Posted on 03/22/2016 4:38:16 AM PDT by simpson96
CHICAGO — By 25, Donnell Flora was a regular in the court system here. He had been convicted of shoplifting, found guilty twice in stolen property cases and sentenced to prison for drugs.
But those past sins were minor compared with what officials said happened on April 28, 2014, when Mr. Flora gave his 14-year-old niece a gun she used to shoot two of her peers on the South Side. One of the girls, Endia Martin, 14, died from a gunshot wound to her back. The other victim, a 16-year-old, has recovered.
On Monday, Mr. Flora, now 27, was sentenced to 100 years in prison - 65 years for Endia’s murder, plus 35 years for the attempted murder of the other girl. The authorities said the motivation for the shooting by Mr. Flora’s niece, who is awaiting trial for murder in juvenile court, was a dispute about a boy. Officials said the handgun used in the shooting had been illegally transferred and then falsely reported stolen before it ended up in Mr. Flora’s possession. (snip)
Chicago is struggling to contain a surge in violent crime. Through March 13, there had been 114 murders this year in Chicago, double the total from that period in 2015. Other crimes, including robbery and aggravated battery, are also up, according to Chicago Police Department statistics.
Last week, three Chicago police officers were shot and wounded during a narcotics investigation, and the suspect was killed by the police. Also this month, the father of a 9-year-old boy killed last year was himself charged with shooting three people.
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as a man thinketh, so is he
And these bastions of racism and hatred will only continue to manifest themselves with the continual murders
The way people THINK has to be changed ... n NObody got time fo DAT ! !
And anyone is stupid enough to blame black violence anywhere on Trump?! My deepest sympathy goes out to all the good, peaceful blacks associated merely by race to this type of violence.
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Officials said the handgun used in the shooting had been illegally transferred and then falsely reported stolen before it ended up in Mr. Flora’s possession.
Mr. Flora gave his 14-year-old niece a gun she used to shoot two of her peers on the South Side.
Like another law is going to stop any of that...
Mr. Flora, now 27, was sentenced to 100 years in prison - 65 years for Endia’s murder, plus 35 years for the attempted murder of the other girl.
So, what happened to the shooter??
I know, it is a terribly written piece of journalism.
I guess I missed it too:
“The authorities said the motivation for the shooting by Mr. Flora’s niece, who is awaiting trial for murder in juvenile court, was a dispute about a boy.”
I wonder what the odds are that Donnell Flora will be out walking the streets during my remaining lifetime. I am 74.
The 14 year old niece is going on trial soon, and she's being tried as an adult.
...and 653 actual shootings.
Trial in May as a juvenile.
The only shocking thing about this story is that the gun charges weren’t plea-bargained down to 6 months probation.
Someone understands Chicago. Perhaps in another city, you buy a good lawyer. In Chicago, you first connect with your alderman, and then he points you to the Mouth that will let you walk.
Back when, in Chicago Traffic Court, it was a lawyer named Silver, that you paid to get a ride to the front of the line, and he would plead you not guilty, and 30 seconds later you were out the door with a "Go forth and sin no more..."
I can't be the only adult in the US that knows this.
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