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49 shootings, 7 fatal, during violent Mother's Day weekend
ABC News Chicago ^ | May 9, 2016 | by Will Jones

Posted on 05/09/2016 7:57:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

CHICAGO (WLS) - The violence plaguing Chicago did not stop this Mother's Day weekend. At least 49 people were shot and seven died over the last three days in locations all over the city.

On Friday, mothers who lost children to violence pleaded for calm over the weekend, but their pleas seemed to fall on deaf ears.

Community members spoke out against the violence on a weekend when mothers are supposed to be spending time with their children, not saying goodbye.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: blacklives; chicago; gangs; rahm; urban

1 posted on 05/09/2016 7:57:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Quick! Pass more gun laws and protest Whitey Privilege!


2 posted on 05/09/2016 8:00:23 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Jeez louise....does the violence never end????

Can I ask a stupid question???

Why do the Black Lives Matter people, and other liberal types, focus on the rare cases of a shooting of a black person by cops, or “white Hispanic” neighborhood watch people? Why do they ignore all the facts of a case such as Trayvon and Michael Brown, who clearly brought their demise on themselves by their actions? They focus on cases such as these, and lecture us that “Black Lives Matter”.

But at the same time, they ignore all this gang violence and shootings of black people in our major cities. Those black lives apparently don’t matter. Or don’t matter for purposes of making a political statement.

And why are Black Lives Matter people, aided and abetted by the compliant media, allowed to get away with lies to bolster their position, such as the lie that Michael Brown had hands up and said “don’t shoot”, when we know that is a factual lie of the events with Michael Brown??

They are allowed to use a complete lie to launch the Black Lives Matter movement. Nobody in the media, or any politicians that I know of, have ever called them out on the fact that they lied about the events with Michael Brown, in order to get their movement going.


3 posted on 05/09/2016 8:05:44 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

See, see! Trump’s violent campaign rhetoric again!


4 posted on 05/09/2016 8:08:08 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (MAGA! Make America Great Again)
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To: TTFlyer

Mother’s day is nothing. Its Father’s Day that causes confusion and distress in the hood.


5 posted on 05/09/2016 8:08:57 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

wonder why...


6 posted on 05/09/2016 8:11:24 AM PDT by brivette (no tagline)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Black mothers are breeding with thugs, raising thug sons, and raising their little girls to be just like them. More money will be spent on weaves and nails than tutors and study guides for their children.


7 posted on 05/09/2016 8:12:19 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Dilbert San Diego

It is indeed fascinating.
If we learned that W.A.S.P. (people, not the great band of the same name!) were behind much of the violence...I would not be out there protesting at all.

On the contrary...my position would be we need to get OUR OWN house in order. That is something lost on the BLM-types.


8 posted on 05/09/2016 8:13:16 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Here’s some more fun that went on in that other Democrat success story, Detroit, over the same weekend:

http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/139054621-story


9 posted on 05/09/2016 8:14:02 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("You'd see a different game if nobody wore a helmet". NY Rangers' Barry Beck 1983)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Don’t live in Chicago!


10 posted on 05/09/2016 8:16:34 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: brivette

more at the ebony lounge...


11 posted on 05/09/2016 8:59:41 AM PDT by brivette (no tagline)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Any mothers killed this weekend in the “windy city”?


12 posted on 05/09/2016 9:07:22 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: OttawaFreeper

Apparently the marksmanship is considerably better in Detroit. If the ones in Chicago were as skilled, they’d kill 20-25 a weekend.


13 posted on 05/09/2016 9:10:20 AM PDT by nobamanomore
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To: All

Stop paying people of ANY color to have babies they can’t afford!


14 posted on 05/09/2016 9:22:42 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Maverick68

15 posted on 05/09/2016 9:41:03 AM PDT by petenmi
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Black Lives Matter Way Too Much —

https://misadventuresindiversity.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/black-lives-matter-way-too-much/


16 posted on 05/09/2016 9:54:34 AM PDT by IChing (Nuke Mecca already)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Blacks in Chicago would be MUCH safer if the KKK took over the streets there and kept order. I’m not joking. Preposterous idea, but I firmly believe it would be the case.


17 posted on 05/09/2016 10:01:17 AM PDT by IChing (Nuke Mecca already)
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To: TTFlyer

Just a suggestion:

Try holding the gun in the correct vertical position and use the sights to aim .

Use both hands to steady the weapon ,,, you do not need to hold your crouch while firing your handgun .


18 posted on 05/09/2016 10:04:55 AM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: ISIS is Islam without the lipstick :-()
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