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7 Dead, 24 Wounded in Weekend Chicago Shootings
NBC Chicago ^ | 26 Aug 2012

Posted on 08/26/2012 4:45:00 PM PDT by mandaladon

The victims of another bloody weekend in the city were between 15 and 44 years old

The city saw another bloody weekend as seven people — including a teenager — were killed and 24 others were wounded in separate shootings since Friday evening.

Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy on Saturday defended the department’s anti-violence strategy, which he believes is taking root.

"We're not winning, we're not losing. We’re basically treading water," McCarthy said. He said that in the month of August, "we had some trouble because some of these retaliatory shootings are happening quicker than we can stop them."

The most recent fatal shooting happened early Sunday in the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood.

Rashad Pratt, 28, was found at 2:58 a.m. with multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle near the intersection of East 91st Street and South East End Avenue, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Pratt, of the 9000 block of South Ridgeland Avenue, was dead at the scene, authorities said. No one is in custody in connection with the slaying as of early Sunday.

About 1:20 p.m., Christopher Spraggins, 20, and Aaron Gaithan, 18, were fatally shot in the 7900 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue, authorities said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...


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A total of 24 people were wounded in shootings since Friday evening. One of the youngest victims reported by police was a 15-year-old girl, who suffered a gunshot wound to the chest Friday night as she smoked marijuana in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.......................This is unreal...where's Al Sharpon, Jesse Jackson and all the other black leaders. These are are potential Obama voters killing each other. Zero needs these people.
1 posted on 08/26/2012 4:45:08 PM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

Slow weekend?


2 posted on 08/26/2012 4:47:16 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: mandaladon

Chicago values in action.


3 posted on 08/26/2012 4:47:49 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: mandaladon
feh... dead or alive they'll still vote for him
4 posted on 08/26/2012 4:48:19 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: mass55th

And that idiot Rahm is worried about a chicken sandwich shop....


5 posted on 08/26/2012 4:49:04 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: mandaladon

Chicago is out of control, they could really use a good community organizer. Hopefully Zero will be available in January 2013 that could help them out.


6 posted on 08/26/2012 4:50:31 PM PDT by mandaladon (PalinGenesis)
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To: mass55th
Slow weekend?

Some FReepers verified that during the blizzard of Jan 2011 there were no murders.

7 posted on 08/26/2012 4:50:55 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: mandaladon

Most of these deceased will become much more reliable voters in their new plan of existence.


8 posted on 08/26/2012 4:53:02 PM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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To: mandaladon

Chicago, How’s that gun control working out far ya’?


9 posted on 08/26/2012 4:53:35 PM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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To: mandaladon

*shakes head*


10 posted on 08/26/2012 4:55:34 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Do I really need a /s tag?)
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To: mandaladon

Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy:

“...we had some trouble because some of these retaliatory shootings are happening quicker than we can stop them.”

“We’re not winning, we’re not losing. We’re basically treading water,”...

Lib-dems’ pretzel logic.


11 posted on 08/26/2012 4:57:52 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Harry Reid [PERVERT-NV] has Vickie-the-goat in lingerie & stiletto heels, tied-up in his office.)
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"Slow weekend?"

Not for the undertakers. ;-)

12 posted on 08/26/2012 4:58:10 PM PDT by Average Al (The Democrat party is a free range zoo.)
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To: nascarnation

That was the most crime free weekend in Chicago history.


13 posted on 08/26/2012 4:58:20 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: mandaladon

Obviously “NBC Chicago” and the NBC National network have a communication problem, otherwise the “TODAY” show with Matt Lauer would be headlining this news everyday. The fact that they don’t only shows that they consider deaths of American Negroes not to be newsworthy unless there is “white”, to use their term as in “-——”-Latino, involved.
Oh god, doesn’t it just make you want to cry.


14 posted on 08/26/2012 5:00:45 PM PDT by BilLies (FOX NEWS, Ass.Press ABCBSNBCNN, NYTimes, WaPOSt , etc., hates your Traditional American guts!)
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To: mandaladon

You’re so right! Who are we to criticize the actions in their community? If this ‘honkey’ ever tries to make a suggestion I hear, “It’s a black thing. You wouldn’t understand.’ That why these black community organizers should be on the front lines.


15 posted on 08/26/2012 5:01:06 PM PDT by griswold3 (Big Government does not tolerate rivals.)
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To: mandaladon

Obama is running out of voters, good thing for ACORN, those dead voters will somehow all vote Dem in November


16 posted on 08/26/2012 5:02:18 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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"Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy on Saturday defended the department’s anti-violence strategy, which he believes is taking root. "We're not winning, we're not losing. We’re basically treading water," McCarthy said. "

In other words, "We are worthless..."

17 posted on 08/26/2012 5:03:43 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: mandaladon

My youngest son lives and works in Chicago. I have told my wife that he needs to take a few days off around Election Day in November and not be in the city. I think Election Day and a few days afterwards away from the city would be good.

I don’t have a good feeling about an Obama loss. Am I “crying wolf?”


18 posted on 08/26/2012 5:03:55 PM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("It's The Natural Born Citizenship, Stupid!")
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To: mandaladon
A lone nut with a gun in Manhattan causes the net's to go crazy with wall-to-wall BREAKING NEWS coverage, but the ongoing collapse of law in a major US city..........

crickets.

19 posted on 08/26/2012 5:07:20 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: hole_n_one

It’s difficult to swim against a MSM tsunami.

Frankly I’m a bit surprised that we even have a chance at defeating Baraq.


20 posted on 08/26/2012 5:11:09 PM PDT by nascarnation (Defeat Baraq 2012. Deport Baraq 2013)
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