Posted on 08/22/2016 11:19:28 AM PDT by simpson96
BRONZEVILLE — After another brutally violent weekend in Chicago, Police Supt. Eddie Johnson appeared impatient and exasperated Monday as he renewed his plea for judges and legislators to help keep repeat gun offenders off the streets.
"Any leader in the city of Chicago that thinks what we're seeing out on the streets is OK, shouldn't be a leader," Johnson said, his voice swelling. "Go to those neighborhoods and live there, and tell me how you feel then."
Those killed over the weekend included 23-year-old Abner Garcia, an Army veteran with no criminal history, and 19-year-old Arshell Dennis, a college student whose father was a police officer. On Sunday, a 6-year-old girl became the third child under 10 to be shot in the past week, and a pregnant woman was shot in her chest.
"Too many Monday mornings we come together as a city and shake our heads in despair and disbelief," Johnson said. "The truth is that as long as we fail to hold violent repeat offenders responsible for their actions, we're going to hear the same stories of murders and shootings in certain parts of our city.
"I, for one, am just tired of it, and I'm sick of seeing our African-American men robbed of an opportunity for a prosperous future," he added.
Of the 52 people shot between Friday morning and Sunday night, police said, 40 had prior contact with police. Together, they had 672 arrests on their records.
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Misleading headline. I guess this is normal for the media.
So, this is a cleansing with collateral damage?
How is the headline misleading?
No doubt falsely arrested for no “real” reason other than they were non-white?
Misleading? How so?
Hillary Clinton has a plan....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALXulk0T8cg
Aka self cleaning oven
Omg. *laughing inappropriately*
Amish going crazy in Chicago.
#Don’tF’nMatter
No gang activity or illegal contributory problems there I’m sure. /s
Maybe it’s more don’t lock us up we’ll tale care of them ourselves.
Thuga-pluga-thug
It says that forty people had each been arrested 672 times.
I continue to wonder why people write articles about Chicago crime. Nobody in the Black community cares about it, or any other inner-city minority crime. It’s an accepted way of life. It’s their own, and nothing White people say about it will make any difference to them. Just let it go.
I’m waiting for the day when some big city PD says, “tell you what, we’ll just wait until the dust settles, then we’ll take on the winner.” Same for U.S. and the Middle East now that I think about it.
There should be a new reality TV show: “Sons of Obama”. About how pure as the driven snow all these youths are before they are - without justification - mowed down by racist cops. And how those 672 prior arrests were all just the product of white oppression.
I am not seeing it as misleading. Please elaborate.
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