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Chicago's new war on guns: Letters
Politico ^ | 07/19/13 | Tal Kopan

Posted on 07/20/2013 1:53:18 PM PDT by jocon307

Chicago police are going to hand deliver letters to people suspected of committing or being victims of gun crimes in an effort to stem violence in the city, according to a new report.

Starting Friday, a district commander will be delivering letters warning certain targets in that district not to commit violent crimes, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

The pilot program is targeting individuals off a “heat list” developed by a Yale professor, who studied murders on Chicago’s West Side between 2005 and 2010 and found a small network of people was responsible for more than 70 percent of the killings, according to the Sun-Times.

The letters warn people who have been put on the list that they will be charged with the most serious crime possible if they are arrested for a violent offense.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: banglist; blackkk; chicago; cops; criminals; florida; georgezimmerman; guncontrol; illinois; liberalism; secondamendment; trayvonmartin
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There's a link at the Politico site to the Chicago Sun-Times, but the comments were so funny at Politico I figured I'd post that one.

No, they're not kidding, but it is a joke.

I just hope all the crooks/vics stay cool when "the man" comes knocking at the door to deliver these missives. I wouldn't want anybody to get hurt.

1 posted on 07/20/2013 1:53:18 PM PDT by jocon307
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2 posted on 07/20/2013 1:55:04 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: jocon307

>>found a small network of people was responsible for more than 70 percent of the killings

Progressives write their own satire, don’t they?


3 posted on 07/20/2013 1:55:40 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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one of the comments

Hope they don't write them in cursive.....

4 posted on 07/20/2013 1:57:50 PM PDT by digger48
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Six months from now, they'll be wondering why it didn't work.

"Maybe the letters weren't strongly worded enough? Could we get the UN to help?"

"Next time let's use block letters, not cursive...

5 posted on 07/20/2013 1:59:04 PM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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Six months from now, they'll be wondering why it didn't work.

"Maybe the letters weren't strongly worded enough? Could we get the UN to help?"

"Next time let's use block letters, not cursive...

6 posted on 07/20/2013 1:59:25 PM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: jocon307
"We are told that the pen is mightier than the sword, but I know which of these weapons I would choose." --Adrian Carton de Wiart
7 posted on 07/20/2013 2:00:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: jocon307

Blacks disproportionately targeted.


8 posted on 07/20/2013 2:00:41 PM PDT by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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Hopefully they won’t be written in cursive.


9 posted on 07/20/2013 2:01:30 PM PDT by Gamecock (Member: NAACAC)
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To: jocon307

This is like the UN before the Iraq War: “we’ll send you a UN resolution and if that doesn’t work, here’s another 100 resolutions.”


10 posted on 07/20/2013 2:01:55 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: jocon307

http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/


11 posted on 07/20/2013 2:03:11 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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Instead of paying all those cops to hand out literature, just put up Gun Free Zone and Safe Zone signs all around the city and then two, pass some really restrictive gun laws.


12 posted on 07/20/2013 2:04:41 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Bushbacker1

That’s a pretty good blog.


13 posted on 07/20/2013 2:16:52 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: JoanneSD

I thought maybe Biden spelt the three letter word...G_U_N_S


14 posted on 07/20/2013 2:18:36 PM PDT by JoanneSD
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To: jocon307
found a small network of people was responsible for more than 70 percent of the killings

Good reason to take guns away from everyone in the U.S.

15 posted on 07/20/2013 2:18:48 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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To: ZOOKER

Commenter Valannin has suggested they may try tweeting. He (or she) says:

After the letters fail to work, the CPD is going to consider Tweets to better reflect their recipients’ short attention span:

“@ Thugs We no who u r. Pls stop being bad ppl. This be your 35th warning #stupidideas”


16 posted on 07/20/2013 2:20:31 PM PDT by jocon307
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Stern warnings. That should do the job. I know it always worked with me when I was a kid.(Riiiiiiiiight.)


17 posted on 07/20/2013 2:25:53 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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The pilot program is targeting individuals off a “heat list” developed by a Yale professor...

Well, heck. If there's a Yale professor involved, it's bound to be a sterling success, right?

18 posted on 07/20/2013 2:55:48 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: jocon307

Probably be about as effective as court issued restraining orders!!


19 posted on 07/20/2013 3:11:37 PM PDT by RAY (God Bless the USA!)
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To: jocon307
Headline Chicago:

Thugs Kill 3.0 New School Student, Police Send Strongly Worded Letter

20 posted on 07/20/2013 3:15:24 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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