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Man apologizes for throwing Chicago house party caught on video that went viral, says he was honoring 2 slain friends and didn’t realize health risks of packed crowd
Chicago Tribune via MSN ^ | 4/29/20 | Alice Yin

Posted on 04/30/2020 2:30:17 AM PDT by Libloather

Janeal Wright says he hasn’t been the same since his two friends were gunned down in 2018.

The double shooting on the West Side claimed the lives of Darius Brown and Johnathan Jeter, both 23. The absence of their laughter and generosity was “heartbreaking,” he recalled Wednesday. He became afraid of staying in the Austin neighborhood, wondering if he would be next.

“It was monumental, that event,” Wright, 26, said Wednesday. “That was the first dramatic event I ever really took to heart. … I didn’t really heal from it.”

Consumed by the gun violence on the West Side, Wright said he hadn’t been paying much attention to the coronavirus pandemic, even as it hit neighborhoods around him particularly hard. He had been mostly staying at home, except to work shifts as a security guard, and decided it was time to honor Brown and Jeter with a party.

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Mother ‘almost passed out’ when she learned son threw party for nearly 200 people in Chicago

While his mom worked a 24-hour shift as a first responder, this Chicago man decided to ignore the coronavirus lockdown and throw a party in her house - for nearly 200 people.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mother-e2-80-98almost-passed-out-e2-80-99-when-she-learned-son-threw-party-for-nearly-200-people-in-chicago/ar-BB13odzw?ocid=a2hs

1 posted on 04/30/2020 2:30:17 AM PDT by Libloather
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mother-e2-80-98almost-passed-out-e2-80-99-when-she-learned-son-threw-party-for-nearly-200-people-in-chicago/ar-BB13odzw?ocid=a2hs


2 posted on 04/30/2020 2:30:34 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

The health risk???? From getting shot?


3 posted on 04/30/2020 2:33:17 AM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Libloather

Soooooo, how many people died?


4 posted on 04/30/2020 2:39:25 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Libloather; All

>>for over 200 people

Everybody’s got (the bug) we could all
die any day
But before I let that happen I’ll dance
my life away
They say two thousand zero zero party
over, oops, out of time
So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s.
...

The hundreds packed into the house party
were not aware of social distancing
either, in an area hit hard


5 posted on 04/30/2020 2:41:37 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

>>With us being young, us being millennials, like the mayor said, we didn’t really know how severe this was

Reading that young people are not likely
to die from the virus.No, they’ll just
spread it to people in their own families
who may not be so young


6 posted on 04/30/2020 2:44:52 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

Says the dead guy.


7 posted on 04/30/2020 2:46:12 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: raccoonradio

It like getting your hair cut when you closed all of the salons down


8 posted on 04/30/2020 2:46:28 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: raccoonradio

Certain groups don’t seem to be aware of the consequences of having sex left and right with anybody, unprotected. Or doing a whole lot of narcotics.
Or committing crimes.

And although it is more prevalent among minority groups it’s too prevalent among white ethnic kids also

Roxy’s and oxys and percs and Xanax and now heroin have exploded around here.

Though violent crime and thefts havent surged which is odd.


9 posted on 04/30/2020 2:46:36 AM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals, racists dloont point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: raccoonradio

And the lie about Trump saying
put disinfectant in your veins (he
was joking) is repeated


10 posted on 04/30/2020 2:47:27 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Libloather

http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/?m=1

Scroll down to “Another House Party”.

If this is the same party, I think the Trib left quite a bit out...


11 posted on 04/30/2020 2:55:36 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: mewzilla
Meanwhile, also mentioned at Second City Cop...

Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s Billionaire Wife Reportedly Skips Out on State’s Lockdown Orders

12 posted on 04/30/2020 2:59:52 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Libloather

That disgusting party was a tribute to a friend? Human depravity has no end.


13 posted on 04/30/2020 3:07:08 AM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: Libloather

This sounds like an excuse a 10 year old may come up with.


14 posted on 04/30/2020 3:08:00 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Libloather

He be sorry cuz he not be knowin’.


15 posted on 04/30/2020 3:09:01 AM PDT by equaviator (If it seems too bad to be true, then it probably isn't.)
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To: dp0622
among white ethnic kids

What's a white ethnic kid?


16 posted on 04/30/2020 3:25:41 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Libloather

COVID related shootings?


17 posted on 04/30/2020 3:26:46 AM PDT by jimfree (My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: Libloather
And they are blaming racism for so many black CV deaths? Oh, maybe racism made them have a party for 200?


18 posted on 04/30/2020 3:29:36 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Die-ggl,TWT,FCBK,NYT,WPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antf,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP,MSNBC)
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To: Libloather

He has agreed to work with state Rep. LaShawn Ford, who represents parts of the West Side, on educating his community about the coronavirus. “We have a president telling people to put disinfectant in your veins,” Ford said, citing Trump’s controversial remarks last week. “I know this kid deserves a break.”


19 posted on 04/30/2020 3:36:32 AM PDT by lasereye
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To: Right Wing Assault

If you can still get abortions then how bad can the virus really be?


20 posted on 04/30/2020 4:01:17 AM PDT by cnsmom
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