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Chicago's Englewood neighborhood is one of the most crime-ridden, drug-infested neighborhoods in the city. Its proximity to a major CSX rail shipping & container yard means a lot of shipping containers are broken into frequently and stuff is stolen.

This only made the news because it impacts children around Christmastime.

Personal note: the commuter train I used to take into Chicago during the work week went right through the Englewood neighborhood and the rail yard that this same container was stolen from. Englewood looks like a WAR ZONE.

Some years ago I posted a video of it here on FR as my commuter train went through that neighborhood. The comparisons of it to Beirut, Lebanon were spot on.

1 posted on 12/03/2021 9:29:16 AM PST by usconservative
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To: usconservative

I think I saw this episode of “Shameless”.


2 posted on 12/03/2021 9:34:26 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: usconservative

Send in the Molly MacGuires.


3 posted on 12/03/2021 9:44:56 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: usconservative

A 53-foot container full of donations that was stolen from Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood last month has been located, but most of the items inside had been taken, the group’s founder said.

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Why’d they leave the shipping container? Those puppies go for big bucks.


4 posted on 12/03/2021 9:45:03 AM PST by Flick Lives (The future is a quiet world)
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To: usconservative
You beat me to it. I saw "Englewood" and I thought - well, that explains it. I do some work with university on the Southside, and I like visiting these neighborhoods and talking to folks at stores, restuarants, etc.. - Englewood, Auburn Gresham, also Garfield. Its a little bit like traveling in a foreign country. Go in the mornings at 8-9 AM. The thugs are all asleep.

One thing for sure is, bloated, ideological, leftist, incompetent bureaucracies + fewer police = A LOT more blacks getting killed due to everything from murders to traffic accidents to health emergencies. It also equals a lot more economic destruction for these communities as well.

6 posted on 12/03/2021 9:52:07 AM PST by PGR88
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To: usconservative

Did they look in Joel Osteen’s bathroom?


7 posted on 12/03/2021 10:05:50 AM PST by beef (The Chinese have a little secret—diversity is _not_ a strength.)
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To: usconservative

This is a longstanding Christmas tradition in Chicago. Donations of toys and money for “the needy” — i.e., blacks — are solicited, and Chicagoans are very generous. Then the donations are stolen — usually by insiders — and the call goes out for still more donations. It’s a racket.


10 posted on 12/03/2021 10:16:45 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: usconservative

Democrat voters did it, to be sure.


12 posted on 12/03/2021 10:58:03 AM PST by simpson96
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To: Impy

*ping*


14 posted on 12/03/2021 2:39:07 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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To: usconservative

Sorta like West Baltimore, then?


15 posted on 12/03/2021 2:40:19 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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