Residents Protest After Man, 19, Shot by Cops: 'They Killed My Baby'

DNAinfo Chicago ^ | 8-25-14 | Erin Meyer

[Graybeard58]

I stand with "ifinnegan". They are loud, vocal and insulting and know the cops are to blame as well.

Full disclosure - I have a son who is a cop, I, myself was one many years ago. I know full well what they have to deal with on a day to day basis.

[Surfscoter]

Notice that the race of the cops is omitted, probably because they are black. Chicago’s police force is 33% black, 31% white, and 25% Hispanic. 88% of its policemen live in the city.
Long ago Chicago adopted community policing so that patrol officers match their neighborhoods as closely as possible. North Lawndale has been overwhelmingly black and gang dominated for decades, so I assume the officers were black and/or Hispanic.

[william clark]

On his knees and with his hands in the air! And because he had to do that, the puppy he’d been giving CPR to also died!

[Graybeard58]

They know they raised thuggish bastards but that doesn’t mean they can’t cash in on his death. I guarantee that this lady had no control over her son after he turned 12.

I have raised two sons who turned that age and am currently raising a third, who is now 14, it is no "piece of cake" and my wife would be the first to tell you that she could not have done it alone.

All kids need a father and father must be of sound moral character. Not bragging, just stating hard facts.

[Graybeard58]

They know they raised thuggish bastards but that doesn’t mean they can’t cash in on his death. I guarantee that this lady had no control over her son after he turned 12.

I have raised two sons who turned that age and am currently raising a third, who is now 14, it is no "piece of cake" and my wife would be the first to tell you that she could not have done it alone.

All kids need a father and father must be of sound moral character. Not bragging, just stating hard facts.

[tupac]

Ditto

[Manly Warrior]

Actually, sane, rational thinking folks examine each and every situation on its own merit, not some canned response.

Should not we all?

[pfflier]

Another sob story for 15 minutes of fame...

[grobdriver]

I bet the little tyke’s birth certificate doesn’t say
“Roshad”

[KeyLargo]

"Did you buy lots of merchandise in support of Mike Brown?"

I bought some T-shirts at the funeral.

[VerySadAmerican]

Once again I had to check to see if it’s satire.

Apparently every black the cops kill from now on out will be on their knees with their hands in the air.

If I was the cops I’d refuse to answer the calls. Let ‘em kill each other.

[KeyLargo]

Where was Holder and the other race pimps to protest this Chicago murder?

Chicago boy, 9, gunned down execution-style after tantrum over cupcake Aug 22nd 2014 11:40AM

By RYAN GORMAN

A nine-year-old Chicago boy was executed in a back yard in broad daylight after he ran outside upset because he could not have a cupcake.

Antonio Smith was shot multiple times in the chest Wednesday afternoon around 4:30 p.m. outside his South Side apartment building, according to police. His killer still has not been found.

[kaehurowing]

He was a good boy I’m sure.

[GeronL]

“executed”??

[Hugin]

Thunder boomed overhead and blowing rain hit a blood-soaked porch in the 2800 block of West Polk Street,

"It was a dark and stormy night..."

[Col Freeper]

LOL, yea, I noticed everyone in the picture was soaking wet and cringing/dodging the lightning!

[KC Burke]

It is interesting that you only have to go east about 18 blocks from where this occurred and the problems like this in the early evening become more rare.

Seems like it is a neighborhood problem.

[PapaBear3625]

Police depts would probably save a lot of problems by having cops wear a video recorder on their uniforms. A recorder able to store 12 hours of 720p-quality video can be gotten for about a hundred bucks, retail.

Of course there would be issues with the cops, over what they dont want recorded during their days, but they can learn to live with it.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Wait a minute. He was standing with his hands up 20 feet from the officer, wasn’t armed and was on his way to college.

[hal ogen]

...and he was flying! What an angel.