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  • (Liberal Civil Rights Attorney) Leo Terrell: Black Lives Matter is 'profiting' on a 'false narrative'

    06/28/2020 7:44:05 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 17 replies
    Fox News - Life, Liberty and Levin ^ | 28 June 2020 | Victor Garcia
    Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell joins "Life, Liberty & Levin" on Sunday night where he addresses his issues with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, saying the organization's motivation is money and calling them "profiteers." "This is why Black Lives Matter is basically, in my opinion, the Al Sharpton of the 21st century. They're profiteers. They are profiting on trying to give a narrative, a false narrative that is white racist cops, deaths destroying the black community," Terrell told host Mark Levin. "You point out Chicago. No [BLM] presence walking through the neighborhood protesting to stop black-on-black crime. Al Sharpton...
  • 20-month-old boy, 10-year-old girl among 14 people fatally shot over weekend in Chicago: Police

    06/28/2020 7:39:36 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 29 replies
    ABC ^ | 06 28 2020 | Bill Hutchinson
    A toddler and a 10-year-old girl were among 14 people shot to death in Chicago in yet another weekend of gun violence that has rocked the city over the past month. Between Friday and Sunday morning, a total of 52 people were shot in Chicago, according to police department records. "As a mother, I am tired of the funerals. I am tired of burying our children," Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted, adding that the city was in the throes of a "gun violence epidemic." The latest carnage in the Windy City comes just a week after more than 100 people...
  • A 10-year-old girl and a toddler were killed in Chicago gun violence

    06/28/2020 4:04:07 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 24 replies
    CNN| ^ | June 28, 2020| | Artemis Moshtaghian and Rebekah Riess,
    10-year-old girl died from her injuries on Sunday after she was shot in the head by a stray bullet that came through the window of her Logan Square home Saturday night... Separately, a 20-month-old boy was fatally shot in the chest and his 22-year-old mother was grazed by a bullet while the two were driving home from the laundromat The mother was driving south on Halsted Street near 60th Street in Englewood with her toddler son in a child seat in the back of the car when a vehicle pulled up alongside their car and started shooting into it, Chicago...
  • Chicago man fatally shot 2 teens after they asked how tall he is, police say

    06/28/2020 3:46:36 PM PDT · by Kid Shelleen · 44 replies
    ActionNewsJax(CBS 47,Fox 30, Jacksonville FLA) ^ | 06/25/2020 | By Sam Kelly and Emmanuel Camarillo
    An Englewood man is accused of killing two teenagers last weekend after they noted how tall he was while they bought candy at a gas station in South Shore. Laroy Battle, 19, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and possession of a controlled substance, Deputy Chief Brendan Deenihan said at a news conference Thursday. Jasean Francis, 17, and Charles Riley, 16, were “very good kids from really excellent families,” Deenihan said. They had gone to a gas station Saturday afternoon in the 7900 block of South Luella with a third friend to buy candy when they ran into...
  • Media Says NOTHING as HUNDREDS Gather for Pride Fest in Chicago — Totally PC Approved

    06/28/2020 2:04:13 PM PDT · by rktman · 39 replies
    thegatewaypundit.com ^ | 6/28/2020 | Jim Hoft
    Gay Pride was held today in Chicago. Hundreds, if not thousands, flocked to the annual party in downtown Chicago. Of course, the media cheered this crowd since it was not a Trump rally.
  • At Least 20 People Shot, 7 Fatally, During 24 Hours in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago

    06/28/2020 7:47:42 AM PDT · by rickmichaels · 65 replies
    Breitbart ^ | June 28, 2020 | Awr Hawkins
    At least 20 people were shot, seven fatally, during a 24-hour timeframe this weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. NBC Chicago reports the first non-fatal shooting occurred around 4 p.m. Friday, when a 31-year-old was shot and wounded while riding in a vehicle “in the 10300 block of South Halsted.” The man was transported to the hospital in good condition. Just under 24 hours later, at 3:50 p.m. Saturday, a 28-year-old man was found on South Phillips with “a gunshot wound to the chest, the neck and the right arm.” The victim was transported to the hospital in critical...
  • Greg Gutfeld Goes Off On Liberal Juan Williams For Blaming Inner City Violence On Trump

    06/28/2020 7:02:26 AM PDT · by Enlightened1 · 73 replies
    Fox News via Youtube ^ | 06/26/20 | The Five
    All great points and Juan is a moron as usual.   https://youtu.be/iyubHMx4qDg  
  • Trump calls Pritzker, Lightfoot failures on Chicago gun violence

    06/28/2020 3:36:44 AM PDT · by PBRCat · 10 replies
    The Chicago Tribune ^ | June 28, 2020 | Rick Pearson and John Byrne
    Republican President Donald Trump lashed out Friday night at Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot over Chicago’s gun violence, saying the two had put their “own political interests” ahead of the lives of residents and insisting that “law and order” was needed. In a letter, Trump also used the violence issue as a jumping off point to attack the state and city for high taxes and burdensome regulations, contending Pritzker and Lightfoot’s “insatiable appetite” for taxes has led people to flee Illinois. A Pritzker spokeswoman said Trump’s letter was a “press stunt” aimed at serving as a distraction...
  • Washington Post: It Doesn’t Matter That The Most Violent Cities In America Are Run By Democrats

    06/27/2020 6:07:35 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 30 replies
    Hotair ^ | 06/27/2020 | John Sexton
    I missed this when it was published Thursday. The Washington Post’s Philip Bump did a fact-check of sorts on a claim made by President Trump: “You hear about certain places like Chicago and you hear about what’s going on in Detroit and other — other cities, all Democrat run,” he said. “Every one of them is Democrat run. Twenty out of 20. The 20 worst, the 20 most dangerous are Democrat run.” It’s not clear how Trump is defining “most dangerous” in this context. So let’s look at two related sets of data compiled by the FBI: most violent...
  • Gun Permits Up 500% and Sales Skyrocket Amid Chicago Protests

    06/27/2020 1:03:17 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 30 replies
    cnsnews.com ^ | 6-27-20 | Andrew Davenport
    As protests continue in Chicago, applications for Illinois firearms permits have been up 501% from June 1 to June 17 compared to 2019, according to the Chicago Tribune. There were more than 42,000 applications for Firearms Owners Identification (FOID) cards compared to about 7,000 during the same 2019 period. The firearms services bureau of the Illinois State Police, which issues the FOID cards, told the Tribune that permit applications started rising in March but skyrocketed in June. Background checks for the sale of firearms have been increasing since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the National Shooting Sports Foundation reported....
  • President Donald J. Trump’s Letter to the Governor of Illinois and Mayor of Chicago

    06/27/2020 5:47:25 AM PDT · by PBRCat · 23 replies
    The White House ^ | June 26, 2020 | Donald J. Trump
    Governor Pritzker and Mayor Lightfoot: I write to you today to call your attention to and urge action on the devastating violence in Chicago. I have been horrified by the continued violence in this great American city. The American people (hardworking taxpayers) send you millions of dollars in Federal funding each year to support public safety in Chicago. In 2018 and 2019, Chicago benefited from $136 million in funding from the Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program, and another $68 million was recently announced for Chicago from this important program. The Department of Justice awarded and is in the process...
  • Cray-Cray Time

    06/27/2020 5:25:05 AM PDT · by PBRCat · 8 replies
    Second City Cop ^ | June 27, 2020 | Editor
    The disintegration of Crimesha's office is accelerating: On June 19, 2020, Foxx conducted a voice conference with all the investigators of the SAO. This was a mandatory meeting that included the chief, commanders and all sergeants. According to various investigators, the meeting focused on jubeelee day. Foxx gave a speech to informed all the investigators the importance of This day. She also provided a history lesson on jubeelee day. Foxx when on to say how much Black people have been mistreated by whites. During this meeting, Fox encouraged several white investigators to apologize for their white privilege which they did....
  • President Donald J. Trump’s Letter to the Governor of Illinois and Mayor of Chicago

    06/26/2020 6:24:07 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 25 replies
    whitehouse.gov ^ | June 26, 2020 | President Donald J Trump
    Governor J.B. Pritzker Governor of Illinois Chicago, Illinois 60601Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot Mayor of Chicago Chicago, Illinois 60602Dear Governor Pritzker and Mayor Lightfoot:I write to you today to call your attention to and urge action on the devastating violence in Chicago.  While I have been heartened to see crime reductions nationally the last few years, I have been horrified by the continued violence in this great American city.I recently read an article from the Chicago Sun-Times on June 8, 2020, “18 murders in 24 hours: Inside the most violent day in 60 years in Chicago,” which discussed the severe...
  • Brothers flip, agree to cooperate in Jussie Smollett case

    06/25/2020 5:13:59 PM PDT · by kevcol · 33 replies
    Washington Times ^ | June 25, 2020 | Don Babwin
    CHICAGO — Two brothers who admitted helping actor Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago last year are again willing to help in the case after initially saying they were done cooperating with prosecutors, their attorney said Thursday. In yet another strange twist in a story that has been full of them, attorney Gloria Schmidt Rodriguez said in a statement that Abimbola (Abel) and Olabinjo (Ola) Osundairo changed their minds after a 9mm handgun that was seized during a search of their home last year was located after it went missing.
  • Two brothers 'paid' by Jussie Smollett to 'carry out homophobic attack' new REFUSE to testify against him because they say the cops are still treating them like suspects

    06/24/2020 11:26:28 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 28 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | June 25 2020 | LEAH SIMPSON
    Two brothers who cops allege Jussie Smollett paid to carry out a staged hate crime against him, are now refusing to cooperate with the case because they're being treated like suspects. The Chicago Police Department claims Ola and Abel Osundario were paid $3,500 to jump the Empire actor last January before he claimed he was victim of a homophobic attack. The acting brothers agreed to help police in the case against Smollett but now they have changed their minds because the police are withholding their belongings as part of evidence.
  • Chicago shooting: Man accused of killing 2 teens who asked him how tall he was

    06/25/2020 7:14:23 PM PDT · by JennysCool · 67 replies
    ABC 7 Chicago ^ | 6/25/2020 | Jessica D'Onofrio and ABC7 Chicago Digital Team
    CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police have charged a 19-year-old man they say fatally shot two teens in the South Shore neighborhood after they asked how tall he was. Police say Laroy Battle, 19, opened fire on two teens in an alley in the 7900-block of South Luella Avenue around 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 20. According to Deputy Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan, the shooting took place after the two teens and a friend had a brief encounter with Battle, whom they did not know, in a corner store. "The victims commented, because, since Battle is quite tall, and they...
  • Father’s Day weekend in Chicago: 102 shot, 14 killed including 5 minors

    06/25/2020 10:52:10 AM PDT · by MarvinStinson · 22 replies
    disrn ^ | Jun 22nd, 2020 | Peter Heck
    With 102 people shot, including 14 who were killed, Father's Day weekend proved to be one of the most violent of the year for the city of Chicago. Five of the 14 dead were minors, including a 3-year-old who was killed when someone opened fire at his father as they were driving. Shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, the 27-year-old father and the toddler were driving in their vehicle when a blue Honda pulled up behind them and fired multiple rounds into their black SUV. The father was grazed by bullets but his son, Mekay James, was struck in the...
  • Chicago girl, 13, was dancing with mom when she was killed by stray bullet in home

    06/25/2020 4:30:12 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 41 replies
    Fox News ^ | June 25 2020 | Brie Stimson
    Amaria Jones was dancing with her mom Saturday night when she died. Authorities said a stray bullet shot from outside their Chicago home hit the girl in the neck. “She was showing me this dance called TikTok,” Jones’ mother, Lawanda Jones, told WBBM-TV in Chicago. “I turned around and I was looking for her and she was on the ground reaching out like this, holding her neck…The last thought that I have of my baby is her reaching out with blood gushing out her neck.”
  • Column: I love Elizabeth Warren, but I hope Joe Biden doesn’t choose her for a running mate

    06/23/2020 7:32:41 PM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 20 replies
    Chicago Tribune ^ | June 22, 2020 | HEIDI STEVENS
    I love Elizabeth Warren. She’s got the the intellectual breadth of a policy wonk; the strategic touch of a U.S. senator who’s served on banking, housing, health, education, labor and pensions committees; the gentle, no-nonsense grace of a longtime schoolteacher; a progressive agenda; boundless energy; a sly wit and an enormous heart.
  • UChicago Economics Professor Cleared Of Wrongdoing For Criticizing ‘Defund The Police’

    06/23/2020 1:29:48 PM PDT · by Zenyatta · 3 replies
    LaCorte News ^ | 6/23/2020 | Damjan Tutarkov
    The University of Chicago has determined an economics professor who came under scrutiny over tweets critical of the “defund the police” movement did not engage in “discriminatory conduct on the basis of race in a University classroom.” The statement Harald Uhlig, who has taught at UChicago since 2007, was temporarily removed as editor of the Journal of Political Economy, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago cut ties with him, and he came under investigation over alleged classroom “discriminatory behavior” a series of tweets earlier this month where he took aim at the growing movement to defund police departments following Geroge...