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Nineteen shot in Chicago night of mayhem
BBC ^
| 8/24/2012
Posted on 08/25/2012 5:50:11 PM PDT by matt04
Nineteen people were shot in seven attacks overnight in Chicago, as the US city's gun violence epidemic continued.
Thirteen of the victims were shot within a half-hour period, including eight in a drive-by shooting on a single street.
Chicago officials have been battling a sharp increase in shootings and homicides, with some elected officials arguing gangs do not fear the police.
The city's murder rate has spiked 29% year-over-year as of this month.
By that time in 2011, 270 people had been killed in the city, according to data complied by the local newspaper RedEye Chicago. In 2012, that number is 348.
Most of the violence has been in Chicago's troubled south and west sides, but there also have been a handful of incidents in the downtown area.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; chicagocrime; chicagoshootings; illinois
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To: matt04
Well the night isn’t over yet! ;-)
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posted on
08/25/2012 7:49:03 PM PDT
by
Average Al
(The Democrat party is a free range zoo.)
To: matt04
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posted on
08/25/2012 7:52:08 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
To: RightOnline
That all depends on the departments and on the individual cops themselves. Around here a lot of cops are regulars at the shooting range in their off hours.
However my experience is with rural and small town cops who enjoy recreational shooting and hunting anyway.
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posted on
08/25/2012 7:53:35 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Mears
No, it is not. A DEA guy said that there are up to three Mexican drug gangs fighting over turf in Chicago (in another article on FR). Rahm actually made a stupid statement like that to the press.
To: matt04
Because the Chicago media and the political machine cover for each other, “cop blogs” are where the locals go to get the inside story and descriptions of the perpetrators. Check out Second City Cop and Detective Shaved Longcock.
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posted on
08/25/2012 8:15:10 PM PDT
by
CreviceTool
( Obama is standing above the country above - above the world, he is sort of a God = Evan Thomas)
To: MasterGunner01
God,that Rahm is a piece of work.
The people of Chicago voted for him now they have to live with the consequences.
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posted on
08/25/2012 8:25:10 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: cripplecreek; dfwgator
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posted on
08/25/2012 8:25:10 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Mears
The only politician that made Chicago really work was Mayor Richard Daley, Sr. His son, Daley, Jr. was a schmuck. Rahm is a total FUBAR.
To: NotSoFreeStater
Yes, that caught my attention and what triggered my initial comment. Thanks.
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posted on
08/25/2012 8:48:15 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: FARS
To: matt04
Resistance is futile. I give up. Gun control must be the answer. I hate to admit that Bloomberg and Emmanuel have been right all along in this matter! /s
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posted on
08/25/2012 9:50:55 PM PDT
by
man_in_tx
(Islam is a Hate Crime. (Blowback: Faithfully farting towards Mecca five times daily!))
To: RightOnline
I’d bet those “rent-a-cops” don’t have generous pensions paid by tax slaves after 20 years of work either...
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:08:03 PM PDT
by
43north
(BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
To: Trailerpark Badass
Ha, ha, I needed that laugh!
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:14:26 PM PDT
by
Pining_4_TX
( The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else. ~)
To: marygonzo
Yes, but Bloomberg was relieved to find out that no trans fats, salt, or large soft drinks were involved in the mayhem!
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:16:09 PM PDT
by
Pining_4_TX
( The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else. ~)
To: Revel
"Sit on it Chicago"
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posted on
08/26/2012 12:26:50 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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posted on
08/26/2012 1:11:54 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: matt04
Never let a crisis go to waste, eh?
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posted on
08/26/2012 1:54:29 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(We need Ward Cleaver for President. We already have Eddie Haskell. (ATB))
To: cripplecreek
You know something...Orange Juice really stings as it exits yer nostrils...;-)
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posted on
08/26/2012 3:19:54 AM PDT
by
stevie_d_64
(It's not the color of one's skin that offends people...it's how thin it is.)
To: cripplecreek
Maybe, but I’m talking about State law; requirements for the job(s). Big difference. Personally, I find it ludicrous.
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posted on
08/26/2012 3:58:38 AM PDT
by
RightOnline
(I am Andrew Breitbart!)
To: matt04
How's that gun control working out? Unlike the folks who are constantly surprised about higher unemployment numbers and bad economy news - we predicted this would be the trend. Makes us a whole lot smarter than the Dims/MSM.
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posted on
08/26/2012 4:59:30 AM PDT
by
trebb
("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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