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Chicago's gang violence catches highway drivers in crossfire
wnd.com ^ | January 5, 2017 | Timothy Mclaughlin

Posted on 01/06/2017 10:42:15 AM PST by Maceman

Jonathan Ortiz and other members of his rap group, No Nights Off, stepped onto the stage at Chicago's House of Blues in mid-September for a concert they hoped would propel their young, promising careers.

Less than two weeks later, the 22-year-old Ortiz, who forebodingly rapped under the stage name "John Doe," was fatally shot as he drove on an expressway in Chicago. His girlfriend Alexis Garcia also got a bullet lodged in her back.

Ortiz and Garcia were victims of the 38th shooting on Chicago-area expressways in 2016, a record-high number for a city stung by a murder rate not seen in two decades.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chicago

1 posted on 01/06/2017 10:42:15 AM PST by Maceman
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To: Maceman

Trump should send the national guard into chicago.


2 posted on 01/06/2017 10:46:15 AM PST by LydiaLong
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To: Maceman

Dead John Doe.

Fittingly apropos for Chiraq.


3 posted on 01/06/2017 10:46:19 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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I wouldn’t be shocked if The Left was instigating this.

They want to disrupt the Trump administration any way they can.

They want riots in the streets. They want violence. They want a race war.

Trump is going to figure out how he will counter a race war perpetuated by the MSM and radical African American groups.

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4 posted on 01/06/2017 10:49:56 AM PST by bobk3
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“Trump should send the national guard into chicago.”

A definite military presence is needed.


5 posted on 01/06/2017 10:56:21 AM PST by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: bobk3
I wouldn’t be shocked if The Left was instigating this.

The Left is instigating this, but not for the reasons you think.

The Obama Justice Department has sharply curtailed federal prosecution of gun crimes in Chicago, and the Chicago police are taking a hands-off approach to street policing thanks to the unrest caused by BLM over police shooting incidents.

The reason for allowing Chicago to devolve into a violence infested hellhole is to have the 'evidence' that violent gun crime is on the rise, and corresponding new tough gun control measures are required.

Chicago has virtually become our own 'Fast and Furious.'

6 posted on 01/06/2017 10:59:01 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: LydiaLong

We should just build a wall around it.


7 posted on 01/06/2017 11:30:38 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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To: LydiaLong

Trump should send the national guard into chicago.

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That would be up to Governor Rauner.


8 posted on 01/06/2017 11:37:25 AM PST by Graybeard58 (+++)
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To: Yo-Yo

N*****s shooting n*****s.

Wait - where are Obama and BLM on black on black violence?

Sounds of crickets chirping.


9 posted on 01/06/2017 11:44:05 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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