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Obama’s outgoing US attorney blames Chicago violence on…
American Thinker ^ | 3-17-17 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 03/17/2017 5:09:54 PM PDT by SJackson

Forget about open borders and the gangs that flood in and engage in open warfare. Forget about the hateful rhetoric of Black Lives Matter and the White House visit that honored those cries of hatred. And pay no attention to the ACLU and Justice Department's halting of most stop-and-frisk action by the Chicago Police Department.

Nope, the reason Chicago is so violent is…social media!

Dave Workman reports for Conservative Firing Line:

When Zachary Fardon resigned as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, he apparently did not do it as "abruptly" as reported by the Chicago Tribune, because he took time to write a five-page analysis of the city's violence problem and he blames social media for driving it.

"Today's gun violence is driven by social media," Fardon wrote in an open letter that was published by the Tribune online. "And a corollary of that is that gun violence has become like a virus. One taunt through Instagram leads to a shooting, which leads to bragging on snapchat or Facebook, which leads to a retaliation shooting, and then the cycle repeats. The virus spreads."

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


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I thought he was going to blame gun owners. At least he didn't blame inner city culture, he'll get a job in another Dem city.
1 posted on 03/17/2017 5:09:54 PM PDT by SJackson
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oh please........

These shootings have been happening long before social media came along. Try again as to the reasons for the shootings.

But whatever the liberals do, never, ever blame any aspect of ghetto culture for the carnage. Because that would be racist. We can only talk about politically correct reasons for violence. (sarcasm)

How about the one about how Chicago, being close to Indiana, suffers because Indiana has laxer gun laws than Illinois????


2 posted on 03/17/2017 5:13:19 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego; SJackson
Oh please...

EVERYBODY knows ...

It's TRUMP'S FAULT!

3 posted on 03/17/2017 5:17:13 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: SJackson

my first thought was boosche...


4 posted on 03/17/2017 5:17:41 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: SJackson

He does have a point...a small one at that.


5 posted on 03/17/2017 5:19:14 PM PDT by Popman
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To: SJackson

I think he may be on to something, here.

The Chicago criminals might be using social media to shop for stolen guns on the black market.


6 posted on 03/17/2017 5:22:12 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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“,,,, he blames social media for driving it.”

How about a totally corrupt government and citizens ... seems more appropriate.


7 posted on 03/17/2017 5:24:09 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Dan Rather, a 60 Minutes Investigative Reporter for CBS, invented "Fake News"-fake but accurate.)
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I believe that social media has played a roll in the up tick but not as big as much as Zachary Fardon thinks.

Call it what it is, Gangsta culture.

8 posted on 03/17/2017 5:42:38 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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I blame it on the lack of a Civil Society in the City.

Was Chicago a Model City?

9 posted on 03/17/2017 5:44:17 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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The Chicago criminals might be using social media to shop for stolen guns on the black market.

That does happen.

10 posted on 03/17/2017 5:45:09 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: BBell

Well, there ya go.

It’s social media.


11 posted on 03/17/2017 5:47:20 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: Paladin2

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/832.html


12 posted on 03/17/2017 5:47:29 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Suckerberger’s fault?


13 posted on 03/17/2017 5:48:12 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Paladin2

Evidently.


14 posted on 03/17/2017 5:48:53 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: SJackson

GLOBAL WARMING!!!


15 posted on 03/17/2017 5:49:41 PM PDT by WENDLE (We said REPEAL the socialism NOT replace with other socialism.!! RINOCARE GOES NOWHERE)
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He should have put his money where his mouth is and arrested Zuckerburg and the purveyors of Obama phones.


16 posted on 03/17/2017 5:53:55 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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Come on, the reason Chicago has gun violence is that Indiana has lots of guns that they sell to people in Chicago. The funny thing is that Hoosiers (Indiana citizens) don’t use the guns to hurt themselves.


17 posted on 03/17/2017 5:58:18 PM PDT by american_ranger
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I’ve got a quick fix for that. Turn off their cell phones. Ban them from the internet if they’re on probation. When riots start, turn off the cell towers.


18 posted on 03/17/2017 6:01:40 PM PDT by ichabod1 (The Wise Cracker)
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To: american_ranger

They do in Gary.


19 posted on 03/17/2017 6:03:03 PM PDT by ichabod1 (The Wise Cracker)
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To: SJackson

And where did all those Obamaphones come from?

OK..OK I know that’s a hard one so how about this.

Who’s buried in Grants tomb?


20 posted on 03/17/2017 6:08:04 PM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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