Posted on 06/17/2012 6:34:53 AM PDT by SJackson
Four people were killed and at least 19 others wounded Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning across the city, from the near North Side, west to the Austin neighborhood and as far south as 107th Street.
Ten other people were shot Friday night into Saturday morning - one died.
A 16-year-old with no gang affiliations and no arrest history died after being shot about 7 p.m. Saturday on the 2000 block of West 70th Place in the West Englewood neighborhood, police said. She was shot three times in the abdomen and was taken in serious-to-critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center but died Sunday morning. A 21-year-old man, who police said identified as a gang member, was shot in his left leg in the same incident and was taken to the same hospital where his condition had stabilized, according to the Chicago Fire Department and police.
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Meanwhile, the city focused how many hundred cops on a wedding and the community organizer?
Slow weekend in Chicago.I know they can do better than this.
More of the Chicago “values” the pResident and his “wife” are teaching their daughters.
As a Chicago native, (who had the good sense to bail out 43 years ago) it sickens me to note that many of the areas where these shootings happen are neighborhoods that I either grew up in or frequented back in the 40’s and 50’s. Of course, the makeup of these neighborhoods was quite different then and they were safe.
I don’t know why anybody would want to live in Chicago any more. I wouldn’t even go back for a visit now.
I’m sure the “Rev’ Sharpton will be on the scene bright and early Monday to demand that Mayor Rahm do something about all the murdered black people.
Doubt it would have made a bit of difference. These numbers are actually below avg for summertime Chicago weekend.
The cops may eventually show up if they get called but I guarantee you they don't want to be in the middle of this stuff.
He'll blame the guns.
You could make a fortune selling crime scene tape in Chicago.
“Meanwhile, the city focused how many hundred cops on a wedding and the community organizer?”
I suspect you’re implying that cops are there to protect citizens. Cops are revenuers. They generate tickets. Their presence at a wedding is like a ceremonial guard; a present from the Administration to the married couple signifying the married couple’s importance to the administration.
Now, if the cops (as an organization representing the Administration) were interested in public safety they’d be running training programs to assist citizens to learn the proper usage and safe carrying of concealed weapons. When the city hired new cops they’d be crime investigators, not ticket writers.
I read recently that 22 states have traffic tickets as their highest revenue source.
“You could make a fortune selling crime scene tape in Chicago.”
I’m not sure that they even bother putting any up - or, maybe they have cloth on a roll and recycle it.
When I was growing up, Chicago was pretty much a self-segregated city. The North side was white, the South side was black. We knew not to cross certain boundaries even as children. Now it appears there is NO safe haven.
I left in ‘69 before it really got bad. Last time I was back was in 2000.
Four people were killed and at least 19 others wounded Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning across the city
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“I believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share, when everyone plays by the same rules.”
How’s that fair shot working for you in Chicago?
It was a slow weekend. It rained saturday night.
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