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Teen mugged at gunpoint by mob near Ogilvie station (Chicago)
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| Ben Bradley
Posted on 06/15/2011 3:49:14 PM PDT by abb
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Those who forecast impending Detroitization are near the mark. But there is still time: one positive development is some progress in the city's relentlessly PC media. For months, downtown attacks by vermin from the city's Detroit-like south and west sides were simply not reported. Now the press is at least reporting this, putting heat on our new mayor to do something about it. Perhaps they were afraid of Daley but not of Emmanuel. Emmanuel still has time to act before crime and high taxes drive tourists and the productive city residents away.
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posted on
06/15/2011 5:23:01 PM PDT
by
Godwin1
To: livius
Hey! Maybe we need a national frank conversation about race.
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posted on
06/15/2011 5:25:42 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster - Sun Tzu)
To: usconservative
Good job, hope you are ok.
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posted on
06/15/2011 5:29:18 PM PDT
by
stevio
(God, guns, guts.)
To: Iron Munro
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posted on
06/15/2011 5:35:32 PM PDT
by
livius
To: usconservative
building security saw the entire thing, no one bothered to come outside to assist Someone I knew was mugged at knifepoint virtually in front of a security guard. The mugger said, "that's ok, he a brother, he not gonna do nothin."
Personally, I'd suspect it was more that the security guard was afraid than that he was black, but whatever, I don't think the average private security guard is much help.
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posted on
06/15/2011 5:38:23 PM PDT
by
livius
To: usconservative
Hes lucky I didnt pull out my .380 and shoot him I certainly hope you have a bug out plan to get out of the city when the crap hits the fan. I do have a question. How do you get past the metal detectors at Dirksen? Feel free to PM the reply.
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posted on
06/15/2011 5:42:39 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: usconservative
You probably know this, but 95% of the ‘disenfranchised’ in the loop are part time residents of the Pacific Garden mission, 1400 block south Canal St.. A scourge on the center of the city.
To: Lurker
I don't work in Dirksen, I work in the old Continental Bank building, no metal detectors.
I've been carrying successfully downtown since 1996.
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posted on
06/15/2011 5:45:16 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: abb
Don’t tell me. It’s those crazy red headed Irish folks acting up again?
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posted on
06/15/2011 5:45:34 PM PDT
by
kimoajax
(Rack'em & Stack'em)
To: usconservative
I work in the old Continental Bank building, I worked for First Chicago back in the day. I carried every single day, too. Nice to meet a kindred soul. Make sure you've got a bug out plan. The crap's going to hit the fan pretty soon I think. I sure wouldn't want to be anywhere near the city when all those LINK cards stop working.
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posted on
06/15/2011 5:50:11 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: abovethefray
You probably know this, but 95% of the disenfranchised in the loop are part time residents of the Pacific Garden mission, 1400 block south Canal St.. A scourge on the center of the city. Here's the irony: I used to work near Roosevelt and Canal, a few short blocks to Pacific Garden Mission. I used to walk from Union Station south on Canal on a daily basis for 5 years to get to work. Not exactly a pleasant walk having to go under Congress Parkway and past the old and new Post offices. Occasionally I'd have some homeless/drunk ask for money, but in those 5 years I never felt threatened or came close to being mugged. Heck there were times I'd walk over to the last Maxwell Street Polish stand over by Roosevelt and I-94 to get a Polish, fries and a coke for a whopping $4.50. Even during that walk I felt safe, never once got eyeballed or felt uncomfortable in the neighborhood.
Ironic that my office moved last Friday to the south Loop and on only my third day in the new office some stupid bastard tries mugging me literally outside the very building I now work in.
I haven't told my wife yet that it happened, waiting for the kids to go to bed for the evening so they don't get upset.
Personally, I can't wait to get out of this God forsaken state. I hate Illinois. I can't stand it. We're headed for Texas as soon as the kids are done with high school in another 3 years.
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posted on
06/15/2011 5:52:17 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: abb
Does anyone know which race the victim is?
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posted on
06/15/2011 5:52:24 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(Ronald Reagan was the last candidate to be hated by the MSM to the extent that Sarah is.)
To: abb
Coming soon to your town.
We have got to get our kids and ourselves on the buddy system whenever possible.
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posted on
06/15/2011 6:02:12 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Palin in 2012)
To: NoLibZone
Whatever race he is, he’s still the victim of a crime.
I’d like to see them kick these kids out of the country when they convict them. Why should citizens have to support these drones, either in prison or out?
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posted on
06/15/2011 6:08:34 PM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Democrats = authoritarian socialists)
To: kimoajax
Dont tell me. Its those crazy red headed Irish folks acting up again? Watch it bub, I fit that m.o. ;-)
(Seriously, I do!)
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posted on
06/15/2011 6:10:14 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: Lurker
Make sure you've got a bug out plan. A house on 80 acres in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan with a well stocked pantry full of canned goods and an unlimited supply of Deer, Turkey, Pheasant, Duck, Northern Pike and Walleye all for the taking.
That's my bug-out plan. (We won't talk about the armament.)
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posted on
06/15/2011 6:12:49 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: abb
The victim was approached by a group of seven male teens... Cowardly animals.
Once TSHTF the gloves will come off and they won't have the upper hand anymore.
Matter of fact, they won't have any hands at all for very long.
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posted on
06/15/2011 6:33:40 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If Sarah Palin really was unelectable, state-run media would be begging the GOP to nominate her.)
To: cherry
They should say off-white... ;)
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posted on
06/15/2011 6:37:00 PM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(War Powers Res: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/warpower.asp)
To: abb
Ugh. Going home to the City for a family reunion in a week, and now Illinois is the last holdout in the US against concealed carry...
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posted on
06/15/2011 7:34:34 PM PDT
by
Kozak
("It's not an Election it's a Restraining Order" .....PJ O'Rourke)
To: abb
And the race of the victim goes unmentioned.
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