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Teen mugged at gunpoint by mob near Ogilvie station (Chicago)
WLS-TV7 ^ | Ben Bradley

Posted on 06/15/2011 3:49:14 PM PDT by abb

June 15, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A 15-year-old boy was mugged at gunpoint and struck on the head by a group of teens near the Ogilvie Transportation Center in the West Loop on Tuesday evening.

The incident happened about 6:30 p.m. near an alley at 101 N. Clinton St., according to police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.

The victim was approached by a group of seven male teens, Mirabelli said.

One, who was armed with a handgun, approached the victim and demanded his money, according to police. A second teen struck the victim on the back of his head, Mirabelli said.

The group got the boy's cell phone, cash and a bus card, police said.

Police are asking that anyone who may have seen the robbery and can provide a description of the offenders call Belmont Area detectives. Additionally, if anyone sees someone matching the description of the suspects, they should call police.

The offender with the gun was described as a black male with a dark complexion, about 19, 6-foot-1 and 170 pounds with brown eyes and black hair in dreadlocks.

The offender who struck the boy in the head was described as a black male between 15 and 18 with brown eyes and black hair, also in dreadlocks. He is about 5-foot-11 and 150 pounds, and was wearing dark blue jean shorts and a T-shirt that had the word "ENYCE" in rhinestones, Mirabellli said.

The other offenders were described only as black males believed to be in their teens.

No one was in custody as of late Wednesday morning, and Belmont Area detectives are investigating.

This incident is at least the tenth similar attack in the downtown area since the beginning of the month.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: banglist; blackcrime; chicago; crime; democratutopia; flashmob; flashmobs; gunfreezone; holderspeople; illinois; mobattack; mobs; obama; obamayouth; thosepeople; violence
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To: Nachoman

Isn’t that odd, criminals having guns - don’t they know that’s against the LAW?

/sarc.


21 posted on 06/15/2011 4:10:48 PM PDT by BerserkPatriot (There are no 1st Amendment rights without 2nd Amendment Rights)
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To: Cicero
Am I imagining things, or is it getting worse since Rahm Emmanuel took Daley’s place? I know Chicago has never been good, but there seem to be a lot more crime stories.

What has changed is the violence is now organized (flash mobs), and it has migrated from the Southside to the Gold Coast areas.

22 posted on 06/15/2011 4:10:48 PM PDT by abb
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To: cherry

The slaves in Texas weren’t informed they were free until June 19th. That used to be a Texas holiday. Then blacks all over found out they might get a day off....if they are lucky enough to have a job.


23 posted on 06/15/2011 4:11:49 PM PDT by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: Psalm 144

Public hangings might slow this down. Future consequences mean nothing to those that can’t comprehend actions have consequences.

Hobbes is proving to be accurate in post WASP America.


24 posted on 06/15/2011 4:12:26 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Cicero

Maybe the stories are only coming out now? I can’t believe this just started a couple of months ago.

FWIW, I think Rahm Emmanuel has actually been trying to stop these things, which may be why there’s a sudden upsurge in their reporting.


25 posted on 06/15/2011 4:13:03 PM PDT by livius
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To: abb

Rahm’s gotta get money some how!


26 posted on 06/15/2011 4:14:09 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Mitt Romney makes Nelson Rockefeller look like Ronald Reagan. NO MITT 2012.)
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To: abb
How can this be I just read about all the cameras they have installed to prevent crime-I am sure it wasn't a robbery. I am sure the 15 yr owed the gang-I mean the young men some money. I bet it wasn’t even a real gun and I am sure the smack to the back of the head was an accident.
27 posted on 06/15/2011 4:17:04 PM PDT by funfan
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To: abb

“The incident happened about 6:30 p.m. near an alley at 101 N. Clinton St., according to police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.”

Well, since the incident took place about 6:30 PM the boys had to have something else to do before “Midnight Basketball?”


28 posted on 06/15/2011 4:19:37 PM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("It's The Natural Born Citizenship, Stupid!")
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To: abb

All species have subspecies... in some species the subspecies appears to be the dominate one.


29 posted on 06/15/2011 4:20:09 PM PDT by badpacifist (Conservative nut job, yes I have nuts and a job)
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To: cherry

I think I’ll Barbeque that day, any occasion to
que is as good as another. Happy Juneteenth to
everyone.


30 posted on 06/15/2011 4:21:07 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: abb

BBBT I thought Chicago was a “gun free” zone..


31 posted on 06/15/2011 4:23:59 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: abb
"was described as a black male with a dark complexion ...

Huh?

32 posted on 06/15/2011 4:26:00 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You can't spend your way into prosperity or borrow your way out of debt.)
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To: cherry

I seem to have missed the reports of white gangs doing this.


33 posted on 06/15/2011 4:26:43 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: cherry
...don't you just love now how they more and more use the term "dark" skin to describe blacks?

Blacks come in a lot of shades, and I think that the description spelled out the particular perp's coloration.

34 posted on 06/15/2011 4:26:51 PM PDT by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: Cicero

It was going on pre Rahm. Hopefully he’ll get a handle on it. Concealed carry would help, but that’s only me speaking. The authorities would tell you the worst thing you can do when attacked is defend yourself.


35 posted on 06/15/2011 4:28:07 PM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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To: abb

Emanuel’s fault!!!!


36 posted on 06/15/2011 4:30:17 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: abb
What has changed is the violence is now organized (flash mobs), and it has migrated from the Southside to the Gold Coast areas.

And it's that migration that's getting the media's attention.

37 posted on 06/15/2011 4:30:34 PM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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To: abb
This incident is at least the tenth similar attack in the downtown area since the beginning of the month.

But not to worry because...

Emanuel confident in city's plan to prevent more mob attacks

38 posted on 06/15/2011 4:35:49 PM PDT by upchuck (Think you know hardship? Ha! Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
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To: SJackson

A recent episode feature a ‘falsh mob’ raiding a convenience store, while a ‘handler’ held the door open with a cell phone in his hand. Make no mistake, these are training exercises for a planned application of mob mentailty when the law rejects the sonofabitch in the Wite House, OR when the American people refuse to take that final stroll tot he chambers the gloablists have arranged for US.


39 posted on 06/15/2011 4:36:44 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: abb
Any description on the victim?
40 posted on 06/15/2011 4:38:55 PM PDT by Mark was here (It's either Obama or America. There cannot be both.)
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