cities of Brazil, shop owners were hiring thugs to eliminate the feral street children that were pickpocketing tourists, stealing and driving away business -- no questions asked.
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