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Chicago's homicide toll surpasses 400
Red Eye ^ | 11-19-09 | Tracy Swartz

Posted on 11/20/2009 6:51:43 AM PST by STARWISE

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To: Clemenza

I’m sorry...I wasn’t clear. I live in Western PA. Unfortunately, the murders and other crimes are all over, not just Chicago. And it’s not even in the inner city only; even the suburbs are seeing higher crime as well, much of which is becoming more and more violent.


41 posted on 11/20/2009 9:09:19 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: blam
The positive point is...that's 400 they won't have next year.

And they can still vote...

42 posted on 11/20/2009 9:09:46 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 303 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: STARWISE

The Amish community is completely out of control.


43 posted on 11/20/2009 9:14:55 AM PST by verity (Obama Lies)
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To: fatnotlazy

I’m not convinced law enforcement can do much here.
Deterrence doesn’t seem to have much effect on this generation of amoral/immoral folks. Overloaded prisons are a good example of that IMHO.

We somehow have to improve the society and the family structure. My daughter teaches 4th grade in an upscale suburb here in Indiana. 40% of her class is not from an intact family. And that’s probably one of the BEST segments of the population you could find in the entire US.


44 posted on 11/20/2009 9:17:46 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: paulycy

In our dreams.......he’s too stuck on himself to step down. It’d take a civil war to do that.....so’s I guess we’ll have to settle for 2012 but in the meantime, neuter him politically by electing CONSERVATIVES in 2010!......:)


45 posted on 11/20/2009 10:22:24 AM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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neuter him politically by electing CONSERVATIVES in 2010!......:)

Absoluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutely!

46 posted on 11/20/2009 10:23:40 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: fatnotlazy

Actually, crime has been DROPPING in the largest cities, including my own (the largest in the US). Where violent crime has been rising has been in smaller cities, especially in the south and west.


47 posted on 11/20/2009 8:24:42 PM PST by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: Clemenza

Yesterday, I took a look at stats for my nearest big city, Pittsburgh. Now Pittsburgh doesn’t have nearly as many people as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc. Last year we had something like 37 murders, but iolent crime in general was rather high. One stat said that death from drive bys is relatively low here, but the number of drive bys themselves are huge. How much longer do you thnk it will be before the fatality rate rises?


48 posted on 11/21/2009 5:13:32 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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