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20 people wounded, 6 fatally, in city shootings (Chicago)
Chicago Tribune ^ | July 14, 2017 | By Ariana Figueroa, Deanese Williams-Harris, Rosemary Regina Sobol and Elvia Malagon

Posted on 07/14/2017 5:59:34 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Six people were fatally shot and 14 others were wounded in separate attacks during a 19-hour period from Thursday to Friday in Chicago, according to police.

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


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: chicago; democrats; violence
Violence among "likely Democrats" continues to surge. The last sentence in this article "check back for updates" tells me that there may be one or two more shootings now that the weekend is here.
1 posted on 07/14/2017 5:59:35 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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Why post this article? It is not "news".

News = previously unknown information, this happens twice a week in Chicago.......

2 posted on 07/14/2017 6:03:50 AM PDT by Lockbox
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“News = previously unknown information, this happens twice a week in Chicago....... “

Back in the mid eighties I was on a trip and several newspapers accumulated. I laid them out and just riffled through the headlines. Aside from different dates and names the “news” was all the same; murders, robberies, rapes, etc. I also noticed that they all read essentially the same as the neighborhoods and bars never varied much. Shortly after, I dropped the paper.


3 posted on 07/14/2017 6:08:37 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Lockbox
Why post this article? It is not "news".

Yeah, 20/6 shootings/fatalities in a day is roughly the normal pace. IIRC, over the 4 day July Fourth weekend, 105 people were shot, and 15 or 20 died. Maybe that's a little worse than yesterday's mid-week tally, but not much. And, you've got to expect a little celebration on a weekend or a holiday.

4 posted on 07/14/2017 6:09:02 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: ConservativeStatement

Outstanding!


5 posted on 07/14/2017 6:09:35 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Yawn

Slow pre-weekend in typical democrat stronghold city.


6 posted on 07/14/2017 6:09:53 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The Civil Rights movement compared content of their character to skin color and chose the latter)
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A 33-year-old man died after a gun that was in his waistband went off while he was moving in a car in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

Darwin Award nominee.

7 posted on 07/14/2017 6:10:48 AM PDT by upchuck (Life is a test. What's YOUR score?)
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The thing that amazes me is that there are any gang members left to shoot after all these years and all these shootings. Where the heck are these idiots coming from?


8 posted on 07/14/2017 6:17:22 AM PDT by Magnatron
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Baby momma. Hello. If they just had some new nets on the B-ball courts everything would be a-otay.


9 posted on 07/14/2017 6:22:02 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Lack of strong father figures. A disrespect of authority. A disrespect of society. A disrespect of themselves. Multiple decades of being controlled by Democrat beliefs.


10 posted on 07/14/2017 6:31:21 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (What difference does it make? A big difference!)
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Where are the Feds Trump sent in??


11 posted on 07/14/2017 6:45:55 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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IIRC, Sessions said they wanted to “reduce shootings.” Reduce and eliminate are different, the latter virtually impossible. I would imagine a goal of this magnitude cannot be done immediately.


12 posted on 07/14/2017 6:51:46 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (What difference does it make? A big difference!)
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Summertime and the living is easy.


13 posted on 07/14/2017 6:52:41 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspiration)
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To: rktman

You forgot ballroom dancing. That helped drive crime down to non-existent levels during the Clinton administration, as you no doubt recall.


14 posted on 07/14/2017 7:28:52 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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Obama's city is such a peaceful place. Obama did such a wonderful job promoting brotherhood, peace, and hope.

Turning sarcasm off...

I hope Obama moves to Kenya. It would be very good news for the United States.

15 posted on 07/14/2017 7:54:04 AM PDT by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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Actually the numbers seem a bit off for this year. I don't think they are on target to even hit 800 this year. Sad!

I'd like to see these bad hombres up their game. 800 is easily doable; 900 is within reach; 1000? Let's go for the gold!

16 posted on 07/14/2017 8:00:35 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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What the Feds can do is once a shooter is apprehended and it is proven he or she has either a felony conviction or domestic violence conviction, they can be held, with no bail or draconian bail by the Feds, tried and convicted of the federal charge. They need to be out there doing this.


17 posted on 07/14/2017 9:22:48 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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The CPD does try to do a decent job of apprehending and bringing to trial the shooters despite hampered by the “don’t dare snitch” attitude promoted by gangs (they have yet to prosecute members for threatening witnesses) and winked at by politicians

But because there is no political accountability. When these come to trial the very reporting venue like the Trib just report the outcome which is a slap on the wrist. But that’s it. If there was and Chicago’s news media announced they will begin thoroughly covering these trials and hold the result accountable through by not only naming the prosecutor who should be pushing for serious time or even death but naming the let em walk judges as well. These daily episodes would drop. .


18 posted on 07/14/2017 9:53:55 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin)
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Never mind this, who did Trump Jr. meet with last year?


19 posted on 07/14/2017 3:20:52 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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